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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, May 9, 2016 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 22 of 28 MAYOR/COUNCIL REPORT (continued) Loftus reported the Police Department ended up with nine boxes full, which amounted to 140 pounds of prescription drugs. Loftus stated the Police Department had to have two officers escort all those drugs to Alexandria to be incinerated. McMillan stated the Minnetonka Creek Watershed District had a policy meeting recently to discuss their Comprehensive Plan. The MCWD is trying to reach out to cities and work with them to make it easier for permitting. McMillan stated one of the things the Watershed District learned from Lakeville is the advantage of getting engaged with the developer early in the process rather than later. The MCWD would like to encourage that with other cities. McMillan reported she also attended a meeting of the Highway 12 Safety Coalition last Thursday and that approximately 30 people from the public attended the meeting. McMillan stated the people in attendance would like to see the improvements take place and that she hopes to hear soon about the funding. McMillan noted occasionally she receives requests for proclamations for various things and that Orono has not really done those in the past. McMillan stated she received a request from an Orono resident for a proclamation recognizing National Gun Violence Day on June 2. McMillan stated the City has not really gotten involved in national issues like that in the past and that the policy regarding proclamations has been for issues that are more locally based. McMillan indicated she will forward the e-mail to the rest of the Council. McMillan stated if anyone on the City Council is interested in changing that policy, the Council can discuss that. CITY ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT 15. RFP FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY City Administrator Loftus stated the City received four submittals for the prosecuting attorney Request for Proposals. All four met the minimum requirements and were submitted by the April 29 deadline. The next phase is to review the proposals and to decide who to interview. Loftus stated she did ask Chief Farniok and Sergeant Boris to also look at the proposals. Loftus noted the list of the four firms is public but their actual proposals are not public. Loftus indicated Staff is looking for the Council’s input on whether they would like to interview all four or whether they would like to narrow the candidates down. Loftus noted Mayor McMillan will be gone June 13 and that perhaps the alternate date should be chosen. Staff recommends interviewing Ken Potts and Steve Tallen. Loftus stated the Council could change the start time of their work session on June 27 from 5:00 to 4:00 and then interview the candidates beforehand. Loftus stated the City would continue under their current contract with Ken Potts until the end of the year. It was the consensus of the City Council to schedule the interviews for June 27. Cornick stated since he has worked with Ken Potts for 20-plus years and has become friends with him, he would like to be recused from the interview process.