village of Sherman<\/strong> has found $20,000 missing in deposits.<\/p>\nThe audit found that between July 1, 2012 and August 3, 2016, the Village Clerk did not deposit $20,000 in real property taxes, water, sewer, and general fund receipts.<\/p>\n
According to the report, the Chautauqua County District Attorney’s Office<\/strong> is pursuing an investigation of criminal charges. The Village also is making an inquiry into the missing water and sewer fund deposits. The report further states that bringing charges against the clerk\/treasurer involved has been difficult due delays caused by the COVID pandemic in addition to the out-of-state residency of the former clerk\/treasurer.<\/p>\nThe Comptroller’s Office recommended that the village take appropriate action to recover the missing funds, develop written policies and establish procedures over the cash receipt collection process; and provide adequate oversight and annually audit the Treasurer\u2019s reports and records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An audit by the State Comptroller’s Office of the village of Sherman has found $20,000 missing in deposits. The audit found that between July 1, 2012 and August 3, 2016, the Village Clerk did not deposit $20,000 in real property taxes, water, sewer, and general fund receipts. According to the report, the Chautauqua County District […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":44028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[407,4221,3250],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/NYS-Comptroller.png?fit=398%2C307&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-bs7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37051,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/former-bemus-point-village-clerk-arrested-for-theft-of-over-60000\/","url_meta":{"origin":44027,"position":0},"title":"Former Bemus Point Village Clerk Arrested for Theft of Over $60,000","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"February 3, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"MEDIA RELEASE FROM STATE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE BEMUS POINT - State Comptroller Thomas P. 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