TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Philippe Eskandar, City Manager
BY: Hillary Guirola-Leon, Finance Director
Mark Siegfried, Accounting Manager/Controller
DATE: June 11, 2025
SUBJECT: RECEIVE AND FILE MONTHLY DISBURSEMENTS REPORT
FOR MAY 2025
STRATEGIC PLAN CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS
Efficient, Responsive, and Effective City Services
Fiscally Responsible and Transparent City Government
BACKGROUND
The City publishes a report on total disbursements each month pursuant to Government Code Sections 37202 and 37208.
DISCUSSION
There are three source points for disbursement: (1) items disbursed from the City’s General Checking account, including electronic funds transfers (EFTs); (2) items disbursed from the City’s Workers’ Compensation Account (collaboratively managed by City staff and the workers’ compensation thirdparty administrator); and (3) items disbursed through the payroll process, inclusive of direct deposit transfers to employees, hardcopy checks issued to employees, and electronic transfers to State and Federal taxing authorities.
FISCAL IMPACT & PROCUREMENT REVIEW
Procurement review is not applicable.
Gretchen Shepherd Romey, Mayor
Tony Chou, Vice Mayor
Hunter Chang, Council Member
John Chou, Council Member
Calvin Lo, Council Member
MAY 2025 DISBURSEMENTS SUMMARY
EXPENDITURES BY MONTH – PAST SIX MONTHS VERSUS PRIOR YEAR Descript ion A mount
General Account Checks $ 739,467
General Account Electronic Fund Transfers 1,334,471
Worker's Compensation Checks 97,694
Salaries and Taxes Paid 1,088,328
$ 3,259,960
Operating Expenditures $ 3,069,138 94%
CIP Expenditures 190,822 6%
$ 3,259,960
Schedule of Disbursement s - May 2025
LEGAL REVIEW
The City Attorney's office has reviewed and approved as to form.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Council receive and file the Monthly Disbursements Report for the month of May 2025. If the City Council concurs with staff’s recommendation, an appropriate motion would be:
“I move to receive and file the Monthly Disbursements Report for the month of May 2025.”
ATTACHMENTS
1. May 2025 Transactions by Account Summary