Mayor All McDonald addressing "concerns' about Memorial Gardens renovations cost today at City Hall.
The news team will update with full coverage today.
Points highlighted during the news conference:
- Mayor asks for an audit
- Audit results expected by Christmas
- New total for costs pegged at 16 million dollars -- well over the original 12 million dollar budget
- CAO Jerry Knox says there is o justification for the overspending without council approval
- Knox says a grave mistake has taken place
- Some capital reserve fund money will be used to pay for overrun
At 11:30 a.m. - the mayor tweeted the following message to his 13,61 followers:
Citizens @cityofnorthbay want leaders to be honest & upfront when things do not go as planned. We stood up today to be open & transparent
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