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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, August 8, 2016 <br />7:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 12 of 17 <br /> <br />MAYOR/COUNCIL REPORT (continued) <br /> <br />McMillan stated she would prefer not to have motions made during the mayor/council report and that they <br />can talk about it in a work session. <br /> <br />Printup amended his motion to place the Metropolitan Council issue on the September City <br />Council work session agenda. <br /> <br />Loftus noted the majority of the September work session will be taken up with the variance training and <br />that other items on the agenda include the Big Island fire response and the City’s preliminary budget. <br />Loftus asked whether it could wait until October. <br /> <br />Printup stated he would simply ask for 15 minutes to get the conversation going and gather some ideas. <br />Staff would also have an opportunity to gather information on it. Printup stated other communities are <br />talking about it, which is why he is advocating for a discussion on it. <br /> <br />McMillan stated the City could perhaps invite their Metropolitan Council representative in to talk to them <br />rather than taking a more adversarial role right from the beginning. McMillan stated the Council can try <br />to spend a little time at the end of the August work session to talk about how they want to proceed. <br />McMillan stated the Council has to deal with the Big Island issue and the budget but that they can spend a <br />little bit of time on the Metropolitan Council issue. McMillan noted the City Council has not met their <br />representative yet and that that should perhaps be the first step in the process. <br /> <br />Walsh seconded the motion to place the Metropolitan Council issue on August City Council work <br />session. <br /> <br />Printup withdrew his motion. <br /> <br />Printup stated the other piece that he would like to discuss at a future work session is the sex offender <br />concept of an ordinance and seeing what the City can do to regulate people convicted of a sex offense that <br />live in the community. Printup suggested this be placed on the August agenda. <br /> <br />Levang stated she would prefer that topic be discussed in November when there is a joint meeting with <br />the Planning Commission. Levang noted the City does not have any applications before them currently <br />for a reform facility. Levang stated she has spoken to citizens in the city and other cities about the sex <br />offender issue and that she does not hear Orono’s police chief or administrator saying that it is a problem <br />in the city. Levang stated the Council has a lot of other issues to deal with first and that she would prefer <br />to talk about it at a future time. <br /> <br />McMillan stated sex offenders are generally released to a home and not a treatment center. <br /> <br />Printup stated he likes the idea of having the discussion with the Planning Commission and that in his <br />view the City Council should also look at it. <br /> <br />Levang stated she does not want the discussion to be about fear and that the August work session is not <br />the proper time. <br /> <br />Walsh asked if Council Member Printup is okay with putting it on the November work session.