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Commission keeps Paramount operator payment on consent agenda while finance completes review
Summary
Commission discussed a $161,253 consent-agenda payment to the Paramount operator; commissioners agreed to approve the July payment while finance and auditors continue a fuller review of operator accounting and provide detailed information for August and September payments.
A consent-agenda item that authorizes a payment of $161,253 (as read into the record) to the Paramount operator prompted extended discussion about the level of financial detail provided to the commission.
Commissioner (speaker 7) said the materials arrived late and asked for time for the finance department to review; finance staff (Miss Beach) and the auditor discussed the need for general-ledger detail and inventory procedures. A motion was made to treat the payment approval as "subject to review" and to approve the first month's payment while staff review the remaining months. As one commissioner put it, "I can't vote on something if I haven't read through it all," and the group agreed to pay the July amount and report back on August and September payments.
The discussion also covered the mechanics of the contract with the operator and whether the city’s accounts-payable process could pay bills directly instead of routing them through the third-party operator; staff said the contract prescribes how payments are handled and that the commission can withhold or condition further payments pending review.
