What was on the agenda

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

1. 1Call to Order

   Discussion only
   p. 1↗Meeting 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 Boyles1:08↗special 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. 1↗Meeting 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. …1:32↗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 provide financial accounting assistance to this city2:24↗rainville i would move that we authorize the interim administrator to retain ellers public finance to assist the city in updating its financial records procedures and policies in accordance with the proposal dated december 20th 2021 i second that

3. 3Adjourn

   Approved
   p. 1↗Meeting 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.5:15↗all 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. Split votes are highlighted.

• 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. 1↗Meeting 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.2:24↗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 ... 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. 1↗Meeting Special City Council Meeting — Minutes (2021-12-22)MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BLAKE, SECOND BY ALDERS TO ADJOURN. MOTION CARRIED. FIVE AYES.5:15↗i will take a motion to a journal emotion that we adjourn this meeting all ... we are adjourned ... 5.35

Money the council voted to spend

The amounts the council actually voted to approve, each with the vote that approved it. Drawn from the official minutes.

• F1

  $31,000

  Council voted: MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, SECOND BY BLAKE TO APPROVE THE PROPOSAL OF EHLERS PUBLIC FINANCIAL ADVISORS DATED NOVEMBER 20, 2021. Passed(FIVE AYES.)
  4:55↗thank 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

Documents and recordings archived for this meeting, when available.

• Document

  Meeting Special City Council Meeting — Minutes (2021-12-22)

  Minutes · Wednesday, December 22, 2021

  1 pages

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• Video

  Meeting recording

  YouTube

  Transcript · 29 segments · 5:39

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