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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes February 8, 2000 • Page 3 1 IX. GENERAL POLICY BUSINESS OF THE COUNCIL. 2 A. Resolution 00-019, re: Middle Mississippi River Water Management Organization. 3 City Manager Michael Mornson began the discussion by stating that Councilmember Amy 4 Sparks is the City's representative to the Middle Mississippi River Water Management 5 Organization. He stated that Resolution 00-019 involved decisions made in July 1999 by the 6 Watershed District and those decisions included minor boundary changes. 7 Mornson directed the Council's attention to page 28 of the Agenda packet wherein the Operating 8 Budget for the District was depicted and each City's contribution percentage was listed. St. An- 9 thony's portion was reduced from 3.5%to 3.3%. Mornson stated that the other cities have ap- 10 proved the resolution. 11 Hodson expressed concern whether the extensive legal description depicting the individual cities' 12 boundaries had been thoroughly reviewed. 13 Sparks offered that the Staff of the Watershed District had previously presented a map to her that 14 indicated boundary changes. Although she had reviewed the map, she had not specifically gone 15 through the legal description. However, she stated that she felt confident that the Staff had •16 presented an'accurate legal description. 17 Motion by Horst to approve Resolution 00-019 wherein the City Council of the City of St. 18 Anthony hereby approves the proposed changes to the Bylaws of the Middle Mississippi River 19 Watershed Management Organization. 20 Motion carried unanimously. 21 B. Resolution 00-018,re: Approve auditor for the City and HRA 1999 Audits. 22 Mornson explained that approval of an Auditor is an annual requirement, and that all cities in 23 Minnesota are required to obtain an independent audit. Stuart Bonniwell, Mornson stated, has 24 worked with St. Anthony for a long time, and he has been recommended to perform this year's 25 audit. 26 Cavanaugh inquired about the anticipated fee for the audit. Momson replied that the fee is ex- 27 pected to be about $12,000, and would be divided between different funds. 28 Thuesen asked how long the City had been working with the accounting firm of Stuart 29 Bonniwell. Mornson replied approximately 10 years. 30 Motion by Sparks to approve Resolution 00-018 wherein the City Council of the City of St. 31 Anthony hereby approves Stuart J. Bonniwell, Certified Public Accountant, to perform the audits 32 for the general purpose financial statements of the City of St. Anthony and the St. Anthony 033 Housing and Redevelopment Authority for the year ended December 31, 1999.