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’ > ’ <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />MINUTES FOR JULY 8, 1996 <br />ROLL <br />•9^ <br />The Council met on the above mentioned date with the following members present: <br />Mayor Edward J Callahan, Jr, Council Members J. Diann Goetten, Gabriel *abbour, <br />Charles Kelley, and JoEllen Hurr, w ho arrived at 7 50 p m Representing Staff were City <br />Administrator Ron Moorse, City Attorney Tom Barrett, Public Works Director John <br />Gerhardson, Building and Zoning Administrator Jeanne Mabusth, Assistant Zoning and <br />Planning Administrator Michael Gaffron, City Engineer Glenn Cook, and Recorder <br />Sherry Frost Mayoi Callahan called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. <br />i*Hl) CONSENT AGENDA <br />Items #9 and 14 were added to the Consent Agenda <br />Jabbour moved, Goetten seconded, to approve the Consent Agenda as amended Vote; <br />Ayes 4, Nay’s 0. <br />(#2) REPRESENTATIVE TOM WORKMAN - DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATIVE <br />ISSUES <br />Staff had suggested to Representative Workman that, although the City is interested in <br />keeping communication channels open, it was not necessary that he attend the Council <br />meeting. Representative Workman indicated he is available to work with the City on <br />legislative issues of concern to the City <br />(#3) 1995 COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCUL REPORT - <br />PRESENTATION BY AUDITOR <br />Finance Director, Tom Kuehn, and Dennis Hoogeveen, representative from the City’s <br />audit firm of Malloy, Montague, Karnowski. and Radosevich & Co , were present. <br />Hoogeveen brought attention to the auditor’s opinion on page 1 6 of the 1995 <br />Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, which gave the City a "clean” or unqualified <br />audit opinion. He then referred to the separate management report, commenting on the <br />analysis and legislative matters The population class of the City and the per capita <br />revenues and expenditures were found to be within the state average of comparable <br />cities The public safety costs were high, but this is due to providing police services to <br />surrounding cities and is offset by revenues generated from this service Hoogeveen said <br />the financial trends found on page 6 for the City were good He commented that having <br />a healthy fund balance in the general fund allows for ease of budget transition from one <br />year to the ne.xt. helps keep the cash flow stable, and is reflected in the bond rating.