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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, January 12, 2015 7:00 o'clock p.m. (6. 2015 GOLF COURSE FEE SCHEDULE continued) for free with an adult. McMillan stated she would like to promote the Orono Golf Course as a place where younger children can play as well as being family friendly. Edwards noted the majority of the season pass holders are senior citizens. Edwards stated reducing the junior rate would probably not impact the revenues very much but that he would not recommend reducing the senior passes since that accounts for over 50 percent of the revenue. McMillan stated she is not interested in reducing the senior passes and that she is merely attempting to promote more use of the golf course by junior players by decreasing the rates slightly. Levang stated she is fine with the changes. Levang stated one of the things that they noticed in 2014 was the increase in younger people playing at the golf course. Levang stated in order to achieve longevity for the golf course, they need to encourage the young players. McMillan stated a 9 -hole course is a great opportunity for younger people to go out and try Walsh stated he is also agreeable to making it more family friendly. Levang moved, Printup seconded, to approve the 2015 fee schedule for the Orono Golf Course with a 25 percent increase to the season pass rates, eliminating the league fee and pass cards while keeping all other fees at their 2014 levels, reducing the junior fee for 18 and under from $12 to $10, reducing the junior season pass to $260, and allowing all children under the age of 12 to play for free if accompanied by an adult. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. 7. 2015 ENGINEERING SERVICES RATE SCHEDULE Edwards stated before the City Council tonight is the proposed 2015 Bolton & Menk rate schedule. Also included in the Council's packet is the City's 2012 contract with Bolton &Meek. Edwards stated the rate increase represents a 3.1 percent increase from the rates paid in 2014. Edwards noted the rate schedule includes two different sets of rates that Bolton & Menk charges the City when providing services. The first is the general day-to-day engineering consultation, which is remaining the same. The rate that is increasing is when Bolton & Menk is asked to do project development, such as taking over the water treatment supervision of construction. Edwards recommended approval of the 3.1 percent increase, noting that it is in the same range of other construction related consultants over the last year. Levang stated she is comfortable with the rate increase and that Bolton & Menk has done a wonderful job over the past two years. Walsh stated he does not have any issues with the rate increase. Walsh indicated he did have a couple of comments on the contract itself. Walsh stated under Section 4, General, Page 5, he would like to make sure the City is named as an additional insured under all of Bolton & Menk's insurance policies. In addition, on Page 6 under reuse of documents, Walsh stated he would like to make sure that it specifically Page 13 of 19