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Mounds View City Council Regular Meeting • January 28, 2002 Page 26 Council Member Marty thanked the Public Works Staff for saving the City $17,950.00 Council Member Thomas reported that both she and Council Member Marty attended the community meeting at Pinewood Elementary concerning the roofing issues and is pleased to report that the school district has agreed to put a new roof on the entire school minus the section that was replaced last summer. She then thanked residents and parents for getting involved to resolve the matter. Mayor Sonterre indicated he had attended the Ramsey County League of Local Government meeting where the governor's plan to fix the budget was discussed. He noted that the governor proposes to recoup 30% of the $1.9 billion dollar budget shortfall from aid to cities. He then asked residents to contact their senator and representative to let them know it is not fair to take that much funding away from cities. City Administrator Miller indicated that, based on the governor's proposed budget, the City of Mounds View would lose an additional $68,000 in funding this year and another $140,000 next year in state aid. She then indicated she would pass on to Council information received at that meeting. Council Member Marty asked if City Attorney Riggs had prepared a report on whether he had • violated the City's Charter by doing an investigation into the fitness equipment. Council Member Marty pointed out that Council Member Quick was doing his own investigation into the Chief and asked if Council had authorized an investigation into that. Council Member Marty indicated he had made a request for City expenses and credit card bills for department heads because he feels there may be some infractions and he feels it should be reviewed by Council rather than paying an auditor to review it. Council Member Marty indicated it was his understanding that cities need to have a policy on credit cards and, if there is no written ordinance on regulation of credit cards, the City may be out of compliance. City Attorney Riggs handed out a letter addressing the charter violation issue. City Attorney Riggs asked for clarification on the data practices question. Council Member Marty explained that he had requested the expense reports and credit card bills for the department heads and Council Members because when MMKR did an audit they found some possible infractions and he thought, without going to the expense of having auditors go through it, the City could just look at it to see if there is a need for auditors. Crty Attorney Riggs indicated that Council could investigate the matter as a whole.