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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />November 13, 2023 <br />6:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 3 of 6 <br /> <br />24. LA23-000051, KEPLINGER & KERANEN BUILDERS O/B/O ERIK & MARISSA <br />WINEGARDEN, 2795 SHADYWOOD RD, VARIANCES & CUP – RESOLUTION NO. <br />7417 <br /> <br /> This item was adopted as part of the Consent Agenda <br /> <br />25. LA23-000054, TEXT AMENDMENT – ORDINANCE 284 <br /> <br /> This item was adopted as part of the Consent Agenda <br /> <br />FINANCE DIRECTOR REPORT <br /> <br />26. THIRD QUARTER FINANCIAL UPDATE <br /> <br />Finance Director Olson presented the third quarter financial report through Sept. 30, 2023. He noted it is <br />non-adjusted. The City is in good shape for revenue, he said. Licenses, permits and governmental services <br />are over budget for revenues. The majority of governmental services funding is pass-through funds. The <br />City receives tax revenues in June and December so still does not show the second half revenue. Fines are <br />also trending on budget, and interest will be higher than in recent years. Overall the City expects to be <br />slightly overt 100 percent of budget in revenue. The months of April, July and October were higher than <br />expected for building permit revenue. <br /> <br />Expenditures are overall at 75 percent for the year so Orono is in good shape there, he said. Mayor and <br />Council is a bit over budget due to training and a line item change which means there is savings <br />elsewhere in the budget. The City has made a lot more use of the attorney in recent months with lawsuits <br />and data requests, he said, so that is driving that line item over budget. Central Services and Public Works <br />Spring Park are also trending over budget but the latter is offset by payments from Spring Park. Already <br />at 100 percent are fire services, engineering and special services. Most of the fire department expenditure <br />is the overage from Long Lake for the previous year, he said, with a small amount such as chief training <br />being for Orono Fire. In general 75 percent is where they would like to be so the City should end the year <br />at budget, he said.. <br /> <br />As far as investments, the City was able to open a CD at 5 percent interest. In the fall the City has high <br />cash needs so in the spring will be looking to do more investing, he said. The City has received more than <br />$282,000 in interest for the year which is more than the interest being paid on bonds. <br /> <br />CITY ATTORNEY REPORT <br /> <br />Attorney Mattick had nothing to report. <br /> <br />CITY ADMINISTRATOR/ENGINEER REPORT <br /> <br />27. AUTHORIZATION FOR DESIGN OF TEMPORARY FIRE FACILITY <br /> <br />City Administrator Edwards said several meetings ago the Council authorized looking at the current <br />public works building as a temporary fire facility in the Navarre area. The architect has proceeded with <br />the preliminary phase of that project. Staff is now looking for authorization to proceed into the detail <br />design phase. Quotes for architectural services were received and on the public works remodel they <br />Orono City Council | Monday, November 27, 2023 | Page 5 of 79