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•,,•r MINUTI~S t~F T)~ SPECIAL Ca~IL 111~~TIlgG OF T'S:l~ CPI'Y t]~'~ h€('11R~'II t~`1t,51'~D l~)~CE11+~ER 27,19'~S 6 P.1V1. Present: Coun~l President Bciehnter, Council 11+Iembets Limpert, Lmd, McKay, Milled, Musial, Nashar Also Present: Law Director Gateau, Cie~k of Council Seman Absent: Council Member Saringer Council President Boehmer called the ~ecial meeting to order at 6 p,m. m Council Chambers, 5200 Dover Center Road, North: t?l~nsted, Ohio. Before moving into the Legislation section, Mr. Musial moved that the agenda be amended by removing Resolution l~io. 95-161. 'I7te motion was seconded by Mr. N Mr. McKay asked for. an e:~planatitm from lt~r. Musial, and a lengthy discussian eyed. Mr. Musial commented that he warttod to look fittther at the ems dad crams of coh D of the response given to Council by Mr. Burns with regard to Mr. Mooney's i~quirs. Mr. Musial said he felt more information would mow Council to develop same intelligence so that internal controls could be put m place to pride a situation from occurring in the future. Mr. May comn~ted that he agre~xl "'that thus situatia~ ahould be prevented from occun~g m the firtuare. However, it was .his unde7~g that Council had made a co t to the Aecbit©r of State to pass this le ' ' n so tbEat the audit could go forward; he does not wish to go back on his word. Mr. Musial said he felt that at this particular point in time it would be desirable to get sow reasons behind the adjustments that were made. Mr. Lmd statexl that at its last ' g the Finaa~ce Committee had made a comnmt to approve this legi~ation based on f~trthex information to be received from Mr. Burns. Passage of the legislation does not preclude Council from receiving fiuthet information. Also, it would be eafttemely expensive to try to reconstruct everything that happeated. Mr. Lind said. he feh Council should go forward from this point and make a much stronger, concerted e~oit to require things be done m a more timely and more accurate fashion. He said that hoklimg back on passage of the legislation would put the city in a fiuthe~r bad light with the State Auditor. Mr. McKay stated it was his understanding that the State Auditor had been promised the Lion would be passed by January 1. Mr. Musial said he was not certain that species agreement had been made. At the commaittee rye, he had voted in favor of it providing Mr. Burns supplied him with information with which he was satisfied. At prey , he is not satisfied and would like finer information on the debits and crexlhs of cohu~ D. Mr. Miller recommended that in the future Council ask specific questions ~d set specifitc deadlines. He said he felt Council should act according to th+cir word. Mr. Lint expressed concern about this situation o~g in the fiiture: He wondered what would ~~ - . ~b~~