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Resident raises accounting and contract-transparency concerns at St. Anthony council meeting
Summary
Dr. Bibi Neumann told the Council she was unable to present earlier comments on the Comprehensive Plan, requested clearer documentation and a public feedback loop, questioned a $19,682.13 security line item versus an estimated ~$78,000 total security cost for the cannabis project, and flagged multiple numerical inconsistencies in retail reporting; she asked for an amortization schedule and reporting tied to the interfund loan.
At the public-comment portion of the meeting, resident Dr. Bibi Neumann, speaking from an interdisciplinary background in psychology and law, urged the Council to provide transparent, resident-centered documentation of staff recommendations and decisions. She said items submitted on the Comprehensive Plan should be cataloged, reviewed, and accompanied by a visible feedback loop so residents can see how staff judgment was applied.
Dr. Neumann specifically questioned Resolution 26-048's contract authorization for a security upgrade line item of $19,682.13 and asked the Council to clarify which equipment and recurring services that figure covers versus what she described as an approximate $78,000 total project cost. She also cited several arithmetic inconsistencies in the retail mid-year slides and requested an amortization schedule, start date for payments, minimum payment, rent valuation, and a required reporting schedule for Resolution 26-050. Mayor Webster noted Dr. Neumann had reached the limit of her time and no substantive follow-up answer was provided during the meeting.
