The Ontario Municipal Board is reaffirming its statement that it will not be able to do what Niagara Region's Audit Committee is asking.
Two weeks ago, members of the committee voted to ask the province to have the Ontario Municipal Board conduct its own investigation into the town of Pelham's finances dating back to 2008.
The OMB's Communications Consultant Monica Patricio confirming to CKTB at that time that they would not be able to do that since it's not under their jurisdiction.
Patricio sending an update today, stating that without an official application or resolution of municipal council, they are unable to respond to this matter at this point in the process.
CKTB asked Regional Chair Alan Caslin if Regional Council will take further steps to meet the OMB requirements.
Caslin says there will be debate and discussion on the matter at the Audit Committee.
He says Pelham needs to put together a package to deal with concerns from area residents worried about Pelham's finances.
He says the audit done by KPMG didn't answer all the questions.
Caslin says he still gets calls and emails from concerned Pelham residents every single day.
This all stems from concerns regarding Pelham's finances, which some have called a 'witch hunt' against Mayor Dave Augustyn from the start.
Augustyn says they have received two emails sent to Regional Council members within the last week.
He says they were both from the same household.
Mayor Augustyn says the town has already put a package together including a third party audit and presentation.
He encourages anyone with concerns to go to the town's website http://www.pelham.ca/en/index.aspx
The town underwent a KPMG last year in response to allegations of 17 million dollars in undisclosed debt - the auditing firm found that 17 million dollar figure could be attributed to debt that had been approved, but never actually enacted.
The audit cleared the town of any wrongdoing.
Caslin says there are inconsistencies in the audit, and there are statements in the audit the lead to more questions.
CKTB has reached out to KPMG's Senior Vice President and Forensic Partner Karen Grogan who made the audit presentation to the town and residents back in November for comment on Caslin's statement.