Fairfield Finance Audit Subcommittee To Review Town Credit Card Usage

Politics & Government Fairfield Finance Audit Subcommittee To Review Town Credit Card Usage The town’s Human Resources Department recently concluded a six-month investigation into the use of town-issued credit cards by staff. Replies (7)
At a meeting early next month, the Audit Subcommittee of the Fairfield Board of Finance will review the town government’s credit card usage. (Alfred Branch/Patch)
FAIRFIELD, CT — The Audit Subcommittee of the Fairfield Board of Finance next month will review government employees’ use of town-issued credit cards, after a report on the matter found some questionable, but not illegal, purchases, Patch has learned.
In the nearly 1,000-page report, which was released earlier this month, a systemwide pattern emerges of years of lax oversight of credit card usage among employees. Large purchases of meals for town workers, many of whom were on long shifts at the wastewater treatment plant, were common, in addition to purchases of gift cards, over-the-counter medications and other items.
Dozens of employees have been issued cards, which Selectman Tom Flynn believes are too many, and officials have closed some inactive accounts, and are also reviewing the number of cards the town issues.