An audit has found what City Manager Sara Hensley called “bad administration” in Denton’s streets and drainage divisions.
The city audit was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of maintenance activities for streets and drainage infrastructure. According to the results, Denton hasn’t been effective in a number of areas, including a shortage of routine inspections, incomplete and missing key data, and a lack of both documentation and resource optimization.
Drainage fee rates also haven’t been updated in more than 20 years, so those fees are likely applied inconsistently while maintenance costs have been tied to debt. That debt leaves city utility customers financially burdened by non-city utility customers, according to the audit…