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River Heights council approves updated credit-card policy, contingent on staff review
Summary
At its Dec. 2 meeting, the River Heights City Council approved a revised credit-card policy conditional on a review by John Jenkins. The policy clarifies statement distribution, cardholder limits and adds mayoral sign-off for credit limits; vote was by voice and unanimous.
River Heights City Council on Dec. 2 approved a revised municipal credit-card policy, with the council voting to make the approval conditional on a review by John Jenkins. The policy update is part of the city’s annual audit and policy refresh.
The council reviewed sections on reconciliation and payments that specify how card statements will be distributed and who has access to them. The policy confirms statements will be stored in the city’s shared drive and that cardholders may request statements mailed to their homes. Councilors discussed the number of active cards (a small set including staff and an office card) and the ability to restrict card limits and temporarily raise limits online for short windows.
In one change discussed at the meeting, the council agreed that credit limits should be set with both the treasurer and the mayor approving them, rather than the treasurer alone. An unnamed council member moved to approve the credit-card policy “conditional upon John Jenkins reviewing it and giving his approval”; another council member seconded the motion and the council approved it by unanimous voice vote.
The council expects John Jenkins to review the policy text before staff executes any card-limit changes or activations. The approval was framed as an administrative update ahead of the city’s annual audit.
