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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, August 11, 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 James Murphy, Lili McMillan, and David Rahn. Representing Staff <br />were Interim City Administrator Jay Kiedrowski, Assistant City Administrator for Long-Term Strategy <br />Mike Gaffron, Planner Evelyn Turner, City Engineer Tom Kellogg, and Recorder Jackie Young. <br /> <br />Council Member Cynthia Bremer was absent. <br /> <br />Mayor White called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m., followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. <br /> <br />CONSENT AGENDA <br /> <br />Item Nos. 4 through 9 were added to the Consent Agenda. <br /> <br />McMillan moved, Rahn seconded, to approve the Consent Agenda as amended. VOTE: Ayes 4, <br />Nays 0. <br /> <br /> <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br /> <br />*2. REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JULY 28, 2008 <br /> <br />McMillan moved, Rahn seconded, to approve the minutes of the July 28, 2008, Orono City Council <br />meeting as submitted. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. <br /> <br /> <br />LMCD REPORT – ANDREW MCDERMOTT, REPRESENTATIVE <br /> <br />McDermott reported to the City Council that the milfoil harvesting is coming to a close, noting that the <br />amount of milfoil harvested this year was down from prior years partially due to the late spring and the <br />cooler weather. <br /> <br />McDermott stated the movie event sponsored by the LMCD went without event and was fairly successful. <br /> <br />McDermott stated the chemical treatment has been completed on three bays and the results are currently <br />being monitored. The LMCD will go on their annual tour this week and will be touring the north end of <br />the lake this Wednesday and the south end of the lake two weeks from now. The LMCD will be <br />relocating its offices from Deephaven to Excelsior in the near future. <br /> <br />The LMCD will also be revisiting their priorities for next year, with the budget being reduced to <br />approximately a three percent increase. McDermott noted a number of residents had requested that the <br />LMCD budget be reduced. <br /> <br />McMillan asked what results have come of the code enforcement. <br /> <br />McDermott stated the most frequent violation was the number of boats being stored on a piece of property <br />and that typically the LMCD would send a letter asking that the boats be removed, followed by a second <br /> <br />PAGE 1 <br />Item #02 - CC Agenda - 08/25/08 <br />Approval of Council Minutes 08/11/08 [Page 1 of 7]