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Finance chief reports $2.47M balance, describes intercepted check fraud
Summary
Fiscal officer Brian Bibler told Baltimore Village Council the village reconciled $2,466,911.70 between bank and books, noted large equipment purchases and described two checks altered and forged by mail scammers; staff recovered funds using the bank's positive-pay system.
Brian Bibler, the village fiscal officer, told the council on March 9 that the village’s bank-to-books balance stands at $2,466,911.70 and that last month’s check register recorded $471,541.92 in transactions. He highlighted two significant purchases—a bobcat for about $68,000 and a new water-department vehicle for roughly $29,000—and said interest on bonds and OWDA reimbursements also affected the reconciliation.
"The cliff notes is we end up with the balance of between the bank and the books,…
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