Audit: Some Killeen officials misused public money

Some Killeen city officials improperly used public money, created a side account for money transfers and made a raft of questionable decisions.

And those are only the early findings of the audit investigating Killeen’s financial practices over recent years.

Houston-based public accounting firm McConnell & Jones presented its findings to the City Council on Tuesday.

Here are the initial findings:

— Bond funds were used for unauthorized purposes, such as operating expenses, including salaries;

— Consistent analysis and planning for capital projects was not performed;

— Enterprise (moneymaking) funds were transferred to another fund to buy vehicles not used for the benefit of the respective enterprise fund;

— Former finance staff created an escrow account and used it to transfer funds and record liabilities;

— Pay raises were inconsistently applied, with some employees receiving both cost-of-living allowance raises and performance raises while some received one.

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