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CITY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE 501 CITY HALL ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 December 8, 1969 CHARLES L. DAVIS DIRECTOR OF FINANCE W. ROY SMITH DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE EDGAR A . VAUGHN, JR . DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE JAMES R . FOUNTAIN, JR. DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE Mr . George J. Berry Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Mayor's Off ice City of Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear George: This is to acknowledge your letter of November 25, 1969, which relates to my letter of November 24 regarding certain contracts that have been entered into by the City of Atlanta Urban Corps and various agencies, connnissions, educational institutions and a comment I made in my letter of November 24 regarding the holding of payments for certain funds of the Urban Corps. The next to the last paragraph of my letter contains a mis-statement I would like to correct; that is to delete the wording "for income". This paragraph should have read: "In a review of my files, I do not have filed with this office an agreement relating to the number of interns the City is to receive and the consideration the City is to pay f or these interns. By a copy of this letter, I am asking the Accounts Payable Auditor not to process any payments of these funds allocated for the Urban Corps unt il this agreement is received." The letter to Mr. Ken Mi llwood was dictated on Saturday, November 22, and signed that day by me for delivery to Mr, Mil lwood on November 24. Your transmittal of the agreement was stamped received by this office on Monday, November 24 which is the day I was in New York. In your letter of November 25, you state: "Not withstanding the fact you had this contract in hand before your letter was written, your threat to cut off the Urban Corp's funds is highly improper". As I explained to you over the telephone on Tuesday, November 25, the agreement was not in my hands prior to dictating my letter of November 24, and I do not consider it improper to say that I am cutting off funds of the Urban Corps. As a matter of fact, I could make no payments to the Urban Corps under the contract until the contract was thoroughly executed and received in this office. If yot.rstatement had reference to positions that are established by Ordinances and on the payroll of the City, I can see your concern but this was certainly not the intent of my letter of November 24. �\ Mr. George J. Berry Page Two December 8, 1969 George, since our correspondence, we have received from your office the signed executed agreement on the Urban Corps, and we have also received a requisition for payment to the Urban Corps for the sums due them. This payment is has been processed and is in the hands of the Urban Corps at this time. I trust that this concludes this subject. Sincerely, Charles L. Davis Director of Finance CLD:lek �