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Commission debate highlights demand for more frequent, detailed spending reports; staff to propose formats
Summary
Commissioners pressed city finance staff for monthly, downloadable spending reports in Excel; staff said some canned reports are available but the requested crosswalk to account detail requires additional work and will be proposed by email.
Commissioner Kelly (unnamed in transcript) and other commissioners questioned city finance staff about the availability of monthly financial reports and detailed spending data exported to Excel. Carol (city finance) explained the city's accounting system produces several canned reports — a detailed trial balance, an accounts-payable export and budget worksheets — but the export formats do not produce a single, easily sortable Excel file with account numbers, vendor names and…
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