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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, March 28, 2011 <br />7:00 o'clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> Page 1 of 24 <br /> <br />ROLL CALL <br />The Orono City Council met on the above-mentioned date with the following members present: Mayor <br />Lili Tod McMillan, Council Members Cynthia Bremer, Doug Franchot, Aaron Printup, and David Rahn. <br />Representing Staff were City Administrator Jessica Loftus, City Attorney Soren Mattick, Finance <br />Director Ron Olson, City Clerk Lin Vee, Assistant City Administrator of Long-Term Strategic Planning <br />Mike Gaffron, Planning Coordinator Melanie Curtis, City Engineer Tom Kellogg, and Recorder Jackie <br />Young. <br /> <br />Mayor McMillan called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m., followed by the pledge of allegiance. <br /> <br /> <br />CONSENT AGENDA <br /> <br />Item Nos. 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 were added to the Consent Agenda. <br /> <br />Bremer moved, Franchot seconded, to approve the Consent Agenda as amended. VOTE: Ayes 5, <br />Nays 0. <br /> <br /> <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br /> <br />*2. COUNCIL WORK SESSION OF MARCH 14, 2011 <br /> <br />Bremer moved, Franchot seconded, to approve the minutes of the Orono City Council Work <br />Session of March 14, 2011, as submitted. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. <br /> <br />*3. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF MARCH 14, 2011 <br /> <br />Bremer moved, Franchot seconded, to approve the minutes of the Orono City Council meeting of <br />March 14, 2011, as submitted. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. <br /> <br /> <br />PLANNING COMMISSION COMMENTS - LINDA FEUSS, REPRESENTATIVE <br /> <br />Feuss stated she had nothing to report but would be available for questions. <br /> <br /> <br />PUBLIC COMMENTS <br /> <br />Dennis Walsh, 1354 Rest Point Circle, stated he would like to speak to the City Council about budgets <br />and taxes. Last year the City Council approved a budget that raised taxes and gave employees raises. <br />The residents of Orono have experienced lower real estate values, higher unemployment, and lower <br />revenue. In light of lower revenue, the City needs to cut costs. <br /> <br />Walsh continued this council ran on transparency and fiscal responsibility. Aaron Printup had the most <br />votes by running on fiscal responsibility and Mr. Rahn has stated that no expense is too small to look at. <br />Walsh stated it is easy to talk the talk but that he is still waiting to see the walk. The last time the City <br />raised taxes, the value of his property went down eight percent but yet he is paying more taxes. <br /> <br />Item #03 - CC Agenda - 04/11/2011 <br />Approval of Council Minutes 03/28/2011 <br />[Page 1 of 24]