Long Lake City Council Meeting - 3/18/2025

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Areas of Interest (4)

Fire department staffing shortages at Station 2 impacting response times in Minnetonka Beach.
Concerns over general fund balance falling toward the 50% policy threshold as budget expenditures rise.
The ongoing rise in emergency call volumes over a five-year period despite administrative boundary changes.
Audit flags regarding internal controls and limited segregation of accounting duties.

Approve the evening's agenda

Carried unanimouslyNot specified

Moved by Council Member · Seconded by Council Member

Approve the consent agenda

Carried unanimouslyNot specified

Moved by Council Member · Seconded by Council Member

The end result is that we issue an opinion on your financial statements we issued an unmodified opinion or a clean opinion.
— Andy Berg

Audit reportOverview of the 2024 audit results.

If you take the entire call area into account we beat last year's record which was exceeded the previous year's record.
— Cody Farley

Fire department performanceExplaining the increase in fire department call volume.

BrianMayor

Conducting the city council meeting and providing updates on municipal meetings.

Andy BergAuditing Partner

Presented the 2024 annual audit findings from ABDO LLP.

1 quote

“The end result is that we issue an opinion on your financial statements we issued an unmodified opinion or a clean opinion.”

Summary of the city's financial audit status.

Cody FarleyAssistant Chief

Presented the 2024 Fire Department annual review in place of the Fire Chief.

1 quote

“Overall it's very much right on par with what we'd expect year-over-year we're right around 8 minutes.”

Discussing emergency response times.

Ann Johnson StewartState Senator

Hosted a meeting with district mayors to discuss capital projects and local issues.

Long Lake CityMinnetonka City HallHennepin CountySenate District 45