The City Council’s investigative body is moving forward with its own probe into the misuse of $8.2 million in emergency public safety dollars to cover payroll and other expenses.
The probe, in part, seeks to determine which employees at city hall were aware of the misuse, according to Councilwoman LaVetta Sparks-Wade, who originally made a request last month to the mayor’s office for financial records and correspondence related to Fund 224.
Sparks-Wade said her request to Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson’s administration, her chief of staff Dayna Bennett, city Controller Angelia Hayes, Fire Chief Paul Bradley and Fire Department Business Manager Sharita Starks asked for “any and all correspondences,” including email and written documentation.