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<br /> <br />UNIVERSITY CITY COUNCIL <br />STUDY SESSION <br />5th floor of City Hall <br />6801 Delmar <br />March 11, 2013 <br />5:30 p.m. <br /> <br />th <br />The City Council Study Session was held in the Council Chamber, 5 floor of City Hall, on <br />March 11, 2013. Mayor Shelley Welsch called the Study Session to order at 5:30 p.m. In <br />addition to the Mayor Welsch, the following members of the Council were present: <br />Ms. Paulette Carr <br />Mr. Terry Crow <br />Mr. Byron Price arrived at 5:55 P.M. <br />Mr. Steve Kraft arrived at 5:45 P.M. <br />Mr. Arthur Sharpe, Jr. <br /> <br />Mr. Michael Glickert was excused. <br /> <br />Also in attendance was City Manager Lehman Walker. <br /> <br />Mayor Welsch opened the Study Session by asking if there were any changes to the Council’s <br />agenda for the evening. <br /> <br />Mr. Walker said he would be asking for a change in the Condition Use Permit for the Loop <br />Trolley. He said Mr. Joe Edwards asked that the hours of operation be changed to 9 A.M. to <br />1:30 A.M., seven days a week. The second proposed change to the agenda would be to <br />remove item seven under the City Manager’s report since the City is still reviewing its liquor <br />license requirements. Mayor Welsch said she would like to add the appointment of Ms. Latrice <br />Johnson to the Library Board. She noted that the application was distributed to Council but the <br />item was inadvertently left of the agenda. <br /> <br />Mr. Walker stated the study session was for the presentation of the annual audit reports by <br />internal auditors from Schowalter & Jabouri. <br /> <br />Presenters were Ms. Karen Lenk the audit manager and Mr. Jim Torti, President of Schowalter <br />& Jabouri. Ms Lenk began by stating the audit was for the yearly period ending June 30, 2012, <br />and its purpose was to express an opinion on the City’s financial statements. In briefly <br />summarizing Schowalter & Jabouri findings, she noted the audit was performed according to <br />accounting principles accepted in the United States. They found the City went above the <br />required governmental reporting. <br /> <br />Ms. Lenk noted a single audit of the City’s federal grants was performed, which is required by <br />entities that received more than $500,000 in federal awards. In the auditor’s opinion the City <br />complied in all material aspects required by the federal grants. <br /> <br />In addition to the single audit the auditors provided a report on internal matters and advisory <br />comments that provide suggestions and comments for strengthening control and operating <br />effectiveness. Ms. Lenk noted that in this report they provide an update in response to the <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br />