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<br />'. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br />~~HILLS <br /> <br />Approved: <br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA <br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />MONDAY, MAY 15,2006,5:00 P.M. <br />CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 1245 WEST HIGHWAY 96 <br /> <br />Call To Order <br /> <br />Mayor Aplikowski called the mccting to order at 5:00 PM. <br /> <br />Present: Mayor Aplikowski, Councilmembers: Gregg Larson, David Grant, Brenda Holden, and <br />Vince Pellegrin <br /> <br />Absent: None <br /> <br />Staff present: City Administrator, Michelle Wolfe; Chief Finance Officer, Murtuza Siddiqui; <br />Assistant City Administrator, Schawn Johnson; Civil Engineer, Kris Giga; Communily <br />Development Director, Karen Barton; City Planner, James Lehnhoff; Building Official, Dave <br />Scherbel; and Building Inspector, John Mcnnenga; <br /> <br />2005 Audit Report <br />Chief Financial Officer Murtuza Siddiqui introduced Steve McDonald with the auditing firm of <br />Abdo, Eick, & Meyers to the City Council. Mr. McDonald noted that his firm recently <br />completed its audit of the City's 2005 financial records. Mr, McDonald noted that his firm does <br />not test 100% of the City's financial items, They concentrate on analyzing the City's journal <br />entries and financial risk assessment. Due to the City's recent fraud case, Abdo, Eick, & Meyers <br />have implemented more detailed financial testing for the City of Arden Hills and their other <br />clients, <br /> <br />Councilmember Larson asked why a declaration statement was not included in past audit reports, <br /> <br />Mr. Steve McDonald said that the auditor recently noticed that the declaration statement was not <br />located on the City's checks this past year. The problem was reported to the City's finance <br />department and has already been changed, <br /> <br />Councilmember Larson asked what other financial related activities the City should change in <br />order to avoid future fraud cases. <br /> <br />Steve McDonald said that the separation of duties is very important in a small organization like <br />Arden Hills. The City has done a good job recently of separating out the mail opening, data <br />entry, and check processing procedures, <br /> <br />Mayor Aplikowski asked what is the general purpose of an audit. <br />