Spring Lake says Sandy audit is wrong, ‘we spent the money wisely’
SPRING LAKE — Spring Lake does not owe the federal government any Hurricane Sandy recovery money and can justify expenses that a federal audit said were not properly accounted for, borough officials said. An audit by the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security contends the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) needs…
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Spring Lake has a long history of taking beach funds and buying all sorts of things like police cars, cranes, other town equipment and paying salaries in an inappropriate manner
most entities when gifted with pots of money: sky’s the limit, especially in this state.. in the case of Sandy funds: those entities that thought and bothered to document, document, document, got their reimbursements faster, and had less/no audit problems afterwards, like the county.. When it comes to governmental transparency,one can’t be too much so. A little extra work goes a long way.