Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Where's The Money And Accountability?

According to the Statement of Cash Flows found in the city's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR), the Electric Fund paid to suppliers $6,856,014. This is for the fiscal period July 2006-June 2007.

Unfortunately, the following are the only expenditures for this fund that found their way into the City Commission minutes for the same period. As you can see, the power bills were not reported:

7/18/06 - Debt Service $ 54,971
1/02/07 - HGS 24,380
1/16/07 - Debt Service 51,506
2/20/07 - HGS 186,281
3/20/07 - Consulting 79,317
4/17/07 - HGS 7,394
5/15/07 - Bond Attorney 18,903
6/19/07 - Consulting 54,630
Total: 477,382
Less payments: (6,856,014)

Total unaccounted for: $ 6,378,632

Just a few simple questions:

1. Did the bills get paid?

2. If so, why weren't they listed on the consent agenda to be voted upon?

3. What made the above items so special that they were listed? (I thought at first it was because the payee was someone other than SME; however, the payee on 2/20/07 was SME). Maybe there's something to this thought, maybe not.

4. What were the power charges for each month during this period?

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