Shelby County – 2022 Audit Approved

Shelby Co. (ECWd) –

The Shelby County Board approved the final draft of the audit during the last regular County Board meeting but only after lengthy contentious comments by three board members, Carol Cole, Tim Morse, and Teresa Boehm.

Boehm expressed concern over voting on the audit because it was marked “draft”.  After several attempts to explain the board routinely votes to approve draft documents, a vote was taken of which Cole, Morse, and Boehm voted NO. We note that the 2020 audit that was approved did in fact have “DRAFT” on it.  The findings in that audit drew no attention from the local misinformation group that was trying to claim the treasurer was doing something wrong. Is it possible that the treasurer is reading the audits and demanding the findings be addressed is the real problem with a select few?

Below is the final draft that was approved and anyone willing to read it will see there was no misconduct of any kind identified in the Treasurer’s office as a select few have claimed for months.  Page 21 reflected 6 funds over budget with the Sheriff’s Office having spent $241,441.00 more than approved in the budget.

Those who voted NO on the audit approval did not point to any part of the audit that concerned them, other than it was marked “Draft”.

Those same three voted to not pay certain bills to the Auditor which is going to cause even bigger problems.  Failure to pay the auditor can and probably will delay the actual issuance of the clean copy with the auditor’s signature.  That delay may cause IDOT to withhold the funds these three were so concerned about.

If the concerns of grant money being withheld over an audit were genuine, why on earth would you vote NO on the very steps it takes to ensure funds are not withheld?

Should the narrative be three board members don’t care about transportation grant funds in the county because they voted NO on the budget and bills for the Auditor?