Oversight Ad Hoc Committee October, 12, 2026

Greenville County, South Carolina’s Oversight Ad Hoc Committee met on October 15, 2026 (the meeting title references October 12). The committee approved the prior meeting’s minutes and discussed developing a scope for a countywide financial and controls audit. Members proposed a $50,000 threshold for reviewing large transactions and identified areas for examination including appropriations, general-fund payments, grant restrictions and unspent funds, transfers between accounts, departmental overages and their final destination, payroll-to-personnel records, expense accounts, insurance (including health self-insurance), vendor and contract compliance, procurement processes, and payments to nonprofits. They also raised cybersecurity vulnerabilities and recurring payments related to electric-vehicle charging meters. A member cited concerns about the $25 road fee: approximately $14 million was reportedly allocated for road infrastructure, compared with about $12 million later and an average of roughly $8 million over an eight-year review; the committee wants the collection and use of those funds traced. The discussion also noted a reported increase in insurance costs from roughly $20 million to $47 million, to be examined.

No contract award or vendor selection occurred. The chair said a consolidated audit scope would be circulated for a final review and vote, after which it could be issued as an RFP; a member noted that the scope would still require ratification. The committee approved adding the discussed items to the working list for that later review. The $50,000 threshold and the proposed audit scope could shape the eventual solicitation, but neither the RFP nor a contract was approved at this meeting.