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City council presses staff for public briefing after forensic auditor declines to present
Summary
East Point council members pressed city staff about the Plant Moran forensic audit after the auditor said it "will not present" at the Aug. 11 work session; council scheduled a staff presentation for Sept. 8 and debated posting the audit online before that briefing.
Councilmember Carla Mitchell led an extended discussion Aug. 11 about a recently released forensic audit prepared by Plante Moran and the city’s ability to present and publish its findings to the public.
Councilmember Mitchell said residents paid for the audit and should be able to view it without making open-records requests, and she read an email from Plante Moran in which the firm said it "will not present at Monday's meeting." City Manager Jones said the manager’s office only received the audit a week earlier and was still reviewing the material.
The audit was originally coordinated through the city attorney’s office, the council heard. Council…
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