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Wednesday, November 21, 2007 Meeting Watch Includes: Hewitt City Council Hewitt City Council by Karin L. Nauber Council Member Lyle Spencer was absent from the regular meeting. Council Member Johannes Marsland was about 20 minutes late. The meeting was one hour and 33 minutes. Actions -Approved a building permit application for David and Karen Moats for a 24 by 24 foot addition to an existing shop. -The Truth In Taxation meeting will be December 6 at 6 p.m. The continuation meeting will be December 18 at 6 p.m. if needed. -The council agreed it is illegal to consume alcohol on city sidewalks. Businesses and the Todd County Sheriff's Department will be notified so there is no question on enforcement. -Approved a civil conduct policy for citizens when they are working with city employees. -Approved raising the off-sale liquor license $100. If bars meet certain conditions, they are able to get $100 back from the state. Mayor Mitchell was opposed to raising the fee. -Approved purchasing the new trusses needed for the maintenance garage. The city will purchase them and the contractor, Jonas Gingerich, will install them and repay the city for the cost of the trusses due to the error in the trusses that are installed now. Matt Klemek was at the meeting and said that he and another man had actually been the ones who had inspected the building and found the areas that needed repair. Discussion Without Action -The accountant the city hires for the annual audit said that at this time having an actual audit of the books would not be feasible and that they simply need to work on reconciling the city accounts and ensuring everything has been and is being properly entered. Collom has spent a considerable amount of time working on reconciling the books and accounts. She said that initially there was about a $30,000 discrepancy. She has been able to find most of it and noted a slight discrepancy of $544.80. There is not $5000 missing as was believed at one point. It was simply transferred to cover outstanding checks.