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Assembly orders ethics review after debate over borough's use of Apple Core Strategies for grant writing
Summary
Assembly members questioned the borough manager's procurement practices and use of Apple Core Strategies for grant writing; a resident filed an ethics complaint and the assembly authorized the ethics committee to conduct a formal hearing and access records.
A debate over the borough's contracting with Apple Core Strategies dominated the March 2 Bristol Bay Borough Assembly meeting and prompted the assembly to authorize the ethics committee to open a formal investigation.
Borough manager James Wilson explained that the borough retained Apple Core Strategies (Mary Swain's firm) to pursue large federal marine grants and that the firm had helped secure a demonstration PATH grant. Wilson said the contract was consistent with borough code and that no family member participated in the vendor selection. "We followed your policies to a t," he told the assembly, responding to concerns about transparency and selection…
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