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Heated council exchange over Academy of Excellence spending, a $47,000 repayment and audit transparency
Summary
Council members and city staff disputed past Education Department-funded expenditures, questioned a $50,000 transfer and a $47,000 repayment from 2019, and discussed involving auditors or the California Department of Education to clarify records.
Parlier — A sizable portion of the meeting turned into a contested exchange over finances tied to the city’s Academy of Excellence program, past Education Department purchases and a disputed transfer of funds dating to 2019.
Council member Speaker 9 pressed staff and administration about why $47,000 was repaid after unresolved approvals for a roughly $15,000 project that, Speaker 9 alleged, had been broken into multiple near-$5,000 payments to avoid approval thresholds. Speaker 9 said the item appears in the 2019 minutes and…
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