“It’s just a lot of technical issues that we haven’t had an opportunity to flesh out internally,” Shook told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution after the meeting.

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Historically, inaugural and transition expenses for Atlanta’s incoming mayors have come from their campaign coffers which generally include funds from businesses and organizations. Because finances have traditionally come from private sources, it is not clear if the $100,000 total is enough to cover all transition and inauguration expenses.

“The mayor believes that model (using campaign dollars to fund the transition and inauguration) is outdated and inadequate to meet the needs of the mayor-elect and the city,” Smith said.

It is not known how much Bottoms' campaign spent on her 38-member transition team or inauguration expenses. An AJC investigation revealed the city spent $26,000 for six of her campaign staff, who were retroactively hired.

The investigation prompted the Atlanta City Council to pass a resolution requesting an independent investigation to determine whether payments from the city to Bottoms' campaign staff violated city code. Bottoms vetoed the legislation. She claimed portions of it — specifically asking for an outside investigator— violated the city's charter, which designates the city attorney as the chief legal advisor of the city.

Bottoms again addressed the issue at a March 28 town hall before 500 residents inside the Easley Conference Pavilion at Atlanta Metropolitan State College in southwest Atlanta where she insisted “nothing unethical” occurred during her transition.

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