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Committee flags high utility bills, contracts and p-card controls in transparency report
Summary
Committee members questioned high utility invoices and small-purchase controls during a review of the monthly transparency report, highlighted a $7,016.12 water bill for Ladies Island Middle and a nearly $65,000 Dominion Energy bill for May River High, and reviewed larger contract payments including Ajax Building and Catapult Learning.
During its Dec. 5 meeting the Beaufort County Board of Education Finance Committee reviewed the district's monthly transparency report and raised questions about high utility bills, small p-card purchases, and several large contracts.
Chair highlighted invoice 639 from Buford Jasper Water & Sewer for Ladies Island Middle School at $7,016.12 and asked operations staff to investigate the cause; staff said some schools experienced leaks and agreed to schedule an operations--finance meeting to answer the committee's questions.
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