A. Discovery of Questionable Underground Utility Program Expenditures On or around May 2014, routine inquiry originated from a subcommittee, the Municipal Services Committee (“MSC”), regarding available funding in the Underground Utility Program. Specific inquiry was raised by the MSC regarding expenditures charged to the UUP under a Miscellaneous project number. In response to the inquiry, Public Works senior management reviewed UUP expenditures charged to the Miscellaneous project number9 and became aware of questionable expenditures with a vendor, Collins Electric. At the time of the inquiry, D. Wooten was out on mandatory administrative leave for a matter unrelated to this investigation. After discovery of the questionable expenditures with Collins Electric, Public Works-Engineering management personnel referred the matter to the City’s Human Resources department (“HR”) for further review. With the assistance of Public Works-Engineering management personnel, HR management personnel conducted a preliminary review and inquiry into the Underground Utility Program expenditures, and identified questionable payments to three vendors: Collins Electric, Southern California Evangelistic Jurisdiction, and New Covenant Christian Center. Further review by Public Works-Engineering management personnel identified a questionable payment to a fourth vendor, Melody Jenkins. The payments to these four vendors (the “Four Vendors”) involved the actions of D. Wooten in which he apparently received and approved the vendor invoices for payment, prepared the invoice payment requests, and instructed the printed check payments not to be mailed to the vendor address on file, but held for pick-up by him. For a summary of expenditures charged to the Underground Utility Program for Public Works-Engineering by project ID number, see (Exhibit 7). KPMG Report, Page 7 cityofpasadena.net/invoiceinvestigation/
Posted on: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 05:05:10 +0000
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