SCPR VIDEO: A "NEW" STARK COUNTY POLITICAL REPORT "PUBLIC SERVICE"

UPDATED & REVISED 07182015

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THE TRIENNIAL VALUATION 
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STARK COUNTY

MONTHLY FINANCIAL UPDATES

VIDEO

AUDITOR ALAN HAROLD
&
TREASURER ALEX ZUMBAR
PRESENT
TO
STARK CO. COMMISSIONERS

SCPR Note:  Be sure to go to the second blog for today (LINK) which goes into detail about the Triennial real property valuation which the Stark County auditor's office is currently connecting with Stark County property owners on.

Beginning with the July, 2015 Stark County Financial Update to the Stark County commissioners presented by Stark County Auditor Alan Harold and Stark County Treasurer Alex Zumbar, The Stark County Political Report once again expands its public service in providing in this blog a video tape of Harold/Zumbar presentation made on Tuesday, July 14th.

Before Janet Creighton (a Republican) and Thomas M. Bernabei (formerly a Democrat who now considers himself a political "independent) became commissioners and before Alan Harold (a Republican) became county auditor and before Alex Alexander (a Republican) became county treasurer there was no such thing as a monthly county financial status report made by Stark County's "top 'financial' guns" for the benefit of the Stark County general public.

Of course, all of us Stark Countians are painfully aware of April, 2009 when it was revealed that Stark County chief deputy treasurer Vince Frustaci had stolen - some believe - upwards of $3 million dollars.

Perhaps, if the monthly reports instituted by Commissioners Bernabei and Creighton:

• had been in place when Kim Perez (Democrat) and Gary Zeigler (Democrat) were county auditor and treasurer; respectively, 

as a matter of regular monthly scrutiny, somebody would have picked up on something in one of the reports that indicated that:

• the numbers were not making sense, and 
• led to an earlier detection of the Frustaci theft which had been going on a number of years when detected

Stark County would not have lost nearly $3 million (#) in Stark County taxpayer money,

• # SCPR Note.  Stark County Prosecutor John Ferrero's did make a partial recovery but probably upwards of $2 million was lost

Treasurer Zumbar has instituted major changes in structures (administrative procedures and the physical layout) in place at the county treasurer's office to ensure that a repeat of the Frustaci happening will never occur again.

When view this video (18:55 in length) viewers should also open the pdf files which appear in this blog to follow along as Stark County financial officials Harold and Zumber explain the county's current financial condition to the commissions.

First, the pdf file of documents.





Next, the video.



Everyone who reads this blog as a part of being an informed and thereby responsible citizens should follow along as Harold and Zumber refer to the county's financial numbers.

Beyond viewing the video and reading the reports, citizens with questions or observations for the public good should contact Harold and Zumbar and/or Commissioners Bernabei, Creighton and Regula.