After telling The Dispatch last week that Watkins, Ward and Stafford believed finishing the Fiscal Year 2021 audit within 30 days was “realistic,” Mayor Keith Gaskin said Wednesday the timeline is no longer as certain.
In the wake of a devastating Fiscal Year 2020 audit report, Chief Financial Officer James Brigham said at a Wednesday press conference the city is already working to correct the problems, estimating it would take about six months to get it all under control.
“I’m going to vote for it, or commit suicide,” said District 17 Sen. Chuck Younger, referencing the largest economic development deal in the state’s history. That deal an aluminum mill going onto Steel Dynamics’ campus off of Airport Road represents a $2.5 billion investment by the company and a huge infusion of jobs.