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Arapahoe council approves annual fund transfers and clears $148,587.99 in claims
Summary
The Arapahoe City Council on Jan. 20 approved annual transfers between municipal funds and voted to pay claims and payroll totaling $148,587.99; several council members recorded itemized abstentions on specific claims. The transfers move large balances from the Electric fund and GO Bond to General, Fire, Water and S&A accounts.
The Arapahoe City Council on Jan. 20 approved a set of annual transfers between municipal funds and authorized payment of claims and payroll totaling $148,587.99.
Council moved, and the motion carried, to approve payment of claims and payroll for the pay periods ending Dec. 29, 2025 and Jan. 12, 2026. The minutes record roll-call approval and list abstentions on particular claim numbers: Middagh abstained on checks #103754 ($1,664.66) and #103798 ($297.56); Paulsen abstained on #103797 ($150.00); tenBensel abstained on #103799 ($58.00). The minutes record no nays on the claims motion.
Separately, the council approved a package of annual transfers that reallocates budgeted funds across accounts: a transfer of $275,000 from the Electric fund to General; $84,000 from Sales Tax to S&A; and transfers from the GO Bond fund totaling $84,000 distributed as $10,000 to General, $15,000 to Fire, $30,000 to Water and $29,000 to S&A. That motion passed by roll call with the minutes listing five ayes and one absence.
City Clerk Dixie Sickels recorded the meeting minutes and the claims detail. The minutes include a vendor and payroll ledger for the approved periods and list library expenditures of $1,921.98 and total December receipts of $265,544.55.
What happens next: The transfers and claims approved at the meeting will be reflected in the city’s financial records and the approved payments will be processed according to the clerk’s normal payroll and accounts-payable procedures.
