Chester council updates authorized signers for city bank accounts

The City Council of Chester adopted a resolution Wednesday designating Santander Bank, N.A. as a depository for city funds and confirming current finance officials as authorized signers on the city's accounts.

The resolution names three finance officers as authorized signers: Richard Trautman, chief financial officer; Eleonora Golsan, city treasurer; and Joy Taylor, city controller. The measure gives the bank authority to honor instruments bearing the signatures or purported signatures of those authorized signers and instructs the city to notify the bank in writing of any future changes to signers or resolutions.

Deputy Mayor West and council members discussed the item briefly; Deputy Mayor West characterized the lengthy resolution language as confirmation that "the right signers from the finance department are on each account," and said the individuals named already appear on most city accounts. The resolution was moved, seconded and approved by recorded vote.

The council did not attach additional restrictions in the public record. Council also noted it had held an executive session earlier in the week to review resolutions and ordinances presented at the meeting; the clerk said no decisions were made during that executive session.