By Mike Sunnucks | Phoenix Business Journal
A new external audit has found Glendale city executives — during the tenure of former city manager Ed Beasley — misled or kept the elected City Council in the dark over financial problems and state fines related to an early retirement program.
The audit also faults city management over paying former assistant manager Art Lynch $930,400 in consulting fees after he retired from his Glendale job in 2009. Lynch was a top aide to Beasley who served as Glendale City Manager from 2002 to 2012
A no-bid contract for Lynch was approved by Beasley as well as former city attorney Craig Tindall and the City Council in late 2009 and early 2010, according to the audit.