Cllr Danny Myers, the chair of City of York Council’s housing, health and adult social care scrutiny committee, said the intention had been to grant the charity a one-month extension on its £95,000-a-year contract after it officially came to an end in September.
“(But) we were told that they (the Salvation Army) were given the contract to sign with just five minutes to go before close of play on the Friday,” Cllr Myers said. “They could not get it signed with such short notice.
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