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County audit flags FMC procurement, vendor disclosures and contract controls
Summary
An internal audit covering FMC operations from 2017–2023 found gaps in related‑party disclosures, inconsistent competitive bidding and missing vendor contracts; FMC management agreed with the audit’s 10 recommendations and staff reported steps already taken to improve controls.
Robin Rose, the county’s internal audit manager, presented the financial and operational review of the Fairgrounds Management Corporation (FMC) covering calendar years 2017–2023. Rose said the audit focused on program profitability, vendor contracts, maintenance and capital improvements, and organizational structure and found that FMC has made recent improvements but that important control gaps existed during the audit period.
Key audit findings presented included: instances of undeclared related‑party relationships involving vendors that received approximately $934,000 over the…
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