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University Daily Kansan, April 21, 1982
Med Center involved KBI confirms investigation
TOPEKA-A The KBI confirmed yesterday that it was investigating the university of Kansas Medical Center's business office.
The KBI, along with state auditors and KU police, have been investigating the business office for about five weeks. The investigation was called Kelly, KBI director, said yesterday.
"Right now, it looks like embezzlement in the office," Kelly said.
The investigation started when a routine audit of the business office found many "coarse irregularities", Tom Greenson, assistant director of business and fiscal affairs at the Med Center, said.
Exact figures on the amount of money missing from the office were not disclosed by either Med Center officials or the KBI.
KU police first investigated the results of the audit and forwarded the information to the attorney general. The attorney general turned the case over to the KBL.
The state usually audits ledgers in the business office every two years, Keith Nichter, director of business affairs, last year turned up no irregularities.
The Med Center's business office is responsible for billing all persons treated at the hospital. The Med Center has more than 50,000 patients yearly.
Last November, the Med Center began work on a new system of billing. The new system, which relies heavily on data, is being installed by a private firm.
Now, the bill for an inpatient stay must pass through several stations and be re-fitted at each one.
This system, which is scheduled for completion in June at an estimated cost of $1 million, is designed to eliminate the need for a large system now in use at the Med Center.
Separate billing for surgical fees, rooms and possible blood or drugs must be added to the patient's bill, increasing the chance for a miscalculation.
An employee of Hair Adventures, 1422 W. 23rd st., allegedly elicited almost $1,500 from the store sometime between March 12 and 31, Lawrence police said.
On the record
Police said an employee filled out a deposit slip and sent a copy to the main office, but never deposited the money in the bank. Police said the manager suspected an employee that had not reported for work since March 12.
There have been no arrests.
KU POLICE reported an aggravated
arson at 3 a.m. Sunday in the lobby of
Sotheby's New York office.
A PROFESSOR called police Monday
afternoon and alleged that a preacher's loud speech outside Wescoe Hall was disgruntling classes, police said.
Police answered the call, but did not arrest the preacher.
BURGLARS STOLE more than $350. worth of household goods sometimes between 4 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. at Barboursville residence at 94 W. 12th St. police said.
By SUSAN AHERN MARUSCO Staff Reporter
City accepts written proposal to help solve Bluffs' dispute
A two-year controversy, involving two lawsuits against the city, concerning development of the Bluffs, near Fifth and California streets, may soon
Commissioner Nancy Shontz said that because the three lawyers involved in the Bluffs case had worked together closely in creating the document, she thought "the agreement would be accepted by all parties very soon."
Last night, the city commission unanimously agreed to a written settlement on the Bluff's development. However, Mayor Marci Francisco said she would not sign the final agreement until the other parties in the controversy had agreed to three minor changes in the proposal.
The Bluffs dispute involves three parties: the city; Vanguard Corporation, a local developer; and residents near the Bluffs.
The Bluffs' dispute began about two years ago, when Pinckney neighborhood residents sued the city commission after it upzoned the Bluffs from single-family to multi-family use. The residents said the development would
cause drainage, noise and traffic
their single-family
neighborhood.
The Douglas County District Court found the suit invalid, and the residents appealed their case to the Kansas Court of Appeals.
The Vanguard Corporation, which plans to build 20 townhouses on the Bluffs, also sued the city for rescinding a deal that the commission had earlier issued.
According to Gerald Cooley, the city's attorney, the final version of the agreement will not be made public until 9 this morning. Cooley refused to reveal details from a proposed agreement the company considered a few weeks ago.
However, Shontz said that one of the changes in the proposal to be submitted for the residents' approval would place a time provision on building a road from the Bluffs to the Turnpike access road.
Shontz said that the undisputed elements of the agreement to be signed by the city, Vanguard and the residents contained provisions for the following:
- Physical barriers that would separate the Pinckney residents single-family neighborhood from the developed Bluffs area,
- Trees and shrubs to be planted
- Drainage problems.
In other business, the commission did not decide whether day care homeowners could offer care to 12 children instead of the six the city now allows. The city sent three text amendments concerning day care homeowners in the city code back to the planning commission for its recommendations.
Janis Fisher of the Douglas County Day Care Family Association said she hoped the city would decide on the requirements soon.
“Parents are already looking for a place to put their children during the summer. But we can't agree to take them to school,” she added, changes the city code," she said.
However, the commission directed the staffing plan to draw up an ordinance that would amend the building code to allow for up to 12 children in day care homes if the homes met the state's life safety code.
this code, among other requirements, mandates that a 14%-inch solid wood door be placed at the top of the floor in an area where children are supervised.
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