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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, April 25, 2016 <br />7:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 1 of 22 <br /> <br />ROLL CALL <br /> <br />The Orono City Council met on the above-mentioned date with the following members present: Mayor <br />Lili Tod McMillan, Council Members James Cornick, Jr., Lizz Levang, Aaron Printup, and Dennis <br />Walsh. Representing Staff were City Administrator Jessica Loftus, Finance Director Ron Olson, <br />Community Development Director Jeremy Barnhart, Senior Planner Michael Gaffron, Public Works <br />Director/City Engineer Adam Edwards, City Attorney Soren Mattick, and Recorder Jackie Young. <br /> <br />Mayor McMillan called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m., followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. <br /> <br />APPROVAL OF AGENDA <br /> <br />1. CONSENT AGENDA <br /> <br />Item Nos. 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 were added to the Consent Agenda. Item No. 2 was removed <br />from the Consent Agenda. <br /> <br />Walsh moved, Printup seconded, to approve the Consent Agenda as amended. VOTE: Ayes 5, <br />Nays 0. <br /> <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br /> <br />2. CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF APRIL 11, 2016 <br /> <br />McMillan requested the minutes be corrected on Page 30 to read Mr. Steffenhagen rather than <br />Fredrickson, and on Page 30 to read the intersections of County Roads 15 and 19 rather than 90 and 92. <br /> <br />Printup moved, Printup seconded, to approve the minutes of the April 11, 2016, Orono City <br />Council meeting as submitted. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. <br /> <br />PRESENTATION <br /> <br />3. DONATION FROM THE MINNESOTA OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY <br /> <br />Orono Police Chief Correy Farniok stated the Orono Police Department has been involved in the Toward <br />Zero Deaths project and the Office of Traffic Safety for the last 12 years. As part of the program this <br />year, the Orono Police Department was selected to receive a radar unit, with a value of around $3,000. <br /> <br />Bill Hammes, Law Enforcement Liaison with Toward Zero Deaths, stated he is responsible for all 86 law <br />enforcement agencies within the Metro area. Hammes stated it is his job to work with the various <br />departments to make sure they are getting their safety message out. <br /> <br />Hammes stated he is here tonight to recognize the Orono Police Department for their leadership and <br />participation in the Toward Zero Deaths program. Hammes stated the Office of Traffic Safety has a <br />strong commitment to make the highways safe for everyone who travels on them. Hammes stated in <br />2014, 88 families in Minnesota experienced the loss of a loved one as a result of an impaired driver. In <br />2002, 657 people were killed in alcohol related crashes in the State of Minnesota. In 2013, that number <br />was down to 387 people.