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Council approves emergency payment resolution as legal services POs exceed budgets
Summary
Mount Vernon City Council adopted an emergency resolution Sept. 29 allowing the city auditor to pay outstanding legal invoices after purchase orders for those services were exceeded.
Mount Vernon City Council on Sept. 29 adopted Resolution 2025-96, authorizing and directing the city auditor to pay bills under Section 5705.41(D) then-and-now certification. Council suspended the rules and took the measure to final reading the same evening.
Brinkley, a city official, told council the expenditures reflected ongoing legal work for two matters: an ongoing litigation matter previously discussed in executive session and legal services related…
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