Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said he met with two agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation “several months ago” at a training facility in Daytona Beach and asked them to look into what he believes to be corruption in county government.

Chitwood provided few details about his meeting with the FBI during a telephone interview with The News-Journal. His mention of the FBI came amid a week long fight over Amendment 10 — a measure approved by Florida voters that could give Chitwood more authority, including budget and personnel decisions, but would replace Volusia County's form of government, which was approved by local voters in 1970.

The County Council voted 6-1 Tuesday to ask a judge whether the amendment's provisions apply to Volusia County, after County Attorney Dan Eckert said he's preparing an argument that the amendment failed to specify whether its effects are retroactive. Eckert and the majority of the council contends only a vote by Volusia's own residents can alter its charter. Councilwoman Heather Post voted against the legal challenge.

Chitwood, a leading proponent of Amendment 10, immediately took to social media, calling the majority of council members "scumbags." He followed that with more insults of county leaders at a news conference Wednesday and in even more media appearances Thursday and Friday. He complained that the council vote, coming at the end of a meeting without advance notice to the public, lacked transparency, and he alleged corruption without providing proof.

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On Thursday, in response to a question from The News-Journal, Chitwood said in a telephone interview: “I can confirm to you that I have gone to the FBI.”

Aside from saying that the meeting occurred “several months ago,” he would not provide the exact date or any other specific details regarding what he told federal investigators.

County Chair Ed Kelley has doubts the meeting ever happened. Neither Kelley, nor Interim County Manager George Recktenwald, were aware that Chitwood took allegations of corruption to the FBI. They also haven’t been contacted by any federal agents.

The FBI has not confirmed the meeting or whether any kind of investigation is under way. Questions to Amanda Warford Videll, the public affairs officer for FBI Jacksonville, were not answered.

“That’s the first I’ve heard of this,” Kelley said in a telephone interview when told that Chitwood met with the FBI. “I guess I would question whether he’s really done that.

“If he has, he has, but I don’t know of any investigation,” Kelley added. He said he’s confident either way that the county has acted lawfully.

“There is no corruption,” Kelley said.

Former County Manager Jim Dinneen, whose departure in June was hastened by calls for his firing and accusations of lying and corruption from Chitwood, declined comment.

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While Chitwood was vague on details about his meeting with the FBI, he said in the phone interview that he has concerns about the way the council handled discussions about impact fees, a source of public criticism for much of this year.

The council voted Dec. 4 to raise impact fees by more than 100 percent in some categories to secure more revenue for road fixes. They haven't taken that action since 2003, even as road funding dwindled and construction costs soared by more than 70 percent. Several experts called the county an "outlier" for waiting so long to increase the fees.

It took some coaxing from residents and city officials for the county to finally ask developers to chip in more of their share for new growth. In February, the council originally voted no to an impact fee hike — a decision that was made after a presentation and several meetings with no mention of a 2016 taxpayer-funded study that suggested increases by as much as 300 percent in some categories.

County officials said the study wasn’t complete, and that plans to put a half-cent sales tax for roads on the ballot turned the focus away from impact fees. However, that explanation wasn't given until after The News-Journal obtained a copy of the report in June — the first time it was revealed to the public.

In a July radio interview, after Dinneen's resignation, Chitwood accused the council of taking part in "pay-to-play" politics. Chitwood said in a telephone interview Thursday that his suspicions prompted his meeting with the FBI.

“Who controlled the issue over impact fees?" he asked last week. "What kind of meetings were held behind closed doors? Who was going out to dinner with who? Where did the influence come from?”

— Staff Writer Mark Harper contributed to this report.