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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 23, 2023 Page 3 1 2 Councilmember Webster asked Cody how he got into this line of work. Mr. Cody Kutil stated he 3 went to Mankato to become a pilot. He later switched to GIS. With his interest in aviation and 4 GIS he was able to hit the ground running. 5 6 Mayor Stille stated this is just another tool the City can use to take care of the infrastructure. The 7 City uses the best technology to protect its assets. 8 9 VI.GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL. 10 A.11 Finance Annual Report. 12 13 Finance Director Shelly Rueckert presented a power point of the Finance Annual Report. The 14 Mission Statement is to Ensure that City resources and assets are managed effectively to provide 15 residents with the City services desired and to sustain the City’s infrastructure for current and 16 future residents. Ms. Rueckert noted 9 Council Meetings Attended, 9 Council Work Sessions 17 Attended, 63 Council Information Submissions were provided, 2 MWMO Board information 18 Submissions were provided, and 2 Birchwood Utility Committee Work Sessions were attended. 19 20 A photograph of the Finance Staff was shown including Phuongmai Dang – License & Permit, 21 Utility Billing Specialist; Devin Willi – Payroll & Utility Billing Accountant; Shelly Rueckert – 22 Finance Director; Sandy Simon – Office Support, Accounts Payable Specialist; Trent Sax – 23 Accounting Technician; Angelo Salas – License & Permit Utility Billing Specialist; and Ka Vue 24 resigned in 2022 so the Asst to Finance Director position is open. 25 26 Ms. Rueckert reviewed the Core Accounting Functions for the Finance Department. The Finance 27 activity unique to 2022 was reviewed and included Parks Commission Financial Overview; 28 redesigning MWMO’s Budget and Financial Reporting and Birchwood Village Activity. 29 30 The technological advances were reviewed to improve workflows and financial reporting for 31 NineNorth. Ms. Rueckert reviewed the Long-Term Financial Management activities. The 32 Finance Department provides support staff to agencies both internal and external. 33 34 Ms. Rueckert provided the Finance Brochure that has been created and noted the entire Finance 35 Department Annual Report can be found on the website at savmn.com/annualreports. 36 37 Mayor Stille thanked Ms. Rueckert for her great presentation. 38 39 Councilmember Webster thanked Ms. Rueckert for the financial overview and sharing her 40 expertise with NineNorth and others. 41 42 Councilmember Jenson thanked Ms. Rueckert for her presentation and for showing what staff’s 43 responsibilities entail. He thanked Ms. Rueckert and her staff for all their work. 44