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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, January 12, 2015 <br />7:00 o'clock p.m. <br />(8. ANNUAL APPOINTMENTS — RESOLUTION NO. 6481 continued) <br />Walsh stated he does not have any issues with appointing what the City has currently proposed but that <br />going forward he would like to re-examine a few of them. Walsh stated he would like to re-examine at <br />some point the appointment of Ken Potts as the City's lead prosecutor. Walsh stated in his view the City <br />has received poor service and that he would like to see that changed in the future. <br />Walsh stated he also noticed there is a memorandum dated December I 1 that says, per the request of <br />Mayor McMillan, letters were sent to request bids for the area newsletters. Walsh stated it is his hope <br />going forward that the City does not request to change vendors and then in the same breath say, because <br />you have not done this for me, I am going to go out and reanalyze the bids. <br />Walsh stated in his view it does not look good and that he personally thought it was inappropriate. Walsh <br />stated he does not feel it should look like they have a quid pro quo attitude at the City. <br />Levang stated the communications committee decided to make that change and not the Mayor. <br />Walsh noted the Mayor talked about it at the City Council meeting, which is what he was referring to. <br />Levang indicated that is not an issue for her. <br />Walsh stated he has an issue with it when the Mayor brings it up in the same breath. <br />McMillan stated one of the issues with the area newspapers is that sometimes they stop delivery. <br />McMillan noted she used to receive the Pioneer but no longer does and that it is good to occasionally <br />check what the newspapers' delivery patterns and circulation are. <br />Walsh stated he is fine with that. <br />McMillan stated it is good every now and then to do RFPs, especially when there are changes in delivery <br />and that the City needs to keep on top of that. <br />McMillan asked if Council Member Walsh would like City Staff to prepare discussion of an RFP for <br />prosecuting attorney at a work session. <br />Walsh stated that is correct. <br />Printup moved, Levang seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 6481 , a Resolution Designating <br />Selected Appointments for the Year 2015 with the addition of Rick Meyers as the Chair of the Park <br />Commission and to direct Staff to prepare an RFP for prosecuting attorney for discussion at a <br />future work session. <br />McMillan stated she would like to thank Andrew McDermott for his nine years of service on the LMCD <br />and for his very informative updates at the Council meetings. McMillan stated she is looking forward to <br />working with Gabriel Jabbour and that she has worked with him for 18 years on lake issues. McMillan <br />noted she was the LMCD representative at the time he was the Mayor. McMillan stated she knows <br />firsthand how much Gabriel Jabbour cares for Lake Minnetonka and the people who use it. <br />(8. ANNUAL APPOINTMENTS — RESOLUTION NO. 6481 continuer!) <br />Page 17 of 19 <br />