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Committee approves minutes, agenda, bills, finance report and elects vice chair
Summary
The finance committee approved routine meeting business—minutes and agenda—authorized bills totaling about $4.6 million, accepted the year-end finance report and elected Rick Steen as vice chair.
The Diversion Authority Finance Committee on Jan. 22 completed routine business and voted on several procedural and financial items.
The committee approved minutes of its Dec. 18, 2024 meeting and adopted the Jan. 22 agenda. It then approved bills presented through Jan. 15, described by City of Fargo Finance Director Susan Thompson as totaling about $4,600,000; Thompson cited a City of Fargo invoice (storm lift rehabilitation at various stations) and title-company closings related to Cass County Joint Water Resource District land purchases among the larger payments. The committee then approved the finance report for year-end 2024, with staff reporting total assets and net position figures (staff reported a net position for year-end 2024 of $304,861,402).
Other routine actions: the committee elected Rick Steen as vice chair of the finance committee for 2025. All motions were adopted by roll call. The committee set its next meeting for Feb. 26.
Votes at a glance (committee roll calls recorded at the meeting): - Approve minutes (Dec. 18, 2024): approved (motion/second recorded; roll call affirmative). - Approve agenda (Jan. 22): approved (motion/second; roll call affirmative). - Approve bills presented through Jan. 15 (~$4,600,000): approved by roll call after presentation by Susan Thompson. - Approve finance report (year-end 2024; net position reported ~$304,861,402): approved by roll call. - Elect Rick Steen as finance committee vice chair (2025): approved by roll call.
The committee recorded no dissenting roll-call votes on these routine items during the Jan. 22 meeting.
