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Council members press for forensic review as Texas Rangers prepare to contact Elgin over audit concerns
Summary
Several Elgin council members asked the city to pursue a forensic audit and legal review after hearing audit findings and accounting irregularities. The city's police chief said the Texas Rangers' supervisor told staff the Rangers will contact the city next week to arrange a meeting; the comptroller had not yet reached out, staff said.
Multiple council members urged the city to seek deeper review of financial activity after audit presentations highlighted inconsistent accounting and unreconciled fund transfers.
"We have violated penal code 32 45, in my opinion, in several different ways," one council member said during the workshop, arguing the city's use of funds and lack of designated transfers could amount to criminal misuse of accounts. The council member said the concern was not necessarily that funds had gone into personal…
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