The Arkansas Homebuilders Association has asked a Pulaski County Circuit judge to order a former executive to account for certain financial transactions she was responsible for during her tenure.
The group filed a complaint against Julie Mills, who served as executive vice president from 2004 until Nov. 20.
Mills could not be reached for comment and calls to the association went straight to voice mail, but the complaint filed by Little Rock attorney John Keeling Baker states Mills had “significant control over” the group’s finances. Those duties included receiving payments from third parties to the association and making deposits into the group’s account.
In 2012 and 2013, Mills received three warrants payable to the association totaling $29,300, but Mills has “failed or refused to account” for those funds, according to the complaint.
Baker wrote that Mills also “had access to other funds” that belonged to the group “for which she has failed or refused to account.”
Those other funds include a payment of more than $22,000 “to a purported ‘NEA HBA,’” a “purported bonus” to herself for $2,200 and “payments in excess of $17,500 to Centennial Bank.”
The complaint asks that Mills be ordered to provide an accounting for those transactions and to pay back any money owed to the association.
The association’s Form 990 filed with the Internal Revenue Service a year ago indicates that Mills’ salary was $66,202.
Mills also serves on the Arkansas Development Finance Authority for a term ending in January 2017.
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