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DANIA CITY COMMISSION
WORKSHOP MEETING
JUNE 16, 1986
ROLL CALL :
Present :
Mayor : John Bertino
Vice Mayor : Chester A. Byrd
Commissioners : Jean Cook
Howard Hirsch
Charles McElyea
City Clerk : Wanda Mullikin
The workshop meeting was called to order by Mayor Bertino . It was
explained that, according to the Professional Negotiations Act , the
five auditing firms proposing to serve as the City ' s independent
auditors for the 1985-86 fiscal year would make their presentations and
be interviewed in separate sessions with the City Commissioners . Then
the Commissioners would evaluate them and rank the top three, and then
recall those three, one by one, discussing fees and breaking off
negotiations with each in turn . As this is a workshop , the actual
selection of the auditing firm will be made at the June 24th Regular
Commission Meeting .
The Commissioners reviewed the audit proposals, meeting and
interviewing the representatives of each auditing firm in the following
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order :
1 . Touche Ross & Co . , presented by Mark Wolfson and Stanley Brooks .
2. Grant Thornton, presented by Burton Emmer, accompanied by Joe Shaw . -
and Betsy Berthiaume .
3 . KMG (Main Hurdman ) , presented by Harry Sweeney and Jim Schweiger ,
4 . Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co ., presented by Tom Kester .
5 . Nowlen, Holt, Miner & Kisker, presented by Richard Hutchinson .
The Commissioners then evaluated and ranked the top three in the
following order :
1 . Touche Ross & Co .
8 0� 2. Grant Thornton
3. Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co .
During negotiations with representatives of each of the top three
auditing firms, the planned selection procedure was described by Mayor
Bertino and found to be acceptable to all . The fees quoted were :
1 . Touche Ross & Co . $17, 000
( incl . 30 hrs . addl . assist .
re GFOA Cert . of Achieve . )
2. Grant Thornton $17, 500
3. Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co . $30, 000
Negotiations were terminated at this time with each and Mayor Bertino
announced that the selection of the City ' s independent auditor for the
1985-86 fiscal year would be made at the Regular Commission Meeting of
June 2d loAr .
The Workshop meeting was then adjourned .
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June 16, 1986
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AGENDA
DANIA CITY COMMISSION
WORKSHOP MEETING
JUNE 16, 1986
4:00 P.M.
THERE WILL BE A WORKSHOP MEETING HELD IN THE DANIA CITY ADMINISTRATIVE
CONFERENCE ROOM TO INTERVIEW THE FOLLOWING AUDITING FIRMS:
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I. Touche Ross & Company - Rep. Mark Wilson - 4: 00 P.M.
2. Grant Thornton - Rep. Burton Emmer - 4 : 15 P.M.
3. KMG (Main Hurdman) - Rep. Gordon Kramer - 4 : 30 P.M. �r
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4. Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co. - Rep. Irving Bowen - 4 : 45 P.M.
5. Nowlen Lynch & Stewart - Rep. Richard Hutchinson - 5: 00 P.M.
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