← Finance Committee · 2016-06-13 · Finance Committee Meeting
ORDER-2016-195 : Transfer of $18,155.38 From A/C #015432-544000 (Vets Exp Veterans' Benefits) To: A/C # 011552-591015 (IT Prior Year) as set forth herein.
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ORDER-2016-195 Transfer Transfer of $18,155.38 From A/C #015432-544000 (Vets Exp Veterans' Benefits) To: A/C # 011552-591015 (IT Prior Year) as set forth herein. Recommend Passage Board of Aldermen
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▶ 31:33 Scott M. Forbes: opposed motion passes will be recommended for the full board our next meeting. Thank you, Chief. Appreciate your attendance here tonight. Next, we have order
▶ 31:45 Scott M. Forbes: number 2016-195, a transfer of $18,155.38 from account number 015432-54400, Vets Expense veterans benefits to account number 0 1 1 5 5 2 5 9 1 0 1 5 IT prior year as set
▶ 32:11 Speaker 1: forth here in good evening evening before we begin I'd like to introduce mr. Neil Ellis he's the new IT director for the city in schools he'll be joining us in the fall as the new school year starts yeah yeah I'm really excited
▶ 32:27 Speaker 7: to start here and in in Melrose it's kind of it's a city that other municipalities look to do because it's so progressive and it's such a nice community so I'm really excited to be starting here I won't start until September but very excited so thank you so as far as the order goes this is a
▶ 32:51 Speaker 1: bill from 2014 it just came to our attention recently this is a vendor we work with regularly and we've made a lot of payments to them there was some confusion over this one the bill came in late after a project that they were working on uh and it never got applied to the project funds so we can't legally pay the the bill without transferring uh to a prior year account so we're asking to have those funds
▶ 33:34 Speaker 3: transferred here tonight thank you motion to recommend mr chairman we have a motion recommend
▶ 33:40 Scott M. Forbes: by alderman mortimer second second by alden's werco any on discussion yes thank you mr chairman
▶ 33:42 Michael P. Zwirko: so i'm just curious so uh was it like a bookkeeping error on this uh you said it was from 2014 it didn't get paid and furthermore regardless regardless of the error did is there any um overdue or past due fees due to the tardiness of this bill being paid we have a good relationship with this vendor uh so there are no overdue or past due fees associated with it um but
▶ 34:13 Speaker 1: But yeah, it was something that they did a lot of work on this project, and we made a series of payments to them. And this one just kind of got lost, and we weren't sure if it was paid or what. So we've been investigating it, and we've determined that we're definitely obligated to pay. The work was performed, and we need to make these guys whole. They're a vendor we work with regularly, and we have a great relationship with them. Can you explain the nature of services provided? This was related to the high school science lab project. It was installation of security system in order to protect the large investment we made in redoing the high school science wing. Thank you. Those are all the questions I had, Mr. Chairman.
▶ 35:05 Scott M. Forbes: Thank you, Alderman Zwirko. Any on discussion? Alderman Medeiros, please.
▶ 35:09 Monica C. Medeiros: Thanks. So this is coming from the Veterans Benefits Expense line. Maybe Mr. De La Russo can just, I don't know if you can speak to what's made this money available on that line.
▶ 35:33 Speaker 4: Good evening. The Chair, Alderman Medeiros, less expenditures than they had anticipated for benefits. I'm not sure if it's because it may be more being moved to federal programs or what the like but the local requirement was less than anticipated so unfortunately has some funds available there great question thank you you have
▶ 36:03 Scott M. Forbes: any other questions all in the nearest no thank you thank you we do have a motion to recommend and duly second it is there anybody else on discussion seeing none all those in favor aye any opposed motion passes will be recommended before the full board you do not have to be in attendance for that meeting uh thank you very much for your time here tonight and and welcome we appreciate it thank you next order on the agenda is order number two zero one six dash one nine six transfer of fourteen hundred dollars from pine bank salaries and wages zero one six five two one dash five one one zero zero zero that's why you're staying there two various i.t accounts has set forth herein motion to recommend