The city of Hyattsville spent money without city council approval and exceeded authorized contract maximums in fiscal year 2022, according to a review of accounts payable data obtained via Public Information Act request.
Another important, well written article. It would seem City staff, like many city residents, are questioning the importance of the existing City Council, yet as of July 2024 (per City ordinance 2019-02) we are taxed over $127,000 yearly to pay all eleven Council members - not to mention the stipends for all the committee members used to justify Council member initiatives. If Council members or residents do question City staff at Council meetings, I am confident Mayor Croslin, as he has in the past, will shut them down or tell them to take their questions off-line (so much for transparency and accountability).
This needs to be an agenda item at the next Council meeting, with open discussion Mr. Mayor, and not something swept under the rug (there is already too much dirt there)!
Another important, well written article. It would seem City staff, like many city residents, are questioning the importance of the existing City Council, yet as of July 2024 (per City ordinance 2019-02) we are taxed over $127,000 yearly to pay all eleven Council members - not to mention the stipends for all the committee members used to justify Council member initiatives. If Council members or residents do question City staff at Council meetings, I am confident Mayor Croslin, as he has in the past, will shut them down or tell them to take their questions off-line (so much for transparency and accountability).
This needs to be an agenda item at the next Council meeting, with open discussion Mr. Mayor, and not something swept under the rug (there is already too much dirt there)!
Elections are coming up next May.
Thank you for researching and writing this.