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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR ORONO Cm' COUNCIL <br />MEETING HELD ON JUNE 10,1996 <br />(/# 11 - Purchase Opportunity of Hennepin County Property - Continued) <br />Kelley asked whether the City HRA should be involved in the purchase Moorse noted <br />that this is a general body for guiding housing and redevelopment in the City Kelley <br />clarified that it would be the City itself purchasing the property and not through any other <br />agency. <br />Vote: Ayes 4, Nays 0 <br />(#12) LOCAL PERFORi\UNCE AID <br />Moorse reported that the State Legislature has recently made changes in the current <br />HACA aid funding by placing a portion of it in a new program called the Local <br />Performance Aid program Orono's share of $7,400 would then be tied to performance <br />standards for city services If the City does not agree to this change, this amount of <br />money would not be received. <br />Callahan said he was not in favor of other agencies telling the City what standards they <br />should be using. Moorse is in the process of establishing standards for city services, and <br />Callahan suggested discussing the standards at the upcoming work session <br />Hurr asked how the fee was established Moorse said it was probably tied to $1 per <br />capita by reason of the amount established for the City. Both Hurr and Goetten were <br />suspect of being tied to a program as described. Moorse said the deadline for application <br />is June 30 Callahan said he was inclined to turn the program down. <br />Kelley said, although he understood where the other Council members were coming <br />from, the purpose is to gain money for use by the citizens He suggested trying the <br />program for one year Callahan responded that he believed there would be a state <br />standard agency at some point and best to stop the process now. <br />Callahan moved action be continued to enable further discussion at a work session <br />Vote: Ayes 4, Nays 0. <br />(#13) PUBLIC WORKS MAINTENANCE POSITION APPOINTMENT <br />Moorse informed the Council that the final step in hiring the Public Works maintenance <br />worker has been completed in the physical examination and drug testing by Donald <br />DeBaere, DeBaere successfully completed the exam and tested negative in the drug test. <br />The previous conditional offer of employment to DeBaere was based on these two <br />procedures. <br />Moorse said DeBaere would be at step 2 of the 4-step level. Hurr asked how many <br />employees in the department w ere at step 1. Moorse said all employees were at step 4.