The Port of Wilmington Expansion Task Force received a State Auditor performance audit of the Delaware State Port Corporation yielding five findings following a $200 million state transfer, then heard presentations from two US-Africa trade organizations proposing to route African commerce through the Port of Wilmington, before moving into executive session for an Army Corps of Engineers update.
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State Auditor Lydia York stated that DSPC was given the opportunity to respond to findings and that 'Disagreements are not sufficient for us to change our position. We need documentation,' implying DSPC disputed findings. No DSPC representative was named in the transcript or appeared during the hearing to dispute York directly.
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“Findings are not a gotcha or as I prefer to tell oddities, findings are not felonies. They're simply a disconnect between documentation and practice without being provided new documentation. AOA does not change or remove a finding. Disagreements are not sufficient for us to change our position. We need documentation.”
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Sign in to subscribeReady to go when you are, Senator. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us for our task force meeting. This time we'll take a role. Darius Brown is present. Representative Frank Cook. Present. Joe Carson. Fred Sears. Here. Mike Carranta. Here. Curtis Linton. Chris Muntz. Here. Kevin Cooper. Julius Cephas. Present. Martin Willis. Present. Senator Dave Lawson. We have a appointment from the Teamsters. Lenny McCartney has retired. Forgive me for not having that information in front of me. Is the representative for from the Teamsters present? Yeah. Afternoon. How's everyone doing? Matt Hasty, Local 326. Thank you, Matt. Thank you for being here. Not a problem. Representative Dukes. Malik Bay. Bill Ash. Here. Mike Houghton. Office of Mayor Carney, City of Wilmington. Greg Patterson. Lucretia Moultrie. Shantae Hastings. Michael Smith. Charuni Sanchez. Office of County Executive Marcus Henry. All right, I think we're good. Based on our agenda, as for a motion to approve the meeting minutes from the November 18 and the December 16 meetings of the Port of Wilmington Expansion Task Force. Is there a motion? So move. Is there a second? Second. All those in favor signal by saying aye. Nays. Eyes have it. Thank…
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