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I I I City of New Brighton July 12, 1983 Page Seven the recommendations by the State Auditor. Councilmember Schmidt stated the City was not ignoring the Auditor's recommendation or the need for inventory control. He further recommended that the Council hold a work session to discuss the liquor operation and requested a listing of firms who could give the Council an indepen- dent review on how the liquor operation is operating and to point out the options the City has. Motion by Schmidt, seconded by Janecek to set a council worksession for the purpose of discussing the liquor operation on July 21, 1983, at 8:00 p.m. (Vote was never taken; public notice of meeting was posted.) Councilmember Janecek stated the Liquor Director had faulted the Finance Department for their financial statement issued this week. She questioned whether the numbers used by Finance came from the Liquor Depart- ment and requested the Liquor Director provide Finance with the necessary figures before the worksession, including a breakdown of salaries, travel cost, enter- tainment, etc. and comparison of those costs compared to previous years be prepared for the worksession also. The Liquor Director stated it would be difficult to do true comparisons because of poor past records. Mr. Bill Moehring, CPA from Laventhol & Horwath, stated the format used for the financial statement was fine for other City departments but when it came to analyzing the Liquor Operation the format left something to be desired, but not to say its contents were inaccurate. He further stated excessive funds of the Liquor Operation are invested, but this was not presented in the report, and that funds had been transferred to other funds in the City and were not stated in the financial statement. The Finance Director stated the allocation of jnterest simply had not been done for 1983 and that a discussion could be held later to aid in his statements being more accurate. Councilmember Blomquist stated the financial report raised serious questions about the Liquor Operation and questioned where the monthly statements were that the Council was supposed to receive. The Liquor Director responded that this month was the only time the operation did not extend the inventory, and that no monthly financial information had been received from the Finance Department whatsoever. He further stated that April was the last month information had been received inspite of the necessary figures being given to Finance. He stated that with the new