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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, August 8, 2016 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 16 of 17 14. SCHOOL SUBCOMMITTEE (continued) McMillan noted the subcommittee should be addressing certain issues, which is unknown at this time, and that they need to know who is going to be in the group. McMillan noted typically committees are structured with certain stakeholders. McMillan noted there was nothing in Council Member Walsh’s memo that addressed that. McMillan stated she has seen in the past where the City has had a couple of people work together and a lot of things got started as well as engineering costs incurred before Council approval. McMillan stated there also has to be a mission to the subcommittee. McMillan reiterated she would rather start out with a meeting of the superintendents and see if there is something that everyone wants to work on. McMillan stated she does not want to have subcommittee meetings just to have meetings and that they should have something concrete to work on. Walsh requested the Mayor show him the mission statement for the Parks Commission, the Police Commission, and other committees in the City. Walsh stated in his view the Mayor is trying to put up road blocks and that he doesn’t appreciate it. McMillan stated at every police commission meeting the police chief goes through a specific agenda and brings everyone up to speed on certain things. McMillan noted those types of committees have been set up and have been meeting for a long time. McMillan stated there needs to be some structure around the subcommittee and that she would like to start out as a whole group to get everybody up to speed so what direction the subcommittee should take can be determined. VOTE ON THE MOTION TO CREATE A SCHOOL SUBCOMMITTEE: Ayes 2, Nays 3, Cornick, Levang and McMillan Opposed. Levang moved, Cornick seconded, to authorize City Administrator Loftus to draft a letter to be sent to the superintendents of the Westonka and Orono School Districts inviting them to come in 2017 to at least one Council meeting. Printup stated it is a good idea to reach out and that he is supportive of the subcommittee idea. Printup stated in his mind some bridge building is needed and that he is not sure what the fear of a subcommittee is. Cornick stated it is important to note that nobody on the Council has said they are against the subcommittee but that there needs to be a process to create the subcommittee. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. *15. ACCEPT DONATION – LIVINGSTON PARK – RESOLUTION NO. 6661 Levang moved, Walsh seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 6661, a Resolution Accepting a Donation from Rick Meyers for Use at Livingston Park. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0.