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Fruita council approves consent agenda, accepts December 2024 financial reports and amends recruitment and legal budgets
Summary
Council approved the consent agenda 6-0, adopted the December 2024 financial reports 6-0 and approved budget amendments to cover city manager recruitment travel and 2024 legal overages. Staff explained the recruitment line crossed budget years and travel for finalists produced the additional expense.
The Fruita City Council approved the consent agenda and unanimously accepted the December 2024 financial reports during its meeting. Council also recorded budget amendments to finish the city manager recruitment process and to cover a 2024 legal expense overage.
A resident, Tessa Bynum, asked for transparency about recruitment spending after an earlier allocation of $25,000 for the city manager search. City staff explained the original $25,000 budget included $22,500 for the executive recruiter, Columbia Ltd., and a $2,500 contingency. Staff said the city spent about $23,000 for recruitment services in 2024 and that an additional…
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