Audit raises questions about N.C. sales director's overtime
A recent investigation by the office of North Carolina State Auditor Beth Wood criticized the payment of more than $75,000 in overtime to the facility sales director at the N.C. State Fair as being "excessive," according to The News & Observer.
Despite not being named in the audit, the employee is assumed to be Claudine Davis due to the fact that she held the position during the time investigated. The overtime - which was accrued over a period of four years between 2007 and 2010 - was defended by a spokesman for Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler as an acknowledgment of Davis' workload.
"The audit found no evidence of fraud," said spokesman Brian Long, as quoted by the news source. "We have no reason to believe she did not work the hours she was paid for."
Troxler claimed in a written response to the news source that the employee's long hours were in part due to the fact that the State Fairgrounds' sales and marketing department is understaffed.
Wood acknowledges that no time and attendance fraud took place but raised questions about the volume and necessity of the overtime hours.
The North Carolina State Fair has been held annually in October for more than 150 years, according to its website.
Despite not being named in the audit, the employee is assumed to be Claudine Davis due to the fact that she held the position during the time investigated. The overtime - which was accrued over a period of four years between 2007 and 2010 - was defended by a spokesman for Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler as an acknowledgment of Davis' workload.
"The audit found no evidence of fraud," said spokesman Brian Long, as quoted by the news source. "We have no reason to believe she did not work the hours she was paid for."
Troxler claimed in a written response to the news source that the employee's long hours were in part due to the fact that the State Fairgrounds' sales and marketing department is understaffed.
Wood acknowledges that no time and attendance fraud took place but raised questions about the volume and necessity of the overtime hours.
The North Carolina State Fair has been held annually in October for more than 150 years, according to its website.
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