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Finance director asks board to establish $500 petty-cash fund for Hall of Justice cafe
Summary
The finance director requested a $500 petty-cash fund to allow the Hall of Justice cafe to accept cash transactions after customer complaints about card-only sales; staff said procedures and a safe are in place per treasurer policy.
Kathy Funk Baxter, finance director, asked the board to adopt a resolution establishing a $500 petty-cash fund for the Hall of Justice cafe so the operation can accept cash transactions.
Baxter said the request responds to customer complaints during the cafe's first two weeks of operations about a card-only policy. "We're requesting $500 to make change, so that we can accept cash transactions," Baxter said, and she said the county had procured a safe and established procedures consistent with the treasurer's petty-cash policy.
Baxter described the reconciliation process: the cafe will account for sales against miscellaneous receipts and county staff will reconcile cash and card receipts at the end of each day. When asked how many complaints had been received, Baxter said staff had recorded "maybe 3 or 4 a day" over two weeks.
A commissioner said the petty cash will help the cafe reach breakeven operations. The transcript does not record a formal vote or the board's final action on the resolution; Baxter said staff would follow the treasurer's policy and secure the safe in the designated storage area.
