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Chair addresses Office of Inspector General complaint over festival fundraising
Summary
At the Oct. 7 Parks and Recreation Commission meeting, Speaker 2 read a letter from the Office of the Inspector General alleging improper use of a personal Venmo account at Fall Fest 2023 and untimely handling of $32 raised at the July 2024 Freedom Festival; Speaker 2 disputed the allegations, outlined corrective steps taken, and pledged compliance with town policy.
Speaker 2 told the Parks and Recreation Commission that the Office of the Inspector General emailed two complaints alleging improper collection of funds in the chairperson’s capacity: a personal Venmo transaction at the Fall Fest in November 2023 and cash collections at the July 2024 Freedom Festival for "Daniel's Farmstead" without receipts and not remitted in a timely way. Speaker 2 read a prepared response, saying they did not know Venmo was prohibited at Fall Fest 2023, that the festival’s operations changed afterward and a local nonprofit would manage vendor sales…
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