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Nowthen Special City Council meeting, December 22, 2021

Special City Council

Wednesday, December 22, 2021 · 5:30 PM

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Agenda

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What was on the agenda.

Packet

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The supporting materials the board reviewed.

Minutes

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The official record of what happened.

One-line summary

Council approved retaining Ehlers Public Financial Advisors to provide financial accounting assistance and then adjourned.

What was on the agenda

3 items as recorded in the minutes, each with a short summary of what was at issue.

  1. 1Call to Order

    Discussion only
    p. 1Meeting Special City Council Meeting — Minutes (2021-12-22)## 1. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Pilon called the special meeting to order at 5:30pm All present recited the pledge of allegiance Present: Councilmember Alders, Blake, Greenberg, and Rainville Also present: Interim City Administrator Boyles1:08special meeting of the city council for the city of now then uh wednesday december 22nd 2021 it is 5 30 p.m ... we will forego the pledge of allegiance and the agenda adjustments and just call roll

  2. 2Approval of proposal to provide financial accounting assistance to the City

    Select one of three proposers (BerganKDV, CarlsonSV, Ehlers) and approve a proposal to assist the City with accounting/financial records.

    The council reviewed three proposals (BerganKDV, CarlsonSV, and Ehlers) for financial accounting assistance, discussed the scope (including on-site versus remote hours), and approved retaining Ehlers Public Financial Advisors. The meeting discussion also referenced a cost of "31 000" and an expectation that it would come from the general fund.

    • Ehlers financial accounting assistance
    Approved
    p. 1Meeting Special City Council Meeting — Minutes (2021-12-22)## 2. APPROVAL OF PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING ASSISTANCE TO THE CITY Mayor Pilon indicated that the city council had received a staff report on this topic. The purpose of this item is to award this work to one of the three proposers which include Bergankdv, Carlsonsv, and Ehlers Public Financial Advisors. …1:32we have one item on our agenda tonight one item that was posted for our special meeting that's the only item we can cover we have the approval of proposal to provide financial accounting assistance to this city2:24rainville i would move that we authorize the interim administrator to retain ellers public finance to assist the city in updating its financial records procedures and policies in accordance with the proposal dated december 20th 2021 i second that

  3. 3Adjourn

    Approved
    p. 1Meeting Special City Council Meeting — Minutes (2021-12-22)3\. ADJORN MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BLAKE, SECOND BY ALDERS TO ADJOURN. MOTION CARRIED. FIVE AYES. <figure> The meeting adjourned at 5:35pm.5:15all right since that's the only topic we can discover i will take a motion to a journal emotion that we adjourn this meeting all ... we are adjourned ... 5.35

Motions and votes

2 motions on the record.

  • M1MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, SECOND BY BLAKE TO APPROVE THE PROPOSAL OF EHLERS PUBLIC FINANCIAL ADVISORS DATED NOVEMBER 20, 2021.

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    MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, SECOND BY BLAKE TO APPROVE THE PROPOSAL OF EHLERS PUBLIC FINANCIAL ADVISORS DATED NOVEMBER 20, 2021.

    moved by Rainville, seconded by Blake

    Passed

    FIVE AYES.

    p. 1Meeting Special City Council Meeting — Minutes (2021-12-22)MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, SECOND BY BLAKE TO APPROVE THE PROPOSAL OF EHLERS PUBLIC FINANCIAL ADVISORS DATED NOVEMBER 20, 2021. MOTION CARRIED. FIVE AYES.2:24i would move that we authorize the interim administrator to retain ellers public finance to assist the city in updating its financial records procedures and policies in accordance with the proposal dated december 20th 2021 i second that ... so we have a motion a second uh hold those in favor of the motion please signif…

  • M2MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BLAKE, SECOND BY ALDERS TO ADJOURN.

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    MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BLAKE, SECOND BY ALDERS TO ADJOURN.

    moved by Blake, seconded by Alders

    Passed

    FIVE AYES.

    p. 1Meeting Special City Council Meeting — Minutes (2021-12-22)MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BLAKE, SECOND BY ALDERS TO ADJOURN. MOTION CARRIED. FIVE AYES.5:15i will take a motion to a journal emotion that we adjourn this meeting all ... we are adjourned ... 5.35

Dollar amounts in motions

Amounts named in or tied to a motion that passed, each shown with the motion. A motion can approve an amount, cap it, or remove it from a list, so read the motion text. These links are AI-extracted, and the minutes control.

  • In discussion of the Ehlers proposal, the cost was stated as "31 000" and discussed as coming from the general fund.

    $31,000

    Motion MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, SECOND BY BLAKE TO APPROVE THE PROPOSAL OF EHLERS PUBLIC FINANCIAL ADVISORS DATED NOVEMBER 20, 2021. Passed(FIVE AYES.)
    4:55thank you i appreciate that so it's a 31 000 coming out of the general fund or where is it coming from general fund would be my expectation yes

Sources

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Show a sample of the transcript (29 segments, 5:39 total)
  • 0:53 please i think yours is dead call the meeting to order this is a
  • 1:08 special meeting of the city council for the city of now then uh wednesday december 22nd 2021 it is 5 30 p.m
  • 1:17 we will forego the pledge of allegiance and the agenda adjustments and just call roll so if you call roll please certainly
  • 1:26 mayor pilon president council member alders here council member blake here council member greenberg here council member rainville president
  • 1:36 all right we have one item on our agenda tonight one item that was posted for our special meeting that's the only item we can cover we have the approval of proposal to
  • 1:47 provide financial accounting assistance to this city we have a request for council action and rca
  • 1:54 submitted by the city administrator as the council had opportunity to look
  • 2:01 through the packet the information from bergen and carlson has been available for a while we just got the information from ellers summary is there background supplemental
  • 2:14 information mr mayor mr mayor councilmember
  • 2:24 rainville i would move that we authorize the interim administrator to retain ellers public finance to assist the city in updating its financial records
  • 2:32 procedures and policies in accordance with the proposal dated december 20th 2021 i second that
  • 2:40 we have a motion by council member rainville a second by council member blake do we have any discussion or questions mr mayor councilmember alders what's the
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