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Mounds View City Council January 7, 2002 <br />Special Meeting Page 18 <br /> <br />Mayor Sonterre commented that, if the equipment fails, he feels it is the fault of the YMCA <br />representative for not investigating the equipment prior to purchasing it. <br /> <br />MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Thomas. To Call the Question. <br /> <br />Ayes – 4 Nays – 1 (Marty) Motion carried. <br /> <br />Ayes – 3 Nays – 2 (Stigney/Marty) Motion carried. <br /> <br />Council Member Quick asked City Administrator Miller if the YMCA was given a catalog and <br />came up with the product. He also asked if the YMCA accepted that product when it was <br />delivered. <br /> <br />City Administrator Miller indicated that Council Member Quick was correct. <br /> <br />Council Member Quick asked what the role of the person overseeing the finances of the City was <br />in this scenario. <br /> <br />City Administrator Miller indicated there were a number of problems with the purchase. <br /> <br />Council Member Quick asked whether the Commission approved the purchase and ordered the <br />equipment without Council approval and then accepted delivery of that equipment. <br /> <br />City Administrator Miller indicated the check was issued before the equipment was accepted. <br /> <br />Council Member Quick asked who issued the check. <br /> <br />City Administrator Miller indicated the Finance Director issued the check. <br /> <br />Council Member Quick commented that the Finance Director involved in this matter is no longer <br />employed by the City. <br /> <br />City Administrator Miller indicated that when the City took ownership of the equipment it came <br />to her attention that there seemed to be a discrepancy in what the City paid for the equipment. <br /> <br />Council Member Quick commented that the City paid somebody to run its finances that could not <br />catch the discrepancy, and is paying somebody over at the Community Center that accepted the <br />equipment and that person did not check to see what it was they were accepting. He further <br />commented that there is a witch-hunt and someone is trying to hang something on somebody. <br /> <br />Council Member Quick stated he is of the opinion that the whole system broke down and that is <br />why the City is in the situation it is currently in. He further commented that he has a hard time <br />pointing fingers at one individual and making him the fall guy. <br />