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Council presses staff on transportation master plan costs, consultant accounting and FEMA grant timing
Summary
Members asked why transportation-plan consultant costs and related administrative charges were recorded under different line items; staff said Jones & DeMille and consultant invoices have been paid and that a FEMA grant with UDOT and local match is just beginning to hit city accounts.
Committee member (S4) asked whether a $200,000 line was intended to cover the transportation-master plan and whether consultant and administrative costs were recorded in the correct categories. Accountant (S2) said the amounts recorded were quarterly state receipts (BNC Road) and that consultant work for the transportation plan — paid to Jones & DeMille — had been charged to administrative lines in some cases.
Chair (S1) and others noted a FEMA grant with UDOT assistance exists for stormwater-related work and that local match obligations apply, but that grant receipts are only now beginning to appear in city accounts. Committee members urged staff to clean up where project-related costs are recorded so future budgets reflect the proper expense categories.
