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Commission questions use of Ocean Park parking revenue to fund police position
Summary
Commissioners raised concerns that carrying a police salary inside the Ocean Park parking fund could be legally or auditorily vulnerable; staff agreed to pull past minutes and provide documentation backing the funding decision.
Commissioners at a Melbourne Beach budget workshop questioned the practice of carrying a police officer’s salary in the Ocean Park parking fund (Fund 172), saying the accounting approach may invite scrutiny from the state or auditors.
Commissioner Robert Baldwin asked whether the town had checked with state authorities or the parking lease holder about using parking receipts to pay a salary item. “I’m genuinely concerned that this funding mechanism here is not maybe not the may not go well with…
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