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Lapeer commissioners press for fiscal oversight after dispute with prosecutor; no forensic audit ordered
Summary
Commissioners debated a request to audit the elected prosecutor’s office after the prosecutor challenged administrator oversight of expenditures; commissioners voiced concerns but stopped short of ordering a forensic audit, agreeing instead to maintain administrative review and further transparency.
Commissioner McMahon urged the Lapeer County Board of Commissioners to pursue an audit of the prosecutor’s office, saying commissioners and taxpayers deserve transparency about how the office spends its budget. “I just think that we owe it to our constituents, to taxpayers to do an audit and find out what’s going on there, of that department,” McMahon said during the discussion.
McMahon told the board the prosecutor had presented a legal opinion arguing the elected office did not require direct approval from the county administrator/controller…
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