Blake Fontenay, a spokesman for the Republican Secretary of StateState auditors have found numerous problems in Grundy County’s finances, including questionable compensation and reimbursement for school employees, budget overruns by the county mayor and director of schools, and deficiencies in purchasing and documentation of expenditures.
The audit for fiscal 2011 by the Comptroller’s Division of County Audit contains 23 findings and recommendations, according to a news release from spokesman Blake Fontenay.
“Many of them deal with accounting practices that help ensure that public dollars are properly collected, recorded and spent or deposited,” Fontenay said.
Among the other findings, according to the statement:
Three school employees received a total of more than $13,000 in questionable compensation;