August 2023
Office of State Auditor Beth A. Wood, CPA
Raleigh, NC
Below is the link to the 29-page report about the Town of Farmville investigation. Be sure to check out the end, where the State Auditor shows how the response by the Town of Farmville to each allegation is misleading. The Town failed to address the real issues, but attempted to misdirect. Instead of acknowledging the fact that the town manager ignored the $485,000 appraisal for the Main Street fire station and instead guessed that its value was $325,000, losing well over $150,000 of taxpayer money in the “trade,” Farmville came up with an unrelated excuse. Town Hall said that the corner of May Boulevard was the best location for the new fire station. Those two things have nothing to do with each other, obviously. As a response to the allegation that the Town of Farmville paid approximately $12,000 per month over a typical rent for the temporary library space ($216,000 extra for the 18 months), Town Hall said that the former train depot was the best location for it. Again, those are two totally unrelated points.
https://www.auditor.nc.gov/documents/reports/investigative/inv-2023-0344/open
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