Council appoints Jack Martin to Audit Committee; deputy controller reports expired warrants

The Noblesville City Common Council on Feb. 24 appointed Jack Martin to the city's Audit Committee and received the controller's annual report of expired warrants.

The clerk reported that Jack Martin, identified as a current or former member and president of the Redevelopment Commission, had agreed to serve as the council's appointee to the Audit Committee. A council member moved to appoint Martin and the motion carried by hand vote.

Deputy Controller Kaitlyn Kessner presented the annual report of checks more than two years old that the city has determined should be written off under IC 5-11-10.5 for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 2025. "Before you is a report of all the checks that are over 2 years of age that have, been determined to be written off," Kessner said, adding that city departments had attempted to contact payees and that some payees have gone out of business. She offered to add a total row to the report and to provide an overall total to the Finance Department upon request.

Members asked whether a total dollar figure was available at the meeting; staff said they did not have a one-line total at hand but would add one to the report. A Finance Committee member later commented approximately $4,500 for non-healthcare items and $3,160 for healthcare-related expired warrants, describing the list as longer this year because of very small-value checks.

The council took no additional formal action on the expired-warrants report beyond accepting it for the record and offering follow-up with staff for totals or reissued checks.