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Indio's credit card policy adopted six months ago has undergone revisions to hold employees more accountable and make the 13-page document easier to read and understand. Read The Desert Sun's report on the City of Indio's credit card use.
Credit card spending by Indio city employees dropped 80 percent in January compared to the same month a year ago. The decrease followed a Jan. 3 Desert Sun investigation that revealed charges in excess of $805,000 over a 22-month period. Read The Desert Sun's report on the City of Indio's credit card use.
Casual lunch between coworkers on the city dime and monthly credit card statements that exceed $5,000 will not be tolerated under a new credit card policy Indio city leaders are considering. Read The Desert Sun's report on the City of Indio's credit card use
Indio's next city manager will be paid “substantially less” than the $300,000-plus a year Glenn Southard — the highest-paid city manager in the valley — receives, said Mayor Gene Gilbert on Thursday. Read The Desert Sun's report on the City of Indio's credit card use
A top Indio official is the latest to testify before the Riverside County grand jury on city matters. The city's public information officer, Mark Wasserman, said the grand jury interviewed him on Tuesday. Former longtime Councilman Mike Wilson has said he testified twice in January. Read The Desert Sun's report on the City of Indio's credit card use
Indio City Manager Glenn Southard has cashed out more than $80,000 in vacation pay — part of it in violation of his contract — since he was hired in 2005. City officials on Tuesday, however, said Southard will not be asked to repay the extra money. Read The Desert Sun's report on the City of Indio's credit card use
Indio is revising its credit card policy to ensure it “brings accountability back to us,” the mayor said Monday. Mayor Gene Gilbert, in a meeting with The Desert Sun's editorial board, said he saw a draft of the new 14-page policy Monday morning. Read the full investigation
Indio residents on Wednesday questioned the City Council about widespread staff use of credit cards, saying it opens up the system to abuse. Read the full investigation
Indio's city manager on Tuesday defended the city's use of credit cards as fiscally prudent, even as officials review spending policies and begin reining in meal expenditures. • Read the full investigation. Glenn Southard's full response to 11 Desert Sun questions
Indio City Manager Glenn Southard said “I may need to lay myself off” if a proposed early retirement deal currently under consideration by the City Council is offered to city employees.
Indio city officials on Monday began pulling the majority of the 62 staff-issued credit cards and tightening oversight amid questions from council members and residents about City Hall's spending habits. Read the full investigation.
Indio city officials will pull the majority of the 62 credit cards issued to staff members and tighten its controls over spending, the mayor told The Desert Sun today.Read the original report and reader comments
Facing a deficit and the threat of staff cuts, Indio city employees since January 2008 have charged more than $805,000 for pricey meals, travel that took staff members across the country, professional sporting events and a trip for the city manager's wife — all on taxpayer-funded credit cards.Inside: Examine some of the credit card statements yourself
City of Indio credit cards have been issued to employees at varying levels — from a front desk receptionist to key department heads, according to a Nov. 24 city-provided list of 62 cardholders.
Indio's use of taxpayer-funded credit cards has raised questions before.
Credit card use among Indio employees hasn't always been as widespread as it is today, according to former City Manager Tom Ramirez.
While Indio City Manager Glenn Southard has declined to answer questions regarding the city's use of credit cards by more than 60 employees, one city department director did.
As questions go, it's a relatively simple one: How are public governments in the Coachella Valley spending taxpayers' money?
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