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FALCON HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MINUTES _3_ • May 19, 2004 Presentation of City's 2003 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report by Jennifer Thienes and Matt Mayer, Kern DeWenter, Viere, Ltd. (continued) Mayor Gehrz asked why this year's audit required more time. Mr. Mayer said there is a new auditing standard, #99-Fraud and Detection of Fraud. There is more required testing and some surprise testing. He thinks this is a good standard. Kuettel moved acceptance of the 2003 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the City of Falcon Heights and the motion was unanimously approved. Mayor Gehrz said that the City, for the thirteenth year in a row, has received the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for its comprehensive annual financial report from the National Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada. The City is also being recognized for its third year of participation under GASB Statement 34. The significant thing for the community to know is that the City wants to make sure its budgets are understandable to people. The City's financial management practices are considered to be outstanding and every effort is made to develop financial materials that are easy to understand. She commented that the certificate is a real monument to the outstanding work that Roland does. Without his work, the City would not receive this. • Presentation from the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District (MMCD Mr. Michael McLean, Mosquito Control District's Public Information Officer said that the MMCD is a special taxing district funded through property taxes. They are an arm of County government, with a County Commissioner from each participating County serving on their governing board. Their central office is located at 2099 University Avenue West, Saint Paul. Their phone number, which is answered by a live person, is 651-645-9149 and their web site address is MMCD.org. Staff contacts for this area are: Carla Mitchell, north of Larpenteur, and Jim Schmidt, south of Larpenteur. He gave a brief description of MMCD's responsibilities with regard to mosquitoes, biting gnats, black flies, etc. They also map the distribution of ticks, rodents and West Nile virus activity. There are about 50,000 catch basins in the metro area and about 10% of them hold water all the time. These catch basins are treated three times a year with a granule that lasts for 30 days. Council member Lindstrom asked how many mosquitoes can come out of a tire. Mr. McLean said there can be 50-100 per cup of water. An area the size of a soccer field can produce a million mosquitoes. He said the MMCD encourages people to cleanup the junk around their neighborhood. The MMCD will pick up old tires and take them for free. Council member Lamb asked what the community can do to help with this problem. Mr. McLean said they encourage people to look around their yards and neighborhood. Remove • anything that holds water. 3