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have a petitioner's meeting where they will talk to the chief petitioner and a few select people she wants to bring to the meeting to document their concerns, which remain confidential. Ms. Beeler said they will start the field work in two to three weeks. They are anticipating that it will take two to three months to complete the audit. Once the audit is done they will prepare a draft report and once it has been reviewed they will have a closed session meeting under RSMO 610.021 (17) with the Council. When they have their exit conference and discuss the concerns and findings, they will take questions and discuss anything Council will have and get their responses. The final report will then be made in a couple of weeks from the exit interview with the Council in private session. Ms. Beeler stated that the entire process will be several months. When finished with the process there will be a public report usually delivered by the State Auditor. She stated that the main thing they will be reviewing is FY10, although they will not limit themselves to that. The actual audit process will included several different areas in the City, including some financial areas but they will not be issuing an opinion on the financial statement as what the City's independent auditor does, so this is not a replacement for what that auditor does. Ms. Beeler stated they will not be duplicating the auditor's work but will review it to see what has been done. She said they also do general compliance work as looking at the handling of the Sunshine Law, general management practices as bidding, use of cell phones, vehicles, etc, and budget law. Ms. Beeler stated that they are required by law to audit all courts so when they are doing a petition request they will also do an audit of the courts. There is no charge to the City for this. This audit was done in March and should be ready in another month or two. Mayor Adams stated that if he understood it correctly that their audit does not replace a regular City audit, so next year the City will have to do a regular audit. 4. Parks' Director Ms. MacCartney reviewed the proposed Park Fee Schedule carried from Council meeting of March 22, 2010. Mr. Glickert asked to revisit the issue of the golf carts. He stated he was not in favor of a golf cart increase, single use or double use. Mr. Glickert said it appears that the City generates about $90,000 a year in cart revenue and asked Ms. MacCartney if she agreed with that, which she said approximately. He said on expenses the lease for the cart is about $15,000 which he asked Ms. MacCartney if she agreed and she said currently. Mr. Glickert said that gasoline is a big one and he agreed with Ms. MacCartney figure of $22,000. He agreed with Ms. MacCartney on the figure of $8,000 for accidents to the carts. Mr. Glickert stated that with the projected revenue minus the expenses, the golf course is generating $40,000 to $50,000. Ms. MacCartney stated that the profit made in one area needs to be compare to the whole golf budget not to just the cost in one individual line item and what the market can bear. She said the cart fee has not changed since 2003 and lease, fees and gasoline prices have gone up. Ms. MacCartney stated that the golf budget is exactly at 101 percent cost recovery for the FY 11 budget. Ms. Ricci thanked Ms. MacCartney for the additional information she requested. She stated that she would like to talk to Ms. MacCartney about all the cost recovery programs under golf. She noted that the last time the Park's policy has not been consider since 2006 and thought that should be something to be considered. Ms. Ricci was also concerned that Mr. Price was not present to discuss his concerns. Ms. Ricci said her motion to the Council is to postpone vote on this until the May 3, 2010, meeting, at which time Mr. Price could weigh in and maybe at that time review our Park Policy but asked Mr. MacCartney if this was time sensitive. E