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HAPO Center budget audit flagged: commissioners ask for line‑item clarity after workshop review
Summary
County staff and commissioners flagged inconsistent line‑item coding and large swings in HAPO Center revenue and expense lines; commissioners asked staff to reconcile 2024–25 actuals and present more detailed monthly line items for Pasco partnership negotiations.
Finance and HAPO Center staff reviewed the HAPO Center’s 2026 draft budget at the county budget workshop and commissioners raised concerns about inconsistent coding and large year‑to‑year swings in several line items.
County staff pointed to abrupt changes in a handful of HAPO budget lines between years — for example, a professional‑services line that jumped from roughly $220,000 to more than $1.1 million in one year and other lines that showed negligible or missing charges in one year and significant spending in another. Commissioners…
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