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The Champion, Thursday, June 11 - 17, 2015
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DeKalb suspends its P-card program
ketball, womens swimming
and diving, men’s swim
ming and diving, men’s ten
nis, women’s tennis, men’s
outdoor track and field,
softball, and baseball.
Williams College
(Miss.) finished in the No.
1 spot with 1,053 points,
its 18th Directors’ Cup title
in 20 years. Johns Hop
kins was runner-up with
1,016.75 points. A total of
322 schools accumulated
points in the final Division
III standings.
The Directors’ Cup
is a program that honors
institutions maintaining
a broad-based program,
achieving success in many
sports, both men’s and
women’s. Began in 1993-94
for Division I by NACDA
and USA Today, it was
expanded in 1995-96 to
include Division II, III and
the NAIA and, in 2011-12,
expanded to the Junior/
Community Colleges.
Points are awarded based
on each institution’s fin
ish in up to 18 sports-nine
women’s and nine men’s.
Following the preliminary find
ing of special investigators, interim
DeKalb County CEO Lee May an
nounced June 8 that the county’s
purchasing card (P-card) program
is suspended for most users.
County P-cardholders will be
able to use their P-cards “with nar
row exceptions in extreme circum
stances of public safety and public
works emergencies,” a county news
release stated.
“Just twelve weeks ago, I an
nounced my intention to return
DeKalb County to the people;
implement real reform; and bring
about more transparency, ethics
and integrity-to the public’s trust,”
May stated. “Progress is being made
every day but major challenges re
main in our commitment to root
out any abuse, corruption or mal
feasance. This is the primary reason
why we hired special investigators.”
According to a news release,
the special investigators’ summary
“outlines examples of dubious ex
penses charged to the county with
no apparent direct benefit to county
government and/or with no justifi
cation or explanation given.” Such
expenses included improper use of
tax exempt status; purchases of un
authorized items, as outlined in the
current policy; and splitting pur
chases to circumvent the county’s
$1,000 per transaction limit.
The P-card use suspension is
effective by close of business on Fri
day, June 12, with the following ex
ceptions for departments that have
critical emergency operations that
would be detrimentally affected:
• Payment for county motor vehicle
repairs and maintenance
• Payment for materials or supplies
needed in the event of an emer
gency
• Payment for expenses associated
with a court case
• Payment for repairs, maintenance,
and service agreements for county
owned equipment, buildings and
infrastructure (provided no con
tract is required to be signed)
“Let me emphasize that the vast
majority of employees of DeKalb
County are hard-working, honest
men and women who do their jobs
everyday with honor and dignity. I
appreciate them,” May said. “I want
those few who have not played by
the rules to know that I am seri
ous about restoring the public’s
confidence, and we will continue to
carry out reform and restore trust
in our government.”
The DeKalb P-card policy will
be updated to reflect these changes,
according to the news release.
Lucinda
(ID# 24209854)
is a very sweet
and loving 3
year old pittie
girl. She would
rather be by
your side than
anywhere
else. Along
with her cute
face comes
a love for all treats, gentle hugs
and unconditional love. You will fall
in love! Come meet Lucinda today
at the DeKalb shelter and take
advantage of our "Beat the Heat"
promotion. Throughout June all pets
over six months and dogs weighing
at least 25 lbs. may be adopted for
FREE! They will be spayed/neutered,
vaccinated and microchipped
at no additional charge. If you
would like more information about
Lucinda please email adoption@
dekalbanimalservices.com or call
(404) 294-2165. All potential adopters
will be screened to ensure Lucinda
goes to a good home.
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