LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – For months, a top Lansing Board of Water and Light official racked up thousands of dollars in what the utility considered improper expenses with no apparent oversight.
A 6 News investigation into the spending of former BWL Internal Auditor Frank Macciocca began in July. It included reviewing hundreds of internal and publicly available documents to determine how one man could ring up over $30,000 in expenses on his company-issued credit card in just over 8 months.
BWL spent another $29,390 on an outside legal review conducted by Miller Canfield. The results of that investigation were withheld by the BWL under the Freedom of Information Act citing an attorney-client privilege exemption.
The utility’s P-card, or procurement card, manual claims the cards have “internal controls and extensive reports to manage and audit the P-Card use process to ensure that procedures are followed.”
The manual explains that for almost all employees, P-Card spending has to be reconciled monthly, with receipts for each expense uploaded to a data program. Employees with a card, other than direct employees of the Board of Commissioners, have to have…
