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Council approves routine financial reports and park expenses; staff flags mailed-check delays
Summary
Council voted to approve December minutes and routine financial reports, including park and municipal court expenses. Treasurer reported taxes collected and highlighted several large checks and a payroll run; staff said some mailed checks were delayed and subsequently cancelled.
Council approved routine items on the Jan. 13 agenda, including minutes from the Dec. 23 meeting and the treasurer’s reports for December. Miss Clapp reported December tax collections (gross sales tax $341,224.22; $35,407.25 paid to the medical center; net to the general fund $305,816.97), noted a $22,541.84 decrease from the prior year and a $5,610.45 increase from the previous month, and said some reported receipts correspond to November sales.
The council approved the general-fund treasurer’s report by voice vote. The council also approved Park & Recreation expenses totaling $17,626.59 (motion by Councilman Herren; second by Councilman Williams) and municipal court expenses of $13,901.36 (motion by Councilman Morgan; second by Councilman Harry). Miss Clapp flagged several notable checks: payroll of $90,314.27 (including longevity), an engineering fee of about $8,000 for a paving project without grant funding, and an ST bond payment of $225,337.98 that staff expected to have been paid in the prior fiscal year but cleared in the current year.
Mayor and staff told the council that several lines showing zero were canceled checks because mailed checks were delayed in the post; Miss Clapp said she has records of issuance and post-office drop-off times and asked staff to continue tracking the problem.
All votes on the routine financial approvals were taken by voice and recorded as 'aye.'
