Trustee pushes for forensic audit after payroll concerns; board forms budget committee instead

Trustee Mark Deos Santos told the board he had reviewed interim reports and raised concerns about year-end payroll and amended budget figures, saying he found a "massive red flag" after the June reports and asked that the board authorize a forensic audit of the last two years. "At the end of the day payroll ... those are monthly reports that were given by the administration and at no time was there any indication that the actual payroll costs were going to supersede what was budgeted," he said.