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Resident warns council city may be ineligible for grants, urges careful vetting of hires
Summary
At the public-comment period a resident, Ophelia Galatos Rivera, told the Gregory City Council the city is behind on audits and at risk of losing grant eligibility and urged careful vetting of new hires including the city administrator and police chief.
Ophelia Galatos Rivera told the council the city is behind on annual audits and said that has put Gregory at risk of losing grant funding. "So the city at this point is ineligible for grants," she said, urging the council to prioritize the interests of the majority of Gregory residents when hiring key officials.
Rivera thanked the council for hiring a new city attorney but pressed officials to ensure the city administrator and police chief are fully vetted. She said audit errors have required corrections before submission and warned that correcting those mistakes costs the city extra money and can jeopardize outside funding. The comment period that followed included related community concerns about staffing, transparency and the agenda-placement process.
