Stevensville council approves two liability claims after clerk consolidates backlog

At the Stevensville Town Council meeting, the council approved two liability claims that had been submitted but not previously approved after staff consolidated them into the current claims list. Council member Barker moved to accept the claims; Council member Smith seconded, and the motion passed 4 to 0.

The claims were identified in the meeting by claim numbers cited by staff. Council member Brown discussed an entry on the claims list related to phone-bill payments and said the line items appeared to include charges processed to Lumen (CenturyLink). “Lumen is CenturyLink. It's kinda confusing because part of CenturyLink is just Lumen,” Council member Brown said, noting the entries had been in the prior packet but had not appeared on the claims report until staff filed them for payment.

Town staff explained that Gina had gathered claims that had accumulated over the last six meetings and placed them on the current agenda so the town could pay outstanding bills. There were no public comments on the claims.

The roll call vote recorded in the transcript was: Council member Barker — Aye; Council member Brown — Aye; Council member Greg — Aye; Council member Muscat — Aye. The motion passed 4 to 0.

The approval cleared the two listed claims for payment; the council did not discuss any additional changes to claims-processing policy during the item.