County cuts cord with accounting firm

Whitman County is now going to look after its own finances.

After relying on the Spokane accounting firm Anderson Peretti to track its finances for most of this year, county commissioners decided to eschew a contract renewal with the firm and let county employees keep the books.

Esther Wilson, the county’s system administrator, said the county has paid $29,198 to Anderson Peretti for Elias Siriani’s services with bills for an expected $12,083 still to come. Wilson has been acting as the sole financial employee since the finance department was dissolved by commissioners in June.

Siriani has bee...