Wednesday Wind Down is an event MANAGED by CM Sharon Shropshire that brings traffic to a standstill; closes local businesses; interferes with MARTA riders; and causes stress to residents who lives anywhere near it. It is a FREE Party to anyone who shows up. It is PAID for by the taxpayer’s of East Point. The entertainers are treated like Hollywood Royalty. Some of the entertainers and managers have paid lodging and travel to the Event. A VIP Tent is provided for special guests of the Event planners; Council members; and their partnership representatives. I was told that the food and drinks were great.
The City waivered ALL vendor fees from June 2018 to June 2021 without a single vote of Mayor and Council. Only Mayor and Council can waive anything that is legal in the City. The last three Events combined vendor fees do not equal $25,000, however the City has spent in excess of $600,000 without accounting for overtime; staff participation; and extra outside security.
Before you start clicking on all the attached City document’s, please read the first one carefully. This Resolution states, defines, and limits the Management of taxpayer’s money spent by Council Members to three categories: TRAINING, TRAVEL AND COMMUNICATING WITH RESIDENTS. Mayor and Council cannot change the categories or waive how they are used. The Mayor’s spending of taxpayer’s money is extended to include the operations of the Mayor’s Office with one Executive Assistant.
There are so many City documents and I may have provided duplicates because I had to request the information in so many ways. You may begin.
In 2019, Mayor and Council codified the above RESOLUTION in the CITY’S CODE OF ORDINANCES as stated below:
Sec. 2-2010. Compensation and expenses for the mayor and councilmembers.
(a) Effective January 1, 2020, the mayor shall receive an annual salary of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00). Said salary shall be paid bi-weekly and shall be exclusive of amounts paid by the city for group insurance premiums. Additionally, the mayor shall have an annual car allowance as established in the budget.
(b) Effective January 1, 2020, each other member of council shall receive an annual salary of sixteen thousand dollars ($16,000.00). Said salary shall be paid biweekly and shall be exclusive of amounts paid by the city for group insurance premiums.
(c) Effective immediately, each council member will have one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800.00) for supplies, consumable communicating materials with residents, and the cost of participation in the city’s cell phone plan.
(d) Effective immediately, the mayor will have two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) for consumable communicating materials with residents, and the cost of participation in the city’s cell phone plan.
(e) Effective immediately, the mayor and council will limit the current media forms of communication to a cell phone and a computer or tablet.
(f) Effective immediately, the only allowable expenditures under the council ward expense policy are:
(1) Printed and robotic communicating with residents.
- No greeting cards sent by mail or email.
- No postcards except to inform residents of an upcoming meeting where information concerning a current/future council agenda item(s) will be discussed.
(2) All reimbursements shall contain the original itemized receipt/vendor bill.
(3) A copy of all printed materials shall be turned in with the copy of the receipt/vendor bill within five business days of the initial distribution date. This also applies to contracted email materials.
(Ord. No. 015-09, § 1, 10-5-09; Ord. No. 005-12, § 1, 2-6-12; Ord. No. 020-13, 8-5-13; Ord. No. 130-019 , 7-15-19)
CLICK HERE: 2018-04-16 City Council – Full Minutes-1979
The next document contains a wealth of information. It addresses the complaint that I filed against the City for using Hotel-Motel Tax money to fund the Wednesday Wind Down Event. The document addresses that head on, however there were other concerns in my complaint that were not considered because they did not qualify for the period of this hearing cycle. Read carefully the rationale of their findings for the items that they did considered. The City had to return the Hotel-Motel Tax money back to the proper account and the City was placed on probation.
CLICK HERE: ORR-2703-2019 DCA Preliminary Report of Findings and Recommendations
CLICK HERE: city of east point wind down wednesday expenses july 2018 to 2020 (1)
CM Shropshire’s credit card bank statements are included with the Mayor’s and other Council Members. Hers stands out because of the number of items and the places where the charges are made. There are no itemized invoices for any of the charges made by the Mayor or any Council Members that clearly violates the Resolution cited above.
CLICK HERE: Council Bank Statements ,June 2019-Marc 2020
CLICK HERE: Sharon Shropshire Bank Statement
CLICK HERE: A_Wednesday Wind Down_Local Event Permit_APPROVED
CLICK HERE: Heroes Benefit Invoices (2)
CLICK HERE: Wed. Wind Down Heroes 2
CLICK HERE:Wed. Wind Down Heroes 3
CLICK HERE: Wed. Wind Down Account
CLICK HERE ORR 2110-2021_Wed Wind Down Invoices Aug 2021 (3)
CLICK HERE: Wed. Wind Down Vendors Status
CLICK HERE: Wednesday Wind Down Covid-19 SCAM
Below is a picture of the $5,400 worth of food that was given to the Heroes. The picture in the posting was taken at City Hall.
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