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Fall River council asks state and federal auditors to review city maintenance office after private probe; council to seek responses by Aug. 15
Summary
After a privately commissioned investigation surfaced allegations of equipment misuse, procurement irregularities and workplace retaliation in the Department of Community Maintenance, the council voted to send the report to multiple law- and oversight-agencies and to seek formal responses by Aug. 15.
The Fall River City Council voted to request outside reviews of a private investigation into the Department of Community Maintenance (DCM) after a reported probe alleged misuse of city equipment, procurement irregularities and a hostile workplace culture.
The study, prepared by private investigator Daniel Lowney at the request of city officials, was read into the council record during a full-council session and prompted immediate action from several councilors. The council adopted — as amended — a resolution directing the clerk to transmit the investigator’s report to the U.S. attorney’s office, the Massachusetts attorney general, the Bristol County district attorney, the state inspector general and the Fall River Police Department, and asking those…
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