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Mounds View City Council March 10, 2003 Regular Meeting Page 16 • Interim City Administrator Ericson cautioned that it would be a bad idea not to respond to calls for liability reasons. Council Member Marty asked for an explanation as to how Dan Coughlin received and deposited a duplicate paycheck and ended up on the list for a debt of the City to be written off. Finance Director Hansen explained that Mr. Coughlin had a habit of not depositing his checks right away but would accumulate them and then deposit them. In this case he lost a paycheck and the City reissued it and issued a stop payment order but that stop payment order is only good for 30 days and, some time later, Mr. Coughlin must have found the check and deposited it not realizing it was the one he had lost and had a duplicate issued for. Finance Director Hansen explained that Mr. Coughlin was contacted for payment and, for whatever reason, there was confusion as to the amount owed so Mr. Coughlin paid the wrong amount and there is a small amount still outstanding. Mr. Coughlin has been contacted numerous times and he has not paid the balance. Staff has spent more time and postage trying to collect this amount than the amount at stake. Council Member Quick asked if the names could be posted in Mounds View matters. City Attorney Riggs indicated the Resolution would be public information and could be published. Council Member Stigney suggested the City Administrator personally contact Mr. Coughlin to ask him for payment of the outstanding amount before his name is published. He also asked that the City add information to the website listing deadbeats within the City. MOTION/SECOND: Stigney/Quick: To Create a Website that Lists the Names of Those with Debts Outstanding to the City, Contact Mr. Coughlin to ask if he Wishes to Pay before his Name Appears in Print, and to Have the Names listed in Mounds View Matters and both Newspapers. Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 Motion carried. Council Member Gunn asked whether it was possible to prosecute for the outstanding rent. Interim City Administrator Ericson indicated it was possible to prosecute for the outstanding rent amounts but explained that the City is not sure where this person has relocated to and it is difficult to pursue without knowing where they are. He then said he has been in contact with Northwest Youth and Family Services in an attempt to contact the former tenant. MOTION/SECOND: Stigney/Marty. To Postpone approval of Resolution 5969 to Allow Staff Time to Attempt Further Collection Efforts.