MORAN A $25,000 transfer from Morans electric reserves to the citys general fund to close out the 2018 fiscal year should be sufficient to ensure both funds remain in compliance, City Council members agreed Monday.
The routine, year-end budget transfers were made at the end of December, but with some potential outstanding budgetary obligations payroll, utility bills and other other unexpected bills that will come forth in the next week or two predicting how theyll wind up can be an inexact science, City Clerk Lori Evans explained as she detailed transfers involving the general, electric and capital improvement funds.
I think its good to leave it as it is, Councilman Jerry Wallis replied, when asked if the Council should do any other transfers. The other members agreed.
Lori McAloon of the Moran Public Library Board discussed a number of topics, including security measures outside the library, better signage to point out the new library location for motorists passing by on U.S. 59 and a community bulletin board.
Council members asked McAloon to come back with specific security requests, such as surveillance equipment, and agreed signs could be erected and attached to the library building. They also agreed a bulletin board would be an effective way to keep the community informed of items of interest.
COUNCIL members rejected a request from Marmaton Market officials to allow the grocery store to include a full-page advertisement as an insert with residents monthly utility bills. Council members cited the potential cost involved, through higher postage, and their reluctance to favor one private business over others in town.
CITY Superintendent Mike Stodgell told Council members he had agreed to a request to place American flags along downtown street posts Thursday morning, to accommodate a funeral procession for World War II veteran Willis Ross, who died Friday.
Stodgell noted the effort will only take a few minutes, calling it a token of respect to Ross, who remained active with the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars until shortly before his death.
