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MINUTES APPROVED .January 3, 2012 <br />VISA <br />Council Member Smith asked why the City needs to pay $41 for an annual card fee. <br />Audit Engagement Letter <br />MOTION: Council Member Pearson moved to approve ABDO, LICK and MEYERS, <br />LLP letter of engagement for the City's 2011 financial statement audit and to consider <br />placing contract out.fbr bids in 2013. Council Member Park seconded the motion. The <br />motion passed 5-0. <br />PERA Firefighter Declaration <br />The Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) has notified the City that under <br />Minnesota Statutes, the City must provide written certification of the eligibility for <br />retirement plan membership of certain positions. The eligibility of employees who <br />contribute to the PERA Police and Fire Plan but are not employed as full-time police <br />officers or firefighters must be declared in writing to PERA through a resolution. The <br />City created a part-time Firefighter/Administrative Assistant position in 2011, with <br />responsibilities including the performance of duties of a Lake Elmo firefighter and <br />essential duties including the responding to emergency calls. <br />MOTION: Council !]Member Pearson moved to approve Resolution No. 2011-057 <br />Public Employees Retirement Association Firefighter Declaration. Council.Member <br />Park seconded the motion. The motion passed 5-0. <br />Final Cost of Monument Sign on Keats Avenue North of I-94 <br />The costs for this project were assigned to the Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment (FIFE) <br />fund. Other activities have been recorded to this field during 2011. As of November 29, <br />2011, the fund has a deficit of $13,517,36. This deficit is being addressed by increasing <br />the level of transfer from the General Fund from $6,000 in 2011 to $24,000 in 2012. If <br />no further activity is recorded in the FFE fund, the resulting balance in the HE Fund will <br />be $10,483 to start next year. <br />Council Member Smith made the comment that this sign cost the City $31, 470.22 <br />without Council expenditure approval and now the City has to pay $400/year to light the <br />sign. <br />REGULAR AGENDA: <br />Promote Robin Goodspeed from Probation to Firefighter <br />MOTION: Council Member Smith moved to promote Robin Goodspeed from Probation <br />to Full Firefighter, Council Member Park seconded the motion. The motion passed 5-0. <br />LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCII, MINUTES DI- CEMBER 6, 2011 2 <br />