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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, October 11, 2010 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 1 of 20 ROLL CALL The Orono City Council met on the above-mentioned date with the following members present: Mayor James White, Council Members James Murphy, Cynthia Bremer, and Doug Franchot. Representing Staff were City Administrator Jessica Loftus, City Attorney Andrea Poehler, Finance Director Ron Olson, City Clerk Lin Vee, Assistant City Administrator of Long-Term Strategic Planning Mike Gaffron, Planning Coordinator Melanie Curtis, City Engineer Tom Kellogg, and Recorder Jackie Young. Mayor James White called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m., followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. CONSENT AGENDA Item Nos. 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, and 18 were added to the Consent Agenda. Murphy moved, Bremer seconded, to approve the Consent Agenda as amended. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. APPROVAL OF MINUTES *2. REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 Murphy moved, Bremer seconded, to approve the minutes of the Orono City Council meeting of September 27, 2010, as submitted. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. *3. COUNCIL WORK SESSION OF SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 Murphy moved, Bremer seconded, to approve the minutes of the Orono City Council work session of September 28, 2010. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. PUBLIC HEARINGS 4. NORTH FARM ROAD SANITARY SEWER PROJECT Kellogg stated tonight’s hearing is a public hearing for a project to install a pressure sewer system to serve the North Farm Road neighborhood. The proposed assessment is $7,500.00 per unit for each of the nine properties in the project. The assessment is for a 15-year time period at an interest rate of 6.25 percent. Seven of the nine property owners are in agreement with the project. Several properties in the neighborhood have conforming septic systems. City policy allows property owners with a conforming septic system to request exclusion from the project assessment, and the City will then finance this portion of the construction cost until the property does connect to the sewer system. The property owner may continue to use the conforming septic system until either the system fails or a new or expanded house is constructed, at which time connection to the sewer system is required. At the time a property that requested exclusion from the assessment wants to connect to the sewer system, payment of the full current sewer connection fee is then required before a sewer connection permit is Item #02 - CC Agenda - 10/25/2010 Approval of Council Minutes 10/11/2010 [Page 1 of 20]