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Orono City Council <br />Work Session Minutes <br />Monday, November 22, 2021 <br />Council Chambers <br />5:00 p.m. <br />Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br />PRESENT: Mayor Dennis Walsh, Council Members Richard F. Crosby II, Victoria Seals, and <br />Matt Johnson. Staff members present were Finance Director Ron Olson, Community <br />Development Director Jeremy Barnhart and Police Chief Farniok. <br /> <br /> <br />1. 2022 Fee Schedule <br />Finance Director Ron Olson stated that a lot of updates had to do with wording, but the most <br />changes were with the planning and zoning department. <br /> <br />The discussion started with the increase of the permit application fee and understanding why the <br />changes were being made. <br /> <br />Community Development Director Jeremy Barnhart stated it was estimated that the actual cost to <br />review permits was $340/$345, but decided increase the fees 15% to $325. The need for the <br />increase had partially to do with the increase in legal fees and time spent on application since <br />permit fees were last looked at in 2016/2017. <br /> <br />Council Member Crosby questioned the reason for not making the increase the actual cost. <br />Barnhart stated he wanted to minimize the increase, and permit reviews vary by permits. <br /> <br />Olson indicated that building and zoning administration fee changes were suggested by <br />MNSpect. The septic billing fee update was missed when billing was changed from annual to <br />quarterly and utility bill late fees were updated from 8% annually to 1% per month. <br /> <br />The suggested changes to the fees at the golf course were to decrease a single round of golf from <br />$19 to $18, and a change in the cart rental fee from $19 per round to $10 per rider/per round. <br />Council Member Seals voice her surprise that it was a decrease and not an increase in fees. <br />Crosby suggested to increase a single round of golf it $20. It was also discussed that the change <br />suggested to the cart rental encouraged everyone to be single golfer per cart and decided to make <br />it a flat $20 cart rental/per round. A change to the family non-resident pass was also requested to <br />be increased from $610 to $665 to be comparable to individual season passes. In addition there <br />was a wording added to authorize the Golf Superintendent to deviate from price for promotions <br />and special events. This was agreed upon with the understanding that it would be used <br />responsibly. <br /> <br />The Police Department has a new administration fees that have being charged thru the League <br />fee schedule such as squad video, records and reports, and breath test advisories that have a state <br />limit on what can be charged. It was stated that these fees need to be added to the official City <br />fee schedule. <br /> <br />The changes discussed were agreed upon with Council Member Crosby wanting it on record that <br />he thinks the permit fee should increase to actual cost.