AUDITOR OF MARION COUNTY EE perUTY AUTOR JULIE L. VOORHIES oun sar or « Fax 93009 cro, TooPORMEARNDIPRAED G17) azre8 DREW CARLSEH Julie Voorhies Marion County Auditor 200 E, Washington S., Su Indianapolis, IN 46204 01 May 28, 2015 Via First Class Mail and Eleetronie Mail Councilor Maggie Lewis Couneilor John Barth ‘Councilor Monroe Gray Councilor Zach Adamson 241 City-County Building 200 E. Washington St Indianapolis, IN 46204 Re: City-County Payments to Vision Flet Dear President Lewis and Councillors Barth, Gray, and Adamson; I am writing to you in your respective roles as members of the City-County Council leadership to inform you of some very concerning information that I recently discovered. | have observed your inquires and the attention you have brought to the procurement and contract problems with the City’s Vision Fleet contract to add over 400 electric vehicles to the City’s vehicle fleet. Consistent with the questions you have raised in the Council, I have also begun to review payments from claims and warrants relating to Vision Fleet that have gone through the Marion County Auditor's Office, As one result of this review, I have discovered that approximately Two-Hundred Thousand ($200,000) has been paid to Indy-Vision Funding 1, LLC (a.k.a. Vision Flee) from the Storm Water Managemest Utility Fund . I further discovered that an additional Ninety Three ‘Thousand ($93,000) was withdrawn from this same fund to cover other expenses related to leased vehicles. We are stil rying to determine the ecipient ofthe $93,000,May 28, 2015 Page 2 AAs you know, Revised Code Sec. 135-641 (b) bars any such payments from the Storm Water Management Utility Fund for uses that are not elated tothe storm water utility. Specifically, the ordinance states as follows: This [stormwater management] fund shal be a continaing fund, with all balances remaining therein a the end of each calendar year. No such balances shal lapse into the eity or county general funds or ever be diverted, diretly or indivecty, in ‘any manner to any uses other than for the purposes of the Marion County Stormwater Management District, Emphasis added). [As such, to the extent that this $293,000 paid to Vision Fleet and other vehicle-leasng firms) does nt exclusively benefit the Stormwater Management District, some or all ofthese payments, {rom the Stormwater Management Fund are questionable 1am alerting you te these eonceming payments to include them as part of the Coureil's ‘ongoing review of the Vision Fleet contract. n addition, I will continue my review of payments, to Vision Fleet and consult with independent legal counsel to determine if any further action is necessary from my office. I hope ths letter has provided you some useful information. If you equite futher explanation and/or documentation of these payments, please feel free to contact ‘Moke Voothi _Sincerly, Cc.