Vermont State Auditor Tom Salmon is disappointed with the City of Burlington.
"They didn't return a simple questionnaire that talks about the internal controls over cash," he said.
Salmon calls it a red flag questionnaire, which is designed to see how well a town or city handles its money.
30 towns and cities were asked to fill out the form. Burlington was the only one that didn't.
"I think it's just one of those things you put it on your desk, I'll get to it, things get piled up, consequently it doesn't get done," said Burlington City Council President Bill Keogh.
Salmon's not just disappointed, he's angry over what he says is a blatant disregard of his request.
Keogh wasn't impressed.
"Being a Vermonter I might retaliate, the heck with you, I don't like the tone of your message," he said.
We tried to talk to Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss, but he ignored our request. The Chief Financial Officer also didn't return our calls.
Keogh says the city has its own annual audit.
Salmon says given Burlington's problems with finances, including spending $17 million of taxpayer money to bail out Burlington Telecom, city leaders should know better.
"Their decision not to respond is actually more support for the fact that we need to mandate this response which is really pretty pathetic," said Salmon.
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