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Prichard's council will seek state auditors if the mayor's side doesn't respond by Monday
Prichard's council is questioning these figures
- $20,602.36
- negative general fund balance after pending payroll
- $219,814.18
- in payroll-related payments
- $60,000
- moved from the gas tax account Thursday
Source: NBC 15 WPMI
If you live in Prichard, here's where things stand. Council President Traci Hale presented bank records at an emergency meeting Friday that she said showed the general fund at negative $20,602.36 after pending payroll transactions. WKRG reported that Mayor Carletta Davis did not attend and that her office said she was unavailable.
Davis denied Thursday night that the $60,000 went to cover payroll. "We are fixing the bridge," she said, adding that the finance department's return to QuickBooks kept it from issuing a check directly. Hale said the money went back into the gasoline tax account after council members raised questions.
- Deadline: close of business Monday, Nov. 9
- If no reply: council asks the state auditor for help
- Also questioned: $95,000 moved from a stormwater account Oct. 7
- Council's concern: possible commingling of gasoline tax funds
Prichard's money moves and deadline run from Oct. 7 to Nov. 9
- Oct. 7$95,000 moves from a stormwater bank account into the general fund.
- Oct. 26$23,250 moves from the gasoline tax account for a Whistler Street repair.
- Oct. 30A check for $23,250 is issued for the repair.
- Nov. 5$60,000 moves from the gasoline tax account to the general fund, then is returned.
- Nov. 6The council holds an emergency meeting on the city's finances.
- Nov. 9Deadline for the administration's attorneys to respond to the council's attorney.
Sources: NBC 15 WPMI, WKRG
