Stacey Scrivener Luehrs theft triggers audit

December 7, 2006

In the report, the state auditor`s office found improper and questionable charges to district credit cards that total more than $28,000.

$24,000 was electronically taken from the district`s bank account without authorization to pay for those charges. Plus, an additional $1,630 was electronically taken from the account and appears to have been used to cover personal debt.

The report also found several questionable payroll transactions involving the former administrative assistant, who wrote checks totaling more than $2,002 to cash and endorsed them without adequate documentation to support the use of those funds.

The audit also showed that on two occasions the board approved wage increases for the former administrative assistant without any documented review of her work. While district by-laws require a biennial audit, board members failed to obtain an audit of district funds until 2006.

Former Fire Chief Jake Archer, who was fired from the district, last year was on hand to hear the results of the audit.

He says, "Well, I knew a lot of the issues that were discussed Thursday night. I was pretty confident of what the outcome would be. I was surprised about the amount of money the administrative assistant got away with. That`s the thing that surprised me the most."

A complete report of the district`s audit is available http://www.auditor.mo.gov./

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