Shady Cove's FY2023 Audit & Ongoing Irregularities

Auditors Letters

Padding the budget by overstating City Employee Payroll

Failing to Reconcile Bank Balances for 3+Years

Read the newly released Auditor's letters to the City on governance issues associated with the FY 2023 audit.

Auditor cites material weaknesses for the third fiscal year in a row, in letter dated Dec 8th, 2025.

Link to the full FY23 Audit Report

Failing to Reconcile Bank Balances for 3+Years

Padding the budget by overstating City Employee Payroll

Failing to Reconcile Bank Balances for 3+Years

Listen to Spring 2025 Budget Committee meetings, where City Leaders discuss how the City failed to reconcile bank statements to the ledger from 2021 to 2024. Leaders admit that the Auditor was asked to look for missing funds, but say the problem was "more negligence than malfeasance"

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Padding the budget by overstating City Employee Payroll

Listen to City Leaders discuss how the budget has been padded by overstating employee salaries. Then listen to those same leaders discuss how to replace the employees. Lastly, listen to older (2024) discussions of PERS and payroll problems. Link to recording, transcript and supporting info.

Failure to File IRS Witholding for 3+ years

Prior Budgets Came from "Thin Air" & There was a possibility of shutting down the City.

Padding the budget by overstating City Employee Payroll

In addition to lengthy failures in bank reconciliation, the City apparently also failed to file IRS Withholding and had other payroll irregularities during the same period. See our evidence and audio recordings.

Prior Budgets Came from "Thin Air" & There was a possibility of shutting down the City.

Listen to Spring 2025 Budget Committee discussions, where City Leaders admit numbers came from thin air & the budget was so bad in 2023 there was a possibility of shutting down the City.

Click here for the recordings and transcript.

We need to Sting People With Fees to Support a Tax Increase

Prior Budgets Came from "Thin Air" & There was a possibility of shutting down the City.

Listen to Spring 2025 Budget Committee meetings, where City Leaders discuss the need for fee & property tax increases.

Click here for the recordings and transcript.

Your taxes don't pay for street repairs

City Leaders Knew About Additional Funds

Listen to Spring 2025 Budget Committee meetings, where City Leaders discuss how ODOT funds are handled within the budget. Leaders tell residents that "your taxes don't pay for repairing streets"... while the FY23 audit shows $595K in the street fund.

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City Leaders Knew About Additional Funds

Listen to multiple Budget Committee discussions, where City Leaders discuss millions in City funds.

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Shady Cove's FY2023 Audit & Ongoing Irregularities

Auditors Letters

Padding the budget by overstating City Employee Payroll

Failing to Reconcile Bank Balances for 3+Years

Failing to Reconcile Bank Balances for 3+Years

Padding the budget by overstating City Employee Payroll

Failing to Reconcile Bank Balances for 3+Years

Padding the budget by overstating City Employee Payroll

Padding the budget by overstating City Employee Payroll

Padding the budget by overstating City Employee Payroll

Failure to File IRS Witholding for 3+ years

Prior Budgets Came from "Thin Air" & There was a possibility of shutting down the City.

Padding the budget by overstating City Employee Payroll

Prior Budgets Came from "Thin Air" & There was a possibility of shutting down the City.

Prior Budgets Came from "Thin Air" & There was a possibility of shutting down the City.

Prior Budgets Came from "Thin Air" & There was a possibility of shutting down the City.

We need to Sting People With Fees to Support a Tax Increase

Prior Budgets Came from "Thin Air" & There was a possibility of shutting down the City.

Prior Budgets Came from "Thin Air" & There was a possibility of shutting down the City.

Your taxes don't pay for street repairs

City Leaders Knew About Additional Funds

City Leaders Knew About Additional Funds

City Leaders Knew About Additional Funds

City Leaders Knew About Additional Funds

City Leaders Knew About Additional Funds

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