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Sanger
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Audit consulting contract and conflict-of-interest questions

Summary

The council approved a $121,400 contract with Price Paige & Company after questions about no competitive bidding and the city manager's son working at the firm — the firm says he's walled off from Sanger's work and the city attorney sees no legal conflict.

At a glance

Total mentions
1
Last 30 days
1

Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Nov 5, 2026.

Impact analysis

💰Financial impact

$121,400 contract plus $25,000 additional appropriation.

✅Who benefits

The city's finance department working to catch up years of overdue audits.

⚠️Who could be affected

Residents who see the arrangement as an optics problem.

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