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Two Watertown council members criticize mayor on handling of hospice funding request


WATERTOWN — Two City Council members are accusing Mayor Jeffrey M. Smith of failing to share pertinent information about a funding request that was submitted by Hospice of Jefferson County for a planned expansion project.
Council members Leonard G. Spaziani and Lisa A. Ruggiero are criticizing Mayor Smith for how he handled the $445,000 funding request, accusing him of not being transparent.
They said they never saw documents that hospice officials had provided for the $445,000 request in Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund money to enhance its ventilation system as part of a $2.37 million four-bed expansion of the organization’s Gotham Street facility. ....

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