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Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Brian LaMeres, City Controller and
Chris Kukulski, City Manager
SUBJECT: Accounts Payable Claims Review and Approval
MEETING DATE: January 7, 2008
BACKGROUND: Section 7-6-4301 MCA states that claims should not be paid by the City until they
have been first presented to the City Commission. However, under Section 7-1-4124 MCA a
municipality has the power to ratify any action of the municipality or its officers or employees that could
have been approved in advance. Because the Commission did not meet on December 24 or December 31,
no claims were approved for those weeks. The Commission is therefore now being asked to approve
three weeks’ worth of claims this week. The first two sets of claims cover the weeks preceding December
24th and 31st – which have already been paid – and the third is the current set of claims for this week,
which are scheduled to be paid on Tuesday, January 8.
RECOMMENDATION: The City Commission approve payment of all claims.
FISCAL EFFECTS: The total amounts of the claims paid and the claims to be paid are presented
at the bottom of the Expenditure Approval Lists.
ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the City Commission.
Respectfully submitted,
Brian LaMeres, City Controller
Approved by:
Chris A. Kukulski, City Manager
Report compiled on January 2, 2008
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