During Thursday’s Roswell City Council meeting, it was decided that the process for hiring an internal auditor required additional steps to ensure that it is code-compliant and agreeable to the city and the contractor sought to do the auditing. The contractor is True Business Solutions LLC of Roswell owned by Judy and Willis Scharmer.

It was determined that the applicant, as well as her company, needed to be contracted to work for the city. The year-long contract is for $58,500. City officials have been looking longterm for someone to fill that role until Scharmer approached the city and expressed interest in the position, said City Manager Chad Cole.

Scharmer, a certified public accountant, retired from the New Mexico Military Institute in 2021 as the chief financial officer, attaining

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