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Candidate calls for published funding process and a public audit board
Summary
Sammy Oswitz criticized the city's lack of a published process for awarding city funds and proposed citizen-led advisory boards and a public audit board to increase accountability and clarify how taxpayer money is spent.
Sammy Oswitz told listeners the city has "no published process regarding who can ask the city for money, what they have to do to receive a yes and how much we can give them," and framed that omission as a transparency and accountability problem. He proposed publishing a clear process so residents understand why awards are made and how funds are investments in the community.
Oswitz also proposed creating citizen-led advisory boards to oversee special funds and establishing a public audit board to provide third-party oversight of elected officials and high-salaried staff. He said these steps would help explain why the city says yes to funding requests and would hold officials accountable to taxpayers.
