‘multiple complaints’ of DeFuniak wrongdoing.
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS – The State Attorney’s Office is investigating “multiple complaints” of financial mismanagement within DeFuniak Springs city government.
First Judicial Circuit State Attorney Bill Eddins announced Tuesday morning his office has launched a preliminary review of the city’s “financial operations.”
Complaints received “include questions about delays in filing the proper paperwork to receive sales tax money from the state in a timely fashion,” Eddins said.
City Attorney Clayton Adkinson filed a report June 6 notifying the DeFuniak Springs governing board that the city had lost nearly $221,000 in the last two years by failing to file state required audits and annual financial reports on time.
The investigation will be led by Assistant State Attorney Clifton Drake and overseen by Greg Anchors, the chief assistant state attorney in Walton County, Eddins said. It could take “several weeks or months” to complete.
“Because of the nature of the complaints multiple witnesses will be interviewed and financial and other records will be obtained,” Eddins said.
Eddins said his office will decide after the initial investigation is completed whether further action is warranted.
“It’s possible we will simply file a report, as we have done in the past, but it’s also possible at the conclusion of the investigation we will announce our intention to present information to a grand jury,” he said.
www.nwfdailynews.com/news/20170725/state-attorneys-office-investigating-multiple-complaints-of-defuniak-wrongdoing
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Note page 82 & 87
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You should pay particular close attention to the Management Letter listing the findings behind the numbers and the reportable conditions and the City’s response to those issues identified. Have they been addressed as promised ? Start on page 91.
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You should pay particular close attention to the Management Letter listing the findings behind the numbers and the reportable conditions and the City’s response to those issues identified. Have they been addressed as promised ? Start on page 91.
Not to my knowledge.
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Residents of DFS should make sure ALL of the deficiency’s noted are corrected. People should understand that a lack of internal controls can be disasterous to the financial well being of the City.
Councilmen have a responsibility to Adopt a budget and insure proper procedures are being followed after setting the appropriate internal controls policies.
Councilmen have a responsibility to Adopt a budget and insure proper procedures are being followed after setting the appropriate internal controls policies.
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Odd... The Herald / Breeze ran a story quoting Clayton Adkinson and he says everything is just fine up there in DFS. 
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Here is another classic that applies to many of the Walton / DFS Political Posts. Enjoy.
Guess who walks in at about 2:17 ?
Guess who walks in at about 2:17 ?
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Odd... The Herald / Breeze ran a story quoting Clayton Adkinson and he says everything is just fine up there in DFS.
Clayton has a nice shiny new office, drives a nice shiny new car, and is paid well to tell us everything is just fine in Defuniak. I guess the rest of us who can actually read know better. That aside, how the hell would he know everything is just fine? He never told the council the money was not set aside for future use as they instructed and the jackass had no CLUE about the gas taxes (221 thousand) we lost out on because the audits were not completed on time. He knew! That is why Bowers got such a cushy severance package...to keep her mouth shut.
Clayton also built his fancy new accommodations while all this was going on and sat up in his ivory tower pretending everything was just hunky dory...for him obviously it was/is.
Maybe he really does know how the money was spent.
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How does Okaloosa keep catching their crooks while all Walton does is issue reports and find scapegoats?
www.nwfdailynews.com/news/20171017/former-okaloosa-county-employee-charged-with-swindling
"Billing irregularities in customer accounts overseen by Nelson came to light at the Water and Sewer Department in April, and a preliminary in-house audit revealed she had not collected at least $57,000 in water and sewer Capacity Expansion Charges, commonly referred to as “taps,” between 2013 and 2017."
Didn't Walton have some "issues" with "taps" too?
"A forensic audit by the Okaloosa County Clerk of Court, Inspector General, turned up billing irregularities in 83 accounts linked mostly to the same three contractors."
Don't we also have a forensic audit being conducted?
www.nwfdailynews.com/news/20171017/former-okaloosa-county-employee-charged-with-swindling
"Billing irregularities in customer accounts overseen by Nelson came to light at the Water and Sewer Department in April, and a preliminary in-house audit revealed she had not collected at least $57,000 in water and sewer Capacity Expansion Charges, commonly referred to as “taps,” between 2013 and 2017."
Didn't Walton have some "issues" with "taps" too?
"A forensic audit by the Okaloosa County Clerk of Court, Inspector General, turned up billing irregularities in 83 accounts linked mostly to the same three contractors."
Don't we also have a forensic audit being conducted?
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How does Okaloosa keep catching their crooks while all Walton does is issue reports and find scapegoats?
www.nwfdailynews.com/news/20171017/former-okaloosa-county-employee-charged-with-swindling
"Billing irregularities in customer accounts overseen by Nelson came to light at the Water and Sewer Department in April, and a preliminary in-house audit revealed she had not collected at least $57,000 in water and sewer Capacity Expansion Charges, commonly referred to as “taps,” between 2013 and 2017."
Didn't Walton have some "issues" with "taps" too?
"A forensic audit by the Okaloosa County Clerk of Court, Inspector General, turned up billing irregularities in 83 accounts linked mostly to the same three contractors."
Don't we also have a forensic audit being conducted?
Forensic audit? You are kidding right?
The city of DFS has never undergone an independent forensic audit and we have been through 4 city managers (2 of them interim who did a better job than those hired for the position) and 2 finance directors. Citizens asking for a forensic audit are told how expensive they are.
Clayton Adkinson doesn't want one either.
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