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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council <br />Tuesday, January 21, 2025 <br />Page 4 <br />The second item I wanted to discuss was the 2023 audit. We are getting very close to that being <br />done. Council and the Mayor and the Law Director should be receiving a communication from <br />the Auditor of State's office with the report details. It was a good audit and a good report. They <br />are looking to schedule a post -audit meeting, most likely before Caucus in February. They can do <br />it in person or if it is more convenient to hold an electronic meeting they can do that as well. Just <br />let me or Mary Beth know what you would prefer. <br />Lastly, for the 2024 audit, the Auditor of State's office has told me that they are not going to be <br />able to do our 2024 audit. I had to go through an audit RFP process through the Auditor of State's <br />office. They sent the invitation out to dozens of audit firms but only two firms responded. Charles <br />E. Harris, a local CPA firm, won based on their proposal. It's the same cost as our current audit. <br />They have the contract for the next 4 years. The reason why the Auditor of State's office cannot <br />continue to do our audit is because of staffing shortages. <br />That's all I have. Thank you. <br />Council President Schutt asked, any questions? <br />Mr. Murphy asked, is that the same firm that performed our audit prior to the State Auditor's office <br />coming back and doing it, do you know? <br />Ms. Rich replied, no, I don't believe so. It's a different firm but I have worked with them in the <br />past. They are pretty good. <br />Council President Schutt asked, any other questions? <br />There were none. <br />Council President Schutt stated, thank you, Ms. Rich. <br />Shane McAvinew (Parks and Recreation) — Thank you Council President. There is a Parks <br />Board meeting next Tuesday, January 28' at 6:00 p.m. in this room Outside of that, I have nothing <br />else to report. <br />Council President Schutt asked, any questions? <br />There were none. <br />Council President Schutt stated, thank you, Mr. McAvinew. <br />Chief Matias (Police Department) — Thank you Council President. A couple of items related to <br />the budget. The annual SPAN dues are on the agenda for tonight. As I mentioned in my letter, <br />the SPAN Chiefs and the Special Unit Commanders have been working hard to take advantage of <br />any type of grant opportunities. Just recently we received another $27,000 in grant funding for <br />ballistic plates for the SWAT team. Just over the past two years, we have received about $130,000 <br />