Pine Bluff Cracks Down On Credit Cards
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Pine Bluff Mayor Dutch King says no one knows
how many city employees are carrying city credit cards, but he
wants to find out. He is directing department heads to maintain
records of credit card purchases and submit reports on the cards`
usage monthly.
King`s memo followed revelations that Rickey Parks, director of
the city`s Parks and Recreation Department, used a city credit card
to pay for personal expenses.
The Parks and Recreation Commission ordered Parks to resign or
be terminated in early September, but he refused. Parks, who
acknowledged using the cards for personal expenses, said he repaid
all the personal charges.
When he refused to resign, all four members of the parks
commission eventually resigned instead. A new commission rescinded
Parks` termination and is conducting its own investigation of Parks
Department expenses.
Posted by Mike Hellgren
