An outside accountantShe invited accountant and Larned City Mayor William Nusser to the Sept. 21 meeting, at which time the clerk requested Nusser’s accounting firm, Simmons and Simmons Inc., to assume the responsibility of maintaining the county’s ledger through the end of the year.At Monday’s meeting, Nusser said that because of negative feedback he has received about the proposed work between Nusser’s firm and the county he “cannot engage in any services for the county going forward.”Nusser said the negative feedback stemmed from previous media coverage addressing the partnership opportunity between Simmons and Simmons and the county.“It had nothing to do with how the article was written,” said Nusser. “It was just the feedback we received about the article and the negative perception that as mayor of Larned, I would be soliciting that business from the county.“That has a negative impact and I won’t put our firm at risk,” Nusser said. He wanted to avoid a perception of impropriety.“I don’t want this business, but unfortunately it somehow got relayed to the public that I had an agreement with the county clerk and it has not been positive for my firm,” he said.