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Brook Park council adopts consolidated petty‑cash and operational‑cash ordinances on emergency suspension
Summary
Council voted unanimously Oct. 7 to adopt two emergency ordinances that consolidate multiple older petty‑cash and operational‑cash rules into single updated ordinances. The measures set department custodians, replenishment procedures and start‑of‑day drawer amounts and were presented by the finance director per state auditor recommendation.
Brook Park City Council on Oct. 7 unanimously adopted two emergency ordinances consolidating the city’s century‑spanning petty‑cash and operational‑cash rules.
The measures were presented to council by Mayor Orcutt and Finance Director Bob McGahn, who told members the changes were driven by a recommendation from the state auditor to combine numerous dated ordinances into single, modernized policies. "Section 1 just establishes which departments and their allocation of the petty cash," McGahn said, and the ordinance includes a required log (Appendix A) and replenishment procedures.
The petty‑cash ordinance collapses multiple prior ordinances into one and specifies custodial responsibilities, a maximum single purchase threshold, documentation and a replenishment trigger; custodians must…
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