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• • MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, August 8, 2011 7:00 o'clock p.m. (3. LMCC PRESENTATION, Continued) Koenecke stated each city has the opportunity to weigh in if they want to. Usually that input comes when the budget is brought to the cities for approval. As far as the representatives voting on the fiber optic project, that would be up to the individual cities. Printup moved, Rahn seconded, not to support the LMCC in pursuing the business model for the fiber optic plan, Tonka Connect, and to encourage Orono's LMCC representatives to vote in opposition to the plan at the LMCC level. Franchot commented he would be interested in knowing how the City plans to respond to the, citizens who do not have service. Ayes 3, Nays 1, Franchot Opposed. McMillan asked Franchot to let the City Council know how he plans to vote prior to the next City Council meeting. _ Printup asked whether Mr. Wyatt would be willing to vote no on the plan. Mr. Wyatt stated he is not sure how it would be framed for a vote. Mr. Wyatt asked whether they would be voting on it as a separate item or as part of the entire budget. Koenecke stated it would depend on where the discussion goes and that the executive committee is recommending that there be no funding for Tonka Connect. Koenecke indicated she is not sure which direction the discussion will go and since some cities have indicated they are in favor of it, they may challenge the recommendation of the executive committee, which would then likely lead to a vote on the project. Mr. Wyatt stated in his opinion there is still a misunderstanding on how the taxpayers would be involved and that this project has worked well in other areas. Wyatt stated he is not sure what people understand about it at this point. McMillan stated when she was the City's representative to the LMCD, she came before the Council and asked how they stood on certain issues and was then given direction on how to proceed. McMillan stated in her view the city representative should do what the City Council says. McMillan stated it is important that if the two representatives have any issue with carrying forth the motion of the City Council that they should let the City Council know right away. McMillan requested the representatives to the LMCC make a decision by August 15th on how they plan to vote on this issue and to let the Council know by that date. McMillan noted she has gotten a number of good comments regarding the televising of the City Council meetings. McMillan indicated there have also been some issues with the web streaming for Macs and requested that the LMCC look into that. Koenecke indicated they are aware of the problem and are looking into another vendor. Page 9 of 21