ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (WTVD) -- The council chambers inside Rocky Mount's city council were packed with Monday residents upset about the city's apparent accounting fiasco . Councilmembers Andre Knight, Reuben Blackwell IV, and Richard Joyner, representing wards 1, 2, and 3, respectively, met with residents inside City Hall to discuss why the city's finances have significantly dropped since 2023.

"We are seeking a forensic auditor to come in and look for anything that could be possibly be illegal. Because you got to," said Blackwell. "It's not a little bit of money we're talking about. It's a lot of money. And we're still trying to get to the bottom of it."

As of August 2023, the city's cash and investment balance was just more than $100 million. As of September 2025, the number has dipped

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