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Collin County court presses tax assessor-collector on cash-handling policy; auditor cites statutory authority
Summary
Commissioners probed why the tax assessor-collector's office is not following the county auditor's cash-handling procedures, with the auditor citing Local Government Code §113.064 and the tax assessor citing staffing constraints and secured storage; the court urged the two offices to reconcile differences but accepted the audit report.
Commissioners on the Collin County court questioned Tax Assessor-Collector Scott Griggs about cash-handling practices after the auditor's office flagged compliance issues in a quarterly report.
"At no point did I say that I was not going to follow the auditors' policy," Griggs told the court, describing operational changes he said secured checks and reduced unsecured mail. "I just can't open mail, process it, restrictively endorse, and get it to the bank on the same day as receipt" because of staffing and volume.
County Auditor Cohen (self-identified on…
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