Written Communications (Updated 09-20-2023) — Cupertino City Council, September 19, 2023

CC 09-19-2023

Oral Communications

Written Communications
1 Lauren Sapudar
From: Peggy Griffin <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 11:06 PM
To: City Council; Kirsten Squarcia
Cc: City Clerk
Subject: 2023-09-19 City Council Meeting ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Peggy's slides Attachments: Peggys Oral Communications-Loss of Transparency.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.

Dear City Council and City Clerk Squarcia,

AƩached the slides I used during my Oral CommunicaƟons this evening.

Sincerely,
Peggy Griﬃn

TRANSPARENCY – Not menƟoned in the Ethics Survey!

Every meeƟng we lose more TRANSPARENCY

Treasurer’s Investment Report…

1. NO sign oﬀ by the Treasurer, not even iniƟaled!
a. How do we know it was even looked at?

2. NO Chandler Custodial Report
a. lists assets and cash and where it goes

3. NO PARS Pension and OPEB Account statements
a. Lists pension funds and what returns they are geƫng

4. NO LAIF Account Statement
a. Local Agency Investment Fund
b. CiƟes can use the state experƟse to invest money at no addiƟonal cost to the taxpayer.

Blackberry Farm Golf Course
Management Alternatives
9/19/23
Don Halsey
Friends of Blackberry Farm Golf Course
Option Comment Link
A Cupertino No change
B Courseco Courseco manages Deep
Cliff.
https://www.courseco.com/
C Other course management
companies
• Sierra
• Troon
• Kemper Sports
• Invited
• American Golf
• Still others
https://sierragolfmanagement.com/about-us/
https://www.troon.com/management-services/
https://kempersports.com/public-golf-courses/
https://www.invitedclubs.com/our-portfolio/explore-our- major-markets/southern-california
https://www.americangolf.com/management-services
E Oasis • Pickleball for golf
• One of a kind Social
Experience
• Modern Technology
• World-class course
• Sustainable footprint
https://www.oasisgolfcenter.com
Management Options
(50+%)
Quick survey on which option people want

Things to consider:
• Contract duration: 3 – 10 years, typically 5, renewable • Management service contract (20+%)
• Profit / loss flows to City
• Turnkey / lease (15+%)
• City gets defined annual ‘rent’
• Subcontractor has profit / loss risk
• Fee changes may be limited by City
• Hybrid
• Food and beverage service
• Who pays for water
$330K loss per year
Support
• Consultant: National Golf Foundation
• Did the 2022 study for Cupertino on the golf course renovation • https://www.ngf.org/
• Consultant: Proforma Golf Advisors LLC
• https://www.proformaadvisors.com/home/golf
• A to Z support RFP through implementation
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From: Cathy Helgerson <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 9:27 AM
To: City Clerk
Subject: Letter for City Council meeting tonight
Attachments: City of Cupertino AD HOC Advisory Commitee letter.docx Follow Up Flag: Follow up
Flag Status: Flagged
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Hello,

I called and spoke to you about this.

Please see that the City Council members, staff members receive my letter. I understand that it will be put on the web for public review under comments. I would like someone to get back to me about my requests.

Thanks,
Cathy
Helgerson ‐ 408‐253‐0490
September 20, 2023 – City of CuperƟno City Council MeeƟng To: Council members – Hung Wei, Sheila Mohan, Liang‐Fang Chao, KiƩy Moore, & J.R. Fruen City Clerk ‐ Please provide copies to all staﬀ members that need to be included.

From: Cathy Helgerson – [email protected] – Phone Number 408‐253‐0490 Subject: I would like to make a request that the city council consider the forming of an AD HOC Advisory CommiƩee to be established in order to invesƟgate, review, and ﬁnd soluƟons to the serious problem of immigraƟon, homelessness and more in CuperƟno, surrounding ciƟes such as San Jose and San Francisco. I would also like to see that the ciƟes in the Silicon Valley be included in the collaboraƟon of ideas and soluƟons that need to implemented in order to save lives and to bring about the needed changes to these problems. The AD Hoc Advisory CommiƩee should be established in an ongoing conƟnuous manor in order to make sure that the problems will be conƟnually addressed over the years.

Please review and address also my writeup on September 13, 2023at a meeƟng that I aƩended with a council member and two staﬀ members menƟoned in my writeup. Note here that Pamela Wu did not aƩend the meeƟng and did make an appearance aŌer the meeƟng had been concluded. I had requested this meeƟng and the date was way in advance in order to make sure that the people I requested to appear did appear . Pamela Wu has problems aƩending meeƟngs and this has happened on more than one occasion I would like the City Council members to be aware of this problem in order to make sure that it does not conƟnue in the future. The public has the right to ask for construcƟve meeƟngs with council members and staﬀ and the posiƟon of City Manager is a very important posiƟon and the City Manager must aƩend these meeƟngs.

The AD HOC Advisory CommiƩee should review the relaƟonship that the City of CuperƟno has with the West Valley Community Services a non‐proﬁt that resides in the City of CuperƟno. I would like to make sure that the public is aware of this non‐proﬁt organizaƟon and what services they provide that beneﬁt the homeless and the poor in our community. The commiƩee should extend the services with available housing to not only low‐income persons but also people that are in a homeless situaƟon that have no income. The forming of a soup kitchen where hot meals can be provided morning, noon, and night.

Resources that can provide jobs and training, rehabilitaƟon from drug abuse, health reviews to help with the mentally ill homeless, helping kids clocking out of foster care with all kinds of things, building housing projects to support the poorest of the poor and so much more.

The other non‐proﬁt that the AD HOC Advisory CommiƩee should be aware of in their invesƟgaƟon is Conxion to Community in San Jose, Ca. who conduct their own fund raisers. What are their needs and how do they serve the community? The oﬃce in San Jose is right next to a homeless encampment that it seems Conxion staﬀ provide bag lunch meals and other services to. There is a job availability service that the non‐proﬁt connects with that helps some of the poor and homeless actually ﬁnd work and earn some wages and it seems they are paid in cash for that day’s work.

The AD HOC Advisory CommiƩee should also look at the San Francico homelessness issues which it seems is needing all kinds of help. Drugs addicƟon with Fentanyl and others drugs are available and the people addicted to drugs stay addicted. Disease is another situaƟon that should be looked at the homeless populaƟon has all kinds of medical and mental problems which are not being looked at or addressed. Giving the homeless money through disability insurance is not solving the problem it is just making it easier for the heads of government to just look the other way. These people need to be cared for and helped. The CommiƩee should include a review of all the ciƟes in the Silicon Valley and the Bay area. Each city needs to evaluate their speciﬁc needs puƫng a commiƩee that looks at the big picture which could also allow all the ciƟes to come together even collecƟvely with all kinds of resources. This would seem to be the way to solve many of the overall problems.

ImmigraƟon issues the fact that there are undocumented immigrants that have lived in the Silicon Valley and the bay area for over 10 and 20 years and sƟll do not have a green card, visa or ciƟzenship is a terrible shame. The immigraƟon laws do not address this problem and the AD HOC Advisory CommiƩee could also address these issues and help solve them. Many migrants are coming over the Mexican border from all over and many of them are criminals and are aﬃliated with the drug cartels this horrible situaƟon needs to be addressed. What are we doing as a city to stop this ﬂood of illegals? Shouldn’t ciƟes and the state address the problem and ﬁnd soluƟons the AD HOC Advisory CommiƩee could do just that and it is Ɵme that all the immigraƟon issues are looked at with major consideraƟons on solving the problems instead of leaving all this to our Federal Government.

Many of the immigrants have had to work under the table at all kinds of jobs with liƩle pay of any kind being used by many employers how can they feed themselves and their families? How can this conƟnue? Working together with our local and Federal Governments and our representaƟves to solve the problems should be the goal.

People are put into human traﬃcking and the cartels are pushing their drugs that are coming over to Mexico from China and they are becoming rich people are suﬀering from fentanyl drug abuse the young and old alike many have died and it seems nothing can stop these crimes. I do believe that the AD HOC Advisory CommiƩee could also invesƟgate problems such as these. The responsibility of our naƟon to work on creaƟng a safe and stable government lies in the workings of the people’s government all of use should help to solve the injusƟces that plague our county, states, ciƟes, and towns.

I am sorry to say that if these travesƟes are allowed to conƟnue that CuperƟno is not going to remain a nice quiet city and the public will suﬀer . We need new immigraƟon laws that deal with the real issues as it stands nothing is being solved and unless we the people take a stand nothing will be solved.

I do think it is Ɵme to look at what are our rights do we not have the right to live in a clean and safe ciƟes and a country free from all the issues that plague our society? How can these unjust laws stay into eﬀect they are hurƟng all of us and they are hurƟng humanity.

The AD HOC Advisory CommiƩee that is established can do so much more to help and it is Ɵme that the City of CuperƟno take the lead in such work that could be of great help to so many.

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Councilmember
Written Communications
1 Lauren Sapudar
From: Liang Chao
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 10:53 PM
To: City Clerk
Subject: MY Presentation for Ethics Code
This is the presentation I used for the Code of Ethics Revision.

Please include it as written communication.

Thanks.

Liang Chao
Council Member
City Council
[email protected]
408-777-3192

Code of Ethics Revisoin
2023-09-19 CC Meeting
Liang Chao

FACTS on the 2018 Code of Ethics
● Cupertino did not have any adopted “Code of Ethics” prior to 2018. ● From Staff Presentation:

FACTS on the 2018 Code of Ethics (Cont’d)
● The 2018-19 work program did not include any item related to “Code of Ethics”.
● After deciding to not consolidate Library Commission and the Public Safety Commission, the 2018 Council directed the staff on July 31, 2018 to “Explore ways to improve Council/Commission communication”. ● The agenda item on November 20, 2018 was titled “Overview of City Commissions and recommendations for improving their effectiveness and communications with the City Council", but somehow one of the 6 documents to be approved is titled “Code of Ethics and Conduct” (CoEC) FACTS on the 2018 Code of Ethics (Cont’d)
● The staff report of November 20, 2018 Council Meeting clearly indicated the 15-page “Code of Ethics and Conduct” was newly added. There was no mention of any earlier public engagement or notification. ● The Nov. 20, 2018 staff report stated incorrectly that “Commissions were very supportive of adopting a code of ethics and conduct.” But there was no record of any written comments from commissioners or commissions.

Problem with the 2018 Code of Ethics
The 2018 CoEC broadly applied the standard normally used for quasi-judicial decisions (to comply with existing laws, such as project approvals) to legislative decisions (to make laws and policies). This is evidenced by the following two quotes from the 2018 CoEC.
○ Item 6 under Ethics: “decision makers … will base their decisions on the facts presented at the hearing and the law”, which is supposed to apply only for quasi-judicial decisions.”
○ Item 7 under Ethics: "Communication. ... City Officials will rely on the agenda materials and information received at the public meeting to support their decision."
Problem with the 2018 Code of Ethics
The 2018 CoEC expanded the normal “Conflict of Interest” on financial interests to include one’s opinions or positions on policy issues. This is evidenced by this quote:
○ Item 8 under Ethics: "Conflict of Interest. ... Consistent with the law, decision-makers will not use their official positions to influence government decisions in which they have (a) a material financial interest, (b) an organizational responsibility to or personal commitment to others that creates a conflict of interest or the appearance of one, or (c) a strong personal bias as to one party or position."

Problem with the 2018 Code of Ethics
According to Ethics Item 6 and Item 7, City Officials appear to have to ignore public comments received through emails or at any meeting with community members.

City Officials cannot use their past experiences based on reading articles or information derived from their own research on the issues.

Ethics Item 8 goes beyond the state law on Conflict of Interest, which is limited to financial interest. According to such broad interpertation of Conflict of Interest, all members of the Bike and Pedestrian Commission would have to recuse themselves since they have a "strong person bias" towards some bike paths and actively advocate for it. Most Sustainability Commissioners have "personal commitment" to Clean Energy. Most Housing Commissioners have a "personal commitment" towards affordable housing. Most Parks and Recreation Commissioners have a "strong personal bias" towards all-inclusive playground to accommodate children of special needs.

Problem with the 2018 Code of Ethics
The 2018 CoEC might result in Brown Act violation:

COMPLIANCE 3 (a):

Individual Councilmembers should point out to the offending Councilmember perceived infractions of the Code of Ethics and Conduct. If the offenses continue, then the matter should be referred to the Mayor in private. If the Mayor is the individual whose actions are being questioned, then the matter should be referred to the Vice Mayor. It is the responsibility of the Mayor ( or Vice Mayor) to initiate action if a Councilmember' s behavior is not in compliance with the Code of Ethics and Conduct. If no action is taken by the Mayor ( or Vice Mayor), then the alleged violation( s) can be brought up with the full Council.

Potential Issues:
● This could result in Brown Act violation involving three Councilmembers through private communications.
● If there is a disagreement in the interpretation of the “perceived” violation, who decides if there is a real violation or not?
○ This puts the Mayor in charge of deciding whether there is a violation or not, rather than the Council.
● What if one member of the Council plus the Mayor provide biased interpretation and enforcement in private against another Council member without the knowledge of the other two Councilmembers and the public? ● This is a dangerous practice.

Due Process is essential for accountability.

Perception is deceiving.

Eye witness account is often biased because of their own perception.

If anyone is to be punished, the city must provide clear documented evidence to avoid abuse of the procedures and also to avoid making the city liable for claiming violations based on biased views.

Transcripts must be retained for all interviews for the investigation.

The accused must be informed of their violations in writing with clear evidence (with dates/times/locations and persons involved for the incident) to provide them the opportunity to clarify any misunderstanding.

Suggestions

1. City Officials [“OFFICIALS”] including the Councilmembers, Appointed Officials, and Executive City Staff should abide by the Code of Ethics. This is because they all influence decisions of the Council, through recommendations.

2. Revise Ethics Item 6 and 7 should apply only to Quasi-judicial decisions.,.

3. Revise Ethics Item 8 : strong opinion should not be considered a conflict of interst

4. Due Process for investigation with clear evidence (with dates/time/context involved)

Suggestions (Cont’d)

5. Transparency: For any staff-formed committee, the committee members should be disclosed to the public and the committee members should abide by the Code of Ethics and disclose any potential conflict of interest. This is because such committee provides input to staff, who provides recommendations to the City Council.

6. Any OFFICIALS who has been on the board of an organization within the last 12 months should declare it and recuse themselves from any Council actions/decisions/closed sessions associated with that organization.

7. If an OFFICIAL has been on the board of an organization within the last 5 years, the OFFICIAL must declare this at the beginning of the agenda item. .

Suggestions (Cont’d)

8. Distinguish between Rules and Values (aspirational). Any compliance reporting should apply to Rules, not the Values.

9. Distinguish between requirements for quasi-judicial decisions and policy decisions. And define with examples of what is quasi-judicial decisions.

10. The Mayor should not be given the responsibility to determine whether any perceived violation is a real violation and whether any warning is necessary. To encourage collaboration between Councilmembers, we should not ask the Mayor alone to act as both a judge and a police.

The complaint of a few residents on a bike path
project who never expressed the concerns to the
City admin/Council should not define how well the
bike path is constructed.

The complaint of certain residents or staff who
never brought up the issue to the City
admin/Council should not define whether a city is
functional or not.

1 Lauren Sapudar
From: Kirsten Squarcia
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 9:44 PM
To: City Clerk
Subject: FW: Copy of Resolution No. 16-137 (Item 11)
Attachments: 16-137 Resolution Establishing Rules Governing Recruitment, Attendance, Appointments, and Vacancies on City Advisory Bodies.pdf

Kirsten Squarcia
City Clerk
City Manager's Office
[email protected]

(408) 777-3225

From: J.R. Fruen <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 9:19 PM
To: Kirsten Squarcia <[email protected]>
Subject: Copy of Resolution No. 16‐137

J.R. Fruen
Councilmember
City Council
[email protected]

(408)777-1316

RESOLUTION NO. 16-137

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CUPERTINO RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 10-048 AND AMENDING THE

RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING RULES GOVERNING RECRUITMENT,

ATTENDANCE, APPOINTMENTS, AND VACANCIES ON CITY ADVISORY

BODIES TO ADD DESIGNATED ALTERNATES TO THE INTERVIEWS AND

APPOINTMENTS PROCESS

WHEREAS, the City of Cupertino wishes to establish uniform terms and conditions of office for advisory commissions; and

WHEREAS, there are within the City of Cupertino many citizens with talent, expertise and experience who wish to serve the community; and

WHEREAS, the City Council believes it is important to provide these citizens the opportunity to contribute to their community;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Counc il of the City of Cupertino rescinds Resolution No. 10-048 and establishes the following rules governing recruitment, appointment and reappointment to City of Cupertino Advisory bodies.

A. RECRUITMENT

1. Two months before regular terms expire, or immedia tely following receipt of a resignation, the City Clerk distributes the vacancy notice as follows:
• The Cupertino Scene
• The Cupertino Courier
• The World Journal
• The Cupertino City Channel
• City Hall bulletin board
• The City Clerk’s Office
• The Cupertino Library
• The Cupertino Chamber of Commerce
• Cupertino City Web site
• Other organizations as appropriate with respect to the openings • All persons with applications on file for that particular commission

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2. Two months before regular terms expire, the City Clerk’s Office also mails the vacancy notice to the following individuals:

• Students and graduates of Cupertino Emergency Response Training
• Students or graduates of Leadership Cupertino
• Neighborhood Block Leaders
• Individuals who have signed up for notification at the Cupertino Town Hall meetings.

3. All vacancy notices and posting shall be done in accordance with the provisions of the Maddy Act, California Government Code 54970.

Specifically, vacancy notices shall be posted for a minimum of 10 days.

4. Applications will be retained for a maximum of one year after Council review. After that time, applicants shall submit a new application if they wish to remain on the list for consideration.

5. Those persons with applications on file within one year of Council review are advised of the vacancy by the City Clerk and may activate that application. Upon receipt of the vacancy notice, the applicant must contact the City Clerk’s Office and ask that the application be reactivated.

6. An applicant may file for a maximum of two commissions at any one application period.

7. A member of an advisory body, having completed two consecutive terms, must wait two years after the term would have normally ended before being eligible to apply for the same commission or committee.

8. Application forms will be available in the City Clerk’s Office and will be mailed upon request with information about the opening(s).

Application forms will also be available on the City’s Web site.

9. No application shall be accepted after the deadline.

10. When the final deadline has passed, the City Clerk’s Office will mail applicants the date, time and location of the interviews along with sample questions to consider.

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11. The City Clerk’s Office will copy the applicants’ written material for Council members. The written material will also be available for public review in the City Clerk’s Office.

12. An applicant who is unable to attend the interview may submit a 5- minute video presentation in advance of the interview meeting. The tape will be reviewed at the meeting. The video will be made by City staff at the applicant’s request upon the approval of the City Clerk.

The City will fund these costs.

B. INTERVIEWS AND APPOINTMENTS

1. When Council meets to conduct interviews, it is a publ ic meeting subject to the Brown Act and therefore open to the public. The candidates will be asked by the City Clerk (either in person or by written instructions left in the waiting area) to remain seated in the waiting area until they are called in for the interview. Candidates will also be asked to return to the waiting area until the announcement of the vote, or to go home and contact the City Clerk’s Office the next day regarding the results. However, all applicants and members of the public have the option of remaining in the room for any or all of the meeting.

2. The order in which interviews are scheduled to take place will be determined by a drawing of names. The City Clerk will do this in advance.

3. Interviews are informal and usually last 5 -8 minutes. Council members are looking for:

• Familiarity with the subject
• Decision-making ability
• Commitment to the position for which they have applied

4. Appointments will be made following a vote in public. Ballots will be distributed, and Council members will vote and sign the ballots. The City Clerk will announce the votes.

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5. The City Council may appoint alternates to serve on boards, commissions and committees in the event of a vacancy. Such alternates may attend an d participate in meetings of the board, commission, or committee but shall not vote in such meetings until such time as a vacancy has occurred and the alternate has filled such vacancy. If the City Council appoints more than one alter nate for a particular board, commission or committee, the City Council shall designate the alternates as first alternate, second alternate and so on such that immediately upon a vacancy occurring in a board, commission, or com mittee, the first alternate shall fill such vacancy without the need for further City Council action.

C. UNSCHEDULED VACANCIES AND ATTENDANCE

1. If a vacancy occurs for an unexpired term and interviews for appointment to that advisory body have been conducted within the previous ninety days, the unexpired term may be filled from those applications following the required posting of the vacancy.

2. The notice of unscheduled vacancy shall be posted no earlier than 20 days before nor later than 20 days after the vacancy occurs, and at least 10 working days before appointment. The notice of unscheduled vacancy must be posted in the Office of the City Clerk, at the City Hall bulletin board, at the Cupertino Library, and in other places designated by the City Clerk.

3. A member shall be considered removed from an advisory body under the following conditions.

• A member misses more than three consecutive meetings
• A member misses more than 25% of the advisory body’s meetings in a calendar year

4. It is the resp onsibility of the advisory body’s staff liaison to notify the City Clerk of a member’s attendance record to allow sufficient time to send a warning notice if the member has missed three consecutive meetings or 25% of the meetings, and to send a termination notice if the member has missed more three consecutive meetings or more than 25% of the meetings in a calendar year.

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5. A member who has been removed from an advisory body for inadequate attendance may request a waiver of this provision by submitting a l etter to the City Council setting forth the reason for the absences and confirming future availability.

D. GENERAL PROVISIONS

1. Term limit restrictions listed in this resolution do not apply to temporary appointments for unexpired terms.

2. All provisions of this resolution shall apply unless otherwise decided by the City Council on a case-by-case basis.

3. In the event that any provision of this resolution conflicts with the provisions of any other ordinance or resolution governing a particular advisory body, the provisions governing that advisory body shall prevail.

PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Cupertino this 20th day of December, 2016, by the following vote:

Vote Members of the City Council

AYES: Vaidhyanathan, Chang, Scharf, Sinks
NOES: None
ABSENT: Paul
ABSTAIN: None

ATTEST: APPROVED:

/s/ Grace Schmidt /s/ Savita Vaidhyanathan
_________________________ ___________________________ Grace Schmidt, City Clerk Savita Vaidhyanathan, Mayor, City of Cupertino

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From: Kirsten Squarcia
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 9:44 PM
To: City Clerk
Subject: FW: Example Comment & Illustration (Item 11)
Attachments: Restat 2d of Torts, § 217.pdf

Kirsten Squarcia
City Clerk
City Manager's Office
[email protected]

(408) 777-3225

From: J.R. Fruen <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 9:19 PM
To: Kirsten Squarcia <[email protected]>
Subject: Example Comment & Illustration

J.R. Fruen
Councilmember
City Council
[email protected]

(408)777-1316

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From: Kitty Moore
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 9:48 PM
To: Kirsten Squarcia; City Clerk
Subject: Item 11 Ethics Policy Civil Grand Jury Recommendations Attachments: Pages from CC 09-19-2023 Searchable Packet-2.pdf Follow Up Flag: Follow up
Flag Status: Flagged
Dear City Clerk,

Please include the aƩached page from the Civil Grand Jury House Divided report. Please note that councilmembers were removed from their commiƩees by the Council Majority without establishing a procedure per the recommendaƟons.

Finding 4
A comprehensive Code of Ethics not only provides guidance and baseline standards for ethical behavior, it includes sanctions and consequences for deviations from the standard. The City’s Ethics Policy is generic and lacks enforcement provisions and therefore fails to provide a framework to address ramifications for policy violations.

Recommendation 4a
The City should establish an independent Public Ethics Commission with guidance from experts in applied ethics, such as the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, to: (i) develop and implement a robust government ethics training program for all councilmembers; and (ii) evaluate a best practices enforceable Code of Ethics and Conduct Policy that governs all councilmembers and appointed officials for consideration by the City Council. This recommendation should be implemented by March 31, 2023.

Recommendation 4b
The City should reinstate enforcement procedures to enable the City Council and the public to file complaints and testify at public hearings to help remediate ethics violations. This revision should include a procedure for public admonishment, revocation of special privileges, or censure. This recommendation should be implemented by March 31, 2023.

Recommendation 4c
The City Council should engage a conflict resolution professional to help enhance mutual understanding and respect amongst all stakeholders. This recommendation should be implemented by January 31, 2023, and should be repeated at least once per year.

Thank you,

KiƩy Moore
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Councilmember
City Council
[email protected]
(408) 777-1389

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Finding 4
A comprehensive Code of Ethics not only provides guidance and baseline standards for ethical behavior, it includes sanctions and consequences for deviations from the standard. The City’s Ethics Polic y is generic and lacks enforcement provisions and therefore fails to provide a framework to address ramifications for policy violations.

Recommendation 4d
The City should publish its current Ethics Policy on the City website by January 31, 2023.

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From: Kitty Moore
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 9:15 PM
To: Kirsten Squarcia; City Clerk
Subject: Written Communications Item 11 Draft Ethics Policy from 2018 Annotated Attachments: Draft Annotated CJ Pages from CC 09-19-2023 Searchable Packet.pdf Dear City Clerk,

Please include the aƩached annotated draŌ 2018 Ethics Policy which is in the current Agenda Packet for the item.

Thank you,

KiƩy Moore
Kitty Moore
Councilmember
City Council
[email protected]
(408) 777-1389

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July 18, 2023 Minutes

Written Communications
1 Lauren Sapudar
From: Peggy Griffin <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 1:42 PM
To: City Council; Kirsten Squarcia
Cc: City Clerk
Subject: 2023-09-19 City Council Meeting-Agenda Item3 DRAFT Minutes for July 18, 2023 CC Mtg - 3 additions
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Dear City Clerk Squarcia and City Council,

I think the minutes for the July 18, 2023 City Council meeƟng, Agenda Item 13, SB403 are missing 4 pieces of vital informaƟon:

1) the total number of speakers who wanted to speak
a. Total number of speakers who wanted to speak was 145 (98 blue cards and 47 hands raised on Zoom = 145 speakers).

2) the total amount of Ɵme alloƩed for the item and the exact amount of Ɵme each speaker was allowed to speak. a. Mayor Wei alloƩed 90 minutes total for public comment on this item with each speaker allowed 1 minute.
b. This acƟon knowingly disregarded 55 people’s desire to speak and provide input BUT IN ACTUALITY 65 people could not speak!

3) the total who actually spoke
a. Only 80 people (54 in Community Hall, 26 on Zoom) were allowed to speak which is only 55% of the people!

4) the 2 disrupƟons that occurred,
a. one by a member of the public right aŌer Mayor Wei closed public comment and b. one by the City AƩorney near the end of the City Council meeƟng.

Without this informaƟon, the minutes imply that everyone who wanted to speak, spoke, which is not the case! Errors can be made by omission and I believe omiƫng this informaƟon is an error that needs to be corrected.

To address #1 and #2

Page 7 ends

SUGGESTION‐MODIFY TO READ:
2 “Mayor Wei asked everyone who wanted to speak to submit their blue cards and/or raise their hands. There were 145 speakers. Mayor Wei reduced the Ɵme alloƩed for public comment to 90 minutes with 60 minutes for Community Hall speakers and 30 minutes for Zoom speakers. Each speaker allowed 1 minute and consolidaƟon of Ɵme among speakers was allowed.”

To address #3 and #4a

Page 9 ends

SUGGESTION ADD AFTER THIS:
“65 speakers were not allowed to speak. City AƩorney Jensen quieted a disrupƟon when a member of the public whose son was not allowed to speak became upset.”

To address #4b

Page 10 ends

SUGGESTION ADD A SENTENCE AFTER THIS:
“City AƩorney Jensen packed up his bags making it diﬃcult for both the public, Councilmembers and staﬀ to hear .

Nothing was done to stop it.”

Thank you.

Sincerely,
Peggy Griﬃn

1 Lauren Sapudar
From: Kitty Moore
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 1:22 PM
To: Kirsten Squarcia; City Clerk
Subject: Written Communications Item 3 Minutes September 19, 2023 Please Pull Dear City Clerk,

I request to pull the September 19, 2023 City Council Consent Agenda Item 3, which is the July 18, 2023 City Council meeƟng minutes and submit the following WriƩen CommunicaƟons edit requests to more completely reﬂect the meeƟng record.

Please see the
July 18, 2023 page 7, Item 13 MeeƟng Minutes which state:

“Mayor Wei opened the public comment period and the following people spoke. Mayor Wei reduced the time allotted for public comment and allowed for consolidation of time among speakers.”

I have two edit requests shown below:

1. Please have the minutes reﬂect that 145 people requested to speak and that the total Ɵme alloƩed did not allow dozens of speakers to be heard. Only about 82 individuals were given an opportunity to speak.

To accomplish that, the above quoted minutes could be edited like this:

Mayor Wei opened the public comment period, 145 people requested to speak and the following people spoke. Mayor Wei reduced the total time allotted for public comment to 90 minutes, reduced the speaker time from 3 minutes to one minute, and allowed for consolidati on of time among speakers. The following 82 people were provided time to speak:

2. I would also like the minutes to include and reflect that:

Milind Makwana, a member of the public, spoke without being recognized requesting his son be allowed to speak, because he had not been called on due to the truncated speaker time. Mr. Makwana’s request went unanswered, and he received a warning by staff.

I think it would be appropriate to also adjourn the meeting in remembrance of Milind Makwana, community member and volunteer, who passed away after the conclusion of the July 18, 2023 meeting. I have not seen policy on this process and am including a link from the City of Mill Valley regarding their remembrance adjournment protocol:
http://cityofmillvalley.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=&event_id=464&meta_id=45574

Thank you very much for your consideration,

Kitty Moore

2 Kitty Moore
Councilmember
City Council
[email protected]
(408) 777-1389

CC 09-19-2023

#5
Accounts Payable

Written Communications
1 Lauren Sapudar
From: Peggy Griffin <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 7:53 AM
To: City Council
Cc: City Clerk
Subject: Re: 2023-09-19 City Council Meeting-Agenda Item5-Please PULL and DO NOT RATIFY 8.11.2023 Attachments: D - Weekly AP Payment Register for the Period Ending 8.11.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.

Dear City Council,

I withdraw my request to pull this item. Mr. Orozco has provided the correct report in the Supplemental Reports and i thank him.

Sincerely,
Peggy Griffin

On Sep 16, 2023, at 3:47 PM, Peggy Griffin <[email protected]> wrote:

PLEASE INCLUDE THIS EMAIL AND ANY ATTACHMENTS AS PART
OF WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE ABOVE CITY
COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA ITEM.

Dear City Council,

I am asking you to please PULL AGENDA ITEM 5‐Accounts Payables so that you can vote NO to ratifying the Accounts Payable for the Period ending August 11, 2023 until this report is replaced with the correctly formatted report.

WRONG FORMAT for FILE “D – Weekly AP Payment Register for the Period Ending 8.11.pdf”

The current report is a reconciliation report and thus is missing quite a lot of information!  For example, it is missing:
 Invoice date (located under “Date” in the correct format)  Invoice number of each invoice that added up to the payment amount.  This is an ENORMOUS LOSS of information!
 Actual fund the money came out of (located under “Source” in the correct format).  Often, the various invoice amounts that add up to the total paid amount come from different funds.  Description for what the payment was for

PLEASE have this report replaced with the correct information. If it is not, please DO NOT RATIFY the Accounts Payables for the Period Ending August 11, 2023. I am hoping that this issue can be corrected quickly and this item will not need to

be pulled.

It is reassuring that the accounts are being reconciled and I do appreciate the Staff Report explaining the procedures but this report needs to be corrected. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Peggy Griffin
Number
Date
Status
Void Reason
Reconciled/
Voided Date
Source
Payee Name
Transaction
Amount
Reconciled
Amount
Difference
Main Account - Main Checking Account
Check
733148
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/18/2023
Accounts Payable

ALHAMBRA
$369.54
$369.54
$0.00
733149
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/16/2023
Accounts Payable
AT & T
$351.32
$351.32
$0.00
733150
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/18/2023
Accounts Payable
AT&T
$2,574.10
$2,574.10
$0.00
733151
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/15/2023
Accounts Payable
CARBONIC SERVICE INC.
$7.25
$7.25
$0.00
733152
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/17/2023
Accounts Payable

CINTAS CORP
$1,148.89
$1,148.89
$0.00
733153
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/16/2023
Accounts Payable
County of Santa Clara
$750.00
$750.00
$0.00
733154
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/16/2023
Accounts Payable
County of Santa Clara -Office of the
Sheriff
$14,564.00
$14,564.00
$0.00
733155
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/15/2023
Accounts Payable
First Vanguard Rentals & Sales, Inc.
$36,221.18
$36,221.18
$0.00
733156
08/11/2023
Open
Accounts Payable
Growing IQ - California
$1,845.00
733157
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/16/2023
Accounts Payable
Hexagon Transportation Consultants,
Inc.
$462.00
$462.00
$0.00
733158
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/18/2023
Accounts Payable

HOME DEPOT CREDIT SERVICES
$3,546.19
$3,546.19
$0.00
733159
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/18/2023
Accounts Payable

INTERSTATE BATTERY SYSTEM
SAN JOSE INC.
$90.35
$90.35
$0.00
733160
08/11/2023
Open
Accounts Payable
Joint Venture Silicon Valley
$6,600.00
733161
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/15/2023
Accounts Payable

KELLY-MOORE PAINT CO INC
$1,161.20
$1,161.20
$0.00
733162
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/15/2023
Accounts Payable
Little Medical School
$2,555.00
$2,555.00
$0.00
733163
08/11/2023
Open
Accounts Payable
Melissa Conaulty
$1,200.00
733164
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/18/2023
Accounts Payable
One Day Installation and Repairs, Inc
$17,975.00
$17,975.00
$0.00
733165
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/16/2023
Accounts Payable
PG&E
$97.95
$97.95
$0.00
733166
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/16/2023
Accounts Payable
PG&E
$36,774.89
$36,774.89
$0.00
733167
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/16/2023
Accounts Payable
PG&E
$228.11
$228.11
$0.00
733168
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/16/2023
Accounts Payable
PG&E
$114.11
$114.11
$0.00
733169
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/16/2023
Accounts Payable
PG&E
$23.86
$23.86
$0.00
733170
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/16/2023
Accounts Payable
PG&E
$10.10
$10.10
$0.00
733171
08/11/2023
Open
Accounts Payable
Play-Well TEKnologies
$3,500.00
733172
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/15/2023
Accounts Payable

ROYAL BRASS INCORPORATED -

SAN JOSE
$122.02
$122.02
$0.00
733173
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/18/2023
Accounts Payable

SAN JOSE WATER COMPANY
$41,648.37
$41,648.37
$0.00
733174
08/11/2023
Open
Accounts Payable

SSB EDUCATION LLC
$10,512.00
733175
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/22/2023
Accounts Payable
Staples
$150.57
$150.57
$0.00
733176
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/16/2023
Accounts Payable
SWANK MOTION PICTURES, INC.
$1,920.00
$1,920.00
$0.00
733177
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/15/2023
Accounts Payable

SYSCO - SAN FRANCISCO
$989.12
$989.12
$0.00
733178
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/24/2023
Accounts Payable

TELEPATH CORPORATION
$245.53
$245.53
$0.00
733179
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/15/2023
Accounts Payable
TYMAN Construction
$101,345.60
$101,345.60
$0.00
733180
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/17/2023
Accounts Payable
United Site Services
$813.98
$813.98
$0.00
733181
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/15/2023
Accounts Payable
VNH Builders
$29,331.25
$29,331.25
$0.00
733182
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/21/2023
Accounts Payable

BCCI CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
$410.36
$410.36
$0.00
733183
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/15/2023
Accounts Payable

BEN MORAN
$2.00
$2.00
$0.00
733184
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/15/2023
Accounts Payable

BHAGWAT, DEEPAVALI
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
$0.00
733185
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/15/2023
Accounts Payable
Daniel Diaz
$57.00
$57.00
$0.00
733186
08/11/2023
Open
Accounts Payable
Frank Sedillo
$103.95
733187
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/16/2023
Accounts Payable
Gaohua Xu
$63.42
$63.42
$0.00
733188
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/18/2023
Accounts Payable

LIN, CLAUDIA
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
$0.00
733189
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/15/2023
Accounts Payable

LOCHAB CHARANPAL
$2,703.11
$2,703.11
$0.00
733190
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/16/2023
Accounts Payable

MEHROTRA, VANDANA
$24.61
$24.61
$0.00
733191
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/24/2023
Accounts Payable
SUNRUN
$249.01
$249.01
$0.00
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Payment Register
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From Payment Date: 8/5/2023 - To Payment Date: 8/11/2023

Number
Date
Status
Void Reason
Reconciled/
Voided Date
Source
Payee Name
Transaction
Amount
Reconciled
Amount
Difference
733192
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/24/2023
Accounts Payable
SUNRUN
$276.93
$276.93
$0.00
733193
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/15/2023
Accounts Payable

TUMAMAO, ESTEPHAN
$25.56
$25.56
$0.00
733194
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/14/2023
Accounts Payable
Weili Liu
$63.42
$63.42
$0.00
Type Check Totals:
47 Transactions
$333,227.85
$309,466.90
$0.00
EFT
37681
08/07/2023
Reconciled
08/07/2023
Accounts Payable

EMPLOYMENT DEVEL DEPT
$54,575.81
$54,575.81
$0.00
37682
08/07/2023
Reconciled
08/07/2023
Accounts Payable
IRS
$181,838.82
$181,838.82
$0.00
37683
08/10/2023
Reconciled
08/10/2023
Accounts Payable

P E R S
$167,044.21
$167,044.21
$0.00
37684
08/07/2023
Reconciled
08/02/2023
Accounts Payable
SQUARE, INC.
$105.00
$105.00
$0.00
37685
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/11/2023
Accounts Payable

JOYFUL MELODIES
$1,010.00
$1,010.00
$0.00
37686
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/11/2023
Accounts Payable

ABAG POWER- ASSOCIATION OF

BAY AREA GOVERNMENTS
$6,460.00
$6,460.00
$0.00
37687
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/11/2023
Accounts Payable
Aquatic Central
$3,000.00
$3,000.00
$0.00
37688
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/11/2023
Accounts Payable

B&H PHOTO-VIDEO
$127.86
$127.86
$0.00
37689
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/11/2023
Accounts Payable
Baker Tilly US, LLP
$402.50
$402.50
$0.00
37690
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/11/2023
Accounts Payable
Boucher Law, PC
$16,030.50
$16,030.50
$0.00
37691
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/11/2023
Accounts Payable

CAROL KORADE
$29.13
$29.13
$0.00
37692
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/11/2023
Accounts Payable
CodeLinkd, LLC
$7,488.00
$7,488.00
$0.00
37693
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/11/2023
Accounts Payable
Dance Force LLC
$2,912.00
$2,912.00
$0.00
37694
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/11/2023
Accounts Payable
GOT POWER, INC. DBA CD &

POWER, INC
$6,925.00
$6,925.00
$0.00
37695
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/11/2023
Accounts Payable

GRACE DUVAL
$176.00
$176.00
$0.00
37696
08/11/2023
Voided
Account Closed
08/23/2023
Accounts Payable
Green Halo Systems
$4,068.00
37697
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/11/2023
Accounts Payable
Health and Human Resource Center,
Inc.
$287.62
$287.62
$0.00
37698
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/11/2023
Accounts Payable
Health Care Employees
$29,260.80
$29,260.80
$0.00
37699
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/11/2023
Accounts Payable
HortScience I Bartlett Consulting
$4,600.00
$4,600.00
$0.00
37700
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/11/2023
Accounts Payable
IncrediFlix Inc.
$16,306.80
$16,306.80
$0.00
37701
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/11/2023
Accounts Payable
Independent Code Consultants, Inc.
$19,516.30
$19,516.30
$0.00
37702
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/11/2023
Accounts Payable
Junior Chef Stars
$6,960.00
$6,960.00
$0.00
37703
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/11/2023
Accounts Payable
Life Insurance Company of North
America
$8,236.09
$8,236.09
$0.00
37704
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/11/2023
Accounts Payable
Matrix Consulting Group, Ltd
$4,200.00
$4,200.00
$0.00
37705
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/11/2023
Accounts Payable
Rise Housing Solutions, Inc
$17,579.00
$17,579.00
$0.00
37706
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/11/2023
Accounts Payable
South Bay Youth Sports
$15,819.30
$15,819.30
$0.00
37707
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/11/2023
Accounts Payable
TeamViewer Gmbh
$4,328.58
$4,328.58
$0.00
37708
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/11/2023
Accounts Payable

TERRYBERRY COMPANY LLC
$207.31
$207.31
$0.00
37709
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/11/2023
Accounts Payable

THE HARTFORD
$11,725.41
$11,725.41
$0.00
37710
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/11/2023
Accounts Payable
Thomson Reuters - West
$767.55
$767.55
$0.00
37711
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/11/2023
Accounts Payable
Vision Service Plan
$4,250.80
$4,250.80
$0.00
37712
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/11/2023
Accounts Payable
Walter Buenning
$670.00
$670.00
$0.00
37929
08/10/2023
Open
Accounts Payable
California Public Employees'
Retirement System
$391,906.05
Type EFT Totals:
33 Transactions
$988,814.44
$592,840.39
$0.00
Main Account - Main Checking Account Totals
Checks
Status
Count
Transaction Amount
Reconciled Amount
Open
6 $23,760.95
$0.00
Reconciled
41 $309,466.90
$309,466.90
Voided
0 $0.00
$0.00
Stopped
0 $0.00
$0.00
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
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Payment Register
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From Payment Date: 8/5/2023 - To Payment Date: 8/11/2023

Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/
Voided Date Source Payee Name
Transaction
Amount
Reconciled
Amount Difference
Total 47 $333,227.85 $309,466.90
EFTs Status Count Transaction Amount Reconciled Amount
Open 1 $391,906.05 $0.00
Reconciled 31 $592,840.39 $592,840.39
Voided 1 $4,068.00 $0.00
Total 33 $988,814.44 $592,840.39
All Status Count Transaction Amount Reconciled Amount
Open 7 $415,667.00 $0.00
Reconciled 72 $902,307.29 $902,307.29
Voided 1 $4,068.00 $0.00
Stopped 0 $0.00 $0.00
Total 80 $1,322,042.29 $902,307.29
Grand Totals:

Checks Status Count Transaction Amount Reconciled Amount Open 6 $23,760.95 $0.00
Reconciled 41 $309,466.90 $309,466.90
Voided 0 $0.00 $0.00
Stopped 0 $0.00 $0.00
Total 47 $333,227.85 $309,466.90
EFTs Status Count Transaction Amount Reconciled Amount
Open 1 $391,906.05 $0.00
Reconciled 31 $592,840.39 $592,840.39
Voided 1 $4,068.00 $0.00
Total 33 $988,814.44 $592,840.39
All Status Count Transaction Amount Reconciled Amount
Open 7 $415,667.00 $0.00
Reconciled 72 $902,307.29 $902,307.29
Voided 1 $4,068.00 $0.00
Stopped 0 $0.00 $0.00
Total 80 $1,322,042.29 $902,307.29
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From Payment Date: 8/5/2023 - To Payment Date: 8/11/2023

1 Lauren Sapudar
From: Peggy Griffin <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2023 3:47 PM
To: City Council
Cc: City Clerk
Subject: 2023-09-19 City Council Meeting-Agenda Item5-Please PULL and DO NOT RATIFY 8.11.2023 Attachments: D - Weekly AP Payment Register for the Period Ending 8.11.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.

PLEASE INCLUDE THIS EMAIL AND ANY ATTACHMENTS AS PART OF WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE ABOVE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA ITEM.

Dear City Council,

I am asking you to please PULL AGENDA ITEM 5‐Accounts Payables so that you can vote NO to raƟfying the Accounts Payable for the Period
ending August 11, 2023 unƟl this report is replaced with the correctly formaƩed report.

WRONG FORMAT for FILE “D – Weekly AP Payment Register for the Period Ending 8.11.pdf”

The current report is a reconciliaƟon report and thus is missing quite a lot of informaƟon!  For example, it is missing:
‐ Invoice date (located under “Date” in the correct format) ‐ Invoice number of each invoice that added up to the payment amount.  This is an ENORMOUS LOSS of informaƟon!
‐ Actual fund the money came out of (located under “Source” in the correct format).  OŌen, the various invoice amounts that add up to the total paid amount come from diﬀerent funds. ‐ DescripƟon for what the payment was for

PLEASE have this report replaced with the correct informaƟon. If it is not, please DO NOT RATIFY the Accounts Payables for the
Period Ending August 11, 2023. I am hoping that this issue can be corrected quickly and this item will not need to be pulled.

It is reassuring that the accounts are being reconciled and I do appreciate the Staﬀ Report explaining the procedures but this report needs to be corrected.

Thank you.

Sincerely,
Peggy Griﬃn

Number
Date
Status
Void Reason
Reconciled/
Voided Date
Source
Payee Name
Transaction
Amount
Reconciled
Amount
Difference
Main Account - Main Checking Account
Check
733148
08/11/2023
Reconciled
08/18/2023
Accounts Payable