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Minutes City Council Regular Meeting Monday,August 11, 2025, 6:00 PM ' �` City Council Chambers 2780 Kelley Parkway, Orono, MN 55356 (q'CfS Ho¢t City Attorney Mattick said the City staff are continuing to work with the collective bargaining units. CITY ADMINISTRATOR/ENGINEER REPORT 20. Work Session and Council Training Schedule City Administrator Edwards went over the upcoming work session schedule and topics and updated the Council on current projects. LAKE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT LIASON Benson suggested that since the addition of a Stubbs Bay Lake Improvement District(LID), the City consider assigning a non-voting liaison to LIDs to keep communication open and share resources. For the two existing LIDs, accepting the liaison would be voluntary,but could be established as part of the bylaws of any future LIDs. Council consensus was to direct staff to ask the two existing LIDs to accept a board liaison from the City. PARKS COMMISSION LEADERSHIP Ricks and Persian expressed concerns with the leadership of the Parks Commission. The Council directed the City Attorney to look into Commission appointment rules and procedures. COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS Councilmembers reported on attending a LID board meeting and progress on the Joint Powers Agreement for fire services. MAYOR/COUNCIL REPORT Mayor and Council provided reports. The City Council discussed the Holiday Tree-lighting in its current form and the amount of staff time and expense involved. The consensus of the City Council was to cancel the tree-lighting for this year and take time to study what that event or another community engagement event could look like in the future. CLOSED SESSION The Closed Session for the annual performance review of the City Administrator was postponed to August 25, 2025,to ensure participation by all Council members. ADJOURNMENT Ricks moved,Persian seconded,to adjourn the meeting at 8:00 p.m. to Monday, August 25, 2025, at 6:00 p.m.VOTE: Ayes 4,Nays 0. Page 3 of 4