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The Missouri State Auditors Office has released their audit report for Dent County, and the county received an overall “good” rating with a few deficiencies being noted that were addressed by the office holders that were affected. Those affected included the Sheriff’s Controls and Procedures, the Prosecuting Attorney Controls and Procedures, Property Tax System and County Collector Liabilities, and County Sales Tax. The audit found that the Sheriff has not adequately segregated accounting duties and does not perform supervisory reviews while the Jail Administrator does not perform monthly bank reconciliations for bank accounts and does not timely deposit monies in some accounts. The Sheriff also does not adequately follow up on billings for boarding prisoners and has not turned over commissary profits to the county treasury since February 2010. Also, the Sheriff does not have statutory authority to collect a $10 bond-processing fee. For the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, the audit found that the P.A. does not routinely follow up on outstanding checks, and 19 checks (totaling $1,018) had been outstanding for over a year. The Prosecuting Attorney was still maintaining an inactive restitution and bad check account used by a former official that included 51 outstanding checks (totaling $4,401) from 2004 to 2010 and another $11,159 in unidentified funds. The Prosecuting Attorney's office also does not account for and monitor the disposition of all bad checks. The audit went on to state that as noted in their two prior audit reports, neither the County Clerk nor the County Commission adequately reviews the financial activities of the County Collector. The County Collector does not prepare a monthly list of liabilities and reconcile the list to the available cash balance. Also, the county did not properly report property tax levy reductions to the State Auditor's office for several years, used incorrect data in sales tax reduction calculations, did not properly consider prior year levy reductions results, and could not locate the 2010 calculation worksheets. Because counties are managed by several separate elected individuals, an audit finding made with respect to one office does not necessarily apply to the operations in another office. The overall rating assigned to the county is intended to reflect the performance of the county as a whole. It does not indicate the performance of any one elected official or county office.

The Industrial Development Authority of The County of Dent will conduct a regular meeting tonight at the Bank of Salem located at 4^th and Main Street beginning at 6:00 pm. After approval of the agenda and minutes from the prior meeting, the Board will approve bills (if any), review financial statements for the period ending October 7^th, 2014. The Board will then address area Internet accessibility with CenturyLink, the status of lease(s) and any other business that may come before the Board. The Board may then vote to go into closed session. The regular meeting of the Industrial Development Authority of The County of Dent is open to the public.

The City of Salem Police Department has released a number of reports. On Friday, September 26^th at 2:36 in the afternoon, an officer was contacted at the station in reference a burglary. The investigation revealed that someone entered an unsecured residence in the 200 block of South Warfel and took items valued at $718.19. That same day at about 4:06 in the afternoon, an officer was detailed to the 800 block of East Hawkins in reference to a disturbance. That investigation led to the arrest of a 17-year old male of Salem for the possession of tobacco and for stealing on an unrelated case of shoplifting from Walmart. He was issued summonses to appear in court and was released. On Sunday, September 28^th at about 11:12 in the morning, an officer was dispatched to a residence in the 500 block of South Jackson in reference to an assault. That investigation revealed that a 44-year old male of Salem had assaulted another male from Salem.  Further investigation led to the arrest of the suspect who was issued a summons to appear in court and was released. That same evening at 6:15, an officer was contacted at the station in reference to damage to a vehicle that was parked in the 200 block of East First. The investigation revealed that someone cut a tire valued at $100 on a white 1999 Chrysler 300M. On Monday, September 29^th at 12:35 in the afternoon, an officer was detailed to a residence in the 1200 block of South Water in reference to a burglary. The investigation revealed that someone entered a residence by force causing damage valued at $200. At about 7:28 that evening, an officer was sent to Walmart in reference to a shoplifter. That investigation led to the arrest of a 46-year old female of Salem for stealing items valued at $48.68. She was issued a summons to appear in court and was released. Then at 8:43 that evening, a vehicle was stopped for a traffic violation. The investigation led to the arrest of a 31-year old Houston female for driving while being intoxicated. She was issued a summons to appear in court and was incarcerated on a 12-hour hold. That night at 11:40, an officer located a 23-year old female of Salem in the 800 block of North Pershing who had an active arrest warrant from the City of Salem. The suspect was taken into custody on the warrant and was incarcerated pending a court appearance. Please contact the Salem Police Department at (573) 729-4242 if you have any information regarding the theft, property damage, or burglary reports, which are still under investigation.

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Funeral services for Glen “Fudd” Eaton of Steelville, age 77, will be held Friday at 11:00 at the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home in Steelville. Visitation will be Thursday from 5:00 to 8:00. Interment will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery with Full Military Honors.

A memorial service mass for Carolyn Ann (Deeken) Cahill will be at 10 a.m. Saturday morning at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Memorials may be made to the Riverways Pregnancy Center.

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