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Clayton County audit team says sheriff’s overtime exceeds budget; documents still pending
Summary
Deputy Chief Operating Officer Landry Murchison told commissioners an internal audit is underway after the board approved an additional $7 million for the sheriff; auditors report overtime is over budget and requested sheriff’s financial records and bank statements but have not yet received all documents.
Deputy Chief Operating Officer Landry Murchison told the Clayton County Board of Commissioners on May 6 that an internal audit of the sheriff’s office is under way and that the sheriff’s overtime has exceeded budgeted levels.
Murchison said the board requested the audit after passage of budget amendment 2-28 in April, which allocated an additional $7 million to the sheriff’s office. “As you will recall… there were three primary focus areas, which was overtime, identify any accounts controlled by the sheriff which are not budgeted, and the sources and amount of…
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