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Council approves payment to PlanSource after committee recommends settling disputed HR contract renewal
Summary
The budget committee recommended, and the council approved, paying PlanSource an outstanding balance to settle an HR software contract that council members said was auto‑renewed and signed without the mayor's knowledge; the city attorney described limited legal options for reversal.
The council approved a budget committee recommendation to pay an outstanding balance to PlanSource, an HR software vendor, after committee members said the contract auto‑renewed and had been signed by a city employee without the mayor’s knowledge.
Councilman McKette said the outstanding balance was reported in the meeting transcript as "63,51308"; he described the software as an HR platform to manage employee data for payroll and deductions and said the contract had not been properly used. "It was signed for by someone other than the mayor which never should have happened," he said.
City Attorney Stevenson told council the city’s legal options to unwind or avoid the charge were "virtually limited," and recommended settling the balance to resolve the matter. Council voted to approve the payment; the transcript excerpt does not include a formal roll‑call tally in the text provided.
Clarifying note: The numeric amount in the record is transcribed as "63,51308"; that likely represents $63,513.08 but the transcript contains formatting ambiguity. The council record should be consulted for the official invoice and payment amount.
Outcome: Motion to pay PlanSource was approved so the city can satisfy the contract balance and close the matter as recommended by the budget committee and city attorney.
