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CHUCK ENGELKEN, CHAIR <br />JAY MARTIN <br />Councilmember District 2 <br />Councilmember District 5 <br />Committee Member <br />Alternate Member 1 <br /> <br /> <br />DARYL LEONARD <br />DOTTIE KAMINSKI <br />Councilmember District 3 <br />Councilmember At Large B <br />Committee Member <br />Alternate Member 2 <br /> <br /> <br />TOMMY MOSER <br /> <br />Councilmember District 4 <br /> <br /> <br />Committee Member <br /> <br />MINUTES OF MEETING OF FISCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE <br />MARCH 23, 2015 <br /> <br />March 23, 2015, at 5:00 p.m., <br />The Fiscal Affairs Committee met on in the La Porte City Hall Council <br />Chambers, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, to consider the following items of business: <br />1.Call to Order <br /> <br />Chairman Chuck Engelken called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. Present were: Committee <br />Members Tommy Moser and Daryl Leonard, Alternate Member 1 Jay Martin and Alternate Member 2 <br />Dottie Kaminski. Also present: City Secretary Patrice Fogarty, City Manager Corby Alexander, <br />Assistant City Manager Traci Leach, Finance Director Michael Dolby and Controller Phyllis Rinehart. <br /> <br />2.Consider approval of Minutes of the January 26, 2015, meeting of the Fiscal Affairs Committee <br />P. Fogarty <br />Committee Member Moser moved to approve the minutes of the January 26, 2015 meeting. <br />MOTION PASSED. <br />Committee Member Leonard seconded. <br /> <br />Ayes: Chairman Engelken, Committee Members Leonard and Moser <br /> Nays: None <br />Absent: None <br /> <br />Alternates members do not vote unless taking the place of an absent Committee member, in which case Alt. 1 steps up to member status. If <br />two Committee members are absent, Alt. 2 steps up, as well. They are then authorized to vote. <br /> <br />3.Receive presentation of the 2014 Comprehensive Annual Financial (CAFR) Report M. Dolby <br /> <br />Finance Director Michael Dolby presented the 2014 Comprehensive Annual Financial (CAFR) Report <br />and Tom Pederson with Whitley Penn presented a PowerPoint Presentation and explained the process <br />and audit plan. Mr. Pederson informed a clean opinion was issued on the financial statements, and the <br />total tax collection rate is 101%. <br />4.Discuss audit contract renewal M. Dolby <br /> <br />Finance Director Michael Dolby presented the audit contract renewal for discussion and requested one <br />more year of service with Whitley Penn to perform the September 30, 2015, year end audit. <br /> <br />Mr. Dolby <br />One Solution. However, Committee members expressed a desire to change auditing firms as matter of <br />policy when the same auditors have been used for several years in a row. <br /> <br /> <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />March 23, 2015, Fiscal Affairs Committee Minutes <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />