Albany City Commissioners Want Closer Scrutiny of Spending by Boards
Wednesday, March 18th, 2015
Interim City Manager Tom Berry told the Albany City Commission during a work session Tuesday morning that any expenditures approved by boards under the city’s oversight will henceforth be brought to the commission for final approval.
Berry made the comment after Commissioners Roger Marietta and Jon Howard expressed concern over recent actions by the Albany-Dougherty Inner City Authority, which, among other things, approved purchase of land along Oglethorpe Boulevard for $195,000 that was sold to the Waffle House restaurant chain for a reported $5,000.
“We will bring expenditures to this board (for approval) in every single case,” Berry told the commission.
