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June 24, 2009

Prepping for transition to FY 2009-10, city officials move funds

Jeff Kaley

WAURIKA — With a new fiscal year looming, by approving a package of supplemental appropriations Waurika city officials have made sure the bills would be paid and funds would be available until the end of June.

During a special meeting Monday, members of the Waurika City Commission and Waurika Public Works Authority gave an OK to increasing funds in five accounts, which will ensure a smooth financial transition from the end of fiscal year 2008-09 and the start of FY ’09-10.

The current fiscal year ends on June 30, and City Manager Chuck Brown said the package of transfers that totaled $39,000 “is just the money we need to clean everything up and get us to the new fiscal year.”

Brown noted, “The supplemental funds had already been budgeted (for FY ’08-09), and whatever’s left will carryover to the next fiscal year.”

The commissioners and WPWA trustees unanimously approved transferring $19,500 into the Ambulance Revenue Fund, $500 into the City Clerk Fund, $6,000 into the Library Fund, $8,000 into the Waurika Volunteer Ambulance Service Fund and $5,000 into the General Government Fund.

The brief agenda also included two items relating to updating the city’s municipal court computer software and the possibility of Waurika becoming part of a software design testing program being conducted by KELLPRO Inc. of Duncan.

During the commissioners’ regular meeting on June 8, KELLPRO representative Richard Sutterfield made a proposal that could lead to the company selling the city a new software package designed for municipal courts.

At the same time, Sutterfield outlined KELLPRO’s BETA city project. Should Waurika chose to participate the project, it would play a role in helping KELLPRO design new software for small city needs and affordability. As a participant, the city would be a test site for the new software, and get in on the ground floor of developing the software.

However, during the special meeting, the commissioners expressed a desire to continue collecting information on both the municipal court software package and the BETA city project. They tabled action on both items.

Also on Monday, there was a special meeting of the Waurika Emergency Medical Services District trustees, who took action on providing funds for ambulance repair.

A 2004 Ford, one of the ambulances purchased by the EMS District in the fall, has been housed as a backup unit since it was purchased. The ambulance service wants to bring that unit on line, but because the vehicle has been idle since September, sludge had built up in the motor.

To get the unit up and running, trustees voted unanimously to approve spending up to $3,500 for repair work to be done at Billingsley Ford-Lincoln-Mercury in Duncan.

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