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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday,December 9,2013 6:30 o'clock p.m. (PZIBLIC HEARING, Continued) There were no public comments regarding this item. Mayor McMillan closed the public hearing. VOTE: Ayes 5,Nays 0. McMillan stated she wanted to show on the overhead the information regarding the costs for a private well versus city water. McMillan stated she also wanted to remove the interest charges that would be incurred on the Enterprise Water Fund budget since the City Council has not determined whether to bond for certain projects yet. McMillan noted the capital outlay should read $574,500 rather than $874,500. McMillan noted the cost to operate a private well is an estimated $663. Struve stated a lot of residents feel it is cheaper to operate their own well partly because all the costs to install the well and yearly maintenance are not factored into the yearly cost. Struve indicated he used a 40,000 gallon usage estimate, which comes to 270 gallons per household per day, which does not factor into yard waterin�. Struve stated the average quarterly usage for an Orono resident is difficult to arrive at since a number of residents do not (ive here year-round McMiflan noted rust removing chemicals are also not included. Anderson moved,Printup seconded, to adopt R�SOLUTION NO. 6352, a Resolution to Adopt the 2014 Enterprise Fund Budgets,with the interest charge being removed and the capital outlay number being corrected to read $574,500. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. McMillan noted this is year two of the capital improvement plan and that the City goes out 20 years. McMillan questioned whether the City only needs to go out 10 or 15 years. Levang stated in her view ]5 years would be sufficient. Anderson indicated she would prefer 15 years rather than 10 years. McMillan stated she would also like to see a historical page included of the projects that have been completed and the funds that have been expended. Levang noted the City Council discussed not puttinb out all the docks and asked whether that has been taken into consideration. Struve indicated they are not all included and that the number has been cut in approximately half. Struve noted there were some issues raised with some of the docks since City Code does not allow jumping off docks, using them to land boats, as well as various other things, which led to the question of why some of these docks are installed. Struve stated he will be bringing specific dock installations to the City Council in the spring. Page 7 of 35 _ _ _ _ __ _ .