City Auditor Riad Ali lacks authority to force implementation of recommendations, and we asked both Mayor Danny Avula and First District Councilman Andrew Breton whether they expect recommendations to be implemented by target dates that are set by the administration.

"I think a lot of those things, obviously that is the goal, the goal is that we work with the auditor, we try to set a target date and then sometimes we get into the fixes and find out this is going to take more of a financial investment or this is going to take a longer runway, and so we work with the auditor to revise those dates," Avula said.

Breton suggested the administration may be setting overly ambitious timelines.

"I actually think the administration is maybe being a little too optimistic and ambitious with their c

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