By John Speer, CIP Iowa Auditor of State Mary Mosiman reported on Wednesday morning, Dec. 30, a special investigation identified $13,550.61 of improper and unsupported disbursements and undeposited collections of the Garwin Ambulance Service. The report covers the period of July 1, 2010 to March 31, 2015. City officials requested the investigation after they were notified a personal bill had been paid with ambulance money – a check issued from the Garwin Ambulance Service’s checking account According to a news release: the $6,814.98 of improper disbursements identified includes $3,263 of cash withdrawals by Karen Boege, the Ambulance Service’s former Secretary/Treasurer; $1,392.22 of purchases from Wal-Mart; and $620 of payments to Steve Boege, the Ambulance Service’s former President. The $6,385.63 of unsupported disbursements identified includes payments to vendors and payments to Mr. and Mrs. Boege. Mosiman also reported Mrs. Boege did not maintain supporting documentation for disbursements. The $350 of undeposited collections identified includes cash withheld from a deposit made to the Ambulance Service’s checking account on October 16, 2012. Mosiman reported it is not possible to determine if additional amounts were improperly disbursed or if collections were not properly deposited because adequate records were not available. Copies of the report have been filed with the Tama County Sheriff’s Office, the Division of Criminal Investigation, the Tama County Attorney’s Office, and the Attorney General’s Office.