CINCINNATI — Iris Roley, a consultant for the City of Cincinnati, got a new contract worth $664,300, which City Manager Sheryl Long signed two days after the election on Nov. 6.

The contract authorized a Summer in Cincy program to help youth and prevent violent crime from June to August, and expanded the Government Square Initiative from mid-August through October. The city agreed to pay $94,300 for that work, which was performed months earlier.

“The contract has been controversial and it should not be surprising that the city administrator or the city manager held this until after the election to avoid any more controversy before the election,” said Todd Zinser, retired U.S. Inspector General who fought fraud and waste in the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Department of Transpor

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