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Audit and revision notes
Summary
Post-draft audit identified minor transcript inconsistencies and verification needs; articles were revised to correct a likely transcript name typo and to flag all estimates as staff-provided and subject to verification.
Audit findings (categories) and fixes applied during revision:
spelling: Issue: transcript uses both "Mayor Sanders" and later "Mayor Siner." Severity: low. Fix: standardized to "Mayor Sanders" in articles (transcript inconsistency likely typo) and noted correction in audit.
clarity: []
chronology: []
framing: []
misinformation: Issue: staff provided estimates (70 listings; $1,800 average remitted; only 2 remitted in FY25); these are preliminary. Severity: medium. Fix: articles attribute all counts and dollar figures to staff and flag them as estimates requiring verification.
misidentification: Issue: roll-call names appear in transcript but speaker-label mapping to those names is not always explicit. Severity: medium. Fix: articles attribute quotes to transcript speaker labels present in the speaker list and use functional labels for unidentified voices (e.g., "Committee member (Speaker 2)") and only use personal names when explicitly stated in the transcript (Nick Angeli; Mary Anne Banks; Mayor Sanders).
out_of_context: []
Quantitative precision: Issue: several numeric claims are approximate or based on preliminary data. Severity: medium. Fix: added clarifying_details entries and wording such as "estimated," "rough calculation" and instructed staff verification.
Process clarity: []
Context clarity: []
Agency clarity: []
Question emphasis: []
omission: []
bias: []
duplicate: []
Transcript-segment issues: None of the timeline SEG anchors invent new SEG ids; where boundaries were uncertain, timeline entries use the last segment that clearly discussed the topic.
Revision summary: corrected the likely transcript typo of "Mayor Siner" to "Mayor Sanders," emphasized that numerical figures are staff estimates, ensured all quotes are attributed to speakers present in the transcript speaker list, and added clarifying_details and provenance lines to support transparency.
