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Trustee confirms police report filed after letter to prosecutor; some trustees call for outside audit
Summary
A trustee said she sent a letter to the prosecutor requesting review of district finances; the Clinton Township Police Department was asked to file a report and the matter is an active investigation. Several trustees urged the board consider a third‑party forensic or new audit firm to review books.
A trustee told the board she had written to the prosecutor asking for a review of district finances and that the prosecutor’s office advised filing a police report; she said a report was filed with the Clinton Township Police Department and provided a case number but did not read it into the record because the matter is an active investigation.
The trustee said the request for external review was motivated by perceived variances in the district’s books and urged a third‑party forensic audit or an independent audit by a different firm to increase public transparency. Other trustees discussed costs and the procurement timetable for auditing services; staff said the district’s external audit contract is up for solicitation this year and they will post the request and interview firms as part of the normal procurement schedule.
Trustees expressed differing views about the next steps and funding for an outside review; one trustee said she would not support immediate spending to retain a forensic firm without further discussion. The board did not take formal action on whether to commission an external forensic audit at the meeting, but trustees agreed to put auditor procurement on the district’s near‑term agenda.
