Finding F12
In approving promotions and hires without a sufficient revenue stream to support them for more than a limited period, the Board has not fulfilled its fiduciary responsibility to the district.
Jury report: Spending Money It Didn't Have: Penn Valley Fire District's Board of Directors Lack of Attention to Their Fiscal Responsibility · PDF page 12
Permanent linkOfficial response
Penn Valley Fire Protection District
Disagrees; says revenue and financial implications were discussed and both chiefs supported the promotions.
Read official response · PDF page 4The response explains reliance on discussions and chief support, but does not identify the sustained funding amounts or source needed to resolve the finding’s revenue-sufficiency premise.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.