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Waterloo finance committee approves staff travel, preauthorizations and budget amendments
Summary
The Waterloo City Council Finance Committee approved multiple staff travel requests, preauthorizations for repairs and equipment, two hotel-motel-funded advertising budget amendments and forwarded bills totaling about $8.6 million to the full council.
At a Waterloo City Council Finance Committee meeting, members approved travel requests for city staff, a slate of preauthorizations for equipment and repairs, two project budget amendments using hotel-motel funds and received bills for forwarding to the full council.
The approvals included travel for building, public works and fire personnel to conferences and training across Iowa, California and Wisconsin; preauthorizations ranged from elevator and roof repairs to audio upgrades at Young Arena and replacement refuse carts; and two $15,000 project budget amendments were approved to use hotel-motel funds to advertise the Cedar Valley Sportsplex and city golf courses.
Committee members led by Councilmember Foyce voted unanimously to approve the agenda and minutes, then approved the travel requests and the preauthorizations. Councilmember Nichols made the motions and Councilmember Charles seconded on several items, and all votes recorded in the meeting were in the affirmative.
Among the travel requests approved were: - Scott Strader, chief plumbing inspector, to attend the IAPMO conference in Palm Springs, Calif., in September 2025, amount not to exceed…
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