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Mounds View City Council January 7, 2002 Special Meeting Page 19 Council Member Quick asked who issued the check. City Administrator Miller indicated the Finance Director issued the check. Council Member Quick commented that the Finance Director involved in this matter is no longer employed by the City. City Administrator Miller indicated that when the City took ownership of the equipment it came to her attention that there seemed to be a discrepancy in what the City paid for the equipment. Council Member Quick commented that the City paid somebody to run its finances that could not catch the discrepancy, and is paying somebody over at the Community Center that accepted the equipment and that person did not check to see what it was they were accepting. He further commented that there is a witch-hunt and someone is trying to hang something on somebody. Council Member Quick stated he is of the opinion that the whole system broke down and that is why the City is in the situation it is currently in. He further commented that he has a hard time pointing fingers at one individual and making him the fall guy. Council Member Quick commented that City Administrator Miller had said that she had • difficulty obtaining information from the vendor because there was so much interest in the information. He then asked who was contacting the vendor. City Administrator Miller indicated that Council Member Marty, Wendy Marty, and Shannon from the YMCA were contacting the vendor. Council Member Quick asked whether any of the individuals doing the information hunting were authorized to do so by the City. He then commented that the ultimate end of the fact-finding calls was to muddy the waters and make it more difficult for the City to find the truth. City Administrator Miller indicated that, to her knowledge, the individuals were not authorized by the City to conduct an investigation. Council Member Marty indicated that the check was issued and cashed in June but the equipment was not ordered until December. He said he would like to know what TSS did with the money prior to ordering the equipment. He also indicated that the City was invoiced for and paid for RBTL1598 but received RBTL1399 and that is a lesser model. He then indicated he would like to receive an update from the YMCA as to the condition of the equipment. City Administrator Miller indicated she would ask the Public Works staff for an update on the condition of the equipment at the community center. •