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Auditor weighs in on County's financial woes

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Independent auditor Milo Martinez briefs commissioner's court on the latest findings in the Maverick County Auditor's Department in relation to the 2011 Audit. Independent auditor Milo Martinez briefs commissioner's court on the latest findings in the Maverick County Auditor's Department in relation to the 2011 Audit.

A.D. Ibarra

-Eagle Pass

 

The Special Meeting of Commissioner's Court turned into a veritable financial backlash of epic proportions as Independent Auditor Milo Martinez had the court's complete attention as he more than once exposed holes that riddle the county's 2011 and impending 2012 audits which can only leave those in attendance wondering what went terribly wrong in the past few years as far as accountability is concerned. "In 2010 and 2011 payables were just totally out of control," stated Martinez who hit the county with a bill for $205,000.00 for their independent auditing services, "A lot of this has shrunk down, but the problem is you can't figure out the payables.

The Texas Department of Agriculture did not like the results of our report." He went on to add that records for grants within this time frame are missing which translates to millions of dollars with unsupported expenditures. "There are no internal controls working," added Martinez, "The grant programs take more scrutiny to see that all expenditures are correct. The big problem are to put State and Federal together, these records aren't here because documents were confiscated by the Feds. This turned out to be a disclaimer of opinion. "When we had to give an opinion, Mr. Ortiz (Fidencio Ortiz, MC Auditor) came up with these figures (Referring to $3 million, plus $6.2 million) that we couldn't look at obviously due to the nature of problems in that area (Referring to the number of indictments which have been issued to county officials, contractors and employees)." In his estimation there were many transactions without approved Purchase Orders or without valid Purchase Orders and some accounts for 2007, 2008 and 2009 were getting paid in 2011 and there was a lot of purging, cleaning and adjustments. He mentioned two big issues, one is that there are 370 or 380 inter-fund accounts that need to get 'Cleaned' to know what's really owed. Then there's an issue with fixed assets as detailed records of what the county owes are gone and they're having to rebuild that.

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