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Commissioners authorize county attorney to review allegations of solid-waste mail fraud
Summary
After a public commenter alleged years of mail fraud, double billing and co-mingling in Lee County's solid-waste program, the commission voted to authorize the county attorney to review the allegations and answer a list of questions submitted by the commenter.
A public commenter told the Lee County Commission on April 27 that he has compiled 69 questions he wants the county attorney to answer about alleged mail fraud, double billing and co-mingling of funds tied to the county's solid-waste program.
"There are 69 different questions that I believe the county attorney should answer," the commenter said during the public-comment portion of the meeting, urging the commission to be transparent and to investigate the matter.
Later in the meeting a commissioner moved to authorize the county attorney to review the allegations and respond to the questions. The chair seconded the motion, and commissioners voiced their approval.
The motion directs the county attorney to examine the materials provided by the commenter and report back; the transcript records the vote as "Aye" when the measure was called, but does not include a roll-call tally. The commission did not specify a deadline in the meeting for the attorney's review.
Commissioners did not discuss details of the alleged incidents on the record beyond the requester's claims, and no county official provided additional facts about the solid-waste program at the meeting. The authorization is limited to an internal review by the county attorney as requested by the commissioner who made the motion.
The county attorney's subsequent report or response was not included in the meeting record.
