Auditor General calls for more control over Halifax’s flawed fuel system

The city’s Auditor General, Larry Munroe, is calling for more control over Halifax’s municipal fuel system, which he says, needs a significant overhaul.

According to a review of gas costs for city equipment, HRM buys this gas for $3.8-million a year.

Munroe is shaking his head at the lack of control in the way the city has been monitoring this spending.

Halifax dolls out over 1,146 gas cards so municipal vehicles can fuel up, but Munroe said the system lacks supervision of who’s using the cards, and when.

Furthermore, he said the system’s flaws put the city at risk of theft.

The report shows most fuel cards are used by Transportation and Public Works (381), Halifax Regional Police (244), Halifax Regional Water Commission (241), and Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency Services (160).

Munroe said more accountability is needed in the city’s gas system, and recommends receipt proofs and approvals be required with fuel transactions to close the gap between spending and supervision.

Coun. Gloria McCluskey took sides with Munroe, and said she shakes her head at the “loosey-goosey system.”

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