Several city employees who worked in scandal plagued nutrition program have been reprimanded, a top official suspended, and another one fired
by those who the city trusted to operate an above-board feeding program that provided meals to children from low-income families.McKay claims she directed workers under her supervision to rig paperwork needed for the city to be reimbursed for the meals.However, a top official was suspended and plans to retire amid the scandal.
Roy Kitts, Wingfield’s boss, failed to take responsibility for the feeding program though he had been warned to do so, per McKay’s email.Not mentioned in McKay’s email are allegations that Wingfield also rigged bids by disclosing to one restaurant the bid of another to provide meals. Breakfast at Tammie’s ultimately received the bid worth $263,000 annually until federal COVID dollars injected millions into the feeding initiative.The FBI took over a criminal investigation of the matter last week, according to multiple sources.News 4 obtained the email after the city rejected requests to make the information about those disciplined in the taxpayer funded scandal public.
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