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Mounds View City Council January 27, 2003 <br />Regular Meeting Page 8 <br /> <br />Mayor Linke asked Staff to provide information concerning the lifespan of concrete versus the 1 <br />bituminous for Council consideration. 2 <br /> 3 <br /> Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 4 <br /> 5 <br />C. Resolution 5909, a Resolution Authorizing a Contract with Sprint for Long 6 <br />Distance Telephone Services 7 <br /> 8 <br />Finance Director Hansen explained that the City has an issue of overbilling with MCI WorldCom 9 <br />through its QWEST bill. He then explained that various Staff members have attempted to 10 <br />resolve the matter over the course of the last eight months and the amount in dispute is in excess 11 <br />of $4,000. 12 <br /> 13 <br />Finance Director Hansen indicated he would like to switch to long distance service through 14 <br />Sprint but pointed out that may cause an issue and make it more difficult to resolve the 15 <br />overbilling issue with MCI. 16 <br /> 17 <br />Council Member Marty recommended asking the City Attorney to write a letter to MCI 18 <br />indicating the amount in dispute and asking for resolution. 19 <br /> 20 <br />Council agreed to direct the City Attorney to send a letter to MCI. 21 <br /> 22 <br />Council Member Stigney indicated he was concerned with switching to Sprint while there are 23 <br />outstanding charges and said he would prefer to wait and see if the Attorney’s letter receives a 24 <br />response. 25 <br /> 26 <br />Finance Director Hansen indicated that the City has not paid the bill and QWEST has started to 27 <br />make rumblings that they are not happy about it and could stop local service. 28 <br /> 29 <br />Council Member Stigney indicated he thought that there would be a legal obligation to provide 30 <br />service if the account is in dispute. 31 <br /> 32 <br />Mayor Linke recommended paying what the City feels it owes and notifying them that the rest of 33 <br />the bill is in dispute. 34 <br /> 35 <br />Finance Director Hansen explained that the amount actually owed would be less than 10% of the 36 <br />$4,000. 37 <br /> 38 <br />MOTION/SECOND: Marty/Stigney. To Direct Staff to Determine the Amount Owed and 39 <br />Provide that Information to the City Attorney and Direct the City Attorney to Send a Letter to 40 <br />MCI Indicating the Amount in Dispute and Asking that the Matter be Corrected. 41 <br /> 42 <br /> Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 43 <br /> 44