Simone Gibson and Chuck Williams
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — During last week’s council meeting, the city of Columbus’ internal auditor Donna McGinnis told city councilors that over $45.1 million was unaccounted for in the city’s finance department.
The Director of Finance, Angelica Alexander, repeatedly refuted the notion that any money is missing during her presentation to the council.
Here is what Mayor Skip Henderson had to say Monday during an interview with WRBL.
“So obviously having that kind of a number tied to a potential issue, we want to jump on pretty quick,” Henderson said.
There have been a number of meetings in the last week to discuss the audit and its findings.
“So, our finance folks went and re-verified the data that they had,” Henderson said. “Now, they haven’t gone through it all because it was a pretty lengthy list, but they’ve done a good number of them. And what it tells us is that there are deposit slips, all the way down to canceled checks.”
Henderson has drawn a conclusion from the last week.
“I can tell you, no 45 million is not is not missing or not deposited or not not put in a…
