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Cleveland reviews Cleveland Days finances; council votes to pay city bills
Summary
Council reviewed Cleveland Days revenues and expenses — lamb fry cash receipts were $1,915 and fireworks donations fell from $8,000 last year to roughly $2,300–$3,000 this year — and approved payment of city bills by voice vote.
Council members reviewed the Cleveland Days financial report and discussed lower-than-expected fundraising revenue, particularly a decline in fireworks donations. Staff reported lamb fry cash receipts of $1,915; after expenses (including lamb and supplies) the net from that event was small. A council member noted fireworks donations totaled $8,000 last year but were close to $2,300–$3,000 this year, reducing the event’s surplus.
Council members asked staff to verify expense line items (one council member said a prior ledger entry may have carried an extra lamb line item) and to check receipts. The council discussed that fireworks have traditionally been in the town budget despite running at a loss and that donations can swing the event’s net result.
Later in the meeting the council moved to pay the city’s bills. The motion was made and seconded and was approved by voice vote; the transcript records multiple affirmative responses. The meeting did not document an itemized roll-call in the transcript itself.
Council members also discussed small community-sales efforts (ordering 25 Cleveland shirts to sell locally) and routine reports from EMS and planning and zoning.
The council asked staff to follow up on the festival expense reconciliation and to report any corrected invoice/receipt entries at a subsequent meeting.
