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Orting council creates finance committee and appoints three members
Summary
Council approved creation of a new finance committee (AB2506) and appointed Council Members Sprowl, Hogan and Tracy as members; staff will prepare motions or paperwork to confirm appointments at a future meeting.
The Orting City Council voted on April 15 to establish a standing or ad hoc finance committee (AB2506) to review budget and finance matters and to appoint council members to serve on it.
Appointments: the council appointed Council Member Sprowl, Council Member Hogan and Council Member Tracy to the new finance committee. City Administrator Scott Larson offered to prepare motions and the paperwork for formal confirmation in a subsequent meeting. The committee will be advisory and will cease to exist once it has accomplished its defined purpose, per council rules.
Why it matters: council members said a finance committee will allow more detailed review of quarterly financial reporting, potential budget issues and grant or bond spending without placing all review items on a full council agenda.
Next steps: staff will draft the motions and propose a meeting schedule; council discussed whether to add a citizen-at-large as a nonvoting advisor but deferred that decision to the committee once it is established.
Evidence: the transcript records a council motion to appoint the three members and a voice vote approving the appointments; the city administrator said staff will prepare formal motions for a future council meeting.
