NEWS
Auditor questioned about fraud report
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
What began as a regular outside audit report for Montague County on Monday segued into vague innuendos of possible fraud.
Mike Edgin of Edgin, Fleming and Fleming was questioned by Commissioner Mike Mayfield on what they do when presented with any allegation of fraud within county operations. Edgin briefly went through the 2024-25 audit highlights noting the county’s strong financial position before the question came up.
As he closed out, Mayfield told Edgin each year as a county official he gets a letter asking if there are any concerns about fraud issues. Mayfield said he never fills it out, to which Edgin responded, “That is your prerogative.”
He asked Edgin if he received any report of fraud last year and what he did with it. Edgin said he started by talking with County Judge Kevin Benton to see if he had information on it.
“He told me what was going on and I felt like it was being addressed by outside sources,” said the auditor.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
The BOIL WATER NOTICE for the area of Miller, Nina, & Roach Streets has been cancelled
Members of the Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on May 26, one day later than its regular session moved due to the Memorial Day holiday.
Items on the agenda include: Proclamation for June as Elder Abuse Awareness Month; consider master lease agreement for copier with Kyocera Document Solutions America and the county clerk; review data access memorandum of understanding between the county sheriff’s office and Sheriff’s Association of Texas in association with Appriss Insights, LLC and OCV, LLC; credit application to MHC; precinct two request to enter a lease purchase agreement with American National Leasing to buy a 2024 Case tractor; precinct for line-item budget adjustment of $8,750 from sale of property to gravel; precinct four to accept a check from Government Capital for $97,200 and deposit it into machinery and equipment line item and budget workshop.
The Bowie City Council has cancelled its May 26 meeting due to a lack of agenda items that have discussion.
The next regularly scheduled meeting is on June 9.
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