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Joint City Council/Utilities Meeting Page 3 November 14, 1994 • that requires water connections to the improvements. This is similar to the sewer ordinance. The last Utilities Commission request to the City related to the water system was for the approval of a water connection charge. The City has done this through developer requirements, but has never officially adopted any water ordinance or resolution on this topic as the Utilities Commission has jurisdiction over the water system. The City simply requires new projects to meet the water utilities requirements. 4.7. CITY AUDIT Finance Director Lori Johnson offers the following paragraph on the need of the City to have the Utilities audit information available earlier in the year. Last year the City's audit was presented to the City Council in June. I know there were some concerns regarding the lateness of the report presentation. As you know, the Utilities audit information is included in the City's audit. This is required under generally accepted accounting principles. Because the • Utilities audit information was not available until the last week in April, the City's report could not be completed until early May with presentation to the Council as soon as possible after that. The reason for this update is to make the Council aware of that timeframe. If the Council has a concern with the report being issued in late May or early June, the Council could request that the Utilities have audit information available to the City by mid March. This would allow for the City's audit to be presented to the Council sometime in mid to late April. This timeframe is realistic for the Utilities I believe, as there are only two funds included in the Utilities' audit. If the Council does wish to move up the timeframe, it is appropriate to discuss this with the Utilities at the joint meeting. 4.8. UTILITIES MANGER CONTRACT During the 1993 audit presentation this spring, it was noted that the Utilities Manager's contract needs adjustments. Ron Black, who is working with the Utilities Commission on this topic, provided our City Attorney, Peter Beck, with an updated proposal in October. Peter has • now offered Ron some comments on this proposal. Formal action by the Utilities Commission will need to be taken this year on this issue.