As the political infighting over the office of the auditor general for local government continues, the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George is patiently awaiting the results from their turn under the watchdog's microscope.
RDFFG board chair Art Kaehn and chief administrator Jim Martin didn't want to wade into the ongoing debate over the efficiency of the AGLG's processes, currently under review by a third-party.
"The office has been really open with us and very fair through the process," said Kaehn.
The regional district was picked as one of the first local governments to undergo a best-practice audit on the topic of how local governments hire suppliers to provide various goods and services, first announced back in the fall of 2013 with five other municipalities.
On Thursday, the first completed report out of those six was released, looking at the operations in Delta.
The review looked at the corporation's performance in 2010, 2011 and 2012 as it pertained to "routine, day-to-day procurement of goods and services," excluding certain things such as policing costs, capital works.
The second part of the review on the city of Rossland was also released Thursday, bringing the total number of reports the AGLG has churned out in its two years of operation to three. There are still 16 reports outstanding.
When they started the audit process with the AGLG's staff, Martin said there was some need for education on how local governments worked.
Processes are not always consistent amongst various municipalities like they would be in larger federal or provincial structures.
"Local governments are all very different and they had to adjust what it is they should be trying to look for and how to review that information," said Martin.
"They came in with some ideas and had to recalibrate how they were going to approach it."
It's been an educational process for both sides, said Kaehn.
There hasn't been an updated timeline for the release of the report on the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George.
