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Sunnyside council presses staff for finance reconciliation progress; contract worker and budgeting software under review
Summary
Councilors pressed staff for a timeline on reconciling 2024 bank statements, discussed the part-time contract work of Morlette Enterprises (Luis Lopez), requested detail on credit-card charges and VEBA payments, and learned the city signed a ClearGov budgeting contract.
Councilors on July 14 pressed city staff for a clear timeline and status update on reconciling the city’s 2024 bank statements and other backlog finance work. The issue surfaced repeatedly during consent-agenda questions and later in a dedicated discussion about contract bookkeeping support.
Councilor Hancock asked staff for more timely, real-time answers during meetings; Councilor Hart and others asked for an emailed timeline tracking progress. Kelly (identified in the meeting as a finance lead) and interim city manager Jim Bridges said the backlog dated to incomplete work for 2024 and that Luis Lopez of Morlette Enterprises had been contracted part-time (two days per week, Tuesdays and Thursdays) to work on reconciling bank statements. "He is…
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