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Councilwoman Cuellar objects to council expense report, votes against paying bills
Summary
Councilwoman Toni Cuellar said she found irregularities in the council expense approval report and announced she could not in good conscience approve paying the bills; council voted to pay the bills after debate.
Councilwoman Toni Cuellar told the City Council on Jan. 21 that she has spent months reviewing the council expense approval report and repeatedly found discrepancies in invoices, receipts and statements. She said she has shared her documentation with the city clerk and with fellow council members and that the responses have been incomplete in some cases.
Cuellar told colleagues she would not approve the council expense report “in good conscience” until the irregularities are fully explained. Her remarks preceded a motion to pay the city’s bills for the…
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