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Commissioners agree to seek bids for independent financial audit after staff report on past treasury irregularities
Summary
County staff reported multiple accounting and distribution problems from 2021–2023 tied to the former treasurer’s tenure. Commissioners directed staff to draft a scope and solicit bids for a deeper independent financial audit covering 2020–2024.
County staff reported findings on May 20 that raised concerns about Treasury and accounting practices during prior years and prompted commissioners to direct staff to solicit bids for an independent audit.
Director Fitzgerald, the county’s director of operations, read a summary of the department’s review of American Rescue Plan (ARP) receipts and other treasury transactions. He stated that the narrative circulating that ARP funds were “missing” is inaccurate and that the ARP reporting issue had been corrected and resubmitted to the U.S. Treasury. “In fact, all funds were spent legally and accounted for in our…
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