Washington City Council met Monday night for their agenda meeting and received the results from the 2021 financial audit of the city’s finance. The auditors complimented the city for their efforts to keep finances in line telling them that their opinion is that there are no significant deficiencies or weaknesses. The city grew their assets by $1.6 million, much of that from grants from The American Rescue Plan and the state. The city did pay down $1.6 million in long term debt as well. About $8.1 million of long term debt remains and is due to be paid off in 2026. Mayor Scott Putnam also answered a question about concrete boxes appearing on city street corners. According to Putnam, they are concrete inlet boxes turned upside down to protect electrical connections for light poles that have been knocked down by drivers. Several of them are around the city replacing fiberglass boxes that the electric company used and have been found to be too flimsy. The poles are on back order for more than a year. Putnam asks motorists to put down their phones and pay attention so that the new poles will not suffer the same fate.