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Mounds View City Council September 25, 2006 Regular Meeting Page 15 Ayes - 4 Nays - 0 Motion carried. 9. JUST AND CORRECT CLAIMS Councilmember Flaherty asked about Operating Supplies and a Rug. City Administrator Ulrich stated the rugs are rented specifically for elections. Councilmember Flaherty asked about a refund to Ann Booth on page five. Finance Director Beer stated it was issued because she did not use the park. Councilmember Flaherty asked if it stopped someone else from using the park. Finance Director Beer stated it did not. Mayor Marty asked about the message board service bill paid to AIM electronics on Page 2. Director Lee stated the parts are under warranty, but labor is not, and the invoice is for the labor. Councilmember Flaherty asked about 6 computers from HP and asked what was done with the old computers. Finance Director Beer stated they are recycled if they are unable to be used. Mayor Marty asked if information could still be removed from hard drives and if the computers with sensitive information are destroyed. Director Lee stated he has seen some of them destroyed. Mayor Marty asked that all be destroyed. Director Lee explained that as computers . are replaced, the older computers are often moved to areas of lower use. Councilmember Flaherty asked if is possible that the City offer computers at a lower cost to City residents. Finance Director Beer stated there is an issue with licensing of software and there may not be an operating system, which renders the computers unusable. Mayor Marty asked about a payment to Gopher State One Call on page seven, for 535 calls. He asked if that is an unusually high number. Mayor Marty also asked about Hudson Maps and the street atlas. He asked how many the City needs. Director Ericson explained they are used for outside-the-city travels by City Staff. Mayor Marty asked about the Johnson Culvert and asked where it will be used. Director Lee explained it was for the repair that was done on Woodcrest. Mayor Marty asked about the Medtronic, SYSCO Expansion, and Hidden Hollow expenses with Kennedy and Graven. City Attorney Riggs stated they are invoiced back to the developers. Director Ericson stated the SYSCO and Hidden Hollow expenses are billed to the developers. He added that some expenses are billed back to Medtronic depending on the expense. Mayor Marty asked about a credit used in error paid back to SYSCO. Finance Director Beer stated SYSCO sent a credit memo at one point, which the City deducted from a bill, which was later claimed to be erroneous an the City had to pay the money back.