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Lansing City Council green-lights BWL audit

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Lansing mayoral candidate Carol Wood answers listeners' calls on AM870 on Oct. 20, 2009.

After a marathon session, the Lansing City Council last night approved Mayor Virg Bernero’s proposed 2015-16 budget, but it was not a complete victory for the mayor. The council also rejected his plan to create a new layer of oversight to regulate the Lansing Board of Water and Light. Bernero proposed establishing the position of inspector general to review the BWL’s procedures to ensure greater accountability, but after hours of debate and several failed attempts to pass amendments, the city council instead decided to fund an audit of the BWL by an independent agency. Current State talks with at-large Lansing city council member Carol Wood, who proposed several of those rejected amendments to the city budget.

Kevin Lavery served as a general assignment reporter and occasional local host for Morning Edition and All Things Considered before retiring in 2023.
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