The state board that oversees the Alabama Music Hall of Fame voted on Wednesday to terminate its executive director, who had been put on administrative leave and asked to repay nearly $65,000 in misspent funds.
Sandra Burroughs was at the center of a state audit released in May that found 29 significant issues at the museum and tourist attraction in Tuscumbia, including thousands spent on travel and meals, an improperly awarded bonus and other matters of noncompliance with state laws.
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Burroughs has been on unpaid leave since March. She’d been the museum’s executive director since 2018.
The Alabama Examiners of Public Accounts originally asked Burroughs, who also goes by Sandra Killen, to repay $114,637 earlier this year. That amount was reduced to $64,719 after Burroughs submitted additional information about expenditures.
Some of the audit findings raise concerns about day-to-day operations at the museum, including failure to maintain a listing of artifacts and memorabilia and failure to ensure the items were protected by insurance coverage and failure to remit sales tax from gift shop sales.
EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Mary Sell and originally published by Alabama Daily News.
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