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<br />City of Centerville <br />July 24, 2002 <br />Council Meeting Minutes <br /> <br />Council Member Nelson indicated that it would clean out the finances. <br /> <br />Council Member Broussard Vickers commented that the City is already spending money <br />on a financial person who has the ability to look at things that are closed and has an <br />attorney to advise the City on the statute oflimitations. <br /> <br />Council Member Capra indicated the City would save money on next year's audit <br />because the accounting will be current. She then said she would like to run the two tests. <br /> <br />Motion bv Council Member Capra. seconded bv Council Member Nelson to instruct <br />the Finance Director to do two tests. one on Goetz Landscapin!!: and one on Apple <br />Tree Square commercial developments and to brin!!: a report back to Council and to <br />have Staff make an inquiry as to the cost and (Jifferent types of audits available <br />throu!!:h the state. <br /> <br />Council Member Travis asked why those two developments were being selected. <br /> <br />Council Member Capra explained that most of the developments reviewed were <br />residential and one was industrial and she would like to do two commercial to see if there <br />is an issue with the commercial developments. <br /> <br />Council Member Broussard Vickers indicated she would like to use the last few recent <br />developments and suggested going back chronologically to the last three so that it would <br />not appear that anybody was being singled out. <br /> <br />Council Members Capra and Nelson accepted the fiiendly amendment. <br /> <br />Mayor Swedberg said although you see numbers like this getting the process right is the <br />paramount issue and this cannot be replicated. He then said the City needs a clean audit <br />and this is the paramount job at hand to get the processes right. <br /> <br />VOTE: All in favor. Motion carried unanimouslv. <br /> <br />Ms. Moore-Sykes indicated she had received a call this evening from one of the owners <br />or principals in Centervilla and she is interested in meeting with Ms. Paulseth to discuss <br />some of the costs that they have been made aware of through the invoicing. <br /> <br />Council Member Nelson asked if any developers other that the Shores had paid. <br /> <br />Ms. Paulseth indicated she had received some calls for further information. She then <br />indicated that the state has a special investigations unit that conducts audit but they do not <br />come when there is not some evidence of criminal activity and that does not appear to be <br />the case so the City would be looking at a regular paid audit. <br /> <br />Page 9 of 22 <br />