Rosalia records said missing

A state audit report issued May 13 on a three-year audit for the Town of Rosalia reported auditors were unable to audit town records for 2016 because they could not locate the files for that year. The records were believed to have been boxed up at the end of the year. The report said the employee in charge of the process is no longer employed with the town, and the records could not be located while the state auditors were present.

Town revenues for 2016 were stated to be $696,247, and expenditures for the year were stated at $710,264.

The report noted auditors could not determine if any losses occurred or if funds were spent only for allowable purposes for that year.

The town’s response, which is included in the state report, said after turnover at city hall internal controls and procedures have been put in place to effectively retain and store financial records.

In the three-year summary in the report, auditors in a payroll review tested 127 time sheets for 2017 for payments to 14 employees totaling $159,143. It noted employees did not certify 15 of the time sheets and supervisors did not certify 109 of the time sheets. It noted one employee who was paid $38,154 that year did not submit time sheets.