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COUNCIL MEETING DEC 122005 I ^ REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY OF ORONO DATE: December 7,2005 ITEM NO: 11 Department Approval:Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: Name LinVee City Administrator's Titto City Clerk r ¥i Report Item Description: Proposed 2006 Meeting Schedule Attachnent: Proposed 2006 Orono Meeting Schedule On the attached schedule, Couacil meetings are scheduled for the 2nd and 4th Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m. As in the past, only one Council meeting is scheduled in December. Council work sessions have been scheduled for the each Tuesday following a Council meeting except for the September 11 Council meeting. Since the Primary Election will be held on Tuesday, Septen^r 12 and no public meetings may be held between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m., no work session will be scheduled. Council may determine an alternate date in the future. Planning Commission meetings are scheduled for the 3rd Monday of the month at 6:00 p.m, January and February are the exceptions because of Monday holidays. In those months, the meetings will be on the third Tuesday. No Planning Commission meeting is scheduled in December. Regular Planning Commission work sessions have been scheduled for the first Wednesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. Park Commission meetings are scheduled for the first Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m. Exceptions are the January, July and September meetings which have been rescheduled because of the New Year’s Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day holidays. There is no December Park Conunission meeting scheduled. The City schedules eleven holidays throughout the year, including 10 regular holidays and one designated floating holiday. The ten regular holidays are New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, i.abor Day, Veterans’ Day, Thanksgiving Day, Friday after Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day. When a holiday falls on Saturday, the offic’al holiday is scheduled for the previous Friday. When a holiday falls on Sunday, the officii 1 holiday is scheduled for the following Monday. Staff is recommending that this year’s designai?d floating holiday be used on Monday, July 3 to make a long holiday weekend. Staff anticipates that July 3 would not be busy as many contractors and residents would also be observing a long holiday weekend. COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED: Motion to amend/q>prove/table the 2006 Meeting Schedule. i