Show HIGHWAY BOARD BOARO SHifTS FINANCE TASK TO KELLY I Commissioners Adopt Motion Mo tion Embracing Scheme to Put Problem Up to Financial Financial Financial Finan Finan- cial Dept for 90 Days I In the passage of a resolution by the 1 state road commission just before its adjournment Wednesday evening that body admitted Its inability to cope with too problems which confronted confronted- t and nd decided d to turn over the accounting de department ue- ue of the commission to the de department department do- do of finance and purchase The conclusion to pass th the resolution was I reached after a prolonged session of Ithe i ithe the commission the director o of finance the details o oj n W x n 1 mad public The resolution or rather a motion was vas i. i George D. D Castro seconded by Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Com Com- missioner Ira R. R Br Browning and was pas eu J Jt it t reads as aOi v iono That beginning with November 3 I 19 l me Ule sate Uc road load commission turn turnover turnover over oyer the accounting department of the I commission to Lincoln G. G Kelly director director tor of finance and purchase for a pe period period pe- pe nod of ninety days if necessary I with full power to act to hire and fire with the distinct understanding that full re responsibility responsibility responsibility re- re be attached to Mr Kelly and that when the said ninety days have expired that the said ac accounting accounting accounting ac- ac counting department will then revert to the control state road commission commis commis- sion LETTER TELLS OF ACTION The action of the commission was made Known to Mr 11 Kelly by a written communication from the road commis commis- sion sian What action he will take he has not yet et determined on At the conference which resulted In Inthe Inthe the adoption of the motion it was pointed out that an entire new system of accounting should be be adopted bythe the commission It was said that th crIticism criticism cism clam of the commission was largely due to the fact that when information was desired about matters that it required too long a time to ascertain the facts It was also pointed pOinte l 1 out that the system In vogue for the accounting department was cumbersome and should be materially materially mate mate- mate mate- improved While the matter of salaries did not cut much figure in the conference It was was said that the action of the commission commission com com- mission in desiring d to raise the salary of the chief clerk to per month was gone over The present chief f clerk prior to October 1 had been in the bookkeeping department of the accounting accounting accounting ac ac- ac- ac counting division of the th commission and received a salary of per month As clerk of th the accounting de department department department de- de the commission fixed his i salary at and the director of fi finance finance fl- fl I nance declined to approve this amount bu but t fixed ed upon as the salary to be paid This question had been hanging fire for a couple of days daya And due to this the October payroll was tied up it was said SHORT TERM INVOLVES QUESTION On the other hand Director Kelly it I was said tOda today while not shirking any responsibility nor desiring to pass pas the buck had the fact pointed out that I should he accept the responsibility which the commission has handed him if he employed experts in order to In Introduce introduce introduce in- in a new system of f accounting that when the ninety days were up and I the department reverted to the comI commission com corn I mission the latter body might desire to fire the entire outfit after the system had been established Hence he would be averse to securing experts even if they could be had for the short period named and that no one would give up upa a permanent position to accept a n place where the tenure would be only for ninety days |