[16. Comptroller's Warrant Report for the period of June 2, 2026 through June 30, 2026 in the amount of $75,304,785.09 and Monthly Travel & Small Claims Report]

NUMBER 16. SO THAT'S UNDER OUR RESOLUTION. BUT ITEM NUMBER 16 IS THE COMPTROLLER'S REPORT FOR THE PERIOD OF JUNE 2ND 2026 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2026 IN THE AMOUNT OF $75,304,785.09, AND MONTHLY TRAVEL AND SMALL CLAIMS REPORT. MR. COMPTROLLER, GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. SO WE HAVE A FEW REPORTS HERE THIS MORNING. THE FIRST ONE, THE REPORT SHOWS THAT CASH PAYMENTS WERE RELEASED TOTALING APPROXIMATELY $75.3 MILLION. THAT AMOUNT INCLUDES JUST OVER $18.4 MILLION FOR EMPLOYEE PAYROLL RELATED PAYMENTS, AND JUST UNDER $2.5 MILLION FOR INCOME TAX PAYMENTS. IN TERMS OF QUANTITY, 10,006 INCOME TAX REFUNDS WERE ISSUED IN 2924.

CHECKS AND ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS WERE ISSUED. AS STATED IN THE MEMO. THESE FUNDS WERE ISSUED FOR PAYMENT BY INDIVIDUALS NOT IN THE CITY COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE AND NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE CITY CHARTER. THE OTHER REPORTS THAT WE HAVE HERE THIS MORNING ARE THE MONTHLY TRAVEL REPORT, WHICH DETAILS TRAVEL SPEND BY DEPARTMENT FOR THE FIRST 11 MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR. AND THAT REPORT IS SHOWING IN TOTAL THAT JUST OVER ABOUT $1.8 MILLION, OR ABOUT 81% OF APPROXIMATELY $2.3 MILLION BUDGET HAS BEEN SPENT. AND THEN THE THIRD REPORT WE HAVE HERE IS THE SECOND CALENDAR QUARTER SMALL CLAIMS REPORT DETAILING SMALL CLAIMS PAID BY THE CITY DURING THAT CALENDAR QUARTER. THAT IS SHOWING A TOTAL OF 26 CLAIMS PAID, TOTALING JUST UNDER $68,000. AND THOSE ARE THE THREE REPORTS WE HAVE. AND JUST BRIEFLY, JUST WANTED TO MENTION REAL QUICK AND WELCOME. WE HAVE SUMMER HARRIS HERE. SHE JUST JOINED THE CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS AS AN INTERNAL AUDITOR. SHE'S HERE NEXT TO OUR DEPUTY COMPTROLLER. SO JUST WANT TO GIVE HER A WARM WELCOME. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE REPORTS THAT WE HAVE THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. THAT REPORT IS RECEIVED AND FILED. WELCOME. LOOK AT YOU.

ALL ARE MATCHING TODAY FOR THE AUDIENCE THAT CAN'T SEE THE MATCHING. ALL RIGHT. RECEIVED AND FILED. AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO TURN TO OUR CITY CLERK FOR A SECOND ON THIS AGENDA THAT YOU ALL ARE SEEING ONLINE. IT SAYS 18 FOR THE FOR THE PARKS CAPITAL PROJECTS, BUT

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WE ALREADY VOTED ON THAT. YEAH. DO YOU WANT TO JUST I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING. SO THERE WAS OKAY. YEAH, THE THE ORIGINAL ITEM HAD A DIFFERENT DOLLAR AMOUNT. AND SO THAT GOT FIXED. BUT SO IN ORDER TO HAVE. USUALLY WE HIDE THE FIRST ITEM.

AND SO IT JUST, IT'S JUST SHOWING UP HERE. SO WE'LL GO TO CONSENT IS THIS ONE THAT YOU ALREADY VOTED ON. THIS ONE, THE 240 000 OR IS IT THE 245 CORRECT. YEAH. 245 BUT WHAT I, I WE VOTED ON. 240 OKAY. SO SO LET'S, LET'S DO IT AGAIN. YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME UP, MISS CLAYPOOLE. THIS IS FINE. THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE. COLLEAGUE. SO SOMETHING GOT SWITCHED AROUND. SO SO WE WON'T. YEAH. SO IF WE CAN JUST TAKE A MOTION AND VOTE ON THIS ONE.

YES. AND THEN WE WON'T MOVE THE OTHER ONE FORWARD. YES. I READ ITEM NUMBER TEN WHICH HAD THE

[18. Resolution authorizing a Budget Substitution of $245,750 for Park Capital Projects]

240, BUT ITEM NUMBER 18 WITH THE 245. YES. AND OBVIOUSLY A GOOD AMOUNT OF CHANGE IS WHAT WE NEED TO VOTE ON. SO I'M GOING TO CALL THAT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A BUDGET SUBSTITUTION FOR $245,750 FOR THE PARK CAPITAL PROJECTS. SO MOVED. SUPPORT MOVED AND SUPPORTED. AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED ITEM CARRIES. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, COLLEAGUES, AND THANK YOU, MR. CLARK. WE'LL MAKE SURE TO CLEAR THAT UP FOR CONSENT. IT WILL BE THIS ITEM THAT WILL BE. YES. POINT A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. DO WE NEED TO VOTE TO UNDO THE OTHER NUMBER TO RESCIND IT? THIS ONE KIND OF SUPERSEDES IT SUPERSEDES. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THE CLARITY. AND THE CLERK WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THE MINUTES WILL MAKE SURE ALL THAT'S REFLECTED. RIGHT. YEP. SINCE HE'S IN, HE'S IN CHARGE OF THAT TOO. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR GETTING US TOGETHER. AND I, WE ALWAYS END WITH THE TREASURER. AND SO I DIDN'T WANT US TO BE TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT BEFORE WE HAD THIS PROJECT. SO ITEM NUMBER 17. AND OUR

[17. Treasurer's Report for the Period of June 3, 2026, through July 7, 2026]

FINAL ITEM TODAY IS THE TREASURER'S REPORT FOR THE PERIOD OF JUNE 3RD, 2026 THROUGH JULY 7TH, 2026. MR. TREASURER, GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. AND YOU KNOW, I, I SIT IN MY OFFICE. I PRACTICE THIS LIKE IT'S AN AWARD CEREMONY. SO THEY DON'T HAVE THE MUSIC TO PLAY ME OUT TO WALK ME OFF THE STAGE, MAKE IT HAPPEN. I COULD, I COULD. SO WITH OUR WITH OUR REPORT TODAY, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT THAT HAPPENS. SO WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU HAVE A GAP THIS BIG, A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS CHANGE. SO AS THIS REPORT WAS WRITTEN, A NUMBER OF NUMBER OF WEEKS AGO, OUR CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR MAY WAS 4.2%. WE NOW HAVE HAD.

JUNE HAS COME OUT AND IT'S NOW 3.5%. SO THERE'S BEEN SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGES RIGHT NOW, BUT NOT SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO WARRANT ANY CONCERN ABOUT THE ECONOMY. REALLY. WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE OUR NEW FED CHAIR WARSH IS IS GOING, BECAUSE REALLY IT'S LESS COMMUNICATIVE OF WHERE THE FED IS GOING TO BE MOVING RIGHT NOW. SO. RIGHT. IT'S KIND OF A GETTING TO KNOW YOUR PERIOD OF TIME, YOU KNOW, WITH WITH A NEW FED AND WHERE THE DIRECTION IS GOING TO GO AND WHERE THE ECONOMY IS. WE'VE SEEN THE UPS AND DOWNS IN OIL AND GEOPOLITICAL EVENTS. YOU KNOW, IT WAS IT WAS KIND OF SHOCKING FOR ME TO SEE GAS GO UP TO $4.21 WHEN IT WAS DOWN TO 380, YOU KNOW, AND SO EVEN I FIND THAT A SURPRISE SOMETIMES WHEN I'M GOING TO THE PUMP WONDERING WHY CERTAIN THINGS HAPPEN. BECAUSE YOU SEE, OIL PRICES MIGHT MOVE ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO $10 A BARREL UP FOR A COUPLE DAYS, THEN IT GRADUALLY COMES DOWN AND VICE VERSA. SO THERE'S A LOT OF STILL UNCERTAINTY OUT THERE. BUT WE AS A CITY ARE VERY STABLE. WHEN I LOOK AT OUR NUMBERS, WE HAVE $655 MILLION IN OUR INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO AND BOND PROCEEDS EARNING OVER THREE AND A THIRD PERCENT. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN THE THROES OF PROPERTY TAX SEASON. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I WALK IN THIS MORNING AND I'M SEEING THREE AND A HALF TUBS OF MAIL ALL RELATED TO PAYMENTS, WATER PAYMENTS, AS WELL AS ALL THE PROPERTY TAX MONEY COMING IN. SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO A VERY BUSY NEXT TWO WEEKS AS WE'RE THE BULK OF OUR PROPERTY TAX MONEY COMES IN, WE WILL EASILY RESEED OVER $150 MILLION IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS JUST FROM PROPERTY TAXES, OUR OUR COMMUNITY, WE'RE VERY BLESSED IN GRAND RAPIDS. OUR COMMUNITY REALLY LOOKS AFTER THEIR PROPERTIES, PAYS THEIR TAXES, PAYS IT TIMELY. WE CONSISTENTLY, AT THE END OF TAX SEASON, GO TO THE COUNTY WITH ONLY LESS THAN 2% UNPAID. SO THAT REALLY SPEAKS VOLUMES FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND TO HAVE OUR OUR FOLKS THAT REACH OUT TO US AND ASK QUESTIONS AND QUESTION BILLS, AND TO BE ABLE TO WALK PEOPLE THROUGH THAT PROCESS IS REALLY OUR MAIN FOCUS OVER THESE NEXT TWO WEEKS. BUT RIGHT NOW THAT THAT IS WHERE WE STAND IN TERMS OF THE TREASURER'S OFFICE AND TREASURER'S REPORT, IS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FLOW OF MONEY INTO THE CITY AND THEN DISPERSING IT TO THE VARIOUS LOCAL AUTHORITIES THAT WE'VE COLLECTED FOR. SO THAT THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT FOR THIS WEEK. THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE THE MACRO AND MICRO. I TOO WAS SURPRISED BY THAT INCREASE AND I THOUGHT MAYBE I NEED TO BE MORE LIKE MAYOR LEGRAND AND RIDE A BIKE.

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BUT GOT A SKIRT ON TODAY. BUT WELL, YOU COULD GET A RAIN SUIT TOO. YEAH, I COULD GET A RAIN SUIT, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY CONGRATS. THIS WAS ALSO IN OUR NEWS RELEASES, BUT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT GETS PICKED UP, BUT THAT WE'RE NEARING A BILLION IN GR PAY IT DIGITAL PAYMENTS. SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF COLLABORATION IN THE ARTICLE YOU TALKED ABOUT, OBVIOUSLY THE DIFFERENT COLLABORATIONS. AND AGAIN, TO BE ABLE TO EASILY COLLECT IT, I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING I DON'T JUST YOU JUST GO ONLINE AND FORGET ABOUT IT. IT REALLY IT'S PRETTY, IT'S PRETTY AMAZING. I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WE'RE IN OUR NINTH YEAR OF DOUBLE DIGIT INCREASES IN THIS TYPE OF PLATFORM. SO WE'VE GROWN IT FROM 29 MILLION. WE'RE GOING TO FINISH OVER $200 MILLION THIS YEAR, COLLECTED ELECTRONICALLY THROUGH OUR GR PAID APP. THAT'S THAT'S A HUGE DEAL BECAUSE IT MEANS WE CAN POST THE PAYMENTS FASTER. IT MEANS YOU CAN DO IT ON YOUR OWN TIME. YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME INTO CITY HALL.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE OVERALL IMPACT. IT'S MORE THAN JUST ACCEPTING MONEY AT CITY HALL.

IT'S SAVING GAS, SAVING YOUR TIME. IT'S THE PERSON WHO'S TAKING THE BUS TO COME INTO CITY HALL, OR TAKING OFF WORK TO COME DOWNTOWN, TO STAND IN LINE, TO PAY A WATER BILL OR A PROPERTY TAX BILL. IT MAKES IT A LOT MORE CONVENIENT. AND REALLY IT THEN YOU CAN THINK OF THE SUSTAINABILITY ASPECT OF IT AS WELL, BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE TAKING ALL THAT PAPER AND CHECK AN ENVELOPE, A STATEMENT, SOMETHING FLOWING THROUGH THE MAIL THAT NOW IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SOMETIMES WE DON'T UNDERSTAND ALL THE IMPACTS THAT OUR JOB, OUR WORK HAS UNTIL YOU SIT DOWN ON LIKE ME ON A SATURDAY MORNING TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU REALLY DON'T YOU REALLY NOT THINKING THAT OF THE SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT OR THE OVERALL IMPACT OF ANY OF YOUR CUSTOMERS TAKING A 40 MINUTE, TWO BUS TRANSFER RIDE TO CITY HALL TO DO THAT WORK, OR TO EVEN TAKE OFF OF WORK AND NOT BE PAID TO COME DOWN AND PAY A BILL. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WORK, AND WE ARE ABSOLUTELY THRILLED THAT WE'RE GOING TO CROSS THIS MILESTONE BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH. GREAT. CONGRATS. AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS WHO WORKED ALONGSIDE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, THAT REPORT IS ALSO RECEIVED AND FILED, AND

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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