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Runnells council approves claims, policy amendments and bank signatory change; schedules April 14 budget hearing
Summary
At its March 24 meeting the City of Runnells council approved claims and payroll, adopted an amended procedural policy and an ICAP FY26–27 invoice/policy as amended, removed and replaced bank signatories, and set a public hearing for budget adoption on April 14, 2026.
The City of Runnells council on March 24, 2026 approved several routine financial and governance items, including claims and payroll, amendments to a procedural policy and an insurance invoice/policy, and changes to the city’s bank signatories.
Phillips, elected meeting chair for the session, presided over the council when members approved claims for March 11–17, 2026 on a motion by Abby Hawkins, acting city clerk, seconded by LaBelle. The claims report lists an accounts-payable total of $41,077.81 and payroll of $2,731.14 for March 16, producing a report total of $43,808.95. Vendor amounts recorded include ICAP insurance $32,577.00, Computer Resource Specialist security system $3,518.24, MidAmerican Energy $1,005.07, and Skinner Law Office $3,977.50. Fund totals in the minutes show the General Fund at $42,884.70, Road Use Tax Fund $629.96 and Employee Benefits $294.29.
On a motion by Hawkins seconded by LaBelle, the council approved amendments to a procedural policy; the minutes record the policy was adopted as amended but do not include the text of the amendments. The council also approved the ICAP FY26–27 invoice/policy "as amended" on a Hawkins/LaBelle motion; the record does not specify the amendment details.
The council voted to remove the current signatories from the city bank account and to add Phillips and LaBelle as new signatories. Both motions were moved by Hawkins and seconded by Bohn and passed by a 4-0 recorded vote.
The council scheduled a public hearing for budget adoption on April 14, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. The motion to set the hearing, made by Bohn and seconded by LaBelle, passed 4-0.
The council’s minutes list Legal Counsel Wright and Legal Skinner present for roll call. No formal amendments’ language or additional administrative detail appears in the minutes; the council’s next listed procedural milestone is the April 14 public hearing on the budget adoption.
