"We're dealing with a situation of negligent employees who did not perform their job the way it was designed and the way policies would require."
That was CATA Chairman Robert Swanson, explaining how the agency failed to make three years worth of tax payments to the federal government. It ended up costing CATA $1.2 million dollars in penalties and interest.
It also has CATA looking to fire its auditing firm. A committee made that recommendation to the board of directors Tuesday. There's not much else that can be done until forensic auditors have gone through CATA's books.
"This is not an acceptable situation and it is something that we are determined that we will do everything in our power to both correct and prevent in the future," says Swanson.
CATA is looking into getting reimbursed for the penalties and interest by the employees responsible for the missed payments, the auditors and its insurance company.
