Quebec City will have to do a more in -depth survey on 76 situations of expenses from Employees of Destination Quebec City, whose value is $ 3,558.
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This was indicated by the city’s finance service in a statement on Monday, following a first examination of complaints and spending reports for Quebec City Employees.
Recall that our investigation office revealed at the beginning of the month that Quebec City had closed their eyes to expenses made by one of its services: a double meal invoiced in double, hotel night a few steps from the Destination Bureau Québec cited, often in contravention with its own spending policy.
Examination of Quebec City relates to a set of costs of costs containing 1893 invoices for the period from 2022 to today.
“To date, the finance service has identified 76 situations which will have to be in depth investigation by employees to validate the facts surrounding these requests” whose value is $ 3,558. From this amount, there are so far seven “risk of double billing” (for a total amount of $ 660), 27 invoices which should have been daily allowances (for a total amount of $ 760), 33 invoices whose reimbursement is not allowed in the city policy (total amount of $ 1741), and 9 alcohol fees excluding representation ($ 397).
At the end of this examination which is still in progress, “the required adjustments will be made to the applicants, for example a refund request, as well as any other measure which must be taken following the survey”.
Recommendations will also be made to destination Quebec cited to “tighten the supervision of reimbursable expenses”, in particular in the context of representation activities, assured the city.
