In mid-July, Statesboro City Council approved a contract extension and expansion for Atlas Technical Consultants LLC to supply engineering and inspection services for city projects, particularly projects funded by the sales tax for transportation, or T-SPLOST, for one year at a “not to exceed” cost of $601,000. The cover letter from Atlas suggested that this amount would be for the services of four individuals.

More than half the total, $349,200, was shown in the “estimate for staff augmentation” as going to Atlas Technical Consultants for the services of John Washington, PE, RLS, who until he resigned or retired abruptly from city employment in March was Statesboro’s director of public works and engineering.

Washington, the city manager and assistant city manager all say that Washington

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