A Stockton official accused former interim City Manager Steve Colangelo this week of failing to seek City Council approval for an investigations contract involving the city’s finances that’s now under scrutiny for lack of proper oversight.
Monday’s meeting of the City Council’s audit committee was the first time city HR Director Rosemary Rivas spoke about her role in putting the $100,000 contract together. Rivas had missed the committee’s discussion of the deal last week reportedly due to being ill.
Vice Mayor Jason Lee had called an initial special meeting last Tuesday to examine the deal after learning from city staff several weeks ago that the investigation the contract authorized hadn’t been done…