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Beaver County staff raise concerns about credit-card charges tied to district attorney’s office
Summary
A county staff member told Beaver County commissioners on Oct. 1 that recent credit-card charges — including $3,200 in promotional items bearing the district attorney’s name — appear to have violated county purchasing rules and should be repaid; staff also asked the commission to add credit-card rules to the purchasing policy.
A county staff member told the Beaver County Board of Commissioners at its Oct. 1 work session that recent credit-card charges tied to the district attorney’s office included purchases the staff member described as inappropriate and possibly in violation of county purchasing rules.
The staff member said the charges occurred “over the last 2 months” and listed examples including two Starbucks purchases, meal charges lacking receipts and a $3,200 promotional-items purchase that the staff member said bore the district attorney’s personal name. “The promotional items have his personal name on them,” the staff member said, adding that such items “are promoted with him as the DA more than the office itself.”
The staff member contended those items amount to campaign materials and said county general-fund money should not be used for campaign materials. They also said the $3,200 purchase…
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