Her 2020 salary was approved for $40,270 with $68,335.22 being the actual amount Auleman was paid. In 2019, Auleman’s salary for being a trustee was approved at $39,097 by the township board with $65,634.90 being paid out. She also paid herself for the clerk position in 2019 and clerk and township assistance investigator positions in 2020. Township trustees cannot pay themselves in excess over what the township salary resolution set by the township advisory board she was also paying herself one to two months in advance of the services performed.

The State Board of Accounts began their investigation when they were notified Auleman was being compensated in amounts larger than the salary set by the township board. – The Indiana State Board of Accounts has ordered Jackson Township Trustee Linda Auleman to repay the township and state $54,603.12 in salary overpayments to herself since she took office January 1, 2019.Īuleman also was ordered to pay $4,115.94 for the employer share of extra payroll taxes paid by the township because of the salary overpayments and reimburse the state for $11,756.25 for the cost of the investigation that uncovered the overpayments.

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