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10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 6 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes June 26, 2012 Page 4 difficulties, the variance, if granted, will provide safer access and enhance the appearance of the property, the variance will not prevent future orderly development of the property, and the improvements will not reduce light, air, or access to the property. Iie noted the City Engineer does not believe the variance will impact overall runoff in the area. Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve Resolution 12-067; Approving a Variance to Exceed the Maximum Allowable Amount of Impervious Surface for the Property Located at 33013 1" Avenue. Councilmember Stille stated it appears the applicants did what they could to decrease the total amount of impervious surface. He requested that the property owner consider moving the garage forward if the garage needs to be replaced in the future in order to get closer into compliance with the City's lot coverage requirements. Mayor Faust noted that the property owner's original concept added 349 square feet of impervious surface and based on the Planning Commission's concerns they were able to reduce that amount to 180 square feet. Motion carried unanimously. V. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL. A. 2011 Audit Presentation. Peggy Moeller, Taut es Reath, presenting. Ms. Moeller presented the 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAER) and accompanying reports issued at the conclusion of the audit, including a report on compliance with Minnesota Statutes Section 6.65, a report on internal controls, the audit management report, and report on communication with those charged with governance. She stated it was important to remember the financial statements are the responsibility of management, the role of the auditor is to report on the fair presentation of thefinancial statements, and a clean opinion was issued. She explained the State legal compliance report requires seven categories of testing based on a checklist provided by the State Auditor and no findings of non-compliance were issued. She stated the auditors do not audit the City's internal controls and internal controls are considered as part of designing the audit. She advised that two deficiencies were reported and are listed in the internal control report along with management's response. She provided historical data on the City's audit findings and stated the repeat finding for 2011 regarding lack of segregation of duties will not be resolved because the City does not have enough staff to segregate those duties. She indicated the City's General Fund balance increased $78,137 during 2011 and the General Fund balance of $1,702,837 includes $1,647,566 in unassigned funds and $55,271 in non-spendable/prepaid items. She stated the City adopted a fund balance policy in 2011 requiring a minimum fund balance of 30% and the actual percent of budget at 12/31/11 was 36.88%. She reviewed the Water and Sewer Enterprise Funds noting for the last two years, the City experienced a slight operating loss in its water operations; however, the City increased its water rates for 2012. She indicated for the last four years, the City has had operating losses in its sewer operations but the City increased its sewer rates in 2012. She advised the City's 2011 net income from liquor operations was $462,313 and stated the City's expenses for its liquor