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Morrisville council weighs formal rule limiting council spending, $500 preapproval threshold proposed
Summary
Council and staff discussed a draft “expenditures rule” to standardize how council members use town funds, including treating the annual stipend as covering incidental costs, allowing preapproved memberships and training, and requiring preapproval or budget inclusion for single-trip expenses over $500.
Morrisville — Town staff presented a draft expenditures rule on March 10 that would set consistent rules for council member spending, including using the annual council stipend to cover incidental costs and requiring preapproval for larger trips.
Town Manager Brandon Zutomuk told the council the draft is meant to “establish guidelines for expenditures, limitations on those, and ensure fiscal responsibility and equity,” and to make transparent what has previously been handled informally. He said the stipend is “intended to cover incidental costs associated with your roles as council members,” listing cell phone service, subscriptions and routine travel as examples that could be paid from that…
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