Mayor Anne McCaffrey has ordered City Treasurer Mike White to cancel the two city credit cards which are central to an ongoing investigation within the city.

The credit card that had been under the direction of former Mayor Mike Tucker was used by Youth and Recreation Director Melissa Junke to purchase items for a department fundraiser in June of 2013. That prompted then-Council President McCaffrey to order an investigation into what she called a misuse of the card. A report from that investigation is expected within the next couple weeks.

Suggested to take the place of the city's two credit cards are "purchase cards" — similar to debit cards — designated per department. Those purchase cards would have spending limits and their use would have to be pre-approved. The proposed policy would also include penalties for their misuse.

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