The Florida Attorney General’s Office issued a new subpoena this week to the city of Daytona Beach, this time focused on COVID-19 spending and “retroactive” changes to City Commission meeting agendas.
The subpoena, which was provided to The News-Journal, asks all commissioners to respond as the investigation into Daytona Beach government continues.
The Florida Attorney General’s Office has filed multiple subpoenas as it investigates the city’s spending and financial practices. A subpoena is an order to provide information.
The city is embroiled in multiple controversies, including financial issues highlighted by an internal auditor and investigations by state auditors and prosecutors.
Subpoena calls for COVID-19 records in Daytona Beach
The subpoena states that the Dec. 7, 2022, consent agenda did not include the item “8R,” which was “retroactively added” in February 2026, according to the document.
It orders the city to provide the following records by June 8 to the Attorney General’s Office in Daytona Beach:
This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Daytona mayor, commissioners subpoenaed for COVID, meeting records
Reporting by Sheldon Gardner, Daytona Beach News-Journal / The Daytona Beach News-Journal
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