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. . . e e MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LA PORTE AUDIT COMMITTEE MARCH 22, 2004 1. Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Chuck Engelken at 6:00 p.m. Members of Committee Present: Chairperson Chuck Engelken, Councilmembers Howard Ebow and Peter Griffiths Members of Committee Absent: None Members of City Council Present: Councilmember Barry Beasley Members of City Executive Staff and City Emplovees Present: City Manager Debra Feazelle, City Secretary Martha Gillett, Director of Finance Cynthia Alexander, Assistant Director of Finance Michael Dolby, Assistant City Manager John Joems and Assistant City Secretary Sharon Harris Others Present: Tim O'Connor, Bruce Koenig, Sue Gale Mock Kooken, Wade M. Allen, A.J. France, Dottie Kaminski, Ryan Harrison, Bill White, Dottie White and Tim Bush 2. Consideration of approval ofthe Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the City of La Porte Audit Committee held on January 20, 2004. Motion was made by Howard Ebow to approve the minutes as presented. Second by Peter Griffiths. The motion carried unanimously. 3. Discussion Items A. Proposition 13 Chairperson Engelken postponed discussion on Proposition 13 until the next Audit Committee Meeting. B. City Council Travel Chairperson Engelken postponed discussion on City Council Travel until the next Audit Committee Meeting. C. 9/30/03 Annual Financial Report Assistant Finance Director Michael Dolby reviewed the Annual Report. Mr. Peterson provided Committee with an overview of highest rating available, noting Staff did a great job. 4. Management Comments · Controls will be more important in future audits · Segregation of duties over payroll, employee had control over both screens