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Treasurer grilled over shortcomings
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The Barton County Treasurer’s Office came under fire Monday morning for $1.3 million in 2013 end-of-year property tax receipts that had not been properly recorded. This and other shortcomings in the department came to light through preliminary audit findings presented during the Barton County Commission meeting.County Treasurer Kevin Wondra was in the hot seat as Vickie Dreiling of the accounting firm Adams, Brown, Beran and Ball reviewed her pre-audit letter. “We found some issues in the Treasurer’s Office,” Dreiling said.She did say Wondra and his department cooperated and that most of the problems had been rectified.A frustrated County Commission then approved the hiring of a full-time “analyst” to serve as an assistant for Wondra.