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Mounds View City Council January 23, 2006 <br />Regular Meeting Page 19 <br /> <br />important items. She stated that residents are looking for information they need and it is not the 1 <br />purpose of the City’s website to disseminate this type of information to the public. 2 <br />Councilmember Thomas stated she is very uncomfortable with listing names on the website at 3 <br />this point. 4 <br /> 5 <br />Councilmember Stigney stated that people who do not their pay bills should be notified through 6 <br />the public that they are deadbeats. 7 <br /> 8 <br />Councilmember Thomas stated that most of these people are no longer in the community. 9 <br /> 10 <br />Councilmember Stigney proposed a friendly amendment to the motion to add the individuals 11 <br />with NSF checks to the website, with the exception of the two individuals that had checks lost or 12 <br />stolen. 13 <br /> 14 <br />Mayor Marty stated he felt this would be a waste of staff time and effort. 15 <br /> 16 <br />Councilmember Gunn, maker of the motion on the floor, and Councilmember Thomas, who 17 <br />seconded that motion, did not accept this friendly amendment. 18 <br /> 19 <br /> Ayes – 3 Nays – 1 (Stigney) Motion carried. 20 <br /> 21 <br />Finance Director Beer mentioned that he passed out a list of items that need clarification that 22 <br />related to receivables from Martin Harstad and Hamilton Creek Companies. He stated that 23 <br />apparently these were directed to be written off by the Council, but the Resolution was not found. 24 <br />Finance Director Beer questioned the Council if anyone remembered authorizing staff to write 25 <br />the items off. 26 <br /> 27 <br />Director Ericson replied this would have been in 2004 when former Finance Director Charlie 28 <br />Hanson indicated these were uncollectible debts that were development related to the Harstad 29 <br />case. He stated these were legal fees partially incurred in defense of ongoing litigation and could 30 <br />not be charged back as much as staff wanted to. Director Ericson stated the total was $3,750 and 31 <br />recollected that the Council agreed to have those taken off the future claims list. 32 <br /> 33 <br />Director Ericson stated this was the same issue regarding Hamilton Creek Companies. He stated 34 <br />that the developers are no longer in town and the invoice has been sent ten to twelve times and 35 <br />no response has been received. He stated that former Finance Director Hanson indicated that 36 <br />they were not going to collect and probably did not get a Resolution to that as it was from two 37 <br />years ago. He stated that Finance Director Beer was asking the Council to formalize action to 38 <br />take the item off the books. 39 <br /> 40 <br />Mayor Marty stated he remembers the discussion on the Harstad case because it was the City’s 41 <br />legal fees, but he did not recall passing a Resolution. 42 <br /> 43 <br />City Administrator Ulrich advised Finance Director Beer to bring the issue to the next Council 44 <br />meeting with proper documentation and a legal reason to write off the claims. 45