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1. 1Call to Order – Roll Call▶ 0:00
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   Pledge of Allegiance

   The Mayor led the Pledge of Allegiance followed by a moment of silence honoring servicemen and women.

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   [00:00:21] I'd like to ask everybody to stand and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance to remain standing [00:00:22] for a moment of silence in honor of our servicemen and women at home and abroad.

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   Moment of Silence

   Procedural item: recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance.

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   [00:00:25] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for [00:00:31] which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [00:00:40] Thank you. [00:00:41] You may be seated.

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   Selection of Top 3 Audit Firms

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   Council selected the top three audit firms from five proposals to advance to oral presentations before the Audit Committee during the week of January 24th. The selected firms are Clifton Larson Allen LLP; Carr, Riggs and Ingram LLC; and Mauldin and Jenkins CPAs and Advisors. Council approved the ranking and discussed interview logistics, including ensuring firms would not hear each other's presentations.

   • motion:Motion to approve the top three audit firms ranking as submitted, advancing them to oral presentations before the Audit Committee. (passed)

   🏢Carr, Riggs and Ingram, LLC🏢Clifton Larson Allen, LLP🏢Mauldin and Jenkins, CPAs and Advisors👤Deputy Mayor#Audit Review Committee#Independent audit services RFP#January 4th meeting selection criteria

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   [00:00:45] Next item on the agenda is the selection of the top three audit firms. [00:00:50] I did my three, and I presume my colleagues did as well. [00:00:55] Hopefully you've got a summary for us. [00:00:56] I did indeed, Mr. Mayor. [00:00:59] As you're aware, at the January 4th meeting of the City Council, you approved selection [00:01:05] criteria as it relates to the five potential firms that submitted proposals to conduct [00:01:15] independent audit services for the City. [00:01:21] In that respect, all of you on the City Council, as members of the Audit Review Committee, [00:01:31] submitted to the Finance Director your rankings of the five firms that did submit proposals. [00:01:40] The Finance Director compiled the rankings and summarized the top three firms. [00:01:49] The top three firms are Clifton, Larson, Allen, LLP, Carr, Riggs, and Ingram, LLC, Malden, [00:01:59] and Jenkins, CPAs, and Advisors. [00:02:04] The three firms that I have noted will be asked to make a presentation before the Audit [00:02:11] Committee during the week of January 24th, and in that respect, we'll be checking your [00:02:17] calendars to determine what might be most convenient for you once we make contact with [00:02:29] the three firms. [00:02:30] If you approve, the ranking is submitted to you this evening, and our plan in that respect [00:02:38] is to come back after the Audit Committee has heard the oral presentations by the three [00:02:48] firms and ask you to select a company from the top three firms to conduct audit services [00:02:58] for the City. [00:03:01] And if you have any questions, I'm prepared to respond to them. [00:03:06] Very good. [00:03:07] Any other public comment? [00:03:09] Seeing no one come forward, bring it back to Council. [00:03:12] Move for approval. [00:03:13] Second. [00:03:14] The maker? [00:03:15] Nope, nothing. [00:03:16] The second? [00:03:17] The three best. [00:03:18] Deputy Mayor? [00:03:19] I just want to, we've been dealing with the audits for years, you've been sitting up here [00:03:32] for a year, and I just want to make sure that when we do our scrutiny, that we're scrutinizing [00:03:39] as citizens as well as Council members, you know, so that, because I sometimes think that [00:03:47] we're, you know, forget that we're citizens also, so, you know, I just want that, when [00:03:52] we look at the firms, to look at it that way too, you know, the scrutiny of them. [00:03:57] I'd encourage you then to submit questions that you would like to ask the audit firms, [00:04:04] and we can include those in some drafts for the interviews. [00:04:12] So in addition to the proposals that the firms will make to you, we can ask them some formal [00:04:19] questions. [00:04:20] Yeah, we'll be asking them questions anyhow, or you, or will we be asking them questions [00:04:25] on the 24th, or you will be, will be, right? [00:04:29] You will be asking them questions, yes. [00:04:31] Okay, okay, then they don't necessarily need the questions in advance, or you just want [00:04:35] to be nice to them? [00:04:36] We would not submit the questions to them in advance, but we would type them out and [00:04:42] distribute them to the members of the Audit Committee. [00:04:45] Okay, okay. [00:04:46] All right, because I actually brought some. [00:04:49] So I'll work on it and reply. [00:04:51] Okay, great. [00:04:52] You're ahead of the game. [00:04:53] No, okay. [00:04:54] I brought some proposals here. [00:04:55] Okay, so the interviews we have, they'll be during the same evening? [00:05:05] They will all be at the same time, yes. [00:05:08] But they will, will they be in the same room at the same time? [00:05:12] They will be in the same room, and they will not be at the same time, but they will be [00:05:17] following each other. [00:05:18] Okay. [00:05:19] Because then I, then I. [00:05:20] It makes sense that they wouldn't, they wouldn't see the, you know. [00:05:23] Yeah, I would, I would, I would not allow one to have the advantage of going last when [00:05:30] they've been present. [00:05:31] One will have the advantage of going last. [00:05:33] They will not have heard the other, others. [00:05:36] That's why I'm asking. [00:05:37] Yeah. [00:05:38] I mean, you could be third, but I don't want them to hear number one and number two's answers, [00:05:40] and they might modify their, their answers. [00:05:43] Just the same as when we interviewed you, we didn't have the other, you know, other [00:05:46] people sitting here listening to your answers. [00:05:50] So they'll be outside the room, they'll come in one at a time. [00:05:53] Okay. [00:05:54] Yeah. [00:05:55] That's what I'm asking. [00:05:56] Okay. [00:05:57] It didn't sound like you were going with a yes on that. [00:05:58] Yes. [00:05:59] Okay. [00:06:00] All right. [00:06:01] That's fine. [00:06:02] I was tickled to death. [00:06:03] The staff came up with five really good firms for us to choose from, and I'd be happy with, [00:06:08] with any one of them, and I think these three are right up at the top, so we'll see what [00:06:13] comes of it. [00:06:15] Any further discussion? [00:06:17] Hearing none, all those in favor, please signify by saying aye. [00:06:20] Aye. [00:06:21] Aye.

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5. 5Communications▶ 6:23
6. 6Adjournment▶ 6:26