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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING November 139 2023 6*00 o'clock p.m. 24. LA23-000051, KEPLINGER & KERANEN BUILDERS O/B/O ERIK & MARISSA WINEGARDEN, 2795 SHADYWOOD RD, VARIANCES & CUP — RESOLUTION NO. 7417 This item �-vas adopted as part of the Consent Agenda 25. LA23-000054, TEXT AMENDMENT —ORDINANCE 284 This item was adopted as part of the Consent Agenda FINANCE DIRECTOR REPORT 26. THIRD QUARTER FINANCIAL UPDATE Finance Director Oison presented the third quarter financial report through Sept. 30, 2023. He noted it is non -adjusted. The City is in good shape for revenue, he said. Licenses, permits and governmental services are over budget for revenues. The majority of governmental services funding is pass -through finds. The City receives tax revenues in June and December so still does not show the second half revenue. Fines are also trending on budget, and interest will be higher than in recent years. Overall the City expects to be slightly overt 100 percent of budget in revenue. The months of April, July and October were higher than expected for building permit revenue. Expenditures are overall at 75 percent for the year so Orono is in good shape there, he said. Mayor and Council is a bit over budget due to training and a line item change which means there is savings elsewhere in the budget. The City has made a lot more use of the attorney in recent months with lawsuits and data requests, he said, so that is driving that line item over budget. Central Services and Public Works Spring Park are also trending over budget but the latter is offset by payments from Spring Park. Already at 100 percent are fire services, engineering and special services. Most of the fire department expenditure is the overage from Long Lake for the previous year, he said, with a small amount such as chief training being for Orono Fire. In general 75 percent is where they would like to be so the City should end the year at budget, he said.. As far as investments, the City was able to open a CD at 5 percent interest. In the fall the City has high cash needs so in the spring will be looking to do more investing, he said. The City has received more than $282,000 in interest for the year which is more than the interest being paid on bonds. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT Attorney Mattick had nothing to report. CITY ADMINISTRATOR/ENGINEER REPORT 27. AUTHORIZATION FOR DESIGN OF TEMPORARY FIRE FACILITY City Administrator Edwards said several meetings ago the Council authorized looking at the current public works building as a temporary fire facility in the Navarre area. The architect has proceeded with the preliminary phase of that project. Staff is now looking for authorization to proceed into the detail design phase. Quotes for architectural services were received and on the public works remodel they Page 3 of 6