COMING UP ON NEXT ON HEADLINE HUMBOLDT.

WECHAT WITH TRACEY BARNES-PRIESTLY ON WHAT'S ON YOUR BUCKET MOST.

WATCHING THE GUESTS ON THIS LOCAL PROGRAM WE LEARN WHY THOSE CHOICES MATTER.

ALSO AUDITOR GENERAL KAREN PAZ DEPHIN QUESTIONS STORMED AGAINST COUNTY OFFICIALS THAT EXPLAINS WHY THE COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTS ARE RUNNING SO FAR BEHIND.

COMING UP NOW ON HEADLINE HUMBOLDT.

LIFE IN THE TUP TOP THE HUMBOLDT.

I'M JAMES FAULK.

THANKS FOR JOINING.

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TONIGHT WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT A LIVING A FULL LIFE.

ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT AS WE STRUGGLED WITH KOFED FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.

TRACEY BARNES-PRIESTLY IS THE HOST OF THE WHAT'S ON YOUR BUCKET LIST.

AND SO LIVE THEIR LIFE TO THE FULLEST.

THIS FANTASTIC PROGRAM IS NOW ENTERING PRODUCTION FOR SEASON 2.

WHERE SEASON AND THE VALUE OF EMBRACING YOUR DREAMS.

WE'LL MADE AGAINST DEPARTMENTS, SUPERVISORS BY KAREN PAZ DOMINGUEZ.

PAYROLL DELAYS.

LACK OF COMMUNICATION AND OTHER ISSUES PAZ DOMINGUEZ FACED THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND LET LOOSE A BARRAGE OF CLAIMS.

MISHANDLED RECORDING KEEPING AND OUT RIGHT ABUSE.

THE NAMED DEPARTMENTS SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS.

HER CLAIMS COME AS THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL WARNS THERE'S MAY BE LEGAL ACTION FOR FAILING TO COMPLY.

FIRST THOUGH.

I'M THRILLED TO WELCOME TRACEY BARNES-PRIESTLY TO THE SHOW.

>> THANK YOU JAMES.

I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE.

>> I MENTIONED TO YOU BEFORE THE SHOW THAT THE POSITIVITY OF THIS PROGRAM IS STRIKING ESPECIALLY IN THE AGEOF CO-INDIVIDUAL.

KOFED.

IT'S VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD.J.

C. IT'S VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD..

IT'S VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD.. V. IT'S VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD.. C. O. V. I. D. E. IT'S VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

THIS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO ALL AGES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY ALL OVER.

BUT WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO THIS WAS A JOINT EFFORT WITH SAM GREEN WHO'S ONE OF YOUR PRODUCERS.

HE'S JUST AN ALL AROUND GOOD GUY.

>> LEGENDARY SAM GREEN.

>> IT REALLY FIT IN WITH MY BRUND.

I'M A RETIRED THARMENT AND THE LAST 15 YEARS OF MY CAREER I FOCUSED ON AGING ISSUES AND THERE'S SOME FUNKY THINGS THE OLDER AND OLDER YOU GET.

I TURNED 70 LAST FALL.

>> CONGRATULATIONS.

THE LAST THING I EVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE HOSTING AND PRODUCING A TV SHOW.

I THINK WHAT WAS SO EXCITING FOR ME IS THE PROCESS OF GETTING TO SHARE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES WITH SO MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE.

WE DID.

WE HAD A BALL.

IT WAS GREAT.

AND SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE BACK FOR SEASON 2.

>> SO THE PEOPLE YOU'RE WORKING ON THE SHOW ARE THEY PEOPLE WITH FATAL DISEASES OR NORMAL FOLKS.

>> THEY ARE JUST ANYBODY.

YOU HAVE TO BE OVER 60, AND ACTUALLY THE UNOFFICIAL YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO HAVE FUN.

THAT'S THE ONLY THING I ASK OF PEOPLE.

IF AN APPLICANT HAS ANY KIND OF PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS OR DISABILITY, WE WILL TRY TO MAKE IT WORK FOR PEOPLE OR SOMETIMES IT'S JUST AGE YOUR BODY SLOWS DOWN AND YOU CAN'T DO QUITE AS MUCH.

ON SEASON 1 WE TOOK A 82-YEAR-OLD WOMAN TO FERN CANYON.

WE JUST SAUNTERED.

IT WAS A NICE LEISURELY LONG WALK.

BUT SHE GOT TO SEE IT.

WE WILL WORK WITH ANYBODY, WHATEVER THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES ARE.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IT'S NO COST TO THE PARTICIPANTS.

THIS IS ALL FINANCED THROUGH BOTH KEET AND ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES THAT HELP US PULL THIS OFF.

THIS IS A FUN FREE THING FOR PEOPLE OVER 60.

YOU MENTIONED THE TRIP TO FERN CANYON.

>> OH, WE HAD -- WELL I THINK A WOMAN WHO WORKED WITH NATIVE-AMERICAN EDUCATION THROUGHOUT HER ENTIRE TEACHING CAREER.

SHE WANTED TO SEE WHAT THE CLARK MUSEUM KEPT UPSTAIRS AND OUT OF PUBLIC VIEW.

A WOMAN WANTED TO HORSEBACK RIDING ON THE BEACH.

A GENTLEMAN WANTED TO DO SPECIAL OLYMPICS COACHING.

HE HAD ALWAYS WANTED TO GET INVOLVED WITH THAT PROGRAM.

ANOTHER WOMAN WANTED TO GET BACK TO PLAYING HER FLUTE.

PEOPLE WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE IN THEIR IDEAS AND ACTIVITIES.

THAT'S PART OF WHAT MADE IT SO FUN TO PARTICIPATE IN.

WE GOT TO GO ALONG FOR EVERYTHING HAPPENING.

THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS WE COULDN'T GET.

WE COULDN'T GET THE COAST GUARD TO TAKE A MAN DURING A STORM IN THE COAST GUARD OVER THE BAR TO DO TRAINING.

SO WE HAVE TO DRAW A FEW LINE.

BUT AT THIS POINT I SAY IF YOU'VE GOT AN IDEA APPLY AND WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.

>> YOU MENTIONED THERE'S AN APPLICATION ON THE KEET.

IT'S A VERY SIMPLE STRAIGHTFORWARD.

I'M ASKING FOR THREE DIFFERENT IDEAS.

MAYBE WE CAN GET TO THREE.

I WANT TO KNOW WHY PEOPLE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO.

IS IT FINANCES.

MAYBE YOU'RE ALONE NOW.

YOU DON'T HAVE A PARTNER TO TRY ADVENTURES WITH.

MAYBE YOU DON'T HOW IN THE WORLD TO GET A TOUR -- THAT WAS ONE OF EAGLE HOUSE.

THE OLD'S GUS HOUSE.

THIS WOMAN WAS REALLY FASCINATED BUT SHE JUST HEARD IT HAD GHOSTS.

THAT'S OUR JOB.

THAT'S WE SET IT UP.

>> YOU FILL OUT THIS TWO SIMPLE TWO-PAGE FORM.

I WAS PULLING OUT APPLICATIONS AND WE'RE GETTING SOME GREAT IDEAS, JAMES.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A FUN SEASON >> YOU MENTIONED IF PEOPLE ARE COMPUTER -- NOT COMPUTER SAVVY THEY CAN CALL THE NUMBER.

AND WE'LL GET YOU A HARD COPY YOU CAN MAIL BACK TO US.

BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY -- ZOOM HAS BEEN GREAT.

IT'S BROUGHT A LOT OF PEOPLE OF MY GENERATION INTO TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE ALL CONNECTING.

IF THAT IS YOU DON'T WANT TO MESS WITH.

>> 4:45-0813.

THIS IS SORT OF A CONFLUENCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES.

THIS SHOW COMES OUT AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF C06789VID ABOUT PEOPLE EMBRACING WHAT IS IMPORTANT AND CHOOSING TO DO THE THINGS THEY PUT OFF FOR A LONG TIME.

>> I THINK THAT'S A FIRST GOOD POINT.

THE FIRST SEASON WE HAD WE WERE JUST GOING TO START THE EDITING PROCESS WHEN COVID HIT.

AND SHE AND I COULDN'T GET TO THE STUDIO TO EDIT.

WE TAUGHT OURSELVES THIS RUDIMENTARY PROCESS USING GOOGLE MEET.

BETWEEN THE THREE OF US.

AT ONE POINT ARE WE BEING REALLY SILLY.

AND I THOUGHT IS IT GOING TO BACKFIRE.

TO YOUR POINT JAMES IT HAD EXACTLY THE EFFECT OF SOMETHING YES, TIME IS SHORT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE IN THIS PAND PANDEMIC.

SO IT ACTUALLY HAD THE DESIRED EFFECT FOR ME.

I HAVE TO TELL YOU THERE'S SO MANY MYTHS SURROUNDING AGING AND PEOPLE START TO BELIEVE THAT.

I CAN'T DO THAT OR I SHOULDN'T DO THAT.

PEOPLE WILL LAUGH IF I DO THAT.

THAT BECAME SORT OF MY RALLYING CRY.

IT'S LIKE NO, IT REALLY IS A NUMBER.

AGE IS A NUMBER.

AND COVID HAS SHOWED US SO BOUND IN BY CIRCUMSTANCE IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT NOW WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO DO.

>> COVID ISOLATED PEOPLE WHO'RE AGING FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM.

>> YES.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK PEOPLE CAN DO IN THEIR NORMAL LIVES TO ACHIEVE THE LESSONS BY WHAT'S ON YOUR BUCKET LIST.

HOW DO YOU THINK THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ISOLATED WHAT CAN THEY DO TO ACHIEVE THAT WELL-BEING THAT ALLOWS THEM TO LIVE THEIR LIVES AS THEY CHOSE.

A COUPLE OF THINGS COME TO MIND.

BECAUSE WE'RE GOING BY ALL OF THE COVID PROTOCOLS.

AND ALL THAT'S IN PLACE.

BUT I DO THINK THAT WE KIND OF GET OUT FROM OUR OWN WAY, AND THE ALI PROGRAM.

THEY'RE FANTASTIC IN TERMS OF DIFFERENT CLASSES.

IT'S A WONDERFUL WAY TO MEET NEW PEOPLE.

I REALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO STOP LISTENING TO THE VOICE THAT SAYS THEY CAN'T DO SOMETHING, AND REALLY SWITCH IT AROUND, WELL OF COURSE I'M SCARED.

I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS.

I'M MAYBE ALL OF THESE THINGS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ALTERNATIVE WHICH IS THIS MONOTONE LIFE THAT IS FULL OF ISOLATION.

I THINK IT'S WORTH TAKING THE RISK SOMETIMES.

ONE OF THE THINGS I STARTED WITH OLLIE.

AND IT'S JUST THIS BUNCH OF PEOPLE GOT TOGETHER AND WANTED TO CONNECT.

AND I'VE SEEN THEM TRY ALL KINDS OF NEW THINGS.

THAT YOU STILL HAVE OPTIONS.

WE'RE SO LUCKY IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

EVEN WITH COVID.

YOU CAN GO TO THE BEACH.

YOU CAN TO GO BIRD WATCHING.

THERE'S PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES IF PEOPLE GET OUT OF THEIR OWN WAY.

NOW I HAVE TO ASK WHAT'S ON YOUR BUCKET LIST.

HAS THIS SHOW SHARPENED SOME OF THE THINGS.

>> I'M REALLY ANXIOUS TO GET TRAVELLING AGAIN.

WE WANT TO GET BACK TO JAPAN.

WE HAD AN INCREDIBLE TRIP TO JAPAN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

I'VE BEEN ONE OF THESE PEOPLE THAT IS THIS SHOW WAS MY BUCKET LIST.

>> THAT'S LIKE YOU HAVE A SHOW ABOUT A BUCKET LIST WHERE YOU ACCOMPLISH YOUR BUCKET LIST.

>> YEAH.

I HAVE NO BACKGROUND IN PRODUCTION OR HOSTING TELEVISION, WOULDN'T IT BE FANTASTIC TO BRING ALL THESE ELEMENTS TOGETHER AND WHY NOT.

IT'S THAT SAME THING I'M ASKING OF OTHER PEOPLE.

I USE FOR MYSELF.

OF COURSE I'M SCARED, AND OF COURSE I'M NERVOUS.

I'VE MADE SOME REAL BOO BOOS.

>> TRACEY WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

THANK YOU FOR COMING ON THE SHOW AND HELPING PEOPLE.

I REALLY LOVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

>> IT'S A PLEASURE.

>> HUMBOLDT COUNTY GOES INTO THE NEXT WEEK WITHOUT A PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR.

IAN HOFFMAN AS THE COUNTY'S TOP DOC.

>> RYAN HUTSON.

OOH TO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COVID 19 BID FAREWELL TO THE LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE THIS WEEK.

GLA YEAH, IT'S BEEN QUITE A 15 MONTHS.

IT'S BEEN CERTAINLY A COMMUNITY EFFORT.

LOW HOSPITALIZATIONS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

AND HIGH VACCINATION RATE.

SO IT'S BEEN AN EFFORT THAT HAS TAKEN ALL PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND I THINK IT'S BEEN QUITE SUCCESSFUL.

NOW THAT WE'RE REALLY COMING TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PANDEMIC IN OUR APPROACHING HOPEFULLY SOON AN ENDEMIC PHASE.

THIS WEEK BEING HOFFMAN'S LAST PRESS CONFERENCE WITH MEDIA I WANTED AN EXIT INTERVIEW.

SPECIFICALLY WHAT HE MISTAKES WERE IN THE COUNTY'S RESPONSE.

>> HINDSIGHT BEING 2020 AND DR. HOFFMAN I KNOW YOU'VE GOT ONE-FOOT OUT THE DOOR HERE.

I'M HOPING YOU CAN GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF PERSPECTIVE LOOKING BACK ON ANY MISTAKES THAT YOU FEEL WERE MADE OR ANY IMPROVEMENTS COMING IN YOUR POSITION.

THE NUMBERS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.

WE'VE DONE REALLY WELL.

WE WILL PART OF ANY EMERGENCY RESPONSE IS AN AFTER ACTION REVIEW WHICH HAS BEEN HOTLY DEBATED IN PUBLIC HEALTH OVER THE LAST THREE, FOUR, SIX MONTHS.

WHEN DO WE DO OUR AFTER ACTION REPORT.

WE'RE NEVER GOING TO GET IT PERFECT.

I THINK WE GOT IT REALLY RIGHT AND THAT'S IMPORTANT.

THE NUMBERS SHOW THAT.

THESE WERE TOUGH DECISIONS.

CDC HAVING TO MAKE A DECISION IN THE EARLY DAYS OF MARCH 2020.

PERSONALLY I DIDN'T AGREE WITH THEM AT FIRST BUT I DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE DETAILS WHY THEY MADE THOSE DECISIONS.

THERE THAT HAVE MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR US IN THE RESPONSE.

AGAIN IT'S ALL MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACKING.

IN THE END I THINK THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN GOING WELL ESPECIALLY IN OUR COUNTY AND OUR CALIFORNIA.

WE'VE LED THE NATION IN PANDEMIC RESPONSE AND TO A CERTAIN DEGREE THE WORLD WITH SUCCESSES.

SO WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK FORE HOW WE COULD HAVE DONE IT BETTER.

THERE'S VERY FEW THINGS MISTAKES ALONG THE WAY.

THERE WERE DIFFICULT SITUATIONS THAT HAD DIFFICULT ANSWERS TO THEM.

>> RYAN HUTSON FOR HEADLINE HUMBOLDT.

>> IT WAS AN ASTOUNDING SCENE IN THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WHEN KAREN PAZ DOMINGUEZ CONFRONTED WITH THE BOARD WITH A LONG LIST OF FINANCIAL PRAU PRY TREES THAT PREVENTED HER FROM TURN IN REPORTS.

AGAINST HER AND THE COUNTY FOR FAILING TO SUBMIT A LONG OVER DUE FINANCIAL TRANSACTION REPORT.

TENSIONS BETWEEN HER AND OFFICE AND OTHER COUNTY DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN BUILD FOR MONTHS.

IN ADDITION OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS HAVE CLAIMED THAT THE AUDITOR HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO ISSUE.

HER REPORT MADE A HOST OF ACCUSATIONS AGAINST SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS.

NO SUPPORTING MATERIAL HAS BEEN RELEASED.

WITH REGARD TO ASSETS, I'VE IDENTIFIED CLALINGS TO RECONCILE, CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS LIKE GIFT CARDS AND BUS PASSES.

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, INVESTMENTS, CAPITAL ASSETS.

OF ALL OF THE CHALLENGES THE AC TEAM FACED WITH RECONCILING ASSETS IN GENERAL I HAVE SELECTED THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC EXAMS.

WHEN WE REVIEWED THE DHHS, WE LEARNED THAT PETTY CASH IS NOT REGULARLY RECONCILED.

WHEN WE INQUIRED AND REQUESTED RECEIPTS FOR THE PETE'S CASH BOXES WE WERE INFORMED OF AN INSTANCE WHERE CASH HAS BEEN ACCIDENTALLY DESTROYED BY AN EMPLOYEE.

WE LEARNED OF STOLEN CASH AND THEFT OF THE OTHER ITEMS THAT WAS REPORTED TO THE POLICE BUT NOT REPORTED TO THE AUDITOR CONTROLLER FOR RECORDATION IN THE GENERAL LEDGER.

CASH EQUIVALENTS WERE GIVEN TO EMPLOYEES AND NOT REPORTED TO THE AUDITOR CONTROLLER.

AND ADVANCE PAYMENTS THAT WERE MADE TO VENDORS WERE NAUL RECONCILED.

WHEN WE REVIEWED THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WE LEARNED THAT CASH OF SOURCES UNKNOWN.

WE LEARNED THAT THE PAYMENT HAD THE COUNTY HAD MADE PAYMENTS FOR A DONATED VEHICLE.

AND THAT A PREVIOUSLY DISPOSED VEHICLE RESURFACED FOR SALE.

WHEN WE REVIEWED THE CAO DEPARTMENT WE LEARNED THAT OUTSIDE INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS WERE NOT RECORDED IN THE GENERAL LEDGER THAT BANK ACCOUNTS OF THOSE OUTSIDE BANK ACCOUNTS WERE NOT SUBMITTED TO THE AUDITOR GENERAL TIMELY.

THEY ARE BEGINNING TO SEND THEM IN A LITTLE BIT MORE REGULARLY.

AND THROUGH ONE OF THE DIVISIONS OF THE YAO DEPARTMENT WE LEARNED THERE HAS BEEN AN UNAUTHORIZED LOAN WRITE-OFF.

WITH REGARD TO THE PLANNING AND BUILDING DEPARTMENT WE LEARNED THAT SOURCES MUCH CASH DEPOSITED WERE NOT REPORTED TO THE AUDITOR CONTROLLER SO WE WERE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE IT TO THE WHEN THEY REQUESTED OF IT.

CASH ACCOUNTS WERE NOT REPORTED TO THE AUDITOR GENERAL THAT THIS COUNTY DID NOT HAVE A POLICY UNTIL RECENTLY TO MAKE THAT A REQUIREMENT.

WE ALSO LEARNED THAT THERE WAS A WRITE-OFF OF A HOME LOAN THAT WAS NOT AUTHORIZED.

I DO WANT TO NOTE HERE THAT THE PLANNING AND BUILDING DIRECTOR HAS BEEN COMMUICATIVE WITH OUR OFFICE SINCE THEN AND WILLING TO COORDINATE AND COLLABORATE WITH OUR OFFICE TO FIX THESE ISSUES.

>> AN OFFICIALLY ELISHIA BY SAYING MANY OF THESE ISSUES HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO THE COUNTY FOR SOME TIME AND EFFORTS WERE REBUKED BY PAZ DOMINGUEZ FROM THE COMMISSION SO-CALLED FRAUD.

>> MY OFFICE WAS JUST THROWN THROUGH THE MUD AS WAS THE DHHS AND THE SHERIFF'S.

I AGREE WITH SUPERVISOR WILSON THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO ADDRESS EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP.

I'LL NOT ONE THING WAS NEW TO ME.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS FOR YEARS.

EVERY STAFF MEMBER WHO'S SITTING IN THIS AUDIENCE TODAY HAS TRIED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE AUDITOR GENERAL'S OFFICE TO RECTIFY ALL OF THESE CHALLENGES.

I HAVE NEVER ONCE HEARD STAFF SAY THAT THEY WERE NOT ABOUTED IN IMPROVING PROCESSES.

WHAT I CONTINUE TO HEAR TIME AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN FROM OUR AGENCY AND FROM OUR PARTNER AGENCIES AND FROM EXTERNAL VENDORS IS A LACK OF COMMUNICATION.

WHEN WE CAN'T COME TO A TABLE WHEN WE HAVE TO COME BEFORE YOUR BOARD TO DISCUSS THESE CRITICAL FUNCTIONS OF OUR DEPARTMENT WE FALL INTO DISARRAY.

THE PROBLEM IS CRITICAL TASKS ARE NOT BEING COMPLETED.

THERE IS NO ACCOUNTABILITY ON BEHALF OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL'S TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THOSE I AS A DEPARTMENT HEAD WHEN I FAIL YOU I DON'T THROW OTHER DEPARTMENTS UNDER THE BUS.

I TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY IN NOT ENSURING.

SHE HAS MANDATES THAT ARE NOT BEING MET.

SHE HAS NOT MET MERMAN DATES.

CASH RECONCILIATIONS.

COMPLETING THE EXTERNAL AUDITS AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.

THESE ARE VITAL YOUR BOARD AND MY OFFICE NEED TO EFFECTIVELY MANAGE A HALF A BILLION DOLLARS ORGANIZATION.

I WANT TO DEFINE THE WORD FRAUD.

IT CONTINUES TO COME UP THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FRAUD AND MISTAKE.

I MAKE MISTAKES EVERY SINGLE EVERY DAY.

FRAUD IS THE ROHLF INTENDED TO RESULT IN PERSONALLY GAIN.

THIS WORD CONTINUES TO BE THROWN OUT TOWARDS YOUR STAFF.

IT'S TEARING DOWN THE MORALE.

AND THEY WERE UNHAPPY KNOWING THIS IS A CONSTANT ACCUSATION PLACED BEFORE THEM.

WE HAVE HAD REPORT AFTER REPORT AFTER REPORT COMPLETED TO DETERMINE IF THERE WAS FRAUD AND WE HAVE NOT FOUND ONE SINGLE INSTANCE.

>> DEPARTMENT HEADS RESPONDED WITH VEHEMENT RESPONSE WITH THEIR WORK.

TODAY WAS THE FIRST I HAVE HEARD OF ANY OF ACCUSATION WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

USUALLY THE AUDITOR WILL DISCOVERY AND WE'LL ASK QUESTIONS AND WE DID NOT GET THAT RESPECT AT ALL.

HONESTLY MY LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN THREE AND A HALF YEARS.

THAT OUR AUDITOR GENERAL DID, AND I INHERITED A DEPARTMENT AND WE'RE FINDING ERRORS AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO FIX THOSE ERRORS.

THAT AUDITOR GENERAL DID CORRECTLY IDENTIFY THAT WE IMPROPERLY RIEEKAN VIEWED A LOAN.

THAT WAS A MISTAKE.

IT WAS NOT RELATED TO ANYBODY IN THE DEPARTMENT.

NOBODY'S FRIEND.

IT WAS NO BENEFIT.

IT WAS A STUPID.

$19,600.

KEEPING IN CONTEXT THE LOAN PORT IS $22 MILLION.

THAT REPRESENTS A .001 ERROR RATE.

I DID HEAR SOMETHING NEW TODAY THAT THERE'S PROBLEMS WITH OUR CASH.

THE SOURCES OF THE CASH.

WE'VE NOT HEARD THAT TODAY WAS THE FIRST TIME.

WE HAVE RECEIPTS FOR ALL THE CASH THAT COMES IN.

ALL THE CASH WE DEPOSIT.

EVERYTHING IS TRACKED.

AND SO I TOO AM WILLING TO SIT DOWN, OPEN THE BOOKS, OPEN THE RECEIPTS OPEN EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT TO DEMONSTRATE THERE HAS BEEN A CLEAR FLOW AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE CASH.

>> IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED SO LONG AGO ONE OF THEM I HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT BECAUSE WE HAD FOUND A SOLUTION WHEN IT HAPPENED AND THAT WAS AROUND THE INCIDENT REPORT AND THE PETTY CASH STOLEN AND LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS CALLED.

THERE WAS AN INCIDENT REPORT AND THE INCIDENT REPORT WASN'T IMMEDIATELY GIVEN TO THE AUDITOR.

WE DISCUSSED THAT BACK THREE YEARS AGO OR SO.

AND FOUND A SOLUTION TO REPORT WHEN THOSE KIND OF THINGS HAPPEN.

BUT I DID WANT TO NOTE THAT THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUE.

IT IS NOT A LAWSUIT.

WE ARE MANY OF THE COUNTIES THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE BELT.

>> I FEEL THAT AUDITOR GENERAL'S BLIND-SIDED EVERYBODY TODAY.

IT'S VERY DISHEARTENING WHEN I'M TRYING TO GET MY JOB DONE.

THERE'S BEEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTEREST ACCRUED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IN THE TREASURY POOL BUT WE CAN NOT APPORTION THAT INTEREST.

I'M NOT GETTING ANSWERS.

I'LL LEAVE IT I WISH YOU SUCCESS KAREN BUT THE WAY YOU'RE GOING ABOUT IT BOGGLES.

>> RESPONDED BY POINTING EVEN IF IT TRUE THEY THAT THE RELEVANT REPORTS NEED TO BE COMPLETED OR THE COUNTY'S JOB TO DO ITS JOB WILL BE DESTROYED.

WE'VE INVITED PAZ DOMINGUEZ.

THAT'S ALL OUR TIME FOR THIS EVENING.

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