ayor answers
I
charges. in law.' uit
.Connnued from PaRe 8
I n the fund, and an ac­
ounu ng of auctions held by
the department over the past
t 0 cars.
Scott ays the city
tre a 'ure r receives and ac­
ount or I) monies coming
through the city, and infor-:
marion regarding forfeitures
ould be obtained through
that office. saying it is a
separately elected office.
Another charge concern­
ing financial issues, was
fail ure to' file financial nd
expenditure reports with
various late offices, result­
ing in the Michigan Transpor­
tation Fund withholding
140,000 from the city.
Scott ays the reports were
ubrniued on time. and the
money � ill be released when
correction arc: madc to the
report hy the audit firm
which prepared i l.
Another accu ation was
the failure to implcment a
contract approved by council
July 19. to hire a financial
con ultant to monitor the
city's activities and report to
the state.
TilE CO TRACT IS a
mandatory requirement of
the cuy 's loans with the stare.
Scott maintains her office is
in the proc.:c:�· of !'>electing a
new s uuc mom tor. because of
d is s at is t'ac n o n w i th the
pre, ent one,
Ac c us a u o n- c o nc c r rn n g
.rnp 0 c c: under co nrra ct.
.ay Scott created a de-facto
illegal contract for Executive
A. i tant to the Mayor John
Ibert, to tunction as A is­
tant Director 01 Pub lie Safety
in March. alter coun il otcd
gain iav aruinu him a c n­
irac t.
Council \(1 � Sco u vub­
sequent! "Ioaneu" Colbert to
Pub lie Safe n to act a: A!\�I�­
tant Director. In \ rulauon 01
the city char " .inu ordinan­
c x.
A .irm lar accu: anon con­
cern' Scous Director of the
R al state DI\ 1�I()n Millon
Hall. ho �"(1� put 'on loan"
as "Acting" Deputy Director
of Finance in april.
Council says he has been
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the de-facto Director of
Finance ince then. The coun­
cil contends Hall doe not
po es the minimum r e­
.qurrernem of colleg major
In ac ounung or three year
of prac.t cal experience in ac.;­
counting, thcrefore making
his "de-facto appointment" in
violation of the city charter.
SCOTT STO J) BY both
of her appointee and main­
tai ned they arc cornpc tent for
the jobs. Anoth r contractual
issue wa the ambulance ser­
vice for the city. ouncil ays
SCOll reatcu u de-Facio il­
legal contract with. L.e.
Taylor Ambulance Service to
provide services. to the city,
after council refused to ap­
prove a prior contract. and i n-.
s t cad c x rc n de d the cit Y • s
current contract with Unitcd
Ambulance Service.
Counci I rc fuses to .honor
any agreements with Taylor
Ambulance Sc rv icc s , .and
'aid request tor payments for
service r ndcred under a
contract not approved by it.
will not be honored.
Scott ay the ci ty has a
temporary contract with
Taylor becau thc council
would not allen si pecial
meetings to re olve the issue.
saying it is using the am­
hulancc i sue to advance
their careers on other' mi '­
fortune, .
cott �ays the len s ui t has
no ment to it. and accu cd the
ounci 01 e. I� m.-
e �aHJ. "As elected offi­
cial. e are r c q u i r c d to
re pc ct .a .h other nd the
traditional. c p a r a u o n 01
ro vc r n m c n r p o w cr s . Too
ot ic n coun II attempts to take
into ib hand the day-to-day
operation' of the ci ty, when
the arc only p' r t-t i rn c
e l cctc d official who meet
t\ 0 day per month. '.
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