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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, April 26, 2020 <br />6:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 8 of 10 <br /> <br />12. PARKS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN’S UPDATE – Continued <br /> <br />Alan Greene, 1397 Orono Lane, noted a lot of excitement and among the other neighbors they have talked <br />to, there are many younger people moving in that are excited about the golf course. He also thinks there is <br />a tremendous opportunity with the food and beverage; it could be a little social hub. <br /> <br />Seals is glad these neighbors are excited about improving the golf course and said for a long time, people <br />wanted it to stay as-is. Her concern is also, if it continues to bleed and no one uses it, it will be the next <br />Lakeview. <br /> <br />Crosby agreed there is a huge opportunity for the food and beverage and he likes the idea of the fire pit, <br />and eventually the shelter to get out of the sun. <br />Johnson’s takeaway is the tremendous amount of effort going into the volunteer Parks Commission, the <br />passion they have, and he thanked the group for volunteering. He agrees that there is an opportunity to <br />make the golf course more community-oriented and target something attainable. <br /> <br />Seals agreed the Parks Commission should be really proud of the work they have done. When she was in <br />Mound the past week, someone asked about Bederwood as they heard there was an amazing new soccer <br />field. <br /> <br />FINANCE DIRECTOR REPORT <br /> <br />13. FIRST QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT <br /> <br />Olson noted this report is his least favorite because expenditures are so low, revenues are always low, and <br />that is just because of winter. There is not a lot of projecting to do other than to say they are at 16.48% of <br />budget on revenues, which is pretty much where they were the previous year at this time and they ended <br />up at 101% of revenues. He noted there is a lot of year left and based on historical averages they should <br />hit about 100%. They will know much more in about six weeks when they receive the first bit of tax <br />settlement. Permits are at 25% which is a very good sign at this time of year. Olson noted the first three <br />months of the year are by far the lowest amount for expenditures, and they are at 21.89% for the year <br />which is probably right where they would expect in any year. The only department that looks like it may <br />be over budget is Mayor/Council at 45% and that will be at budget at the end of the year and is probably <br />the memberships. He showed the top five vendors on screen, as well as the new investments during the <br />quarter. <br /> <br />14. FINANCIAL DIRECTOR UPDATE <br /> <br />Olson shared they have been working on making the City more efficient, especially now that they went to <br />monthly utility billing. So far through March they have received over 2,100 checks; they come in, get put <br />into the register, applied to the account, make a deposit and take them to the bank. He said they just <br />ordered a scanner which will be connected to PSN (credit card processor) and will connect right to the <br />utility account. He also noted they upgraded to a “real-time”, or at least within an hour, processing for <br />payments. Olson stated they worked with the credit card company, for example the point-of-sale system