If I understand correctly, the Director of Finance is now the acting General Manager. So will someone explain why it’s taking so long to get to the bottom of this maize? Doesn’t he know where the bodies are buried?
Which maize? Kevin McCurdy has been doing double duty. With no general manager he has picked up those pieces plus he's been preparing multiple budgets for the budget and finance committee to sort through. His goal is to present a comprehensive plan to play catch up for the past 5-6 years of abuse to the buildings and equipment we own. It's the right way to proceed and hopefully the members get involved and listen to the explanations. We simply got fixated on being the cheapest. Year after year with no increases, we found out it was shortsighted, As you look across the wide spectrum of amenities including covered space, parking lots and equipment we fell far behind and we need to put together a plan to get back on track. It will be slow and tedious, but we can get there.
Kevin has done an amazing job since the first meeting of the Budget and Finance Committee in early May. There have been hours of discussions, pages and pages of documents and reports to prepare and review with the Committee and Finance is just one of his many responsibilities. Kevin has been incredibly transparent and has provided everything asked for and actually recommended ways to strengthen the committee, management and Board relationship. Handling the duties of Interim GM and director of Finance right now has been no easy task. RCSC didn't get here just in the last couple of years - it's taking some time to untangle this mess and plan a new course. I think members will appreciate the effort as everything begins to unfold. Not everyone will be happy, but the documentation will be there. Nothing from the Finance committee is hidden.
