Diane Valden in The Columbia Paper reports an August payroll audit report of Columbia County's financial records from the Office of the New York State Comptroller found that thousands of dollars were overpaid to employees. Columbia County Board of Supervisors Chairman Patrick Grattan (R-Kinderhook) agreed -- with three exceptions -- with the audit findings, noting in a written response, the county, “should adopt comprehensive written policies and procedures outlining county-wide requirements for employee time and attendance and leave accruals.” The comptroller’s report is based on an audit covering county payroll practices from January 1, 2012 to October 3, 2013 and found that the county, “overpaid $18,724 to employees for time not worked or for leave time taken and not charged to leave accruals. We also identified an additional $24,824 in leave taken and not charged to leave accruals that county officials corrected as a result of our audit.” Read the full story in The Columbia Paper.