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Mound council delegates payment authority to city manager to speed vendor payments
Summary
The council approved Resolution 26-22 to delegate authority to the city manager to pay certain claims, a change staff says will allow invoices to be paid within legal net-35 requirements and reduce vendor late fees; council retained oversight via check-register reporting and procurement thresholds.
The Mound City Council on March 10 approved Resolution 26-22, delegating authority to the city manager to pay certain claims so the finance department can meet net-35 legal payment windows and reduce vendor late fees.
Lindsay Erdman, the city's newly introduced finance director, told the council she has identified staffing and process shortfalls after her first 30 days and proposed shifting the finance director's role toward strategic leadership while adding a part-time accounting technician to handle day-to-day accounting work.
Erdman said the current process requires…
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