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Regular City Council Meeting April 12, 2004 Page 11 Gene Anderson, Director of Finance, came forward advising that the per diem that the city uses is the IRS guidelines for mileage for whatever city staff might be going to. Mr. Anderson also discussed staff members that are furnished the use of a city vehicle. The next item on the agenda was discussion of the search firm proposals and consider possible action regarding the City Manager selection process. Mayor Fendley advised that six firms have submitted proposals. Mr. Anderson came forward advising that there is one firm that their home office is in Texas and two that have branch offices in Texas. He said the odds are that the search will be primarily focused in Texas and the surrounding states. It made sense in terms of trying to hold cost down to use one of the Texas-based firms which are The Waters Consulting Group, Mercer Group, Inc. and Ralph Andersen & Associates. After discussion, the City Council directed that they interview the three firms th located in Texas. The first interview to be on May 24, one at the Thursday night meeting in June and they would go from there. Councilman Guest requested that an item be placed permanently on the agenda where Council Members could have input if they wanted further information. Interim City Manager Townsend advised the City Council that he had asked Mr. Anderson to give out the Final Audit for the prior fiscal year. He said there is a difference and Mr. Anderson explained that the city had to deal with the GASBY34 this year, so a lot of the format and issues are going to be different in the audit for last year. If you were trying to compare two years together, it is going to be completely different. Mr. Anderson presented the quarterly financial report to the City Council along with the Final Audit for October 1, 2002 through September 30, 2003.