Nearly everyone in the state loves the Utah Jazz, but the state auditor’s office says the $684 for two tickets — plus $47.51 for a game trip meal — are examples of “inappropriate expenditures” for town personnel in Plymouth, Box Elder County.
It says buying them at town expense may have “tax consequences.” After all, the $732 spent comes out to nearly $2 each for the 377 residents that the U.S. Census Bureau estimates lives there.
The auditor’s office on Wednesday released a special review of Plymouth’s finances after it said some town officials contacted it “with concerns related to possible inadequate oversight of public funds.