HomeMy WebLinkAboutSupplemental Information - Public Questions (Eaker)Robin Roberts
From: Seth Eaker < seth @blackmarbleconsulting.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2017 3:50 PM
To: Robert Goldberg
Cc: Scott Newton; Robin Roberts
Subject: Re: Questions for Council Meeting 6/12/17
Robert,
As newly installed president of the Seal Beach Lions, I was immediately concerned and confused by your first
question:
Item E: Demands on Treasury
Page 12, bottom third: Check #1473 to V &V Manufacturing for $1006 for "Seal Beach Lion Coins
2017."
Are the Lions going to reimburse the City for this expense?
Based on my internal research with the Lions executive leadership team and research into the company, the
following seems to be the case:
1. The Seal Beach Lions Club has not requested, nor had any reason to request coins or any other form of a
physical item, insignia object or badge from the City.
2. The company V &V Manufacturing is a specialty badge and insignia manufacturer which as it says on its
own website, "V &V does not sell badges to the general public. We sell only to Agencies and Personnel
with Proper Identification." The Lions, are not an Agency nor do we have any reason to possess
identification such material. We are a 501(c)3 and 501(c)4 corporations which are engaged in
community service, outreach and support in our local community, the blind and deaf, vision screening
and international disaster relief efforts.
3. No authorized officer in the prior cabinet or mine has had any request for the City to purchase on our
behalf any such item, nor do we have any record of such a request.
4. There is no authorization to reimburse the City for any such item or amount, nor would one be likely
forthcoming. I guess if the City has some kind of gift or honor to give the Lions, we might not know
about it, but I am completely unaware of any such gift or honor.
5. We can only assume it is a clerical error or a misattribution to us.
Please contact me or current Treasurer Scott Newton should there be further questions or need to clarify.
Thank you,
Seth
On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 12:37 PM, Robert Goldberg <r olg. dbergna live.com> wrote:
Hi Jill,
Please find attached my questions related to Monday's agenda items.
Thanks in advance for any answers that staff can provide.
Robert
Seth Eaker
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