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AGENDA
MAPLEWOOD CITY COUNCIL
6:30 P.M., Monday, May 13, 1996
Council Chambers, Municipal Building
Special Meeting No. 96 -09S
A. CALL TO ORDER
B PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
C. ROLL CALL
E. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
F. NEW BUSINESS
1. ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT AND AUDITOR'S REPORT FOR 1995
G. 00ONCIL PRESENTATIONS
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H. ADMINISTRATIVE PRESENTATIONS
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I. ADJOURNMENT
AGENDA NO. F - Z
AGENDA REPORT
TO: Cit Council
FROM: Finance Director 4�1
RE: INFORMATION FOR MEETING WITH AUDITORS
DATE: Ma 6, 1996
At 6:30 p.m. on Monda Ma 13 there is a special Council meetin to
review the annual financial report and audit reports. Please brin to the
meetin y our cop of the 1995 annual financial report.
The attached additional reports Will also be reviewed at the meetin
1. Mana letter.
2. Le compliance -audit report letter.
Please call me at 770-4513 if y ou if y ou have an q uestions on these reports,
prior to the meetin on Monda
PAFINANCEWMAGMAUDITAPD
ti Peat Marwick LLP
4200 Norwest Center
90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
City of Maplewood, Minnesota:
We have audited the financial statements of the City of Maplewood, Minnesota (the City) for the
year ended December 31, 1995, and have issued our report thereon dated March 15, 1996. In
planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of the City e consider d its
internal control structure in order to determine our auditing purpose procedures for the u ose of
expressing our opinion on the financial statements and not to provide assurance on the internal
control structure. We have not considered the internal control structure since the date of our
letter.
During our audit we noted certain matters involving the internal control structure and other
operational matters that are presented for your consideration. These comments and
recommendations, all of which have been discussed with the appropriate members of
management, are intended to improve the internal control structure or result in other op erating
efficiencies and are included as an Exhibit.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of the mayor, members of the City
Council, and management.
We would like to take this opportunity to express our appreciation for the cooperation and
assistance provided to us during p
p g the audit. If you have any questions concerning the matters
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discussed n this letter or wish to discuss any other phase of our audit, we would be p leased to do
so at your convenience.
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March 15, 1996
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Exhibit
CITY OF MAPLEWOOD
Comments and Recommendations
City Clerk's Office
The clerk's office receives cash for permits, licenses, sewer rental, and other transactions. The
clerk's office secures the cash/checks in a cash drawer, records the transaction on a sequentially
numbered form, and stamps the permit, license, or other certificate as paid. Each day the
cash/checks are deposited into a bank account and the forms are reconciled, totaled, and sent to
accounting for input into the general ledger system.
We recommend the City consider the cost/benefit of installing an automated cash register system
in the clerk's office. An effective system will issue receipts, track several types of transactions,
and electronically update the general ledger system. This will help improve controls and
minimize the opportunity for manual errors and misappropriations.
Community Center Theatre
The community center theatre has multi -level pricing for the same performance, however the
price of the performance is not printed on the tickets. (i.e. Difference prices for residents, non-
residents, adults, children.) This allows the ticket sellers to charge a higher price without
reporting the higher price to the City.
We recommend the City consider the cost/benefit of installing a ticketing system that records the
price of the performance on the ticket and in the ticketing system. An effective ticketing system
will allow the City. to reconcile the prices charged and printed on the tickets to the cash collected.
This will help improve controls and minimize the opportunity for misappropriations.
Public Works Garage Inventory
The public works garage inventory includes fuel and maintenance parts. The City limits access to
the fuel inventory, however several employees have access to the maintenance arts inventor
. p ry .
In addition, the fuel and parts computer inventory systems are not physically secure.
We recommend the City limit access of the maintenance parts inventory to the public works
mechanics. We also recommend the City establish password access to the computer inventory
systems. These recommendations will help improve inventory tracking, minimize stock outs, and
minimize the opportunity for misappropriations.
MRN Peat Marwick LLP .-
4200 Norwest Center
90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Mayor and City Council
City of Maplewood, Minnesota
We have audited the general purpose financial statements of the City of Maplewood,
Minnesota (the City), as of and for the year ended December 31, 1995, and have issued
our report thereon dated March 15, 1996.
We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and the
provisions of the Minnesota Legal Compliance Audit Guide for Local Government,
promulgated by the Legal Compliance Task Force pursuant to Minn. Stat. Sec. 6.65.
Accordingly, the audit included such tests of the accounting records and such other
auditing procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances.
The Minnesota Legal Compliance Audit Guide for Local Government covers five main
categories of compliance to be tested: contracting and bidding, deposits and investments,
conflicts of interest, public indebtedness, and claims and disbursements. Our study
included all of the listed categories.
The results of our tests indicate that for the items tested the City complied with the
material terms and conditions of applicable legal provisions, except as described in the
Schedule of Finding on Legal Compliance. Further, for the items not tested, based on our
audit and the procedures referred to above, nothing came to our attention to indicate that
the City had not complied with such legal provisions.
This report is intended solely for the use of the City and should not be used for any other
purpose. This restriction is not intended to limit the distribution of this report, which is a
matter of public record.
March 15, 1996
Exhibit
CITY OF MAPLEWOOD, MINNESOTA
Schedule of Finding on Legal Compliance
Finding: MN Stat. Sec. 118.01, subd. 2 provides that the City hall have
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collateral pledged in excess of 110% of uninsured deposits. The
City did not have sufficient pledged collateral in excess of 110% of
uninsured deposits as of December 31, 1995.
Recommendation: We recommend the City se the bank ledger y g balance instead of the
bank collected balance when determining collateral requirements.
Management's
Response: The City has purchased additional collateral as of March 18 ' 1996.
This additional collateral should be sufficient to cover the Cit 's
uninsured daily e addition, y
y p osi t balances. In addition, the City will use the
bank ledger balances when determining collateral requirements.