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Garfield council withholds certain vendor service payments, approves EV bus funding and moves forward on parking and sewer ordinances
Summary
The council approved consent items but withheld payment of customer-service bills from a municipal vendor (referred to in the record as Pake Valley) pending a meeting with vendor finance representatives. The council also approved an additional $15,000 for an EV bus purchase and introduced capital and parking ordinances for later final hearings.
At its Dec. 9 meeting, the Garfield Mayor and Council approved the consent agenda but excluded certain customer-service bills from a municipal vendor (referred to in the transcript as Pake Valley) pending further review. Council members discussed unusually high late fees and billing inaccuracies. Council decided to withhold payment of the customer-service portion of the vendor bills and requested a post–New Year meeting with the vendor’s chief financial officer or representatives to resolve disputed charges.
Council members and staff said the city is undertaking…
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