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City of Gem Lake City Council Meeting Minutes August 16, 2022 1 | Page City of Gem Lake City Council Meeting – August 16, 2022 Meeting Minutes Mayor Gretchen Artig-Swomley called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Councilmembers Len Cacioppo, Ben Johnson and Jim Lindner were present. Councilmember Laurel Amlee was not present. Also present: City Attorney Patrick Kelly, City Treasurer Tom Kelly, Acting City Clerk Melissa Lawrence, Planning Commission Chair Don Cummings, and residents Jim Wilson, Nick Cress and Sharon Roland. August 16, 2022 Agenda A motion was introduced by Councilmember Linder to accept the agenda, seconded by Councilmember Cacioppo. Voice vote taken, all voted yes, motion passes, agenda accepted. Minutes A motion was introduced by Councilmember Lindner, seconded by Councilmember Cacioppo to approve the July 19, 2022, City Council Meeting Minutes. Voice vote taken, all voted yes, motion passes, minutes approved. A motion was introduced by Councilmember Lindner, seconded by Councilmember Johnson to accept the August 8, 2022, City Council Workshop Minutes. Voice vote taken, Councilmember Cacioppo abstained. All others voted yes, motion passes, minutes accepted. Committee Reports – Planning Commission There was no Planning Commission meeting held in August. No projects have been proposed, and the two public hearings that were scheduled for the August 10, 2022 meeting were not held due to the applications being deemed incomplete. Mayor Artig-Swomley suggested to the Commission that the City needs a better defined list of permitted uses within the Gateway District and that a couple Ordinances throughout the year should be reviewed for any possible changes. Another suggestion was to begin looking at language to put in the zoning ordinance regarding the sale and distribution of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabino (THC). Old Business Mayor Artig-Swomley presented ideas for the next edition of the City Newsletter to include pieces such as information about the corridor project and scheduled meeting dates, an invite to the water summit, preliminary budget and MS4 meetings, Purple Line BRT, donations made to Willow Lane Elementary and the White Bear Lake Area Food Shelf, the moratorium on the sale and distribution of THC in the city, summary of the audit and who filed an affidavit of candidacy for City Council. New Business 2021 Audit Presentation MMKR CPA James Eichten gave a report on the 2021 Audit that was conducted on the City of Gem Lake. Based on MMKR’s audit of the City’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021: • MMKR has issued an unmodified opinion on the City’s basic financial statements. • One matter involving the City’s internal control over financial reporting was considered to be a material weakness: o Due to the limited size of the City’s office staff, the City has limited segregation of duties in certain areas. • The results of MMKR’s testing disclosed no instances of noncompliance required to be reported under Government Auditing Standards. • Two findings based on MMKR’s testing of the City’s compliance with Minnesota laws and regulations: o Minnesota Statutes require prompt payment of local government bills within a standard payment period of 35 days from the receipt of goods and services for governing boards that meet at least once a month. If such obligations are not paid within the appropriate