Woodstock Fire Department failed to get competitive prices for purchases, state audit finds

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Woodstock Fire Department failed to get competitive prices for purchases, state audit finds

A state Comptroller’s Office audit has found that Woodstock Fire District officials did not make and effort to get competitive prices on services and largely made major purchases without seeking requests for proposals.

The audit was released Oct. 5 and covers expenses involving all five fire companies covered by the district.

Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and Ulster County District Attorney Holley Carnright have scheduled a 1 p.m. Friday press conference to discuss the audit and an accompanying investigation into Woodstock Fire Company No. 3.

The audit covered Jan. 1, 2011 to Jan. 26, 2012 and found that district officials did not follow policy in getting quotes for items that were not required to be competitively bid.

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WOODSTOCK, N.Y. — A former treasurer of Woodstock Fire Company 3 has been accused of stealing more than $200,000 from the department over a five-year span.

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and Ulster County District Attorney Holley Carnright announced during a press conference on Friday that Dale D. Hughes Jr., 64, has been charged with grand larceny and jailed without bail in connection with the case.

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Thank you Eric I was just going to update that. What a shame!

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Update -

The former treasurer of the Woodstock Fire Company Number 3 pled guilty Wednesday in Ulster County Court to embezzling some $200,000. Dale Hughes, 64, entered a guilty plea to grand larceny in the second degree.

http://midhudsonnews.com/News/2013/January/16/Hughes_guilty-16Jan13.htm