INCLUDES:
1. Credit/ Debit Card Processors (Prospect Heights)
2. Corporate Credit Card Policy (Lake Villa)
3. Gas Franchise with Ameren (Mt.Zion)
4. APT's satisfaction survey
5. Responses to Credit Monitoring (Warrenville)

HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

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CREDIT/ DEBIT CARD PROCESSORS

I have been following some of the requests made by association members and wondered if you or anyone might have any suggestions or preferences

as to selection of a credit/debit card processor. I know Illinois Funds has a program but I know there are other vendors that are available.

Thanks for any input.

Regards,
Richard Tibbits, City Treasurer
8 N. Elmhurst Road
Prospect Heights, Illinois 60070
rtibbits@prospect-heights.org

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CORPORATE CREDIT CARD POLICY

I am looking into having a corporate credit card for the Village but want to have a policy in place first. If available, please email me a copy of your

Thank you
Sincerely,
Lori Heitman
Treasurer
Village of Lake Villa
loriheitman@lake-villa.org

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GAS FRANCHISE W/ AMEREN

Is or has anyone recently negotiated or is negotiating a Gas Franchise Renewal with Ameren? The Village of Mt. Zion is currently trying to negotiate the terms of a new franchise and need to find out if Ameren or other gas companies are all operating on the money reimbursement instead of the therms reimbursement. Any insight would be appreciated.
Julie Miller
Treasurer
j_miller@mtzion.com

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APT SURVEY

Dear IMTA members,

We have put together a survey in order to get feedback on the national association, educational seminars and on our Annual Conference. Whether you are a member of the national organization or not - your feed back will help us. Thank you!

Here is the link for the survey -
http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB224QJ5SJYF8

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Thanks
Kelley Noone, Executive Director
Association of Public Treasurers US & Canada
962 Wayne Avenue, Suite 910
Silver Spring, MD 20910
http://www.aptusc.org

41st Annual Conference- Memphis, TN
July 22-26, 2006
Largest Government and Finance Conference in the United States

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CREDIT MONITORING

Do you actively use Dun & Bradsteet for credit monitoring? I got a call from them yesterday informing me the City's credit score had slipped over the past few months. I told them I didn't care, which surprised them. I don't care, but wonder in what instance one would, really. From what I understand this is a credit evaluation service more geared toward small biz than local gov?
Erik Bush
ebush@warrenville.il.us

About Credit Monitoring....Dun and Brad is using this same routine on other municipalities - to sell their product. They called me and I had the same answer as Eric (didn't give a rat's ---). Forget this. It's useless for local government.
George Van Geem
gvg@vniles.com

Reponse to Warrenville,

Sometimes banks and/or bond holders may be interested in D&Bs rating of your government. If you have outstanding debt or plan to issue some, or borrow you might want to ask who you would borrow from if D&Bs rating is important to them. Of course, you could find out WHY they dropped your rating and see if it is relevant to your government. You might even uncover an error in their process! These guys aren't infallible.
Stan Roelker
Lincolnshire
Sroelk@village.lincolnshire.il.us