(Radio Iowa) – A report from the state auditor’s office is flagging some bookkeeping issues in a northwest Iowa community where several previous public officials were accused of wrongdoing in 2021. A report from the state auditor’s office eight years ago on the City of Armstrong led to charges against Armstrong’s former police chief, former mayor, former city clerks and a policeman. None of the issues in the latest report from the state auditor’s office rose to the level of being turned over to law enforcement.

C-P-As did raise concerns about a deficit in the fund used to cover the city’s garbage and landfill costs. The report indicates a city employee used their own Society Security number to get a debit card for Armstrong’s bank account to pay city bills. The state auditor’s office says unlike credit cards, there’s limited ability to set guidelines for access to debit cards and the city should ban the use of a debit card.