HUTTO — Curious locals and community activists who want to know how much the city spends on its coffee service or how much is being paid to a certain supplier now have an easy way to find out.
Hutto has put their check register online so that anyone who is interested can see where taxpayer funds are going.
Hutto’s City Manager James Earp announced the change at the Nov. 17 City Council meeting.
“The community has been asking for more transparency, so the finance department has put the check register online starting from October,” Earp said.
Currently there is only one document available. It includes payments made from Oct. 1 through Nov. 15. October is the beginning of the fiscal year. Earp said more months going back will be added as time allows.
The check register is a record of payments made by the City of Hutto either by check, electronic funds transfer or bank draft. The register is sorted by week and then alphabetized within each week. The register includes the payment types, payment amounts and payees’ names.
To find the document, visit the city’s webpage at huttotx.gov. In the upper right search box, type the phrase: check registers. This will bring up a listing that includes the Check Registers file. Allison Strupeck, public information officer, said that anyone having questions about the register should email the communications dapartment at huttocom@ huttotx.gov and they will work with the finance team to get any information requested.
