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