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California City council tussles over missing monthly financial statements as consent items move forward
Summary
Councilmember Smith and multiple public commenters pressed the council for current monthly financial reports and questioned whether protected reserve balances and fund statements are accurate; council approved several consent items while agreeing to resume monthly reporting next month.
Councilmember Ron Smith repeatedly urged the City of California City to withhold or delay spending until the city produces current monthly financial statements showing fund balances, saying, “We haven't gotten a monthly statement since June,” and arguing that council should not approve expenditures without written verification.
The dispute surfaced during consideration of the consent calendar, when Smith proposed trailing CC1 (a fiscal item tied to bills and payments) because the last complete monthly report with fund balances, he said, dated to June. The city attorney and mayor replied that approval of the meeting agenda…
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