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Councilwoman Moline
Title
Compelling an internal review of the slow-payment issue in the City of Toledo by the City Auditor; and declaring an emergency.
Summary
WHEREAS, the City has engaged in numerous third-party contracts for summertime youth programming and for grass-cutting services on City property throughout the spring, summer and fall season; and
WHEREAS, Toledo City Council approved the appropriation and expenditure of funds to third-parties for summer youth programming in Ordinance 138-22 on March 29, 2022 and grass cutting through the commodities ordinance 232-19 on May 28, 2019; and
WHEREAS, third-party vendors should expect to be paid timely for the services they have performed or agreed to perform per contractual agreements with the City of Toledo; and
WHEREAS, it has been brought to the attention of Toledo City Council that vendors for such programs and services have not been paid timely; and
WHEREAS, prompt payment of services is a basic function of a functioning government and the bare minimum owed to taxpayers; and
WHEREAS, Toledo City Council is committed to oversight of the Administration to demand that proper processes exist so timely action can occur with outside partners; and
WHEREAS, the City of Toledo has not had a permanent Director of Finance for over two years; and
WHEREAS, Section 30 of the Charter of the City of Toledo prohibits Council's interference in the Administration; however, Section 58 of the Charter does allow Council to "investigate the financial transactions of any office or department of the City government, and the official acts and conduct of any City official"; and
WHEREAS, in Section 125 of the Charter of the City of Toledo, Council appoints a City Auditor who "shall be responsible for financial and operational audits of all departments, divisions, boards, commissions, and other agencies of the City"; and
WHEREAS, Toledo City Council direc...
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