Pinal County internal auditor resigns; no one let in the office

By Brian Wright | Maricopa Monitor

Pinal County internal auditorDays after Internal Auditor Kate Witek announced her resignation, the Pinal County Board of Supervisors discussed what the next steps would be for the Office of Internal Audit.

She has essentially been the lone employee in the office.

Fully staffed, the office is supposed to employ four people, but the three employees who quit at different points this year were never replaced.

The future of the office was discussed at the supervisors’ work session Wednesday. The conversation ranged from getting rid of the office to fully staffing it again.

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