At the Guernsey Library in Norwich, NY, Library Director Melanie Battoe is going to have to answer for $15,000 in questionable purchases for meals, groceries and gifts.
According to an audit released yesterday by state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, the director authorized and processed transactions with little or no oversight by the board, resulting in numerous questionable expenditures, including more than $2,100 on travel, more than $1,500 on restaurants, more than $3,000 on food and beverages, nearly $800 on gifts, more than $2,300 on other unsupported purchases from online book vendors, discount stores and grocery stores, and $2,500 to a vendor for a theatrical performance.
Without spending a lot of
Without spending a lot of time digging into that particular library I have to say…so what? $2,100 for travel? So they sent someone to ALA. The audit was for a TWO year period. I can think of many ways that even a single medium sized library could easily go through that amount. The only part that might be questionable just offhand would be the gift expenditures.