From the Muncie Star-Press
In an audit of the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office, the state noted a 2011 contract with a private company to provide medical treatment for inmates. Less than four months later, the report notes, Sheriff Mike Scroggins’ wife, Lisa, quit her position and went to work for the same company. “The contract was not approved by the county commissioners (and) a Uniform Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statement was not filed.”
The county clerk’s office was cited for an “annual report (that was) materially misstated due to the clerk’s office providing inaccurate receipts and disbursements to the auditor’s office.” No further information was included.
The county fair board was cited over 2011 fees collected for rental of fairgrounds properties that were not approved by the commissioners; “insufficient” controls over “receipting, disbursing, recording and accounting for the financial activities” for the fairgrounds; collection of money by a person who is not a county employee and not covered by the county’s insurance; lack of receipts for collections for “parking, grandstand admissions, pit passes, scooter rentals, midway collections and ice sales” and more than $39,000 in disbursements by cash rather than by check for prizes and other costs; lack of contracts for $84,214 in salaries and benefits.
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An audit of the county treasurer’s office cited a “considerable number of posting errors,” including more than $220,000 in “checks and receipts not recorded in the proper amounts.” More than $1 million was “posted to the wrong bank account.” Errors in the fall 2010 tax collection amounted to more than $3 million but posting errors made it impossible to tell if the tax settlement was accurate or not, auditors said.
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