[Roll Call]
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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
ALL OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ARE PRESENT, AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[Consent Agenda]
THE FIRST ITEM IS CONSENT AGENDA. AND I WILL GO AHEAD AND READ THESE ITEMS. AND IF ANY MEMBER OF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE OR ADD ANY WE CAN DISCUSS.SO TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA INVOLVES NINE ITEMS. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES. CLAIMS AND BILLS. HIRE POLICE CHIEF.
HIRE SEASONAL EMPLOYEES. COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENT FOR THE BRUSH SITE ATTENDANT.
ABSENTEE BALLOT BOARD AND ELECTION JUDGES. RESOLUTION 7680.
WASTE HAULER LICENSES. LA26-13 900, DAKOTA AVENUE, VARIANCES.
RESOLUTION 7681. AND LA26-5. 356 WEST LAKE STREET, ALS VARIANCE. RESOLUTION 7682. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO EITHER REMOVE OR ADD TO CONSENT? I WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE ITEM NUMBER THREE, PLEASE.
OKAY. NUMBER THREE. ANYTHING ELSE? I GOT NOTHING.
OKAY. SO CAN I GET A MOTION THEN TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. ABSENT ITEM NUMBER 3, HIRING THE POLICE CHIEF.
THANKS. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. AYE AS WELL. ALL OPPOSED SAME SIGN. OKAY, MOTION CARRIES.
SO WE WILL ADDRESS. LET'S DO PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO NUMBER 3.
SO I'M GOING TO OPEN TO PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE NO TAKERS TONIGHT.
SO WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. BE DONE WITH THAT AGENDA ITEM.
AND WE'LL GO BACK TO NUMBER 3, CONSENT, HIRING POLICE CHIEF.
[3) Hire Police Chief]
THAT WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RICKS. THANK YOU.I JUST WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THIS, AND THE PROCESS AND HAD ASKED OUR CITY ADMINISTRATOR IF MAYBE HE JUST SPEAK TO IT A LITTLE BIT SO THAT WE COULD UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT TO, THIS PERSON. SURE. SO AS EVERYONE KNOWS, OUR CURRENT POLICE CHIEF, CORREY FARNIOK, DID ANNOUNCE HIS RETIREMENT EFFECTIVE MAY 30TH OF THIS YEAR.
HE GAVE US THAT ANNOUNCEMENT BACK IN MARCH. SO WE BEGAN A PROCESS TO FIND A REPLACEMENT FOR HIM.
THE PROCESS THAT WE USE IS FAIRLY STANDARD FOR THE CITY FOR FINDING A REPLACEMENT WITH SOME ADS BECAUSE IT IS A CHIEF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AS PART OF THE PROCESS.
SO THE PROCESS STARTED WITH AN ADVERTISEMENT OF THE OPENING AND THEN A SCREENING OF APPLICATIONS.
AND THEN WE WENT THROUGH TWO ROUNDS OF INTERVIEWS FOR THE POLICE CHIEF.
IN THE FIRST ROUND OF INTERVIEWS THE APPLICANTS THAT WERE SELECTED FOR THAT CAME HERE TO CITY HALL WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAD A SERIES OF THREE DIFFERENT INTERVIEW PANELS FOR THEM TO GO TO AS WELL AS WE ALSO OFFERED ALL OF THE APPLICANTS A RIDE ALONG, SO THEY DID AN HOUR LONG RIDE ALONG WITH AN OFFICER THROUGHOUT THE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THEN WENT TO THOSE THREE PANELS.
PANELS IN THAT FIRST ROUND OF INTERVIEWS WERE MADE UP OF MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE MEMBERS OF THE ORONO STAFF, CITY ADMINISTRATORS FROM EACH OF THE CONTRACT CITIES.
THE FIRE CHIEFS FROM THE TWO ADJOINING FIRE DEPARTMENTS FROM THE SAME SERVICE AREA.
FROM THE FIRST ROUND THOSE PANELS BROUGHT IT DOWN TO TWO CANDIDATES.
THOSE TWO CANDIDATES THEN CAME BEFORE THE SECOND INTERVIEW PANEL.
THAT SECOND INTERVIEW PANEL CONSISTED OF THE MAYORS OF THE CONTRACT CITIES.
SO SPRING PARK MOUND, MINNETONKA BEACH, OUR OWN MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER RICKS WAS ON THAT FOR US,
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AS WELL AS THE MEDINA POLICE CHIEF AND OUR OWN DEPUTY CHIEF WITTKE WERE ON THAT WAS ON THAT PANEL.A PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION AND A MEDICAL FITNESS EXAMINATION, ALL OF WHICH CAME BACK POSITIVE.
AND SO YEAH, THE SO WE'RE, WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS WHERE WE ARE NOW, WHICH IS A FINAL APPROVAL BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THAT APPOINTMENT. WITH THE APPOINTMENT THEN CAPTAIN, NOW CAPTAIN CHAD STENSRUD, BECOME CHIEF STENSRUD WOULD JOIN US WITH THE FIRST DAY OF WORK BEING THE 26TH OF MAY OF THIS YEAR.
AND WE TENTATIVELY ALSO HAVE A BADGE PINNING CEREMONY FOR HIM AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH WILL BE JUNE 8TH MEETING, SO. OKAY. YEAH, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
BUT THAT WAS THAT WAS THE PROCESS. NO, THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT.
I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU FOR SITTING IN ON THE INTERVIEWING PROCESS.
THAT WAS GOOD. ANYTHING ELSE? NO, SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE HIRING OF THE NEW POLICE CHIEF. I'LL SECOND. SO THE MOTION TO APPOINT CHAD STENSRUD AS THE ORONO POLICE CHIEF AT GRADE 20 STEP 4, WITH A START DATE OF MAY 26TH, 2026.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NO. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
[10) Funding Request from Long Lake - Hwy 12 Access Gate Repairs]
AND MOVING ON TO PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT. THIS WOULD BE YOURS, ADAM.FUNDING REQUEST FOR LONG LAKE. I'LL TAKE THIS ONE AS WELL.
SO THE CITY OF ORONO WAS, DID RECEIVE A FUNDING REQUEST FROM THE CITY OF LONG LAKE FOR FUNDING TO REPAIR WHAT WE CALL THE HIGHWAY 12 ACCESS GATE, WHICH IS THE ACCESS GATE BETWEEN WAYZATA BOULEVARD AND HIGHWAY 12 ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY OF LONG LAKE.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS ACTION IS TO APPROVE. THAT FUNDING REQUEST IT IS AN UNBUDGETED REQUEST.
SO WE DIDN'T BUDGET FOR THAT WE, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WOULD PLAN.
THE REPAIRS HAVE ACTUALLY NOW BEEN COMPLETED.
DID REACH OUT, THEY WERE ABLE TO SECURE FUNDING FROM MNDOT AND HENNEPIN COUNTY, EACH PAYING A THIRD OF THE COST OF THE GATE AND THEN THE REMAINING THIRD, WHICH WOULD FALL TO LONG LAKE. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ASKING US TO PAY A PORTION OF SO.
IN ESSENCE, THEY'RE ASKING US TO PAY A NINTH, SO A THIRD OF A THIRD OF THE GATE, WHICH REPRESENTS $2,439.33. THE AGAIN, UNBUDGETED EXPENSE WE FINANCE DIRECTOR RECOMMENDS THAT WE WOULD TAKE THE USE OF FUNDING SOURCE OF OUR GENERAL FUND UNDER SPECIAL PROJECTS CONTINGENCY.
SO THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST EXPENDITURE AGAINST THAT LINE.
YEAH. THE ONLY THING THERE ARE SOME STAFF CONCERNS ABOUT US SUPPORTING THE FUNDING OF THAT AS IT'S NOT WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION, AND IT'S NOT ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN.
THAT'S NOT ONE OF THEM. SO IF WE DO APPROVE IT, ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM STAFF WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD SEND AN ACCOMPANYING LETTER TO LONG LAKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE VERY CLEAR THAT WE'RE NOT ACCEPTING ANY OWNERSHIP.
WE'RE NOT ACCEPTING ANY FUTURE MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITIES. ALL OF THOSE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, ONE OFF DECISIONS IN THE FUTURE THAT THIS IS NOT A REOCCURRING THING, SO.
AND THAT I STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. HOW OFTEN DO WE USE THE GATE? BECAUSE I'M ASSUMING OUR POLICE PROBABLY. PER CORREY OCCASIONALLY.
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OR FROM THE OTHER. AND THEN WHY IS THAT? A POLICE ARE USUALLY RESPONDING FROM WAYZATA.SO IT WOULD ONLY BE IN THE INSTANCE WHERE THEY'RE HERE.
PROBABLY THE PRIMARY USER MIGHT BE SHORELINE FIRE OR IF THE AMBULANCE WAS STATIONED, IF IT WAS AN AMBULANCE CALL AND THE AMBULANCE WAS STATIONED AT THE WILLOW FIRE DEPARTMENT OR WILLOW FIRE STATION, THEY MIGHT USE THAT TO ACCESS DEPENDING ON WHERE THE INCIDENT WAS IN THE CORRIDOR.
DID LONG LAKE PROVIDE A REASON WHY THEY WERE ASKING? IT WAS BASICALLY THAT. IT WAS ALL THE EMERGENCY SERVICES IN THE AREA USE IT.
OKAY. WE DON'T HAVE ANY TYPE OF INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, DO WE SOREN ON? AND THAT'S NOT NEEDED. WE CAN A LETTER WOULD SUFFICE FOR THIS TYPE OF.
WELL, WHEN YOU SAY IN THE FIRE. WE DON'T HAVE ANY SORT OF UNDERSTANDING OUR LEGAL BINDING.
YES. THAT TALKS ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE ON THIS CONTINUUM WITH THIS AREA.
NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. SO WE HAVE A LOT FOR UTILITIES AND OTHER SERVICES.
RIGHT. SO BUT A LETTER ACCOMPANYING THIS WOULD SET EXPECTATION FOR FUTURE REPAIR.
WHEN THIS FIRST CAME UP A FEW MONTHS AGO I DID LOOK I COULD FIND NO BECAUSE THERE ARE THERE ARE VARIOUS AGREEMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FROM WHEN THE HIGHWAY 12 BYPASS WENT IN YEARS AGO OF DIFFERENT THINGS. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY THIS LAST YEAR WE ENDED UP DOING THAT STORM POND RENOVATION ON THE STORM POND. THE POND THAT'S THERE, WHICH ACTUALLY SITS WITHIN THE CITY OF LONG LAKE BUT RECEIVES WATER FROM THE CITY OF ORONO AND, AND, AND THE HIGHWAY. AND, YOU KNOW, PART OF THAT AGREEMENT SAID THE CITY OF ORONO HAS MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITY.
I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING IN ANY OF OUR PAPERWORK SIMILAR FOR THAT GATE.
I DID ASK LONG LAKE AS WELL IF THEY HAD ANYTHING, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING STIPULATING, YOU KNOW, A PREVIOUS AGREEMENT TO MAINTAINING THAT GATE BETWEEN THE CITY.
I'M SUGGESTING A LETTER JUST AS AN ADDITION TO JUST BE VERY CLEAR AND UPFRONT THAT THIS IS, WE'RE NOT TAKING OWNERSHIP OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT WITH THIS PAYMENT.
AND CITY OF WAYZATA HAS CONTRIBUTED WELL OR BEING ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT YES, THEY'RE CONTRIBUTING THE, ONE NINTH AS WELL.
HAVE WE DONE THIS BEFORE WITH ANY OF THE OTHER SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES? SOMETHING SIMILAR? NOT, OBVIOUSLY NOT THE 12 CORRIDOR, BUT SOMETHING SIMILAR LIKE THIS.
I'M NOT AWARE OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS. OKAY. WE DO PARTNER WITH OUR NEIGHBORS OFTEN ON SHARED ASSETS, LIKE WHERE WE SHARE A ROADWAY WHERE WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THEM AND WE PUT TOGETHER AN AGREEMENT ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO SHARE THOSE COSTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT NOT FOR SOMETHING THAT WAS KIND OF A ONE OFF SITS IN ANOTHER COMMUNITY THAT WE MIGHT USE, BUT SITS IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND ACTUALLY SITS BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT RIGHT OF WAY JURISDICTIONS, THE STATE AND THE AND THE COUNTY LIKE THAT. OKAY.
ANY THOUGHTS? WELL, I'LL SHARE A THOUGHT. ONE OF THE THINGS AND I SAW STAFF'S CONCERNS.
I DO FIRST OF ALL, I THINK IN THE SPIRIT OF PARTNERSHIP, I FIND A TON OF VALUE IN THE RELATIONSHIPS I HAVE WITH THE CITY OF LONG LAKE AND THE COUNCIL OVER THERE. AND I THINK THAT THEY'RE THE PEOPLE THAT I KNOW SOME BETTER THAN OTHERS ARE VERY EASY TO WORK WITH.
AND I REALLY ENJOY THAT RELATIONSHIP. I THINK WHEN WE START GOING DOWN THE PATH OF PROVIDING FUNDING FOR A REPAIR OF A ITEM IN A CITY THAT FALLS OUTSIDE OF OURS, I DO THINK IT SETS A PRECEDENT THAT WE'RE USING ORONO TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO FUND THAT REPAIR. AND FOR ME, IT BECOMES A SLIPPERY SLOPE OF AND COULD TURN INTO OTHER PROJECTS THAT THE CITY OF ORONO HAS DECIDED TO DO. AND THEN WE STEP BACK OR OTHER COUNCILS IN THE FUTURE, STEP BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT WHO'S USING. LET'S USE A PARK.
WHO'S USING THIS PARK? AND SHOULD WE BE REACHING OUT? AND IN THE SAME VEIN, ASKING THEM TO FUND PARK IMPROVEMENTS BECAUSE A POPULATION OF THAT PARTICULAR CITY IS USING OUR PARK. AND THE ANSWER TO ME IS NO, WE SHOULDN'T DO THAT.
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YOU KNOW, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS, IT'S FOR ME, IT'S NOT THE RELATIONSHIP.FOR ME, IT'S MORE ABOUT THE, THIS PRECEDENT THAT WE WOULD SET THAT COULD TURN INTO BEING ASSOCIATED WITH OTHER PROJECTS OR OTHER AREAS WITHIN THE CITY THAT I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT TO ASK NEIGHBORING CITIES TO HELP FUND REPAIRS OR CAPITAL PROJECTS OR WHATEVER THEY MIGHT BE. AND SO I HAVE A HARD TIME DOING THIS.
AND GIVEN THE DOLLARS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS, I WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD BE, WOULD HAVE BEEN WILLING TO HAVE SPLIT IT 5050 IF THEY'RE WILLING TO SPLIT EACH TAKE ONE THIRD. ONE HALF ISN'T IN THE TOTAL SCHEME OF THINGS, A LOT MORE MONEY.
AND SO I DO HAVE CONCERNS WITH US GETTING IN THE BUSINESS OF FUNDING REPAIRS IN OTHER CITIES.
AND IT'S NOT ON THE HEELS OF SAFETY BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? YEAH, I WOULD AGREE WITH WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER PERSIAN SAY.
AND UNDERSTANDING THIS IS A ONE OFF AND THIS IS A SPECIAL OCCASION, YOU KNOW, SPECIAL REQUEST, I SHOULD SAY SPECIAL OCCASION AND AWARE OF THAT.
AND THE DOLLARS ARE, THEY ARE WHAT THEY ARE, RIGHT.
THEY'RE INSIGNIFICANT IN A LOT OF WAYS COMPARED TO BUDGETS AND SO FORTH.
AT THE SAME TIME IS, YOU KNOW, IN THE ASPECT OF BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
BUT I DON'T SEE THIS AS REALLY BEING A, I DON'T WANT TO SAY BAD NEIGHBOR, BUT I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY ISN'T OUR PROBLEM.
AND I THINK IT'S A NUMBER THAT'S SUCH THAT, FRANKLY, I FEEL THAT WHETHER IT'S IN LONG LAKE TOGETHER COULD MAKE UP THAT DIFFERENCE VERY EASILY BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM.
SO THAT'S WHERE I COME AT IT. SO I UNDERSTAND IT.
AND NO, IT'S A ONE OFF. AND AS ADAM SAID, WE HAD A LETTER.
IF WE END UP DOING THAT, IT'S. BUT IT'S I HAVE A HARD TIME WITH.
AND IF IT'S SETTING THE PRECEDENT THAT THEY'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT THAT ISN'T AS MUCH OF A CONCERN.
JUST REALLY THE PRINCIPLE OF IT FOR ME. OKAY.
DID THEY APPROACH YOU FIRST OR DID THEY JUST SEND AN INVOICE? THEY DID NOT APPROACH ME. I DO KNOW THAT THE THREE MAYORS HAD AN INFORMAL DISCUSSION A FEW MONTHS AGO ABOUT IT.
AND SO I KNOW THAT MAYOR TUNHEIM WAS AWARE OF IT, MADE ME AWARE OF IT.
AND THEN IT ALSO CORREY KNEW IT WAS COMING THROUGH THE, THROUGH POLICE CHANNELS.
BASED ON SOME OF THE HISTORY OF HOW IT TRANSPIRED.
BUT YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF HOW IT, HOW IT HAPPENED.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS AN UNDERSTANDING IT WASN'T SHARED WITH US BY THE MAYOR.
SO THAT'S HOW I FEEL. IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S THREE THAT'S A MAJORITY THERE.
AND YOU KNOW, I COULD I COULD REALLY GO EITHER WAY ON THIS.
SO I'VE SEEN AND UNDERSTAND THAT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ARE UTILIZING THAT.
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EXPENDITURE HERE BEING RELATIVELY SMALL AND SOMETHING THAT WE COULD COVER AND SET EXPECTATION FOR THE FUTURE.I'D BE WILLING TO CONSIDER THIS, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY READY FOR A MOTION AT THIS POINT IF SOMEBODY IS WILLING TO MAKE IT UNLESS THERE'S FURTHER DISCUSSION. WELL, THE ONLY THING, THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS IF WE THINK THAT MAYOR TUNHEIM WOULD ADD SOME PERSPECTIVE TO THIS, WOULD IT BE WORTH TABLING? BECAUSE IF HE IF HE'S HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE COUPLE OTHER MAYORS, TO ME, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PERSPECTIVE TO HEAR.
I DO KNOW THE MAYOR IS SUPPORTIVE OF, SUPPORT OF PROVIDING THE FUNDING.
YEAH. SO. DOES THAT CHANGE ANYBODY'S CONSIDERATION OR.
SO HERE'S WHAT I'D SAY FOR MYSELF HEARING THAT HE SUPPORTS IT, BUT THEN HEARING HIS RATIONALE, REASONING BEHIND IT, THAT MIGHT HELP. THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO ME.
YEAH. YEAH. I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. SO AS MAYOR PRO TEM MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, IN THE SPIRIT OF BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S INSIGNIFICANT AMOUNT.
I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO SAY INSIGNIFICANT. IT STILL IS OUR TAXPAYERS DOLLARS, RIGHT? AND WE WANT TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THAT. AND WE ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SAFETY OF THE RIGHT THING FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS WHO LIVE IN OUR CITY.
SO TO HEAR MORE BACKGROUND ON THAT FROM, FROM THE MAYOR, I WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ME MIGHT NOT CHANGE MY VOTE, BUT IT MIGHT STILL I THINK IN MY OPINION, GIVE IT ITS DUE.
YEAH. I MEAN, THAT'S WHERE I'M AT TOO. I MEAN, KNOWING THAT THERE'S SOME BACK, THERE'S BEEN SOME CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE AMONGST THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CITIES. TO ME, THAT WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT PERSPECTIVE TO HEAR.
SO I GUESS I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE THIS FOR A DISCUSSION AT AN UPCOMING COUNCIL MEETING. YEAH, WE JUST TABLE IT TILL THE NEXT MEETING.
SO. YEAH, SO. WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE. YES.
I'LL SECOND. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED. NO. SO THAT WILL BE TABLED TILL, WILL BE THE NEXT MEETING.
YES. OKAY, THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO CITY ADMINISTRATOR/ENGINEER REPORT.
[City Administrator/Engineer Report]
NOTHING MAJOR. WE GOT THE BIG ONE, WHICH IS THE POLICE CHIEF.I GUESS I WOULD JUST GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. THE OTHER HIRING ACTION THAT WE'RE DOING, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, WE DID HAVE OUR SECOND SET OF PANELS FOR THAT.
WE DO HAVE A POTENTIAL SELECTEE. AND SO WE ARE MOVING THROUGH BACKGROUND CHECKS AND REFERENCE CHECKS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF ON THAT APPLICANT AND HOPEFULLY BRING A NAME TO YOU ON THE 26TH. SO THE NEXT. OH, OKAY. AND I THINK THAT'S ALL, THAT'S ALL I HAVE AS FAR AS AN UPDATE FOR THIS, FOR THIS MEETING. I HAVE ONE QUESTION THAT REMINDS ME, WE'VE GOT SOME NEW FOLKS COMING ON.
AND REGARDING THE POLICE CHIEF, DOES THE CITY.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE HIRED A CHIEF. DO WE HAVE ANY PLAN TO DO ANY TYPE OF COMMUNITY WELCOME OR THAT TYPE OF THING WHERE FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY CAN MEET THE NEW CHIEF? IS THAT TYPICALLY SOMETHING WE DO OR COULD WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? I KNOW THAT THE NEW CHIEF WANTS TO. ONE OF HIS GOALS IS TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN YET.
BUT I KNOW HE'LL BE WANTING TO DO SOME OF THAT KIND OF STUFF.
WHAT WE DO HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST THING WE HAVE YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS A PUBLIC TYPE THING IS TO DO A CEREMONY TO PRESENT HIM, HIS CHIEF, HIS BADGE NUMBER FOR BEING THE CHIEF HERE AT JUNE 8TH MEETING WILL, AND WILL DO HIS CEREMONIAL SWEARING IN ANYWAY AT THAT POINT AS WELL. BUT THEN, YEAH, I WANT TO GET WITH HIM ON HOW ACTUALLY HE WANTS TO DO SOME OF THAT OUTREACH, BOTH, YOU KNOW, TO THE COUNCIL, TO THE WIDER COMMUNITY, TO THE CONTRACT CITIES.
BUT HE'S GOT QUITE A BIT OF THAT ON HIS PLATE HERE IN THE FIRST FEW MONTHS AS WE START THIS.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. AND THEN MOVING ON TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORT.
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CITY ATTORNEY. DID I SKIP SOMEBODY? HE'S NOT ON HERE.YOU'RE NOT ON THERE. I DON'T HAVE ANY SUBSTANTIVE REPORTS.
OKAY. SAY, I, TOO WILL BE ABSENT. MAY 26TH. IT'S THE DAY AFTER MEMORIAL DAY.
SO I HAVE A PLYMOUTH COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULED THAT DAY.
OKAY. THANK YOU. BACK TO MAYOR COUNCIL, ANYTHING?
[Mayor and Council Report]
NO UPDATE, NOPE. OKAY, DOWN HERE, ANYTHING TO SHARE FOR MAYOR AND COUNCIL? YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I REPRESENTED THE CITY OF ORONO LAST WEEK AT THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS NORTH LAKE MINNETONKA MAYORS GROUP. AND THERE WAS EIGHT OF US AND IT WAS, I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.GREAT QUESTIONS. PUT TOGETHER BY THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS.
THEY DO A GREAT QUALITY EVENT. WELL ATTENDED, I THINK.
YOU KNOW, THERE WAS, I DON'T KNOW, 20 OR 30 PEOPLE IN THE STANDS THERE.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR WHAT OTHER ISSUES THE OTHER CITIES ARE DEALING WITH.
AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE HAVING IN THE SPIRIT OF WHAT WE'VE DONE AT SHORELINE FIRE DEPARTMENT SEEING THESE FIRE DISTRICTS COMING TOGETHER AND, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT MOUND AND SAINT BONNIE TALKING TOGETHER TO HELP MINNETRISTA DO THEY FORM.
SO SEEING THAT REALLY SHOWS US WE'RE ON THE RIGHT AFFIRMS TO ME.
AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT WE WERE ON THE RIGHT PATH AS FAR AS US DOING THE FIRE DISTRICT.
AND TALKED ABOUT SHARED RESOURCES, POSSIBLY AT DIFFERENT TIMES FOR THINGS.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE, YOU HEAR THE CHALLENGES FOR THE OTHER COMMUNITIES.
AND LIKE I SAID, I'LL TAKE OUR CHALLENGES AND GRATEFUL FOR THE ONES WE HAVE, AND GRATEFUL FOR THE PEOPLE WE GET TO SERVE HERE, AND GRATEFUL FOR THOSE OTHER MAYORS. AND WE'RE REPRESENTING.
AND I THINK IT WAS I THOUGHT IT WAS WELL DONE AND VERY CORDIAL EVERYONE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY NICE EVENING. THEY DO A NICE JOB.
THEY DO. YEAH. ANYTHING FROM YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER RICKS? I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. BUT THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING. I KNOW A LOT OF US WERE TRAVELING AND YOU PICKED UP THE BALL AND CARRIED IT.
SO THANK YOU. AS I SAID, JV SHOWED UP WHEN VARSITY WAS GONE [LAUGHTER] AND THE NEWEST MEMBER.
I'M GLAD YOU COULD REPRESENT US. SO I WANT TO MENTION SOMETHING ABOUT OUR HISTORY HERE.
AND ORONO RESIDENT DAVID MAASS RECENTLY PASSED AWAY ON APRIL 29TH, AND HE WAS 96 YEARS OLD.
HE WAS A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF ORONO AND AN ACCOMPLISHED WILDLIFE ARTIST.
AND OUR CITY OF ORONO PASSED A RESOLUTION IN 2013 RECOGNIZING HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY OF ORONO.
AND I THOUGHT IN HONOR OF HIM AND THE WORK HE'S DONE, I WOULD READ THAT RESOLUTION TONIGHT.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 6197. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF ORONO NEEDED TO UPDATE ITS LOGO.
AND WHEREAS, MAYOR MCMILLAN CONTACTED ORONO RESIDENT AND WILDLIFE ARTIST DAVID MAASS, WHOSE CAREER AS A WILDLIFE ARTIST SPANS FIVE DECADES OF INSPIRING IMAGES OF WATERFOWL AND UPLAND GAME BIRDS, INCLUDING WINNING TWO FEDERAL DUCK STAMP COMPETITIONS.
AND WHEREAS DAVID MAASS, WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY DONATED ONE OF HIS PRINTS ENTITLED LAKE MINNETONKA BUFFLEHEADS, FOR DISPLAY IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, OFFERED TO WORK ON AN UPDATED DESIGN FOR THE LOGO.
AND WHEREAS, DAVID MAASS HAS DESIGNED A LOGO THAT EXPRESSES ORONO PHILOSOPHY TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE ITS NATURAL RESOURCES AND INCORPORATES THE WILDLIFE AND RUSTIC NATURE OF ORONO THAT ITS CITIZENS HOLD SO DEAR.
AND NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL STAFF AND RESIDENTS WISH TO EXTEND THEIR UTMOST APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE TO DAVID FOR DONATING HIS TIME AND AWARD WINNING TALENT TO CREATE A LOGO THAT SYMBOLIZES THE CHARACTER OF ORONO.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 6.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.