Clark County Audit Questions Practices-Part 2 Editor’s Note: This is the second part of our report on the Clark County audit report, issued by Missouri State Auditor Susan Montee last week. The report looks at the finances and procedures of county offices, and makes a variety of recommendations. Sheriff Accounting Controls and ProceduresCash custody and…

 CCR-1 Board Discusses High School Lot Paving By Mike Scott Paving the high school parking lot was on the agenda of the Clark County R-1 School Board as they held their July meeting last Thursday night. The board had solicited bids for paving a portion of the lot. “Drainage is a big concern,” superintendent Ritchie…

  By Mike Scott The Kahoka Board of Aldermen tackled a light agenda at their Monday, July 14 meeting. The board held a public hearing on Joe and Ann Edlen’s petition to be annexed into the city limits of Kahoka. No one spoke against the annexation. Interested parties can file their comments in writing within…

 In her “Yellow Sheet” summary, Montee noted several areas needing improvement, including the county’s General Revenue Fund and 1/2 cent Sales Tax-Jail Operations Fund, the county’s budgetary practices, as well as controls and procedures in the Sheriff’s Department, Associate Circuit Court, Drug Court, and Circuit Clerk’s offices. Montee also questioned the Prosecuting Attorney’s reducing traffic tickets by requiring the defendants to make a “donation” to the Clark County Youth Fund.