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Julia Medzegian
From:Jamie D. Thomas
Sent:Friday, June 14, 2019 4:18 PM
To:Ed Prince; Carol Ann Witschi; Armondo Pavone; Don Persson; Randy Corman; Ryan
McIrvin; Ruth Perez
Cc:Denis Law; Robert Harrison; Jan Hawn; Julia Medzegian
Subject:Finance Committee Follow Up
Follow up to 6/3/2019 finance committee meeting:
1. General question: why were there so many “workers comp refunds”. The City is in the process of creating a
more accurate system for accounting for workers comp payments. Currently, an employee is paid their normal
pay check using any compensated leave balances they have. In addition they will receive a check from the City’s
workers comp fund for the entire pay period. The employee then reimburses the City for any workers comp
hours originally paid by the City and the leave banks are subsequently replenished. During an internal audit
related to the process improvement, staff found that several employees paid workers comp had over
reimbursed the City and were due a refund.
2. Atlas, $4,666.67, Marketing Campaign
a. Question: is this contract similar to the AssetLab contract (web site services) that was asked about last
month?
b. Answer: The Atlas contract is different. Atlas is contracted to do the City’s marketing program and uses
various social media outlets to direct users to Renton websites. Atlas also created the City’s marketing
websites back in 2017. The AssetLab contract is to create new features to these existing websites
(interactive business directory, community calendar and walking map).
3. Carl Livingston, $200, Entertainment for Juneteenth
a. Question: is this for 2018 or 2019 entertainment. If it’s for 2018, why are we paying the vendor so late?
b. Answer: this was for 2018 entertainment but the original check (issued 6/16/2018) was misplaced and
this check was a replacement.
If you have additional questions, please feel free to contact me.
Thanks,
Jamie Thomas
Fiscal Services Director
City of Renton
425‐430‐6929