Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Municipal Finance topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Lexington council approves $1.18 million in claims and bills; minutes adopted
Summary
At its July 14 meeting the Lexington City Council unanimously approved $1,180,931.34 in claims and bills, adopted prior meeting minutes and authorized funding allocations; the record lists vendor- and payroll-level amounts that make up the total.
The Lexington City Council on July 14 unanimously approved Claims and Bills totaling $1,180,931.34 and adopted the minutes of its June 23 meeting.
The motion to approve the claims and authorize funding allocations was made by Council member Jeremy Roberts and seconded by Jared Jacob. The roll-call vote recorded “aye” from Council members Dora Vivas, John Salem, Jared Jacob, Jeremy Roberts and Mayor John Fagot.
The meeting record includes a vendor-level accounts payable listing supporting the total. Notable items in the list include payroll of $247,199.65; a health-claims entry of $226,808.89 (and a second health-claims entry of $13,037.50); an operations and maintenance charge to Nebraska Public Power District of $153,616.26; a website‑launch charge of $25,322.00; and a $41,510.00 charge to O'Neill Wood Resources for tree grinding. The minutes list many additional vendor charges and routine city payments but do not provide further narrative about these expenditures.
The financial-report line item appears on the agenda, but the minutes do not record substantive detail from that report in the transcript.
The council took the claims vote following the presentation of the accounts payable list and then proceeded to other agenda items.
