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Mayor's Office Says MetroSafe Audit Was Planned, Will Be Conducted

Two members of the Louisville Metro Council have asked for an audit of MetroSafe, following the recent failure of the civil defense sirens during a tornado warning. The mayor's office will conduct the audit, but not necessarily because of the request.Even though MetroSafe officials say they've fixed any issues with the sirens, the heads of the council's Public Safety committee requested the audit. In a statement, councilmen James Peden and David James say there have been numerous concerns with MetroSafe, and an audit is long-overdue.Mayor Greg Fischer's spokesperson Chris Poynter says the audit has been planned since day one of Fischer's time in office, since the mayor plans to review every department."We have audits going on for the Planning and Design department we announced recently, for Animal Services and also for the Public Works department. We already have three ongoing and we will be announcing more in the coming months," he says.Poynter says he's not sure when the MetroSafe audit will begin, but adds that the council members' request will not likely change the timeline."We appreciate the council's concerns and we will be auditing MetroSafe. The concerns over the sirens—we had a problem, we did an investigation and we corrected the action. So we're pretty confident that the sirens being silent will never happen again."