FERRIDAY, La. — A supplemental report on the alleged theft of thousands of dollars in town funds should be released by the Legislative Auditor’s Office in the next two to three weeks, Legislative Auditor Dan Kyle said Friday.

A report released March 13 by Kyle said ex-water clerk Kathy R. Green and ex-Town Clerk Ida W. Tolliver admitted taking $90,947 the town received from July 1998 through February for utility services and $23,980 it received for 1998 property taxes for their use.

The report also said Green and Tolliver credited their utility accounts and the account of Green’s sister, Lucille Wells, $2,895 even though the town did not receive the payments.

Since then, representatives of the Auditor’s Office have been back in Ferriday several times to look over 1999 tax records and other financial documents.

That was done to see whether their estimate of the amount of missing funds needs to be revised.

But on Friday, officials of Kyle’s office were in Ferriday to meet with Town of Ferriday officials. &uot;An exit conference was held to go over with (town officials) everything we found,&uot;&160;Kyle said.

They will now write a report of their latest findings, and town officials will respond to those findings in a letter to the Auditor’s Office.

Those steps are expected to take two to three weeks, after which a report of the probe will be released to the public, Kyle said.

Both Green and Tolliver pleaded not guilty March 29 to charges of malfeasance and theft. Their next court appearance, a trial of motions, is scheduled for Wednesday in Seventh Judicial District Court in Vidalia.

In Louisiana, theft carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison and/or $3,000; the highest penalty for malfeasance is five years and/or $5,000.