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Walton County hires MGT to audit planning fees and operations; commissioners discuss potential forensic review
Summary
The Walton County Board authorized staff to negotiate and proceed with MGT for a comprehensive recalculation of planning fees and an operational review. Commissioners and members of the public pressed for wider process and, in some cases, forensic auditing if the review turned up anomalous transactions.
DeFuniak Springs — Commissioners on Aug. 12 authorized county staff to negotiate with consulting firm MGT and proceed with a comprehensive recalculation of Walton County’s planning fees and a review of planning operations, including fee calculation, permitting flows and recommended efficiency improvements.
Melissa Thomason, who led the procurement summary, said the county sought firms with Florida experience and that MGT’s team includes an auditor who recently retired from the state auditor general’s office. Thomason recommended negotiating in a range…
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