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Mounds View City Council March 11, 2002 <br />Regular Meeting Page 24 <br />City Administrator Miller indicated she would not be making copies as Council Member Stigney <br />had asked to view the originals. <br />Council Member Quick said he feels it is a scam situation and he feels it is rotten that the City <br />can be abused the way it has been because there have been numerous requests that are compiled <br />and left sitting at City Hall. <br />City Administrator Miller indicated she had asked the Finance Director to provide her with a <br />memo discussing his concerns with the data practices requests and the undue burden placed on <br />his department. She further commented that in the Finance Director's opinion a great deal of <br />time and effort has been spent compiling these data requests and, as a result, some of what he <br />needs to do has fallen through the cracks and the City may need to incur costs to have the <br />auditor's office take care of some of those tasks to ready the City for the audit. She indicated <br />that it could cost between $650.00 and $1,000 for the auditor's office to help catch up on those <br />tasks. <br />Council Member Quick indicated the costs multiply and cost the City money and he questions <br />whether the intentions are in the best interest of the City. <br />Council Member Stigney said he feels if it is public information, the public should have the right <br />to view it at no cost and that is what he requested. <br />Council Member Quick said he agreed with Council Member Stigney and said he will look at the <br />information at some point as well. He then commented that Willy nilly requests are a waste of <br />money. <br />Mayor Sonterre asked whether Council Member Marty would have the right to ask to see what <br />Council Member Stigney requested without paying for it. <br />City Attorney Riggs suggested asking for an opinion from the Department of Administration on <br />that issue because he is not sure that the system in place would allow someone to not pay for one <br />request and make a different request in order to avoid paying. <br />Mayor Sonterre indicated that by statute a person can only make a request for the same data once <br />every six months. <br />City Administrator Miller indicated she did not mean to imply that anyone has been asking for <br />information unduly but, in conjunction with all the other requests in the last year, the requests <br />have been tremendous and a lot of work for Staff. She then commented that Council may get an <br />appreciation for Staff time after reviewing those requests. <br />Council Member Stigney said he did not think his request was Willy nilly. <br />• <br />