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Riverview library says Wayne County underpaid penal fines; county audit process underway
Summary
The library director told council staff that a Wayne County audit found payment discrepancies in the distribution of penal-fines revenue to libraries; Riverview was among underpaid libraries, while other systems were significantly overpaid, and county officials are working on reconciliation.
Riverview's library director reported at the budget workshop that an audit and reconciliation of penal‑fines distributions by Wayne County has revealed mismatches in how statewide penal‑fine dollars were allocated among county libraries.
The matter matters for the library's operating fund because penal‑fines distributions are a recurring revenue source used by libraries to acquire materials and pay operating costs; correcting misallocations could affect budgets across the county.
Azita (the library director at the meeting) described…
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