Sunday, March 4, 2012

GRANT PROBE CLEARS CITY OF WRONGDOING.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: TIM O'BRIEN Staff writer

An audit of the city's handling of a federal grant program cleared the city of any wrongdoing.

The report by the state Division of Criminal Justice Services recommended the city be careful with its accounting records but found no serious deficiencies with the handling of $199,076 in federal money for the COMBAT program, meant to target neighborhoods with drug problems.

The audit showed the city incorrectly billed the program for $2,310 to pay for officers assigned on overtime to work as security guards in Troy City Court. Since the court bills the state Office of Court Administration for its security costs, two funds …

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