An audit of Kansas City Parks and Recreation suggests the city department is failing to track and manage its finances, possibly costing the city millions of dollars.
The audit presented to the City Council on Thursday showed the department misreported financial details, lacked adequate records to track its revenue and failed to enforce contracts and collect fees from users of parks facilities.
The report sparked a blistering response from Parks Director Christopher Cotten, who argued the auditors shared false or inaccurate information and failed to understand how parks and recreation programming works…