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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Tuesday, May 27, 2008 <br />7:00 o’clock p.m. <br />___________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />ROLL <br /> <br />The Orono City Council met on the above-mentioned date with the following members present: Mayor <br />James White, Council Members Jim Murphy, Lili McMillan, Cynthia Bremer and David Rahn. <br />Representing Staff were Interim City Administrator Jay Kiedrowski, Finance Director Ron Olson, <br />Assistant City Administrator for Long-Term Strategy Mike Gaffron, Planner Evelyn Turner, City <br />Engineer Tom Kellogg, and Recorder Jackie Young. <br /> <br />Mayor White called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m., followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. <br /> <br /> <br />CONSENT AGENDA <br /> <br />Item Nos. 5 through 9 were added to the Consent Agenda. <br /> <br />Murphy moved, Bremer seconded, to approve the Consent Agenda as amended. VOTE: Ayes 5, <br />Nays 0. <br /> <br /> <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br /> <br />*2. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF MAY 12, 2008 <br /> <br />Murphy moved, Bremer seconded, to approve the minutes of the May 12, 2008, City Council <br />meeting as submitted. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. <br /> <br /> <br />PRESENTATION <br /> <br />3. FUNDING FOR GILLESPIE CENTER, DONNA SMITH <br /> <br />Donna Smith, Gillespie Center, addressed the Orono City Council regarding a funding request for the <br />Gillespie Center located in Mound. Smith noted Council Member Rahn attended the past mayors <br />meeting held in April and that additional information has been sent to each of the council members via <br />e-mail. <br /> <br />Smith distributed an informational handout on the Gillespie Center. Spring Park and Mound have <br />approved their funding request and they will be meeting with the Minnetrista City Council on June 9th. <br /> <br />White requested a representative from the Gillespie Center cover the funding request. <br /> <br />Skip Johnson, Board of Director, stated the goal of the funding request is to enable the Gillespie Center <br />to become self-funded by creating a $3 million endowment fund, which would then pay the center four <br />percent per year of the value of the fund. The Cities of Mound and Spring Park have entered into <br />a contract for services and also allows the center to continue their fundraising for the endowment fund. <br />Private donations in the amount of $350,000 have been received to date. The center is able to function <br />primarily as a result of their volunteers. <br /> <br /> <br />PAGE 1 of 12 <br />Item #02 - CC Agenda - 06/09/08 <br />Approval of Council Minutes 05/27/08 [Page 1 of 12]