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MINUTES OF THE , ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday,February 23,2015 7:00 o'clock p.m. 9. VIDEOTAPING PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS (continued) McMillan asked if the full Planning Commission should be asked to weigh in on this before the Council votes on it. Printup stated he would like the City Council to act on it. Printup noted there is a fair amount of turnover of the Planning Commission and that this is an opporiunity for more transparency. Printup stated it would also give a lot of credit to the Planning Commission. Printup stated given the amount of vetting that happens at the Planning Commission,it is important that people have the opportunity to see that. McMillan stated in her view the Planning Commission meetings are an opportunity for public participation and that it is her feeling not that many people will actually sit down and watch it. Printup stated he also wants to error on the side of a person who is not able to attend the meeting, such as homebound people,people who are out of town or unable to attend because of work schedules. Printup stated it is important to open up the process. McMillan stated she would like to also have the Planning Commission discuss it further and that the Planning Commission may come to the consensus that they are fine with it. VOTE: Ayes 2,Nays 3,McMillan,Cornick and Levang Opposed. CITY ADMIl�TISTRATOR'S REPORT,CONTINUED 10. BUII.,DING OFFICIAL RETIREMENT/RECRUITMENT Loftus stated Building Official Lyle Oman has informed the City that he intends to retire in June of 2015 and that Staff is seeking approval to advertise for this position. Staff has provided a cost-benefit analysis for this position as well as a draft of the building official job description and a recruitment timeline. Printup noted he had mentioned a couple of weeks ago about making this position an in house position and doing the analysis. Printup stated in his view it is important to conduct that type of analysis every time a position opens up. Printup indicated he would be comfortable with keeping the position in house. Printup asked if the Council wants to discuss whether this position would be doing any supervising of other employees. Loftus stated the Building O�cial typically manages contract employees daily and that it is a preriy active contract this person is expected to manage. Loftus noted the City spends approximately$7,000 on it monthly so there is a need to have it supervised and that there is the possibility of having those inspectors in house at some point in the future. In that situation the Building Official would be the person to supervise those employees. Walsh stated the only question he had on the outsourcing comparison is that he did not understand the net savings losses. Page 16 of 18