04-21-2004 Regular Meeting minutes

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e e MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LA PORTE AUDIT COMMITTEE APRIL 21, 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 and Councilmember Howard Ebow, Councilmember Barry Beasley. Members of Committee Absent: Peter Griffiths Members of City Council Present: Councilmember Charlie Young and Councilmember Meismer arrived at 6:45 P.M.. 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, Tax Assessor/Collector Kathy Powell and Assistant City Manager JoIui Joems . Others Present: None. 2. Consideration of approval of the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the City of La. Porte Audit Committee held on March 22, 2004. . Motion was made by Councilmember Beasley to approve the minutes as presented. Second by Ebow. The motion carried unanimously. 3. Discussion Items A. Proposition 13 - The committee recommended staff promote currenfprograms offered to Senior Citizens and Handicap Citizens. It was noted staff would put a flyer together and send out in the water bills. B. City Council Travel - Chairperson Engelken noted Councilmembers Griffiths, Meismer and Mosteit called him and noted they had concerns. The committee advised staff they would like the following changes: Item 6 - Remove 4. Tax Manager Kathy Powell discussed Tax Resale Property The following items were recommended for approval: Resale - P030 - Taxes and Costs $8,349.31 - Adjudged Value $4, 690 - Bid Amount . $4,300. Motion was made by Councilmember Howard Ebow to approve the recommendation of staff. Second by Councilmember Ebow. The motion passed unanimously.