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Evansville Redevelopment Commission approves Aug. 19 minutes and discusses voucher processing
Summary
The Evansville Redevelopment Commission on Sept. 16 approved its Aug. 19 minutes and discussed how accounts-payable vouchers are routed through public boards and the Board of Public Works during periodic system clearings.
The Evansville Redevelopment Commission on Sept. 16, 2025, approved the minutes from its Aug. 19 meeting and spent the remainder of the session clarifying how accounts-payable vouchers are processed through other public boards, including the Board of Public Works.
Commissioners voted to approve the Aug. 19, 2025, minutes after a motion and second; Commissioners Morley, Osman, Waffen and Fussner recorded “aye.” The motion passed and the commission adjourned after a brief discussion about routine voucher processing.
The commission discussed an accounts-payable voucher that had been printed after the previously scheduled meeting was canceled. A commission member said Jane Young, who handles vouchers, had the document printed and that it ordinarily would have been returned to the controller’s office until the next meeting. The voucher in question had been routed to the Board of Public Works for signature and therefore had been processed at that public board’s meeting.
Commissioners noted that, according to the discussion, the controller’s office and other public boards periodically clear outstanding vouchers — typically in July and December — and that routing a voucher to any public board at a public meeting can satisfy the statutory/public-meeting requirement for approval. The commission heard that this step generally operates as a “double approval” because the underlying contract amount had already been approved by the commission earlier.
Aaron Allen, identified in the meeting as counsel, said, “Nothing to report.”
During the discussion commissioners referenced several project line items that had appeared on vouchers, including continuing design work for the Virginia Street multiuse path connection attributed to Rundell Ernstberger, and electricity-related charges listed as CenterPoint bills for Jacobsville, Virginia Street and Iowa Street. Specific contract numbers, invoice amounts and the voucher ID were not specified in the meeting record.
With no additional business, the commission adjourned.
