EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — An internal audit of El Paso’s City Council and former City Manager Tommy Gonzalez’s Office on P-Card and Travel Review reveals alleged misuse of city funds.
The City of El Paso’s Internal Audit Department stated that the objective of their report was to:
- Understand the City of El Paso’s City Council and City Manager’s Office Travel Request approval process and Procurement (P-card) program
- Determine if travel requests were properly approved
- Determine if Travel Requests were properly approved for travel expenses
- Verify receipts support travel expenses
- Determine if purchase limits on P-card transactions have been followed accurately
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In the audit, which looks into Gonzalez’s travel expenses from 2020 to April 2023, Chief Internal Auditor Edmundo Calderon listed several observations that prove Gonzalez violated city policies.
The first observation points out that during Gonzalez was city manager, his office made increasing numbers of P-Card transactions missing account number information and vendor description.
A part of P-Card user responsibilities includes having to submit the…
