Press Release from Ed Hatchett,
Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts

Subject: State Auditor Questions Use of $200 Thousand in Taylor County 911 Program
Release Date: December 20, 2000
Audit online at: http://apps.auditor.ky.gov/Public/Audit_Reports/Archive/2000TaylorCountyE-911audit.pdf

Commonwealth of Kentucky
Auditor of Public Accounts
209 St. Clair St.
Frankfort, KY 40601

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Legal Counsel
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(Frankfort - December 20, 2000) According to a State Auditor’s examination report released today, since 1996 over $162 thousand in service charges collected to fund Taylor County’s enhanced 911 service (E-911) has been spent inappropriately. In addition, a program surplus of almost $47 thousand has not been dedicated to E-911 use.

City of Campbellsville is owed $22 thousand

State Auditor Ed Hatchett said the examination was prompted by Taylor County citizen concerns expressed via the Auditor’s Fraud Hotline 1-800-KY-ALERT.

The report also noted that E-911 expenses were paid with $44 thousand in county occupational tax receipts, half of which the City of Campbellsville was entitled to under the terms of an inter-local agreement.

The report made 8 recommendations to strengthen administration of E-911.

 

Edward B. Hatchett Jr.
Auditor of Public Accounts
209 St. Clair St.
Frankfort, KY 40601
WEB: www.auditor.ky.gov/