President of the Alderman Lewis Reed is in the hot seat after State Auditor Susan Montee’s report was released early today. Montee claims that Reed drives a $25,000 city-purchased sedan with such luxury options as a heated leather steering wheel and seats. And he uses the city-owned vehicle for personal use.
Those are among the claims made by State Auditor Susan Montee in reports released Tuesday on four areas of city government. She says additional reports will come later from the ongoing audit – which came about as a result of a citizens groups request.
Montee’s office also found that some city departments may be making what they term emergency purchases to buy such things as a sno-cone machine, fleece blankets and magnetic baseball schedules.