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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, October 14, 2013 <br />7:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br />  <br />    Page 2 of 23   <br />(PUBLIC HEARING – 7:00 P.M., Continued) <br /> <br />Struve displayed the areas covered by the wellhead protection plan on the overhead. <br /> <br />Mayor McMillan opened the public hearing at 7:07 p.m. <br /> <br />There were no public comments regarding this item. <br /> <br />Mayor McMillan closed the public hearing at 7:07 p.m. <br /> <br />McMillan asked who requires the wellhead protection plan. <br /> <br />Struve indicated it is the Minnesota Department of Health. <br /> <br />Levang moved, Printup seconded, to approve Phase II of the Wellhead Protection Plan. VOTE: <br />Ayes 4, Nays 0. <br /> <br />PRESENTATION <br /> <br />5. HENNEPIN COUNTY UPDATE FROM COMMISSIONER JAN CALLISON <br /> <br />Callison reported Hennepin County has approved a maximum levy in September with a 0.98 percent <br />increase for the County’s 2014 general operating budget. The average increase has been .19 percent <br />increase over the past three years. If the housing and rail authority is included in the levy, the increase <br />would be 1.6 percent. Callison noted one of the reasons for the increase in the levy is that the County is <br />negotiating on a two-year contract. Since employees have not been given cost of living adjustments for <br />the past two years, Hennepin County is looking at providing that. <br /> <br />Callison reported Hennepin County has also been seeing for the first time since 2007 a slight increase in <br />overall market values. The County’s truth-in-taxation hearing is scheduled for November 26 at the <br />Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis. <br /> <br />Callison stated earlier this year Hennepin County passed a $10 wheel age tax per vehicle that starts in <br />2014. The money will be used for pavement improvements, repair and improvements on bridges, and for <br />traffic signal improvements. In Orono for 2014, there are 17 locations that are scheduled for guardrail <br />repair or improvement. <br /> <br />Callison stated Hennepin County will be terminating its passport services on November 1 at Ridgedale, <br />Southdale and Brookdale. Since Hennepin County issues the birth certificates and other documents upon <br />which passports are based, new regulations issued by the Department of State require that those two <br />functions be physically separated and not performed by the same staff. Hennepin County has found that it <br />has become more and more expensive to perform that service and so they have elected to discontinue that <br />service. Callison indicated people will still be able to obtain passports at some post offices as well as <br />online. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Item #02 - CC Agenda - 10/28/2013 <br />Approval of Council Minutes 10/14/2013 [Page 2 of 23]