A new audit shows that from January 2013 to March 2019, the former secretary of the Beaver County Waste Management Service District No. 5 misused anywhere from $9,470 and $38,001 of public funding.
Auditors found inappropriate use of a debit card, nonpayroll check disbursements payable to the former secretary and signed by the former secretary, and potential time abuse including a difference in hours totaling $14,327 of pay.
During the annual review of the district’s operation, assistance from the state auditor was requested to identify and quantify suspected inappropriate transactions made with the agency debit card. In its report, released Tuesday, the auditor’s office identified three areas of misuse of funds: debit card misuse, inappropriate reimbursements and potential time abuse.