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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, November 23, 2020 6:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 5 of 7 14. THIRD QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT – Continued Crosby asked if the revenues were calculated for Building Permits at the time of the application. He would like to see how many dollars of open Building Permits there are in the City that have not yet been closed. Ung stated this information has not yet been collected. Crosby stated he thinks the vast majority are gathered at the time of application, but he would like to know how many open permits are still out there. Walsh stated the information in the report just goes through the end of September, so there will still be October, November, and possibly December for the fourth quarter. Johnson stated he would like to see how long the City’s permit cycle is because that may be a better indicator to help the Council forecast. He stated this information shows when the permits originate, but lots of things can happen and the permits are staying open. He noted this information will also speak to the workflow because this current information is not necessarily indicative of workflow since it only shows when they pulled the permit. Crosby stated he assumes this data would be fairly easy to pull through Citizen Serve. Ung reviewed the revenue comparison by quarters and explained that the City is just a little below last year for third quarter and reiterated they are still expecting to meet budget. She reviewed the expenditures and noted there are two departments that are trending over budget which are Mayor and Council, which is due to a change in cost for producing meeting minutes, but noted that it is a relatively small line item. Johnson noted he feels the new minutes vendor does not do a super job. Seals asked if that meant he wanted to investigate other possibilities for the minutes. Johnson stated the Council just renewed the contract on the Consent Agenda. Rief noted there are not a lot of options out there for contractors to take minutes in this capacity. Ung reiterated the Golf Course is over budget which is due to more maintenance and bank fees, but those expenditures are off-set with the higher revenue intake. She stated overall, the third quarter is looking good and she expects the City to finish the year off under budget. She reviewed the top vendors for the third quarter as well as year to date. Seals noted the Parks Commission has asked for a Master Plan for the golf course and suggested a meeting to be scheduled regarding this issue. Edwards noted they did one about four years ago but can revisit the issue if that is the desire. Walsh reviewed some of the items included in the master plan.