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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, October 10, 2016 7:00 o'clock p.m. 12. #16-3865 CITY OF ORONO TEXT AMENDMENT RELATED TO APPEALS AND APPEAL TIMELINESS — ORDINANCE NO. 178 (continued) Mattick indicated Staff can add that provision, which is if an appeal is not filed within ten days, a person would lose their right to appeal. Barnhart stated the appeals are based on a formal application and a formal written denial. For an issue where Staff denies a permit, that is usually written into the denial document and the applicant is provided that information. McMillan asked if it is the same fee on every type of appeal. Barnhart stated they are all established by the Council and that there is currently a $50 fee for administrative appeals. Barnhart noted appeals of a zoning decision are more than that but that he does not have that information in front of him tonight. McMillan asked whether decisions of the board on appeals are binding. Barnhart stated the applicant may appeal a decision of the board or Staff to the City Council, but that they would need to file that appeal within ten days. Printup moved, Walsh seconded, to adopt ORDINANCE NO. 178, Third Series, an Ordinance Amending the City Ordinance Pertaining to Filing of Administrative, Zoning, and Subdivision Appeals, with the clarification that if an appeal is not filed within ten days, a person would lose their right to appeal. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. MAYOR/COUNCEL REPORT Walsh commented the Long Lake Fire Department event was a good time and that there was music, food, and different activities for the kids. Walsh stated the second item he would like to raise is a little more serious and that he would like to get a consensus of the City Council. Walsh stated it has come to his attention that an appointee of the Council, Gabriel Jabbour, who has been at the podium a number of times and has constantly attacked him, has gone on a personal attack against him by name calling to some --enior staff of Orono. Walsh stated if someone is an appointee of Orono, that is a privilege and not a right and that they should be holding her or himself out as someone who is representing the City. Walsh stated conduct unbecoming, such as that person calling him a criminal or anybody else on this Council or other City Staff is inappropriate. Walsh stated he would like included on the next Council agenda in October a discussion about the removal of Gabriel Jabbour as Orono's LMCD representative based on conduct unbecoming of an appointee of the City Council. Page 21 of 26