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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON JUNE 10, 1996 ( #11 - Purchase Opportunity of Hennepin County Property - Continued) • Kelley asked whether the City HRA should be involved in the purchase. Moorse noted that this is a general body for guiding housing and redevelopment in the City. Kelley clarified that it would be the City itself purchasing the property and not through any other agency. Vote: Ayes 4, Nays 0. ( #12) LOCAL PERFORMANCE AID Moorse reported that the State Legislature has recently made changes in the current HACA aid funding by placing a portion of it in a new program called the Local Performance Aid program. Orono's share of $7,400 would then be tied to performance standards for city services. If the City does not agree to this change, this amount of money would not be received. Callahan said he was not in favor of other agencies telling the City what standards they should be using. Moorse is in the process of establishing standards for city services, and Callahan suggested discussing the standards at the upcoming work session. Hurr asked how the fee was established. Moorse said it was probably tied to $1 per • capita by reason of the amount established for the City. Both Hurr and Goetten were suspect of being tied to a program as described. Moorse said the deadline for application is June 30. Callahan said he was inclined to turn the program down. Kelley said, although he understood where the other Council members were coming from, the purpose is to gain money for use by the citizens. He suggested trying the program for one year. Callahan responded that he believed there would be a state standard agency at some point and best to stop the process now. Callahan moved action be continued to enable further discussion at a work session. Vote: Ayes 4, Nays 0. ( #13) PUBLIC WORKS MAINTENANCE POSITION APPOINTMENT Moorse informed the Council that the final step in hiring the Public Works maintenance worker has been completed in the physical examination and drug testing by Donald DeBaere. DeBaere successfully completed the exam and tested negative in the drug test. The previous conditional offer of employment to DeBaere was based on these two procedures. Moorse said DeBaere would be at step 2 of the 4 -step level. Hurr asked how many • employees in the department were at step 1. Moorse said all employees were at step 4. 11