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Committee and public raise transparency concerns after motocross added to direct county expenditures
Summary
Public commenters and advisory committee members said a motocross project was added to the county's direct county expenditure (DCE) plan without a formal review by the ECHO advisory committee or Volusia Forever; staff said the project was added by county council and is informational to the committee.
Public commenters and several members of the ECHO Advisory Committee said they were not given opportunity to review a motocross project before county council added it to the Direct County Expenditure plan.
Connie Colby, a resident who addressed the committee during public participation, said she was concerned about how county funds are spent: "I would I'd like to think that the direct county expenditure fund is not being like, the cookie jar." She and others said projects that use county funds—particularly those connected to ECHO and Volusia Forever—should be subject to committee review before council action.
Staff clarified the process: Daniel, ECHO program staff, said county council approved $3,500,000 for the project into the ECHO capital improvement plan on June 4 and then the council added the project to the DCE plan. He told the…
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