FIRST AUDIT

FIRST AUDIT

A 2003 state audit of health board records found questionable spending on books, meals and travel expenses, and issued findings for recovery against Morehead.

Finding date: 10/21/2004

Total findings against Morehead: $5,574.09.

PAID: Records at the state auditor’s office indicate that small amounts remain on these findings, but the board of health and county records show the findings have been paid.

Amount: $761.61, for inappropriate purchases at Barnes & Noble bookstore purchases, such as books about football.

Amount: $421.51, for overcompensation of mileage and automobile expenses

Amount: $949.62, for unsubstantiated in-county meal expenses paid for with health district funds.

Amount: $2,220.41, for unsupported out-of-county hotel and meal expenses.

Amount: $997.06, for miscellaneous purchases with the department’s credit card and reimbursements.

Amount: $223.88, for unnecessarily traveling to a conference in Columbus a day early.

SPECIAL AUDIT

Done by the Ohio auditor’s office for 1996 through 2002. Finding date: 01/04/2007

UNPAID: Total: $5,442.

Amount: $2,857.00, for credit card purchases of a Swiss Army Duetto watch, tickets to a Rolling Stones concert, men’s furnishings, groceries and books.

Amount: $1,368.00, for illegal expenditure of public money. The state auditor’s office said Morehead used the district’s credit card to process cash advances totaling $1,746. Receipts were provided to document cash advances totaling $378 of that amount.

Amount: $913.00, for gasoline

Amount: $304.00, for reimbursements received by Morehead for items that had already been paid on the district credit card.

Sources: State audit reports