EKB News

Separate audits released yesterday questioned the handling of payrolls and public funds in an Eastern Kentucky county clerks' office. State Auditor Crit Luallen found "significant non-compliances" in Magoffin County Clerk H.B. Arnett's office regarding payroll and time sheets in 2005. Arnett, a Democrat who has been county clerk for 25 years, is not seeking re-election, although a daughter who works part-time in his office is the Democratic nominee for circuit court clerk. Arnett said yesterday he had received a copy of the audit but had not read it. Auditors were unable to verify the accuracy of Arnett's payroll, according to a news release, which noted that the clerk did not ensure all of his deputy’s maintained time sheets.