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In theory, if the town cares about money, this will lead to the people in charge losing the next election.

In practice I'm sure this is mostly just people who do almost nothing for anyone collecting tax dollars for themselves with no consequences.

That's what the auditors are supposed to be for, after all.

Isn’t government grand?

If a DA or States Attorney thinks they broke the law, they could be prosecuted, just like anyone else

Yes. The taxpayers can elect new officeholders.

They tried.

I believe that one of the responsibilities of the board of auditors is hearing complaints against officeholders for waste of public funds.

If convicted of conspiring to obstruction or some such phrasing, they might be ineligible for office.

Which is probably exactly why a Libertarian got elected.

It’s rare for a libertarian to get elected, even more so in a write-in scenario.

It was an off-season election (i.e. no Congress people or presidents up for election), which usually have an order of magnitude smaller turnout.

That's the best opportunity for a dedicated candidate to rally enough support to get elected even if they aren't one of the two major parties, especially to a relatively small potatoes office like this.