State auditor releases audit of monorail
It appears the monorail ran afoul of some state laws, according to a new report from State Auditor Brian Sonntag:
Seattle's monorail project violated the state open meetings act, failed to document the work performed by three consultants, bypassed bidding procedures and misspent money on a parade float, the state auditor said in a report released today.We hope that from now on, the Seattle monorail project will exert an extra effort in whatever its future activities may be to be in compliance with state laws and regulations.
The project board violated state law by authorizing a lobbying effort at the state Legislature in individual briefings with eight of nine board members by former director Joel Horn, the report said, adding that the board "did not make that decision in an open public meeting as required by law."