Shane Haynes has a poor track record.

The city has tallied what it owes the state in employee retirement funds, and the bill will be paid this week, City Administrator Shane Haynes said Tuesday.


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The city has tallied what it owes the state in employee retirement funds, and the bill will be paid this week, City Administrator Shane Haynes said Tuesday.

But Mayor Pro Tem Bronco Bostick said the matter goes "way deeper than making a bunch of payments." He's contacted Chief Deputy Roy Hughes of the Jasper County Sheriff's Office to request a State Law Enforcement Division investigation.

Haynes' and Bostick's comments came 24 hours after The Beaufort Gazette reported that the city was behind on employees' retirement fund payments.

The city takes money out of employees' paychecks and funnels it into a state retirement fund on their behalf. A state Budget and Control Board spokesman confirmed Monday that the city is $150,000 in arrears and hasn't paid into the fund for more than a year, nor sent matching funds as required by state law.

The board threatened to report Hardeeville to the state treasurer's office and to ask that office to withhold money designated for the city. Treasury payments are made quarterly, and Hardeeville has received $35,513 this fiscal year, officials have said.

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Haynes said the city is working with Mims, Mellen, Hazel & Co., its Bluffton-based auditing firm, to finalize retirement reports.

Thirty-four employees were affected by the non-payment of funds, he said.

"We've gone through the entire matter with every employee affected," he said.

"There is no money missing. None of the employees will lose anything."