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County finance says it has paused consultant payments, cites HR and legal concerns
Summary
Finance staff told commissioners that payments to Diamond Point Consulting were paused after an April 1 memo because the consultant reportedly performed HR and legal-like functions for the auditor's office; an invoice of about $5,100 was denied pending documentation that statutory steps (such as prosecutor recusal or formal resolutions) were followed.
County finance staff reported to the Board of Commissioners that they have stopped payment on invoices from Diamond Point Consulting — described in the meeting as an LLC for an attorney-consultant identified as Dennis (Di)Camillo/DeCamillo — after concluding some of the consultant's work included human-resources functions and potentially legal work outside the county prosecutor's authority.
Finance director Brett Thomas said the pause stems from an April 1 memo to the auditor's office that flagged two categories of questionable payments and…
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