Monies paid by recycling business properly received and accounted

The owner of a recycling business near Seneca wants the public to know that the role played by him and his business in a Westminster investigation has been accepted by city officials and that nothing wrong took place.  City Administrator Chris Carter said this week, “In my opinion based on this interview and the records I received, I believe the City received all the monies paid for the scrap water meters.”  Carter concluded in his report to the mayor and council that no one was guilty of a criminal conversion of city property, after the city determined that the sale of the scrap materials was handled properly.  According to the city administrator’s report, Hunnicutt Recycling paid cash and the money was counted and then receipted at City Hall by an accounting clerk.  Deb Hunnicutt told 101.7/WGOG NEWS he answered Police Chief Dean Awalt’s questions:  “All they asked me if I had given them receipts, and I did.  He shook my hand and left.”  Hunnicutt wants 101.7/WGOG listeners to know that Hunnicutt Recycling on the Old Clemson Highway is an upstanding business and a service to customers who sell materials that are recycled for future use:  “I don’t want this to hurt my business….”  Carter launched the investigation after receiving information from City Councilwoman Susan Ramey that questioned whether a city employee or employees had received money for old water meters sold as scrap.  Carter said it is his belief that no criminal conversion of city property had taken place.