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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ARDEN HILLS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES <br />MAY 28, 2002 <br /> <br />16 <br /> <br />Mayor Probst stated he believed the reason the City had gone down this direction <br />was with the intent of having one person do both of those duties. He suggested the <br />Council agree with the first six findings in Mr. Lynch's memorandum. <br /> <br />Council Member Larson requested Mr. Post give Council some background on his <br />recommendation. He commended Mr. Post on his fine job as City <br />Accountant/Treasurer. He asked if this was a philosophical or financial issue. Mr. <br />Post replied it was a philosophical issue, <br /> <br />Mr. Larson asked if this was an issue that could be overcome if the Council felt it <br />was important to keep the positions as one. Mr. Post replied as the person <br />performing these duties he was ofthe opinion that these were two positions and not <br />one. He asked what was the reporting structure ofthese positions, <br /> <br />Council Member Aphkowski stated the positions were combined ten years ago and <br />prior to that, they were separate, Mr. Post replied for 40 of the 50 years, a member <br />of the community trained in tlnancial matters filled the City Treasurer, and when <br />the City Accountant was hired, those duties were not incorporated into the <br />Treasurer's position, <br /> <br />Council Member Aplikowski statcd she believed these were two separate things <br />and she was struggling as to where they should go, She stated she did not know if <br />there was enough work for a separate Treasurer position. <br /> <br />Council Member Grant stated Mr. Post had performed both the Accountant and <br />Treasurer duties well, and from the organizational chart, it appeared these positions <br />were one, He stated he agreed with the first six recommendations. <br /> <br />Council Member Larson indicated Mr. Post should be able to express his views <br />directly to Council as he had in the past. <br /> <br />Mayor Probst stated he believed these pOSItIOns were one position and urged <br />Council to adopt the first six findings as recommended by Mr. Lynch, <br /> <br />Council Member Aplikowski asked what brought this up after ten years, She asked <br />if there was something going on that would prevent Mr. Post from coming to the <br />Council directly, Mr. Post replied he could not cite any individual case or person <br />and this was a philosophical issue, <br />