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MINUTES OP THE SPECIAL ORONO COUNCIL MEETING rpo < - HELD JANUARY 7, 1991 1 1 1991 A special Orono Council meeting was convened at Mayor-elect Barbara Peterson. Present at the roll call were Mayor-elect Barbara Peterson, Council member-elect Diann Goetten, Council member-elect Gabriel Jabbour, and Council member Edward Callahan. Following roll call the members-elect were sworn in by Dorothy Hallin, City Clerk. Following the swearing in. Mayor Peterson indicated the meeting was to solicit ideas that each of the Council member may have regarding the upcoming year and that this meeting presented an opportunity to discuss those ideas with other Council members and staff. Information to the Community - Several indicated an interest in a regular news letter to be transmitted either on a monthly or quarterly basis to the Community together with a continuation of the Mayor article format in the newspaper. Additionally discussed as a means communicate with the Cwumunity were the possibility of town meetings to address major issues. Suggested as an addendum through the news letter and Mayor's article were discussions of certain problematic ordinances together with explanation of services to assist individuals in the Community particularly new ones. Facilities - Discussion of this iss*i-« focused on an upcoming workshop, probably in March, together wi^.i determining the level of Interest that facility committee members may have once the scope of their continued work could be defined at that workshop. Additional issues related to that were discussed included financing, referendum, space size, bonds and the upcoming option. It was pointed out that there was a definite need as this issue goes forward that this information be accurately portrayed in context for both analysis purposes and presentation to the public. Highway 12 Corridor Study - Council generally discussed the issue including the various solutions or corridors that have been presented together with the impact of a "no-build" alternative. Additionally discussed were the roles of each of the committees and the need for a charge particularly for the Citizens' Committee members. Consultant/Staff - The roles of City attorney and City engineer were discussed and it was requested to relate to those individuals of the desire on the part of the Council members for more input when they (i.e. attorney and engineer) feel it appropriate to speak. They add'tionally requested that while they are the decisions makers, they are not always the experts and requested that the information be presented in lay terms in order to best understand the issues and choices in front of the Council.