Everyone knows how The Advoc8te feels about poor ANC audits so I thought it would be great to show what a good ANC audit looks like.  I was talking to some Ward 8 commissioners earlier this year and they were discussing the limitations on what they could approve grants for and I recall seeing audit reports for other ANCs where they found creative and responsible community projects worthy of an ANC grant.  The topic came up again at this month's Second Saturday Solutions meeting which focused on the role of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions. 

I thought it would be a good idea to share this audit report with River East to give us an idea of all the wonderful things our ANCs could be doing with the quarterly stipends...besides paying for office rent for offices they don't need (assuming they are filling out the required financial forms to qualify for the stipends).  It is also a great example of how an ANC should document all spending and meeting minutes as required by ANC law.

Is your ANC passing it's audits? Is your ANC getting all of it's stipends? How is the money being spent?  To find out check past audit reports at http://www.dcauditor.org/.  Click the "reports" tab and search by year for your ANC.  ANC Commissions are supposed to be audited every two years by the DC Auditor's office however citizens can request an audit at any time by contacting the DC Auditor or the DC Inspector General.

Go HERE to view the entire audit for ANC 3G.  Including some pages from the audit below.

Reminder that this year is an election year for Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners. Candidate election documents will be available for pick up in August.  Consider being an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner  for your neighborhood. We need more citizens to get involved, ask questions, and demand more.

Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner

Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners advise the District government on matters of public policy including decisions regarding planning, streets, recreation, social services programs, health, safety, and sanitation in their respective neighborhood commission areas. To hold the office of Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner from a Single-Member District, an individual must meet the following qualifications (D.C. Official Code § 1-309.05):

Be a registered qualified elector in the District actually residing in the Single-Member District from which he or she is elected


Have resided in the Single-Member District continuously for the 60-day period immediately preceding the day on which the nominating petition is filed


Hold no other elected public office


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