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HomeMy WebLinkAbout29A - UNCLAIMED FUNDSREQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: TITLE: APPROVED ❑ As Recommended APPROVE THE RECOGNITION OF ❑ Amended ❑ OOrrdinance on 1 Reading $35,573.17 OF REVENUE FOR CERTAIN ❑ Ordinance on 2d Reading UNCLAIMED FUNDS FROM VARIOUS ❑ Implementing Resolution CITY FUNDS ❑ Set Public Hearing For (GENERAL FUND) CONTINUED TO /s/ Kristine Ridge FILE NUMBER CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION Approve the recognition of $35,573.17 of revenue in the General Fund for certain unclaimed funds, as allowed by state law. DISCUSSION Annually, the Finance and Management Services Agency (FMSA) reviews a listing of unclaimed monies that are older than three (3) years. State law allows the City to publish a notification of the unclaimed monies, offering the public an opportunity to claim them. In the absence of any claims, the City can recognize them as revenue. State law also allows the City to transfer unclaimed monies, held for a period of one (1) year, without publication for individual items $15 or less, or any amount if the depositor's name is unknown. FMSA staff has identified $35,573.17 of unclaimed monies that can be recorded as revenue in the General Fund for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2020. Due Diligence Efforts To ensure the public was aware of the existence of unclaimed monies on file with the City, FMSA staff published a Public Notice (Exhibit 1) in the Orange County Register in June 2020 for two (2) successive weeks in accordance with the applicable Government Code Sections. The City received one claim; however, the claimant did not respond to the City's request to provide further information substantiating the claim. The City received no other claims. Part of the unclaimed monies included individual items that were less than $15. These monies were not included in the publication per Government Code section 50055. If City Council approves Recommended Action, unclaimed monies in the amount of $35,573.17 will be recorded as revenue in the General Fund, in accordance with the Government Code section 50053. 29A-1 Approve the Recognition of Revenue of Certain Unclaimed Funds September 1, 2020 Page 2 FISCAL IMPACT Unclaimed funds in the amount of $35,573.17 will be reclassified to the General Fund (account no. 01102002-57010 (Miscellaneous Recoveries). Fiscal Impact Verified By: Kathryn Downs, CPA, Executive Director— Finance and Management Services Agency Submitted By: Kathryn Downs, CPA, Executive Director — Finance and Management Services Agency Exhibit: 1. Public Notice 29A-2 14:/:1NIII Mi1 California Newspaper Service Bureau® Daily Journal Corporation Public Notice Advertising Since 1934 Tel 1-800-788-7840 - Fax 1-800-474-9444 Local Offices and Representatives In: Los Angeles, Sans. Ana, Son DI.R., Rivenid on Bernadine, Son Francisco, Oakland, San loses Sac...[. Special Se lcea Available in Phocnix DECLARATION I am a resident of Los Angeles County, over the age of eighteen years and not a party to any or interested in the matter noticed. The notice, of which the annexed is a printed copy appeared in the: ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER On the following dates: Jun. 6 & 13, 2020 I certify (or declare) under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Dated at Los Angeles, California, this 15th day of June 2020 "J- Signature Debbie Yerkes 3369527 "The only Public Notice which is juslUiable jintn the standpoint a(hve econwny and thepublic interest, is that which reaches those who are 4((ected by it" Rev. N115 WHY JonnulCo,pannion, 9151iusl Find Street Las Angeles, CAM12 1IINN h IINIINIIN11111Ell 11111111111111111 1111 * A 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 4 8 8 3 0 29A-3