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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL JULY 13, 2016 PRESENTATION Keis stated that the City had recently completed the 2015 audit. Chris — REVIEW OF Knopik and Michelle Hoffman from CliftonLarsonAllen stated they were 2015 CITY AUDIT part of the team working in Little Canada. Mr. Knopik stated the audit provides a reasonable, but not absolute assurance since they do not look at all of the city's transactions. He noted that some new accounting standards were in place this year. He explained that in doing the audits, there are significant accounting estimates, such as how long will a building, sewer pipe or equipment last. Mr. Knopik and Ms. Hoffman reviewed the prepared summary report, and stated that the City did very well again and there were no concerns or exceptions noted in the audit. Ms. Hoffinan noted there was one material weakness noted for segregation of duties, but explained that is common in cities with limited staff. Mr. Knopik stated that the City applied for a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association for the first time this year. The City Administrator noted that the full audit report would be available for viewing on the city website and he commended the Finance Director on the excellent job she did in preparing for the audit process. Montour introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION 2016-7-115 -APPROVING THE 2015 CITYA UDIT AS PRESENTED BY THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM CLIFTON LARSONALLEN. The foregoing resolution was duly seconded by McGraw. Aye (5). Nays (0). Resolution declared adopted. PUBLIC Keis opened the public hearing to hear the request to vacate 11 feet of road HEARING— right-of-way at 2935 Country Drive. VACATING A PORTION OF 2935 The City Administrator stated that in 2006, the owner of 2935 Country COUNTRY DRIVE Drive requested that the City vacate a portion of Country Drive in order to RIGHT-OF-WAY have more land to install a monument sign. He explained that the City approved the vacation of the westerly 11 feet of right-of-way, but has now realized that the resolution incorrectly stated the easterly 11 feet instead. He explained that the property is now being sold and a surveyor discovered the error. He stated that the attached resolution states the correct legal description, and a condition of the corrected vacation is that the owner rededicates the easterly 11 feet back to the City. There was no one present from the general public wishing to comment on this matter. 2