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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, September 10, 2007 <br />7:00 o'clock p.m. <br />14. ADOPT PRELIMINARY 2008 TAX LEVY AND BUDGET — RESOLUTION NOS. 5659 <br />and 5660 <br />White noted the City's 2008 tax levy and budget would be finalized in December. <br />Murphy moved, Bremer seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 5659, a Resolution Adopting the <br />Proposed 2007 Tax Levy Collectible in 2008. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. <br />Murphy moved, Bremer seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 5660, a Resolution to Adopt the <br />Proposed 2008 General Fund Budget. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. <br />*15. SELECTION OF DATES FOR TRUTH IN TAXATION HEARINGS <br />Bremer moved, Rahn seconded, to set the Truth in Taxation Initial Hearing for 6:30 p.m., <br />Monday, December 3, and the Continuation or Subsequent Hearing for 7:00 p.m., Monday, <br />December 10, 2007, with both hearings to be held in the Council Chambers. VOTE: Ayes 5, <br />Nays 0. <br />16. BIG ISLAND DOCK FUNDING — RESOLUTION NO. 5661 <br />• <br />Murphy stated it is his understanding that the dock would be open to the public and that special care • <br />should be taken to draft appropriate language to ensure that the dock is open to accommodate the <br />Minnehaha Steamboat. <br />McMillan inquired whether there are two docks. <br />Murphy indicated there are four docks. <br />White stated the docks would be fastened to cement anchors that can be unhooked every year to allow <br />the dock to be brought up on shore every year. <br />Bremer suggested the language, "Whereas, the installation of a dock would also accommodate general <br />public to have access to the Big Island Park. <br />Moorse asked whether the title should be amended to read "to accommodate the Minnehaha Steamboat <br />and to provide for public access." <br />Bremer stated the words "to accommodate" are probably not necessary. <br />White requested the City Administrator make those changes. <br />Murphy moved, Bremer seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 5661, a Resolution Supporting a <br />Request for Funding from Hennepin County for a Dock System at Big Island Park to <br />Accommodate the Minnehaha Steamboat, with the resolution being amended as discussed. <br />VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. 0 <br />PAGE 16 <br />