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Council member urges forensic audit, requests department-level financial breakdown
Summary
A council member pressed for a department-by-department financial breakdown and proposed a forensic audit of past administration spending, citing concerns about possible misconduct and lack of clarity in prior reports.
One council member urged the city to produce a simple pie-chart or department-by-department summary of Mabton’s finances and asked that the information appear in the next packet or at the first April meeting. The speaker said that without clear figures the council does not know “how much money the city of Mabton had.”
That same council member called for a forensic audit, saying it would be beneficial if there were ‘‘misdoings, illegal doings with past administration’’ and that "if they stole money or they were in cahoots of, if you wanna call it, embezzling money, then they should be held responsible." Staff said quarterly financial reports will be provided in April and July so council can see where the city stands.
Council members also discussed use of a contracted financial consultant and asked staff to confirm whether in-house staff could perform the same work, and whether continued use of a contractor was necessary.
