Marana officials had alleged county bias against some jurisdictions, but a state audit report has praised the county bond program as “uniquely collaborative” with local jurisdictions and found no evidence the county changed bond projects to “reward or punish” jurisdictions.
After a 10-month in-depth examination of Pima County’s bond program finances, the state auditor general has issued the program a clean bill of health.
As part of an ongoing dispute with the county, Marana town leaders asked the Legislature to make a special audit mandatory.
County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry said he didn’t think anything was wrong with the bond programs and said the clean audit proves the county bond programs are successful and financially sound.
Marana Mayor Ed Honea said he couldn’t comment on the audit report because he hadn’t seen it yet.
The auditor general’s staff reviewed thousands of pages of information from the county related to more than 500 bond projects.
Information from the Arizona Daily Star
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