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Atwater oversight committee debates new expenditure‑review form, motion fails
Summary
Members debated a staff-drafted 'Committee Expenditure Review Form' that would let the Measure B citizens oversight committee flag questionable expenditures to the city council; after discussion about the committee’s advisory limits and the public‑safety master plan charge, a motion to adopt the form and push a master‑plan funding change to council failed.
A Measure B citizens oversight committee considered a staff-drafted expenditure-review form intended to standardize how the committee flags quarterly spending for the Atwater City Council, but a motion to adopt the form — with an amendment addressing the public-safety master plan’s funding — failed at Tuesday’s meeting.
The form, read into the record by staff, would let a majority of the committee summarize findings about quarter‑specific expenditures and submit a signed recommendation to council if members believe Measure B funds were used outside the plan. "This form is a…
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