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County audit finds 32% of invoices lacked proper review; committee designates DSS audit authority
Summary
The Wayne County Audit Office reported about 32% of 2025 invoices requiring review did not pass through audit controls; the committee approved designating Abbey Shipley as the DSS-designated auditor and recommended tighter vendor-account controls.
County Auditor Kala Wood reported that a review of 2025 disbursements found roughly 32% of invoices that required review did not pass through the audit process. A significant portion of those transactions originated in the Department of Social Services (DSS), prompting a recommendation to designate Abbey Shipley, Director of Administrative Services at DSS, as the department's audit authority for specific claims.
"Approximately 32% of invoices paid during the year did not pass through the audit process despite requiring review," Wood said, and the committee approved the transmittal to accept Shipley as the Designated Auditor for specific DSS disbursements 5-0. Wood also identified concerns about the use of miscellaneous one-time vendor accounts that allow multiple payees under a single vendor profile and recommended departments create individual vendor accounts for actual payees to improve accountability and recordkeeping.
