SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Common Council has scheduled a Finance Committee meeting for Thursday morning. The topic: Mayor Ben Walsh's payroll modernization effort that began five years ago and cost city taxpayers more than $8 million.

The Council commissioned an audit in January of all the city software and information technology systems. Foxpointe Solutions has now completed that work.

The specific purpose of the Thursday meeting is described as "an update and public release of the Payroll Modernization external audit".

As of Sunday, it is not clear whether this meeting will feature the auditors and full report details or whether that will come later.

Multiple outside consultants worked on the project for years. It is still not fully operational.

The Walsh administration recentl

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