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ARDEN HILLS TCAAP WORK SESSION-AUGUST 26 2009 10 The Council then moved onto issues with the Barr Engineering invoices. City Administrator Moorse explained the dispute with the Barr Engineering invoices was with their attendance at an RAB meeting. There was question as to the relevance of having them in attendance at the first or second meeting. He clarified that additional work ordered by Ryan was started by Barr Engineering but not completed in full. Mayor Harpstead stated this was a tremendously complex environment with a lot of information. He explained that work completed by Barr Engineering pertained to environmental remediation and that residual bills would need to be paid by Ryan. City Administrator Moorse explained the WSB invoices noting these covered a review of City sewer and water issues providing a report with more cost effective options for the utility infrastructure. He indicated Ryan requested further information on this issue and was not disputing the amount. The next item discussed was the utility rate study. Mayor Harpstead questioned if this item was in dispute because it was over budget or if there were some other issues. City Administrator Moorse explained this item did go over the budget set within the PDA, which requires the City to provide Ryan with a notice of this overage. They then have the opportunity to provide comment. Mayor Harpstead questioned the total amount that was over budget within the total expenses. Councilmember Holmes stated the budget was $992,000 and the total spent over budget was $74,000. Councilmember Grant indicated this would be a large expense for the City to swallow if Ryan would only pay for the agreed upon budgeted items. Mayor Harpstead agreed but noted there were changes to the PDA regarding County Road H and TH 10/CR96, which increased the need for additional engineering expenses.