(West Okoboji)– State Auditor Rob Sand has released a report into a reaudit on the city of West Okoboji and some expenditures by its former City Administrator.
The report disclosed unsupported charges on the city’s credit card totaling a little more than $11,000. The report says in some cases the charges at restaurants and hotels were around the same time as conferences were being held which a city employee may have attended. However, the report says supporting documentation wasn’t available, making it impossible to determine if the charges were personal in nature or related to city operations. The West Okoboji City Council adopted a revised credit card policy in March of this year requiring documentation and itemized receipts.
The report also called into question two reimbursement checks issued to the former City Administrator for mileage reimbursement, for which the city could find no documentation for the number of miles, destination or purpose of the trip. In its response, the city says no reimbursements will be approved or issued without proper documentation, as described in its employee handbook.
The report also showed the former city employee had an unpaid utility balance of a little more than $1,400 at a place he had been renting.
The re-audit covered the period of August 1st, 2019, through June, 2023.
