密苏里州审计长10月27日宣布对拉斐特县奥德萨市启动请愿审计，回应130万美元电费算错风波
密苏里州拉斐特县奥德萨市的市政运营将迎来州一级的全面审计。密苏里州审计长斯科特·菲茨帕特里克10月27日宣布，州审计长办公室已应居民请愿，启动对奥德萨市的绩效审计，审计工作于10月26日与市官员会面后正式开始。这是奥德萨市第一次接受州审计长办公室审计。事情的起因是今年3月，奥德萨市宣布发现能源成本调整费算错，市财务主管估计差错金额为130万美元，涉及2019年5月至2026年1月期间多收的电费，市政府随后向符合条件的电力用户提供了抵扣。数百名居民认为市政府透明度不足，签名请愿要求州审计，不到几周便收集到足够签名（共434个经拉斐特县书记官认证的有效签名，触发门槛为392个），触发了请愿审计。菲茨帕特里克说，居民已经大声而明确地表达了诉求，审计将用未来几个月时间详细审查市政运营，目标是让城市更高效、更有效、更负责任。
Missouri State Auditor Announces Petition Audit of Odessa on October 27 After $1.3 Million Electric Billing Error
Odessa, Lafayette County, Missouri — The city's operations will undergo a full state-level audit. Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick announced on October 27 that his office has begun a petition performance audit of the City of Odessa at residents' request, formally commencing with a meeting with city officials on October 26. It is the first time Odessa has been audited by the State Auditor's Office. The audit stems from the city's March announcement that it had discovered a miscalculation in its Energy Cost Adjustment charge; the city finance director estimated the error at $1.3 million, covering overcharged electric bills from May 2019 through January 2026, and the city offered credits to eligible electric customers. Hundreds of residents who wanted more transparency signed a petition requesting a state audit, gathering enough signatures within a few weeks — 434 valid signatures certified by the Lafayette County Clerk, against a threshold of 392 — to trigger the petition audit. Fitzpatrick said the people of Odessa have spoken loudly and clearly, and that the audit will spend the coming months reviewing city operations in detail, with the goal of making the city more efficient, effective and accountable.
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