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Residents urge audit of MEDC grant accounting; local business asks for cannabis licensing-window change
Summary
At the Dec. 15 meeting a public commenter asked the commission to clarify handling of interest and administrative fees on MEDC-related grant funds and to consider an independent audit; Eric Kennedy requested the commission waive the local cannabis application window to allow local businesses to obtain medical licenses and avoid a 24% wholesale tax disadvantage.
An unidentified attendee told the commission Dec. 15 that the UHY audit of MEDC-related projects did not show interest earnings on a disbursed $7.5 million tranche administered by Lenawee Now and asked whether interest income had been recorded elsewhere.
“My rough math shows that should be about $400,000 in interest earnings,” the commenter said, and asked the city to request clarification from UHY and Lenawee Now and to consider commissioning an…
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