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Audit Reveals Deeper Issues Within Shelby County

More information has come out concerning an audit done in Shelby County concerning an audit that was held in April to audit the payroll for the Shelby County Sheriff’s Department.  The initial information received by Regional Radio News said that there was a net underpayment to employees by $6,283.  While that information is correct, it is only a sliver of the actual information that was in the audit.  

 

Regional Radio News has received a copy of that audit and the information shows quite a stark difference from the original reports. The audit was conducted from the period of January 2015 through July of 2020. According to the executive summery of the audit, “the level of problems and inconsistencies should be alarming to the county and steps should be taken to mitigate the financial risk that your inadequate policies and procedures pose to the department, county, and the staff.”  

 

Regional Radio News has reached out to County Treasurer Erica Firnhaber for more information on the audit.  Firnhaber says that the payroll issues and the issues with the Sheriff’s Office go way back. She says there’s a lot more to the report than just $6,283. 

 

 

The total value of the errors included in the report is actually $759,379.  Payments to taxing bodies is $67,112 more than should have been paid. The audit is complete and they will be back to meet with the County Board to talk about the next steps.

 

 

Firnhaber says the county has taken great steps to fix a lot of the issues that were plaguing Shelby County before she took office but there is still a lot of work that needs to be done. 

 

 

The county board will now have to sit down and figure out what the next step is in this process. Firnhaber says there are too many elements that need to be made whole. She also says the public needs to know what’s going on. 

 

 

The next Shelby County Board meeting is this Thursday. Click here to read the full audit. 

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