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City launches investigation after Parks Commission mailer included political ad; council moves parks under service director
Summary
Council debated a political mailer produced by the Parks Department, city finance staff opened an investigation and warned of an auditor finding for recovery; council amended a charter-change proposal to move parks authority under the service director rather than public safety.
Barberton—s finance director and council confronted a Parks Department mailer that contained a political advertisement paid with city funds, prompting an internal investigation and proposals to change the Parks Commission—s authority.
Jeremy Flaker, Barberton—s finance director, told council on Sept. 2 that he had contacted the state auditor—s office after learning a political ad had been printed and mailed from the Parks Department—s program guide. Flaker said the city—s next audit may include a —finding for recovery— and that an investigation would determine who is fiscally responsible to reimburse the city. —Once the investigation figures out who—s at fault, that is where the finding for recovery will fall on,— Flaker said.
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