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Mounds View City Council March 10, 2003 Regular Meeting Page 16 City Attorney Riggs further clarified that the City has taken steps to correct the situation so that 1 this does not happen in the future. He then said that the City may have options with the Red Oak 2 Estates matter when it develops in the future to require that the outstanding legal fees be paid. 3 4 Council Member Marty recommended the City take no further action with Red Oak Estates until 5 the City is reimbursed. He then said he would like to have Staff contact Calvin Academy and tell 6 him to pay the outstanding amounts or the City will not respond to calls. 7 8 Interim City Administrator Ericson cautioned that it would be a bad idea not to respond to calls 9 for liability reasons. 10 11 Council Member Marty asked for an explanation as to how Dan Coughlin received and deposited 12 a duplicate paycheck and ended up on the list for a debt of the City to be written off. 13 14 Finance Director Hansen explained that Mr. Coughlin had a habit of not depositing his checks 15 right away but would accumulate them and then deposit them. In this case he lost a paycheck 16 and the City reissued it and issued a stop payment order but that stop payment order is only good 17 for 30 days and, some time later, Mr. Coughlin must have found the check and deposited it not 18 realizing it was the one he had lost and had a duplicate issued for. 19 20 Finance Director Hansen explained that Mr. Coughlin was contacted for payment and, for 21 whatever reason, there was confusion as to the amount owed so Mr. Coughlin paid the wrong 22 amount and there is a small amount still outstanding. Mr. Coughlin has been contacted 23 numerous times and he has not paid the balance. Staff has spent more time and postage trying to 24 collect this amount than the amount at stake. 25 26 Council Member Quick asked if the names could be posted in Mounds View matters. 27 28 City Attorney Riggs indicated the Resolution would be public information and could be 29 published. 30 31 Council Member Stigney suggested the City Administrator personally contact Mr. Coughlin to 32 ask him for payment of the outstanding amount before his name is published. He also asked that 33 the City add information to the website listing deadbeats within the City. 34 35 MOTION/SECOND: Stigney/Quick: To Create a Website that Lists the Names of Those with 36 Debts Outstanding to the City, Contact Mr. Coughlin to ask if he Wishes to Pay before his Name 37 Appears in Print, and to Have the Names listed in Mounds View Matters and both Newspapers. 38 39 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 40 41 Council Member Gunn asked whether it was possible to prosecute for the outstanding rent. 42 43 Interim City Administrator Ericson indicated it was possible to prosecute for the outstanding rent 44 amounts but explained that the City is not sure where this person has relocated to and it is 45