All government officials involved should be prosecuted under the "RICO Act" as the largest government municipality racketeering scam in US recent history against the public! 
1. http://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/30/us/us-officials-see-sweeping-effort-to-combat-municipal-corruption.html?pagewanted=all
2. https://www.justice.gov/usam/criminal-resource-manual-109-rico-charges