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Nashville Mayor David Briley on Tuesday halted five future Metro Public Works contracts for sidewalk, paving and other capital projects amid questions raised in a recent audit about the departments close relationship with a top engineering contractor.
The Briley administration also announced plans to hire the citys first-ever chief compliance officer who will work in the mayors office to review governing ethics in the citys procurement process.
That work will begin with a comprehensive review of the internal procurement practices of the public works department.
The series of actions comes after The Tennessean reported on an internal audit last month that detailed photos showing executives from Brentwood-based Collier Engineering — which has won $48.7 million in Metro contracts since 2010 for street paving, sidewalks and other work — entertaining Metro officials inside a company suite at Bridgestone Arena during multiple sporting events this year.
In several cases, the city employees — which included public works, parks and water department employees — did not appear to pay for the tickets, violating Metros code of ethics on accepting gifts.
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