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I. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT 1. Four marked police cars to be purchased through the State contract with Don Brown for $20,131 each Mr. Glickert moved for approval, was seconded by Mr. Sharpe. Mr. Glickert asked to have the procedure in regards to a state contract explained. Ms. Feier stated that in certain instances we are able to go through the State's procurement program. With the State's process the City then did not have to go through the process of sending out bids. The voice vote to accept the motion for approval passed unanimously. 2. Approval of the yearly Forestry Plan Ms. Feier stated that this is the second Forestry Plan up for Council adoption since the ordinance was adopted several years ago. Ms. MacCartney was present for any questions. Ms. MacCartney stated this annual report created by the City Forester Mr. James Crow in which he developed an annual plan and takes it in front of the Urban Forestry Commission for approval. The commission unanimously adopted it. Mr. Glickert stated this was a good plan and commended the Forestry department for their hard work especially in the area of tree removals. He noted that not as many were scheduled for removal this year and asked if the City was where it should be on tree removals needed. Ms. MacCartney noted that the ultimate goal is to add more trees than what is removed. Ms. Ricci thanked Ms. MacCartney for sending last year's plan but asked what the differences from that plan to this year's plan was. Ms. Ricci asked when the Council approved it last year, as she could not find it. Ms. MacCartney stated that she could not find it in her computer and the one she forward to Ms. Ricci was from two years ago. She did not know if Mr. Crow submitted it directly to the City Clerk's office or the City Manager's office last year. Mr. Crow moved to accept the Forestry Plan, seconded by Mr. Sharpe and was approved by voice vote unanimously. 3. Susan J. Beeler with the State Auditor's office was present to provide an overview of the City's upcoming petition audit process. Ms. Beeler an Audit Manager with the State Auditor's office, P O Box 869, Jefferson City, MO. 65109, phone number is 573 - 751 -4213. She stated that they were petitioned to do a audit of the city and this meeting was to introduce themselves and explain the process and answer any questions. Under RSMO Section 29.230.2 explains the provision for a petition audit process and how it gets going. The number of signatures required is based on ten percent of the number of voters who voted in the last Governor election which would be 2,230 for University City and the petition had 2,881 signatures verified by the County Clerk. The estimate for the audit is $60 to $80 thousand dollars which is just the actual cost and if it comes in under they only bill for actual cost. Mr. Beeler said that in a few weeks they will 3