2012-01-04 / Front Page

Commissioners decline to pay consultant

County Attorney Craig Caldwell tells consultant she lacks legal authority to negotiate contracts on behalf of county
BY GLORIA JENNINGS
A consultant specializing in health care issues and retained by Precinct 3 Commissioner Katherine Pinotti may have overstepped some legal lines by attempting to negotiate contracts with an auto parts company and a paper supply warehouse on behalf of Cherokee County. Cherokee County Commissioners balked at a $4,000 bill presented for payment that they said was not authorized

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