Tamarac officials have paid back the $594 dinner tab initially footed by a lobbyist, the Broward Office of the Inspector General said Thursday.
The agency’s Aug. 15 investigation found some members of Tamarac’s City Commission had received “gifts” when they attended a dinner on March 29, 2023 in Washington, D.C., when the city’s federal lobbyist paid the bill.
The dinner’s receipt showed two credit card payments for the three-hour dinner at Table 301, including entrees such as salmon, a cowboy ribeye and lamb, salads, desserts of sundaes and creme brulee, and drinks including Moscato.
Although investigators initially wrote in their report that “no one had reimbursed either the lobbyist or her Firm for any of the $594.46 that she paid for the meal” because “the City Manager communicated that the City had not received anything from the Firm, that is, the City had not received sufficient documentation to pay the firm’s February 23, 2024, invoice for the dinner.”
The OIG interviewed the city manager about the Washington trip, including about the two dinners, on Dec. 14, 2023 and again in February.