City Council Being Able to Access the Sheffield Lake Unified Accounting Network System

Why Sheffield Lake's City Council must have access to its Accounting Reports with no Gatekeepers.

PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS AND POLICIES

12/6/20251 min read

Sheffield Lake friends — as Councilman-elect, I’m introducing a simple but important resolution: give every City Council member a read-only UAN (Uniform Accounting Network) login.

That means Council can view the same standard financial reports city staff use — in real time — without the ability to edit, approve, or change a single transaction. It’s transparency with guardrails: oversight yes, interference no.

Why do this? Because taxpayers deserve a Council that can spot budget drift early, ask better questions before votes, and keep the books honest through routine visibility instead of after-the-fact surprises.

Sunlight is cheaper than audits. This resolution is one small, practical step toward accountable, trustworthy city government.