One was from Finch’s company, Phoenix, one from Finch’s relative, and another from Company A (GAC). According to the indictment, three sealed bids for the work were submitted. The 17th Street Project required multiple bids as the Florida Department of Transportation was a partner with the city to provide some funding. According to the indictment, Anderson pressured White into proceeding with the project stating that Finch would finance the additional cost. White wanted to hold the project as he felt the city did not have the money to pay for the project. In June of 2018, Finch and Anderson asked Michael White to proceed with another phase of the 17th street project. In December of 2017, Mayor Anderson, including Commissioner Antonius Barnes, approved a resolution approving a new $6 million bond and loan to allow the city to pay for infrastructure done by Phoenix Construction. Mayor Anderson then allegedly directed City Manager Michael White to allow Finch’s company to proceed with new work despite no funding being available and the City had not approved the roads that Phoenix was paving and engineering work had not been completed on many of the roads that Phoenix had finished its work on. The indictment alleges that in exchange for using the Finch debris sites, Mayor Anderson received multiple things of value, including “travel in a private airplane for Anderson and another person to Biloxi, Mississippi, and the Florida Keys, lodging, meals and entertainment, and lodging aboard a private yacht and meals in Key West, Florida.” White to obtain a new permit for property owned by James Finch. Albritton is also the registered agent for multiple companies that have the same physical address as GAC.Ĭity Manager Michael White was in the process of getting permits to use property already owned by Lynn Haven for the vegetative debris when Mayor Anderson instructed him to stop the permitting process.
The City of Lynn Haven paid more than $1 million for the disposal of items by Company D to Finch’s site.Īt the same time that Mayor Anderson was directing City Manager Michael White to use Finch’s sites for disposal of vegetative debris, City Attorney Adam Albritton was urging Company D to use a GAC site and sent an e-mail with the subject “Justification Notice” that provided his summary and analysis that GAC be used. The City of Lynn Haven paid more than $1 million for the disposal of items by Company C to Finch’s site.ġ0 days later, on November 11, Mayor Anderson once again directed City Manager Michael White to have Company D, another national debris hauling company, to use Finch’s site. The company had previously been using another location and stopped all activity at that location in favor of Finch’s site. Finch, in turn, complained to Mayor Anderson about not receiving enough of the post Hurricane Michael business.Ī few days later, on November 1st, at the direction of Mayor Anderson, City Manager Michael White issued a directive to Company C, a national debris hauling company, to utilize a site owned by Finch to dispose of all vegetative debris or chips. At the meeting, Mayor Anderson praised Finch for his post-hurricane assistance to Lynn Haven. In late October of 2018, then-Mayor Anderson convened a meeting with Phoenix Construction owner James Finch, one of the owners of Company A ( which WMBB has previously identified as Gulf Asphalt Company), former City Manager Michael White and several others at Finch’s Lynn Haven residence. The new charges indicated in this indictment are as follows: Read the original article on Albritton and Anderson here.
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