Undocumented Payment

Undocumented Payment

The check below was issued to a Karen Martin for $896.00. Karen Martin is not an employee of the town but is listed as a guest in Supervisor Catalino's hotel room.

Why was there no voucher released authorizing this expenditure and payment to her? Who authorized this payment? Worse practices than that is there was absolutely no documentation released that any bill was ever paid for $896.00. No, and I emphasize NO receipt was ever released showing that any bill was ever actually paid by anyone. How can the town issue this check without documentation of it even being a valid claim? Did the Town actually pay the bill and pay Ms. Martin for the same thing?