I read the article in the Times News about the Mineral County Sheriff finding an account with $35,419.76 in it. How exactly does an account going missing for 13 years? In order for it to be lost over 13 years there should have been 156 monthly bank statements that had to have went unnoticed by several levels of county government. 13 years of deposits, would have knocked the county budget out of balance each of those 13 years. Did anybody not wonder why?
Most of us have a check book. If our check book says we have $1000 in it and the bank says we have $1500, then we assume we missed writing in a $500 deposit. We probably wouldn't let that go on for 13 years without checking it out. Especially when the extra would have gotten bigger every year. I don't understand how 2 Sheriffs, 8 County Commissioners, 4 County Clerks, and a host of employees both Democrat and Republican could have allowed something like this to go on 13 years.
I would hazard to guess, that the account was probably not lost. It probably has a specific purpose, and that purpose is outlined in the county budget, or state code. That would explain why no red flags were thrown on each budget review. It bothers me that no one in county government can seem to account for this funding. Maybe it is time for a deep audit of the county books.
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