Untraceable vaccine-incentive gift cards
Summary
The city bought about $226,000 in gift cards to incentivize COVID vaccines, but over $100,000 can't be traced to any recipient — Visa gift cards work like cash. Some went to people who didn't live in Lauderhill.
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Last discussed Jun 30, 2026.
Impact analysis
Over $100,000 in gift cards was distributed with no way to verify who received them.
Unknown — even the city can't document who got most of the cards.
Lauderhill taxpayers funded incentives that may have gone largely to people outside the city, including at least one Miami resident.
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