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Trustees press administration over unidentified invoices, conference reimbursements and vendor listings
Summary
Board members asked for clarification of multiple claim-docket items July 8 — including conference reimbursements appearing without participant names, a June CertiPort conference billed to Perkins funds, reimbursements for medical testing, and a background-check vendor invoice — and asked staff to provide invoices and claim numbers for review.
Trustees at the School City of East Chicago July 8 meeting spent extensive time reviewing the claim docket and invoices, pressing the administration for details about conferences, reimbursements and vendor listings that appeared without participant names or adequate explanation.
Trustee Diane Smith and Trustee Gomez questioned multiple entries: a June 15–18 CertiPort conference in Texas paid from Perkins funds (claim numbers discussed included 118083 and 87303), a hotel/reservation under a single attendee name though multiple staff attended, reimbursements coded simply as…
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