Guernsey Library board meets for first time after audit
NORWICH – Guernsey Memorial Library’s Board of Directors will hold a public meeting tonight at 7 in the meeting room at the library. This will be the first public meeting to take place since the New York State Comptroller’s Office released an audit of the library, citing Library Director Melanie Battoe for making $15,000 in questionable purchases.
Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office found the library director purchased restaurant meals, groceries, beverages and gifts using library funds. The audit, which covered a two-year-period from July 2005 to August of 2007, also found Battoe’s husband was paid $7,800 for computer repairs and services without proper authority or a written contract.
A press release issued from DiNapoli’s office stated that the board often had little oversight over the spending. “Not only did the board not audit claims, there is little evidence in the minutes that the board even considered financial issues,” the release says.
Guernsey Memorial Library is a school district public library, with a board of five elected trustees. The library budget is put up for a public vote every year. For the 2007-2008 year, budgeted expenditures totaled $1,033,474.
Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office found the library director purchased restaurant meals, groceries, beverages and gifts using library funds. The audit, which covered a two-year-period from July 2005 to August of 2007, also found Battoe’s husband was paid $7,800 for computer repairs and services without proper authority or a written contract.
A press release issued from DiNapoli’s office stated that the board often had little oversight over the spending. “Not only did the board not audit claims, there is little evidence in the minutes that the board even considered financial issues,” the release says.
Guernsey Memorial Library is a school district public library, with a board of five elected trustees. The library budget is put up for a public vote every year. For the 2007-2008 year, budgeted expenditures totaled $1,033,474.
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