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Commissioners question Shouse Professional Services billing and FEMA-related documentation
Summary
Commissioners pressed finance staff and contractors over repeated invoice misspellings, unexplained mileage entries and multiple 'senior FEMA project manager' charges; a $46,905.62 Shouse invoice failed to pass and staff will request a revised invoice with supporting documentation.
Commissioners spent significant time on Nov. 6 scrutinizing contractor invoices tied to the county's flood recovery, focusing attention on a Shouse Professional Services invoice that was rejected for unclear documentation.
Commissioner Sainsburg called out apparent errors and inconsistencies in Shouse invoices, saying that travel, mileage and expense entries were “consistently misspelled” and that many entries were billed at a senior FEMA project manager rate without visible vetting. He asked whether resumes or CVs for billed…
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