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ARDEN HILLS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES DECEMBER 12, 200S 4 . MOTION: Councilmember Grant moved and Councilmember Larson seconded a motion to approve Resolution No. OS-71: Approving the 2006 Employee Compensation Plan. The motion carried unanimously (S-O). MOTION: Councilmember Rem moved and Councilmember Grant seconded a motion to approve Rcsolution No. OS-72: Revise the City's Contribution amount toward the Insurance premiums to $S86 per month per employee. The motion carried unanimously (S-O). B. TCMP Update Ms. Wolfe updated Council on recent TCAAP developments. CITY COUNCIL REPORTS CounciImember Grant - Stated the Planning Commission did not meet in December, but would meet again in January. Councilmember Rem - Stated sbe recently attended the last Northwest Area Task Force Library . meeting and updated tbe Council on the library options being discussed. CounciImember Larson - Stated although they acted and approved on the proposed fees for 2006, he requested a review at a future meeting on the false alann fees. He stated he believed they needed to take another look at these fees and consider changing them. He noted they also acted on a Compensation plan for the employees and requested regular updates as regarding the payroll schedule for the employees. He stated there have been articles in the newspaper about the alleged embezzlement that took place in the City and while he had not received any calls regarding this, he requested the Council communicate more directly with the residents regarding this and a letter be put in the next newsletter that explained what happened, how it happened, and what if any measures would be taken to protect against something like this occurring again in the future. Ms. W olfe ~ Read a prepared statement and stated the City Council and staff were profoundly disappointed and dismayed regarding the alleged embezzlement that occurred by a former employee. She noted the City was insured against the losses, so the impact on the City budget would be minimal. She indicated that additional safeguards are now in place to try to prevent fraud in the future. Councilmember Holden - Stated it was also important that the residents were told the reason they heard about this in the newspaper was because the City and Council were not allowed to discuss this in public while the investigation was taking place. She noted the next newsletter . would not go out until the end of January, so if they wanted a separate letter regarding this, they would need to decide if it went out sooner.