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City Investigating 'Irregularities' at Solon Center for the Arts

The city of Solon released a statement saying officials were investigating 'alleged irregularities' at the Solon Center for the Arts under the city's new fraud policy.

 

The city of Solon is investigating "alleged irregularities" at the Solon Center for the Arts, according to a statement from the city.

The announcement comes a week after Karen Prasser resigned without explanation from her position as executive director at the Solon Center for the Arts.

The city's statement does not go into detail about what is meant by "irregularities" but does says they were reported to Mayor Susan Drucker and the city council and will be handled according to the city's new fraud policy.

City officials are also not talking about the case until a review is completed.

Here is the complete statement:

After learning of alleged irregularities stemming from the Solon Center of the Arts, a city department, the Law Director reported the irregularities to both the Mayor and City Council. Jointly, the Administration and Council determined that the proper course of action would be to follow the recently adopted Fraud Policy and refer the matter to the proper authorities for further independent review.

City officials will not be making any public statements until after a complete review has been conducted.

Solon Patch will continue to report on this story.

Related Topics: Karen Prasser, Solon Center for the Arts, Susan Drucker, and fraud policy

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