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Resident raises transparency concerns about city communications contract
Summary
In public comment Dr. Lou Kartsonis said the city’s choice to contract with a colleague’s wife for communications work raises transparency and conflict-of-interest concerns; no response from council or staff is recorded in the minutes.
During the public comment portion of the Aug. 19 Rock Springs City Council meeting, Dr. Lou Kartsonis said the City’s decision to contract with a colleague’s wife to provide communications services raises concerns about transparency and appears to be a conflict of interest.
Dr. Kartsonis asked councilors to consider the optics of the arrangement and whether the selection process met expectations for openness. The meeting minutes record the statement but do not include a direct response from council or staff on the record.
The council moved on to other agenda items after public comment; the minutes do not show any follow-up vote or direction in response to Kartsonis’s remarks.
