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State representative accuses DeSoto Public Library board of procurement irregularities; council agrees to consider audit
Summary
State Rep. Bill Lucas told the Jefferson County Council that local contractors were shut out of a DeSoto Public Library renovation bid process and urged the council to support an audit; the council agreed to place a draft resolution on the first January agenda.
State Representative Bill Lucas told the Jefferson County Council during the public-comment period that constituents had raised “waste and fraud and abuse” concerns about a DeSoto Public Library renovation and its bid process, and he asked the council to signal support for an audit.
Lucas said a pre-bid meeting appeared to favor a nonlocal, nonunion contractor, that bidding instructions were not handled through a…
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