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Mounds View City Council January 23, 2006 <br />Regular Meeting Page 19 <br />• important items. She stated that residents are looking for information they need and it is not the <br />purpose of the City's website to disseminate this type of information to the public. <br />Councilmember Thomas stated she is very uncomfortable with listing names on the website at <br />this point. <br />Councilmember Stigney stated that people who do not their pay bills should be notified through <br />the public that they are deadbeats. <br />Councilmember Thomas stated that most of these people are no longer in the community. <br />Councilmember Stigney proposed a friendly amendment to the motion to add the individuals <br />with NSF checks to the website, with the exception of the two individuals that had checks lost or <br />stolen. <br />Mayor Many stated he felt this would be a waste of staff time and effort. <br />Councilmember Gunn, maker of the motion on the floor, and Councilmember Thomas, who <br />seconded that motion, did not accept this friendly amendment. <br />Ayes - 3 Nays -1 (Stigney) Motion carried. <br />• Finance Director Beer mentioned that he passed out a list of items that need clarification that <br />related to receivables from Martin Harstad and Hamilton Creek Companies. He stated that <br />apparently these were directed to be wntten off by the Council, but the Resolution was not found. <br />Finance Director Beer questioned the Council if anyone remembered authorizing staff to write <br />the items off. <br />Director Ericson replied this would have been in 2004 when former Finance Director Charlie <br />Hanson indicated these were uncollectible debts that were development related to the Harstad <br />case. He stated these were legal fees partially incurred in defense of ongoing litigation and could <br />not be charged back as much as staff wanted to. Director Ericson stated the total was $3,750 and <br />recollected that the Council agreed to have those taken off the future claims list. <br />Director Ericson stated this was the same issue regarding Hamilton Creek Companies. He stated <br />that the developers are no longer in town and the invoice has been sent ten to twelve times and <br />no response has been received. He stated that former Finance Director Hanson indicated that <br />they were not going to collect and probably did not get a Resolution to that as it was from two <br />years ago. He stated that Finance Director Beer was asking the Council to formalize action to <br />take the item off the books. <br />Mayor Marty stated he remembers the discussion on the Harstad case because it was the City's <br />legal fees, but he did not recall passing a Resolution. <br />• City Administrator Ulrich advised Finance Director Beer to bring the issue to the next Council <br />meeting with proper documentation and a legal reason to write off the claims. <br />