Despite being cleared of any wrongdoing by auditing firm, KPMG, the town of Pelham's finances were once again the topic of discussion by the region's audit committee.
In a 7-2 vote yesterday, members of the committee agreed to ask the province to have the Ontario Muncipal Board conduct its own investigation into the town's finances dating back to 2008.
The vote came after the committee heard from members of a group calling itself Pelham DEBT, who contend the audit did not answer all their questions surrounding financing for the new community centre now under construction and an east Fonthill development.
Pelham Mayor Dave Augustyn told CKTB's Roundtable yesterday morning he would not be attending the meeting, even though he is a member of the committee.
Augustyn says the region has no jurisdiction to look into this.
He adds " its sad that here we are looking at the Burgoyne Bridge and we hired an internal auditor as a result of the audit the region did, and that internal auditor, those staff, are actually, looking not internally at the region but at Pelham's finances."