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, MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Tuesday,May 28,2013 7:00 o'clock p.m. MAYOR/COUNCIL REPORT Levang noted she attended the LMCC meeting with the Mayor and that Medina did formally announce to all of the commissioners that they are leaving the LMCC and have a franchise ageement with Mediacom, which was a surprise to some of the commissioners. Orono is continuing in its effort to work with Mediacom. McMillan stated they also talked a little bit about redoing the joint powers agreement but they did not discuss in depth anything regarding their negotiations with Media Com. Levang stated they also found out that the JPA committee is not really a committee so it will have little power to make any changes. Levang stated in her view it is a little late in the game to be looking at that and that she is not sure where it will all go. McMillan asked how the donation garden is going. Levang reported the garden has been cleaned and they hope to have it tilled sometime this week,with planting to begin on Saturday if the weather cooperates. McMillan reported the Community Drug Forum met last week and Congressman Jim Ramstad attended the meeting. Ramstad provided the group with some ideas for speakers. The group decided to work on something for this fall and hold another forum session. McMillan indicated she should have more details in about a month. McMillan noted former Mayor Crosby passed away last Sunday and that it is a huge loss for Medina. CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT Loftus reported the City is now operating under their summer city hours which will run until August 30. City Hall will be open from 7:00 unti15:00 Monday through Thursday and 7:30 to 11:30 on Friday. Loftus stated the second item is in regards to the Watershed District. Representatives will be attending the June 24 Council meeting and will be making a presentation on the Long Lake Creek corridor improvements consisting of stream stabilization. There is some information posted on the city's website regarding that project. Loftus noted the City has started its budget process. Sta.ff has started working internally this week on a dra8 budget. The 2012 audit will be presented to the City Council at its June 10 meeting and the June 24 worksession will also be a good opportunity to discuss budget priorities. At the July work session, Staff will have the first draft budget ready. Loftus commented that would be a good time for residents to start thinking about attending the budget work sessions and perhaps providing feedback on budget priorities. The City Council will then consider the preliminary budget in September. Levang asked if the city administrator normally sends a letter or puts something in the newspaper to let the residents know about the upcoming budget discussions. Page 15 of 18