Sheriff urges forensic audit as comptroller flags $8.7M county shortfall
Sheriff Joe McGill asked the board to request a forensic audit and to notify state investigators after the comptroller detailed a widening tentative budget gap; commissioners directed analysis and several targeted hires while deferring broader decisions to later budget sessions.
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Sheriff Joe McGill asked the Nye County Board of Commissioners to request a forensic audit and to refer concerns about what he described as roughly a $7 million shortfall in the jail fund and about $13 million countywide to the state comptroller and the Nevada Division of Investigation. "Residents rely on the finance team to keep accurate records," McGill said, calling for an independent review and public reporting of findings.
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