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REQUEST FOR FISCAL AFFAIRSAGENDA ITEM <br />Budget <br />Agenda Date Requested:January 27, 2014 <br />Source of Funds: General Fund <br />Requested By:Michael Dolby <br />Account Number:6060-510-50-04 <br />Department:Finance <br />Amount Budgeted:$20,000 <br />Report: Resolution:Ordinance: <br />Amount Requested:$0 <br />Exhibit:Bid Tabulation <br />Budgeted Item:YES <br />SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATION <br />The City of La Porte currently collects franchise payments for electrical services, cable services, <br />telephone services, natural gas services and solid waste services. Staff prepared an RFP for audit <br />services of the various franchise fees that are collected. The RFP was sent out in November with <br />responses due in December. The City received four proposals for audit services on the various <br />franchises. The staff reviewed the four proposals and determined that MuniServices was the best <br />candidate of the four proposals. The City of La Porte currently has ongoing relationship with <br />MuniServices for hotel tax administration and auditing and also for review of the sales tax <br />collections. <br />MuniServices has proposed a percentage based fee for this scope of services. Thefee would be <br />equal to a percentage of uncollected fees identified through the audit, thus there will be no <br />expenditure of funds necessary. <br />Action Required by Fiscal Affairs: <br />None. <br />Approved for Fiscal Affairs Agenda <br />Corby D. Alexander,City ManagerDate <br /> <br />