An audit of the Horse Cave Volunteer Fire Department has shown the department used a secret bank account to purchase many unauthorized items totaling thousands of dollars.
Some of the money was used to pay for a funeral and several grave openings along with luggage, rocking chairs, cell phones, and expensive television sets among other items, according to WNKY.com. The television station obtained the records through an open records request.
“As you are aware the fire department does have an account under the name ‘Friends of Horse Cave FD’ at South Central Bank,” WNKY.com reports fire commission auditor Eric Bach wrote in an April 13 letter to Mayor Randall Curry and the city clerk. “When I first began this audit I was informed by Chief (Donnie) Parker and Tommy Larimore that no such account existed.”
“Also more membership appreciation checks have been written, which I need to do a little more research on. (Other) items (purchased) included luggage, coffee makers, mixers, and speakers to name a few,” Bach wrote, according to WNKY.
Bach has turned over the audit findings to the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office.
Parker has been suspended without pay. No charges have yet been filed.
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
