After two former employees were arrested within a month on charges of stealing a combined $500,000 in coins from fares, the Utah Transit Authority said Wednesday it will review and improve its systems for handling such money.
“This is a serious matter and we do acknowledge there are improvements we need to make, and those efforts are under way,” UTA Executive Director Carolyn Gonot told the agency’s board Wednesday.
She said that includes hiring an outside audit firm, RSM, “to provide an independent and thorough review” review of current procedures. That work will begin next week.
She said she expects recommendations to be made quickly, “and we’ll move forward with those.