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Auditor General wants HRM artifacts tracked

Scott Simpson and Desiree Finhert Dec 19, 2012 1

A missing piece of a larger sculpture may be indicative of a larger problem with the way the city handles its artifacts. HRM’s Auditor General is making recommendations to the city’s Audit and Finance Committee to better itemize, insure and catalogue artifacts. “We don’t know anything about these artifacts,” says Councillor Gloria McCluskey. She says

HRM Auditor General Larry Munroe wants tens of thousands of city-owned artifacts and art pieces catalogued and cared for, something he says is being neglected now.