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Houghton County approves large TCPD payments, forms ad hoc committee amid audit request
Summary
The Houghton County Board of Commissioners voted May 29 to authorize multiple payments to Tri County Public Defenders, appoint an ad hoc committee to review the TCPD contract after MDIC requested records back to 2018, and retain a consultant to prepare financial reports.
The Houghton County Board of Commissioners on May 29 approved several payments to Tri County Public Defenders (TCPD), formed an ad hoc committee to review the TCPD county contract and authorized short-term accounting support as an MDIC audit was prepared.
Commissioner Glenn Anderson told the board that “MDIC froze the County grant money” and that the county had been requesting documents from TCPD for three months; he said the requested documents have now been received and MDIC wants records from 2018 to the present so an audit can begin. Anderson moved the motions that produced the board’s actions.
Why it matters: TCPD provides indigent defense services for Houghton County; the board’s payments and the committee formation aim to stabilize services while the county and state-level reviewers complete a financial audit and reconcile past expenditures.
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