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Lawrenceville council orders full audit of timekeeping and overtime
Summary
After aldermanic concerns about manual time-sheet errors, the City Council voted unanimously to hire Kemper CPA to audit city timekeeping and overtime from Jan. 1, 2024 through the present and recommend best practices.
The Lawrenceville City Council voted unanimously on Sept. 11 to commission a full audit of municipal timekeeping and overtime records dating to Jan. 1, 2024. Ald. Jonathan Volkman, citing what he described as inconsistent manual time sheets and insufficient supervisory oversight, moved for the audit; Ald. Brewer seconded the motion and it passed 6-0-2 (Greene and Dunn absent).
Volkman told colleagues he had found errors in hours reported on manually kept time sheets and asked for an external review. The motion directs Kemper CPA to examine payroll and time records and to issue recommendations for digital or administrative best practices in logging hours. The council did not set a public cost estimate for the audit during the meeting.
The audit was framed as an administrative review rather than a disciplinary action; the motion language requests recommendations for “best practice moving forward in logging hours.” Council members did not debate a timeline for the audit’s completion during the session. The next required follow-up is implementation of Kemper CPA’s recommendations once the firm reports back to the council.
