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time period; local governments must pay interest on the unpaid obligations at the rate .of 1. 1.5 percent per month or.part of a month: One of twenty-five disb.tirsements tested was not: paid: within the statutorydine limit. o Minnesota Statutes require where a: claim for money. due on goods or services fitrnished can be itemized in the ordinary course of business, the: person claiming :paytnent, or the: claimant's agent, shall prepare the claim. in written items. One :of twenty-eight disbursements .tested did not.have a claim. in writing to support the. payment made. Asa: part .of'Iv Mkk's. audit of the .City's financial statements .for the: year ended Ncember -31., 2021, MMKR performed procedures to follow-up on the -findings and recommendations that resulted from the .prior year. audit. The prior auditor reported the following findings that are. no longer findings in'the current year. audit of the City: Minnesota Statutes require the governing body ofthe:City to annually delegate the authority to make electrohic funft transfers10 a designated business administrator or. chief financial .officer or the officer's. designee. The City•did:not.co.mplete this del6&tion for the year:ended December 31, 2020. This its not.a.fnding in the current year: Minnesota. Statutes require payroll -time sheetappmYO-for employees. The prior year audit reported -the time sheet for thi*City's one emploYee *lid tint contain a declaration indicating that the facts recited on the .payroll.are correct to the best: of Elie employee's information.and belief~ This is not a f nding in the current year. Minnesota Statutes. require unclaimed property held for more than ti.iree years (or one. year for unpaid compensation) to be reported and paid or delivered to the state Commissioner of Commerce each year. This requirement was not met by. the City for the prior audit year. This. is not a fmding in the. current year. Couneilmember Lindner iiitioduced a miition to accept the.2021 audit, seconded*by Cbtineilffiertibft Cacioppo. Voice vote taken,all voted yes,'ntotiott passes, 2021 audit accepted. Gera Lake .)Infrastructure. Issues Welland Niunicipal Water*UkRte. Mayor Artig=Swomley has had several long conversations with Tim Grape at. the MPCA. The MPCA is planning to conduct follow-up sampling for residential wells that were previously impacted acid/or wells that are .adjacent to locations that previously had detections above the. health risk limit (properfts.currently .supplied with bottled water).. They anticipate this work taking place .in the coniiing-tnonths. At this time the:MPCA.is 95%o sure that thecontaminattiiort-is not from Water Gremlin and they are still investigating the.possible source. The City Council Workshop that took place on August..8., 2022 toplait: for the Water Summit in September went well. A plan on how to approach the issue and explain it to the residents has been developed. The MPCA will be joinins.thdVater Summit to help answer any question that the Council or residents may have. Gem Lake Trail Update The foundation for the.be.nch has been put in along the trail.*yor Ailig-Swomley has had several long conversations with Kim Anderson Uzpen on a.plan foe the public land around .the Gem Lake Trail. Ms. Uzpen is searching for wooden signs that can be placed in the wildflowers along:the trail. At#his time the Washington Ramsey Watershedis,still holding onto money from Hanson's.Builders, the Villas developer,. and will not release it *until reseeding has happened. Ms. Uzpen suggesmthat the reseeding should. take place next year,.as the area was over seeded. There are several dead trees located. along the.trail and. along the North side. of house 50 that are. not Tree Trust trees, Mayor .Artig-Swomley suggested. that the City use some of the�.rnoney in the Parks and Trails fund to replant six (6)-ofthe dead trees. -She suggested that -we reach out.to White Bear Township Public Works to request it proposal from the contractor that they use toreplace: trees in the Township., which is Runt River Tree Farm.. City of Gem Lake City Council ;Meeting Minutes August 16, 2023 2 I i' a r e