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"Stoney’s office did not provide the citizen with the credit card statement including the charges, a Times-Dispatch review of the citizen’s correspondence with the mayor’s spokesman, Jim Nolan, found."
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Government Technology
Racking up personal charges on a city-issued credit card is explicitly forbidden under Richmond’s procurement rules. But after charging a $1,000 hotel stay during his personal vacation, Mayor Levar Stoney didn’t receive a slap on the wrist. A month passed before Stoney reimbursed the city, after the Department of Procurement Services flagged the charges because he did not initially provide documentation showing he had paid back the money, according to emails between his office and a copy of a cashier’s check the Richmond Times-Dispatch obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests. A city resident filed a request for the mayor’s trip expenses before he had repaid the tab. Stoney’s office did not provide the citizen with the credit card statement including the charges, a Times-Dispatch review of the citizen’s correspondence with the mayor’s spokesman, Jim Nolan, found. Asked why, Nolan said another city department had the records at the time. “The erroneous [credit card] charge was an unfortunate mistake that caused some confusion but was corrected in good faith,” Nolan stated in an email.
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Timberville became the first town in Rockingham County to live-stream its council meeting on Thursday. Town Manager Austin Garber said the town began looking into the option of live-streaming roughly three months ago to allow staff and residents to stay connected and as “another form of transparency.” “Council members know how hard it is to get to meetings,” Garber said. “This gives an opportunity to keep in touch with what is coming up in the town.”
Daily News Record
Progress has been made on the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority’s fiscal year 2018 audit, which is about 11 months overdue, as the authority has received adjusted journal entries from its accountants. EDA Board Chairman Ed Daley said the adjusted entries, which the authority received during a closed session, are not publicly available because they are part of the ongoing $21.3 million civil litigation in which the EDA alleges a series of financial improprieties within the authority were perpetuated by 14 individuals and companies. He added that the final audit, for which a completion date is unknown, is public record.
The Northern Virginia Daily
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