However, Ortiz says if there is a criminal investigation, then any information required by law enforcement is handed over.
Ortiz would not say which Pueblo County employees the audit refers to, or if the those employees are currently still working in the county's government. "We have a duty and an obligation as elected officials to ensure the government is being run in an open and transparent way." "I know that audit was a betrayal of the public's trust," said Ortiz. It later stated that the director-level manager inappropriately approved four transactions totaling more than $50,000. The financial report, conducted by a third-party accounting firm, says a director-level manager at Pueblo County approved payments to an immediate family member without following County purchasing policies.
Instead, county officials believe much of those funds were directed towards the failed Minor League baseball stadium project along Historic Arkansas Riverwalk.
The audit claims a total of $339,939 in expenditures were recorded in the excise tax fund that did not meet the criteria established by the Pueblo County voters.
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"This framework is in place to explicitly lay out not just what good and ethical conduct is, but more importantly what enforcement measures are in place if that code of conduct or the public's trust is violated," said Commissioner Garrison OrtizĪccording to the 2018 Pueblo County Financial audit, hundred of thousands of taxpayers' dollars were misappropriated to projects not approved by the voters, elected officials, or appropriate supervisors.
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