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Beaufort finance committee audits transparency report, asks staff about vendor controls and ESSER spending
Summary
Committee members pressed staff on transparency-report items including Arbiter Pay and IRS garnishments, asked how purchases from Amazon and other large vendors are controlled, reviewed $100,000+ purchases including vehicle replacements, and heard an ESSER dashboard update showing major March spending and a planned amendment to move indirect costs to direct costs.
The Beaufort County Board of Education Finance Committee on April 11 pressed staff for details in the district transparency report and received an update on federal ESSER spending.
During the transparency review, a committee member asked about an 'Arbiter Pay' trust account used to pay game officials and questioned duplicate Internal Revenue Service payments listed in the report. Staff explained those IRS entries are payroll garnishments withheld from employees and held in a liability account before payment. "Those are tax levies withheld from the IRS," Speaker 2 said, explaining…
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