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<br />City of Centerville <br />July 24, 2002 <br />Council Meeting Minutes <br /> <br />Council Member Broussard Vickers asked ifthe City could bill for closed out accounts. <br /> <br />City Attorney Hoeft indicated the City would need to determine when the project was <br />completed and determine when the statute of limitations began to run to determine <br />whether the developers could still be billed in some of the older situations. <br /> <br />Council Member Broussard Vickers indicated the City could go. back 10 years to see <br />what is out there that could be collected and the City would only be out staff time for the <br />investigation. <br /> <br />City Attorney Hoeft commented that the City would need to make a cost benefit analysis <br />to see how much the City wants to pay him to get someone to pay. <br /> <br />Council Member Nelson said it is not just about the money she needs to feel that she can <br />say the books are clean. <br /> <br />Council Member Broussard Vickers commented that she does not think that could ever <br />be said. <br /> <br />Ms. Paulseth said she feels it will take time to build confidence with the residents. <br /> <br />Council Member Capra indicated there are different types of audits that can be done. She <br />said she does not think the City needs a state audit at this time as she would like Staff to <br />inquire with the state for costs and timeframe and look at the two projects to see if there <br />IS an Issue. <br /> <br />Ms. Paulseth indicated that it would be very time consuming to look at all the past <br />developments but said that she could review two or three to see if there is an issue. She <br />then indicated that the auditor was under the impression that the overages were for water <br />main and may have gotten that information from Staff as there were some overages for <br />oversized water main. <br /> <br />Council Member Capra commented that if the auditor was not so consumed by <br />accounting work that he would have had an easier time conducting the audit. She then <br />said she is not happy with how the information was relayed and said it may be a good <br />idea to interview different auditing firms in the fall. <br /> <br />Council Member Nelson indicated she would be willing to look at these two tests but <br />would like to have Staff write to the state auditor to get cost and what types of audits are <br />available so if there are issues with the test projects Council can ask for an audit. She <br />then said that she feels it would be a good idea for Council to recommend a state audit <br />before a resident does it personally. <br /> <br />Council Member Broussard Vickers said she does not see how any of this would change <br />the statute of limitations and she does not see what will be obtained by spending more <br />money. <br /> <br />Page 8 of22 <br />