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City officials acknowledged Monday that a $625,000 payment from the wrong fund 10 years ago for the Sovereign Plaza project now is costing the city $715,000 in money it could otherwise have used for economic development.
Matthew Bembenick, administrative services director, also told City Council that the Reading Redevelopment Authority had a verbal deal, not a written agreement, on who pays back several loans from that project, so there’s little paperwork except for some 10-year-old emails.
“The documentation that exists from 10 or 11 years ago is spotty at best,” said Bembenick, hired last year.
He added that he’s spent countless hours trying to find what paperwork the city has.
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