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Atwater oversight committee presses city staff for clearer accounting of Measure B spending and master plan deliverables
Summary
Residents and committee members questioned roughly $182,500 paid toward a public safety master plan and other Measure B expenditures, asking staff for deliverables and clearer budget line-item descriptions; staff said a draft is under review and will be shared with the committee when presented to city council.
Atwater City’s Citizens Oversight Committee for the public safety transaction and use tax spent much of its meeting pressing staff for clarity about how Measure B funds have been spent and what the city has received in return.
During public comment, resident Linda Atwater urged the committee to scrutinize recent expenditures, citing an $11,000 purchase of training equipment and expressing concern that a public safety master plan had been budgeted at about $200,000. “I think it’s misuse of public funds,” Linda Atwater said, and reported she has contacted a state official about an audit and possible reimbursement to the general fund.
Committee members raised related concerns during staff reports. Finance Director Nicholas said the committee’s requested…
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