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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION June 1, 2009 APPROVED 1 Mr. Bob Bening, 6788 E. Shadow Lake Road, in regard to a statement that the council �_. 2 cannot make appointments to the commission,pointed out that state law allows the 3 council to do so if the chief judge doesn't do it. 4 5 The council discussed the history of receiving instruction regarding charter commissions 6 from the League of Minnesota Cities (LMC). Both the council and the commission have 7 had the benefit of those presentations. In this case, it would be appropriate to take full 8 advantage of those services. 9 10 When asked if his appointed task has been completed, Mr. Doherty responded yes with 11 the exception of following through on the data practice request for information on how 12 the contract for services was let. 13 14 Rosemary Storberg, speaking as a citizen of Lino Lakes,noted her concern that the audit 15 wouldn't have happened if the referendum hadn't lost. She suggests that too much 16 money has been spent already on these issues (the referendum) and she doesn't think the 17 citizens of Lino Lakes would welcome yet more publicity. It would not be good for the 18 city. 19 20 A council member clarified that the council never took a stand on how they wanted the 21 referendum to turn out. The citizens need to have as much information as necessary for 22 them to understand what is going on. The effort should be to continue to provide 23 proactive information that is helpful to the public in understanding the charter. 24 25 A council member noted the history of the referendum that includes a citizen task force 26 recommendation that was more moderate than what was on the ballot. The process of 27 bringing that thorough and thoughtful recommendation to the people was high jacked. 28 29 A citizen in the audience remarked that the citizens of the city have every right to know 30 when something runs afoul. It appears the commission worked outside the boundaries of 31 their authority whether they knew or not. 32 33 A council member remarked that the council needs to be pro active on communicating 34 how the charter works. How do we communicate what our charter means? That's 35 another task for the council to consider. 36 37 ANNUAL FINANCIAL AUDIT 38 39 Finance Director Rolek introduced Michelle Bruley and Craig Poppenhagen of the city's 40 financial auditing firm, LarsonAllen, LLP. Mr. Poppenhagen distributed a summary of 41 the 2008 audit and reviewed the content(summary and all audit reports on file). 42 43 The audit will be considered for approval by the council at their meeting on June 8, 2009. 44 Once the document is approved, it will be posted on the city's Web sit. 45 4