CHICKASHA, Okla. (AP) - An investigator for the Oklahoma attorney general says more than half the overpayments to Grady County elected officials has been repaid and an undisclosed agreement was reached for repayment of the remaining funds.
Angela Marsee told The Oklahoman that $401,765 has been has been refunded and the repayment agreements will recover the remainder of the $727,343 in overpayments made during a 10 year period.
The overpayments to 13 officials including county commissioners and two sheriffs was revealed in an audit in August 2018.
Auditors traced the overpayments to August 2008 when an 18% salary increase was granted to county employees and county officials despite advice from an assistant district attorney that only county employees, not elected officials, should receive the raises.
County commissioners reduced salaries in August 2018 after the excessive payments were discovered and have been in compliance with salary limits since then, auditors said.
Marsee said no criminal charges are expected.
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