The Northport Leelanau Township Utilities Authority (NLTUA) voted 4-1 on Nov. 21 to approve a resolution to create a deputy treasurer position effective this week.
The NLTUA operates the municipal sewer system within the village and the township, and the position would separate accounting duties within the office. The resolution establishes that the NLTUA board shall create an office for a deputy treasurer housed in the office of the Leelanau Township treasurer, which is currently held by Denise Dunn.
“In the last couple of (annual) audits, it’s been identified as a material weakness. It’s not that anything has happened or anything brought to our attention that should happen, but it’s a precautionary type thing,” said Leelanau Township Supervisor and NLTUA Chair Mike McMillan at the NLTUA November meeting. “It’s good governance and you need to look at it from an audit standpoint.”
