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Committee debates streamlining bill-signature process; clerk to work with attorney on resolution
Summary
Council discussion on July 7 focused on delays from the current process of circulating warrants and requiring multiple signatures; members asked the clerk to prepare a resolution (for August) to allow the mayor, clerk and treasurer to sign preliminary and final warrants to speed payments.
A council member raised a procedural problem the committee says is delaying payments: warrants and bills are circulated for signatures twice a month, and getting three signatures has caused payment delays. The clerk said the current practice had evolved over years and that circulating the warrant twice monthly and rotating signers might reduce delays.
According to the clerk’s…
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