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<br />-J <br /> <br />Council Meeting Minutes <br />January 13, 1987 <br /> <br />Council Business, continued <br /> <br />Motion by Schmidt, seconded by Williams, to APPROVE THE SELECTION <br />~.OF OFFICE INTERIOR'S BID OF $106,016.07 TO FURNISH THE NEW CITY <br />~HALL. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />5 Ayes - 0 Nayes, Motion Carried <br /> <br />In response to Benke's question, Berger advised these desk chairs <br />are task chairs for employees. <br /> <br />Motion by Schmidt, seconded by Benke, to APPROVE THE SUNAR <br />HAUSERMAN BID OF $14,994.00 FOR DESK CHAIRS FOR CITY HALL. <br /> <br />5 Ayes - 0 Nayes, Motion Carried <br /> <br />Benke indicated council's concern on this item was processing <br />procedures; he stated there appear to be several instances of <br />multiple checks from parties and asked what has been done to <br />avoid it in the future. <br /> <br />In the matter of multiple checks, Egan explained we are vul- <br />nerable for five days. Egan further stated the check-cashing <br />business is a risky business and noted of the $6,200 taken in, <br />$4,800 is from Cheek-cashing. We recover these costs because we <br />charge a check casher a sliding fee; Egan would like to see the <br />dollar amount of the bad checks go down and explained the City <br />had a few weaknesses in our system last year which have now been <br />corrected. Egan indicated the City needs to allow for its <br />customers to write checks; and explained for the most part the <br />recovery is high when people exchange checks for merchandise, <br />noting the recovery goes down when a person is cashing a check <br />for cash. <br /> <br />Sinda stated he talked with Gary Ellis, Liquor Director, who <br />noticed a problem three or four months ago; Ellis has since <br />changed some staff members. Sinda understands that for the last <br />three or four months we have not seen the problem as in the past, <br />but Sinda noted we do have a problem each year and staff is try- <br />ing to keep on top of it. <br /> <br />Benke asked if some of the larger checks were payroll checks that <br />had been forged or misappropriated; Egan sited a variety of <br />reasons (fake companies, stolen checks, checks where the dollar <br />amount has been changed from what was originally issued). <br /> <br />In response to Benke's question, Egan stated the $6,000 is out <br />of $3 million. <br /> <br />Brandt indicated two checks were from the same company totalling <br />over $900; Egan stated part of the problem is that we are open <br />for business after the banks are closed. <br /> <br />Page Sixteen <br /> <br />Non-Sufficient Checks <br />as Non-Collectible <br />Debts <br />Report 87-8 <br />Resolution 87-9 <br />