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t � <br /> MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING � <br /> Monday,October 14,2013 � <br /> 7:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> (PUBLIC HEARING— �:00 P.M., Continued) <br /> Struve displayed the areas covered by the wellhead protection plan on the overhead. <br /> Mayor McMillan opened the public hearing at 7:07 p.m. <br /> There were no public comments regarding this item. <br /> Mayor McMillan closed the public hearing at 7:07 p.m. <br /> McMillan asked who requires the wellhead protection plan. <br /> Struve indicated it is the Minnesota Department of Health. <br /> Levang moved,Printup seconded,to approve Phase II of the Wellhead Protection Plan. VOTE: <br /> Ayes 4,Nays 0. <br /> PRESENTATION <br /> 5. HENNEPIN COUNTY UPDATE FROM COMMISSIONER JAN CALLISON <br /> Callison reported Hennepin County has approved a maximum levy in September with a 0.98 percent <br /> increase far the County's 2014 general operating budget. The average increase has been .19 percent <br /> increase over the past three years. If the housing and rail authority is included in the levy,the increase <br /> would be 1.6 percent. Callison noted one of the reasons for the increase in the levy is that the County is <br /> negotiating on a two-year contract. Since employees have not been given cost of living adjustments for <br /> the past two years, Hennepin County is looking at providing that. <br /> Callison reported Hennepin County has also been seeing for the first time since 2007 a slight increase in <br /> overall market values. The County's truth-in-taxation hearing is scheduled for November 26 at the <br /> Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis. <br /> Callison stated earlier this year Hennepin County passed a$10 wheel age tax per vehicle that starts in <br /> 2014. The money will be used for pavement improvements, repair and improvements on bridges, and for <br /> traffic signal improvements. In Orono for 2014,there are 17 locations that are scheduled for guardrail <br /> repair or improvement. <br /> Callison stated Hennepin County will be terminating its passport services on November 1 at Ridgedale, <br /> Southdale and Brookdale. Since Hennepin County issues the birth certificates and other documents upon <br /> which passports are based,new regulations issued by the Department of State require that those two <br /> functions be physically separated and not performed by the same staf£ Hennepin County has found that it <br /> has become more and more expensive to perform that service and so they have elected to discontinue that <br /> service. Callison indicated people will still be able to obtain passports at some post offices as well as <br /> online. <br /> Page 2 of 23 <br />