State auditors recommended that Grant County Fire District 4 change its recordkeeping procedures after one audit found inadequate documentation of purchases of fire equipment. A second audit followed allegations of misappropriation of money by former GCFD 4 Chief Kevin Whitaker. Whitaker pleaded guilty to identity theft in September.
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Audit findings follow sentencing of former GCFD 4 chief
WARDEN — Grant County Fire District 4 is instituting new policies for credit card use and use of its petty cash accounts. Fire district officials also have written new policies governing the purchase of equipment following the two audits by the Washington State Auditor’s Office, released Monday.