Auditors said the Brooke-Hancock-Jefferson Metropolitan Planning Commission failed to monitor employee travel and expenditures.

The Ohio Department of Transportation audits the commission. Prior to the audit, employees could use an agency credit card when traveling. However, the director admitted there was no real system in place to monitor specifically how that money was spent.

On Thursday, the board presented a policy where all expenditures now must be pre-approved by the executive committee.

Another red flag was the question over federal money received. In order for the BHJ to operate, they must come up with local funding to match their federal funding.

The audit showed that in 2003, BHJ did not come up with matching funds of around $115,000.

The board did present a new system to record local and federal funds in the future.

After the audit surfaced, some board members blamed the man in charge - Director John Brown- for the discrepancies.

Brown said, "I serve the pleasure of the executive committee. They drive the agency."