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Residents press Curry County commissioners over legal fees, lost grants and forensic audit
Summary
Multiple public commenters at the Nov. 5 meeting asked why legal-services and consultant costs have increased, questioned a partial Moss Adams review of road reserves, and urged transparency about a REDW forensic audit and possible $1.1 million accounting discrepancy.
Several Curry County residents used the Nov. 5 public-comment period to press the Board of Commissioners for clearer accounting and to ask why the county is paying multiple legal and consulting bills.
Dee Ragsdale, introduced as a Curry County resident, asked for an explanation of rising legal-services charges and higher insurance costs and asked what the county is getting for contracts with lobbyists and planning consultants. "Why do we have so much legal services that are needed?" Ragsdale asked, noting line items for multiple law firms and a forensic…
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