Council members leading an effort to identify the scope of an investigation - and which law firm should lead it – into allegations raised by the city’s former police chief on a host of alleged improprieties within Mayor Sandy Stimpson’s administration are hoping it can be done for under $100,000.
That dollar amount will loom over a decision the council is expected to make within the next two weeks. The price-tag will also come after the mayor’s office confirmed the costs of a third-party review of the police department’s policies and procedures during use of force incidences cost taxpayers $297,791.