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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: March 23, 2009
RECOMMENDATION: The City Commission approves payment of the claims.
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 March 16th
, no claims were
approved for that week. The Commission is therefore being presented with two lists of claims this
week. The claims on the first being reviewed for approval have already been paid, while the claims on
the second list have not yet been paid. The Commission is being asked to approve the claims presented
on both Expenditure Approval Lists, a portion of which have already been paid.
FISCAL EFFECTS: The total amount of the claims is 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: March 18, 2009
Attached Documents: Expenditure Approval Lists (e-mailed)
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