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East Point council presses city manager on event spending after budget review
Summary
Council questioned event line-item accounting after staff reported $649,187 spent year-to-date on city events and identified a $92,207 overage for the Wednesday Wind Down series; members probed $49,000 in 'stage' charges, unclear $20,000 credits, and widespread credit-card reconciliation problems.
At its Jan. 20 meeting, the East Point City Council pressed city staff for clearer accounting and stronger controls after the interim finance director reported $649,187 had been spent year-to-date on municipal events and a variance of about 68 percent.
The finance presentation, provided by the interim finance director (name not specified in the transcript), flagged a $92,207 overage for the recurring Wednesday Wind Down series and noted a separate line item labeled “stage” with nearly $49,000 in charges. “The actual spent year to date is $649,187 which takes our variance to 68%,” the interim finance director told…
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