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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, March 23, 2015 <br />7:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br />  <br />Page 1 of 18  <br />  <br />ROLL CALL <br /> <br />The Orono City Council met on the above-mentioned date with the following members present: Mayor <br />Lili Tod McMillan, Council Members Jim Cornick, Jr., Lizz Levang, and Aaron Printup. Representing <br />Staff were Finance Director Ron Olson, Senior Planner Michael Gaffron, City Planner Melanie Curtis, <br />City Attorney Soren Mattick, and Recorder Jackie Young. <br /> <br />Mayor McMillan called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m., followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. <br /> <br />APPROVAL OF AGENDA <br /> <br />Item Nos. 4, 9, and 12 were added to the Consent Agenda. An update by the City Attorney for <br />right-of-entry for the Anderson property was added under the City Attorney’s report. <br /> <br />Levang moved, Cornick seconded, to approve the Consent Agenda as amended. VOTE: Ayes 4, <br />Nays 0. <br /> <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br /> <br />*2. REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF MARCH 9, 2015 <br /> <br />Levang moved, Cornick seconded, to approve the minutes of the Orono City Council of March 9, <br />2015, as submitted. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. <br /> <br />*3. HRA MEETING MINUTES OF MARCH 9, 2015 <br /> <br />Levang moved, Cornick seconded, to approve the minutes of the HRA meeting of March 9, 2015, as <br />submitted. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. <br /> <br />PLANNING COMMISSION COMMENTS – LOREN SCHOENZEIT, REPRESENTATIVE <br /> <br />Schoenzeit stated he had nothing to report but would be available for questions. <br /> <br />PRESENTATIONS <br /> <br />MEDALS OF VALOR <br /> <br />Deputy Chief Fischer stated Police Chief Correy Farniok, Officers Brad Schoenherr, Paul Hooper, and <br />Josh Needham were present to receive the Medal of Valor. The Medal of Valor is the highest award an <br />Orono Police Officer can receive. The Orono Police Department outlines the Medal of Valor by policy as <br />an Officer, who in the line of duty, intelligently and knowingly performs a courageous act of personal <br />bravery at hazard to life under circumstances evidencing a disregard for personal consequences. <br /> <br />Fischer stated on November 15, 2013, the Orono Police were summoned to a residence on Heritage Lane <br />for a welfare check. Upon arrival, an unknown man was standing on the steps of the home. Next to the <br />man was a handgun in close proximity. Chief Farniok and Officer Schoenherr then responded for backup. <br />Chief Farniok was working this night for an officer who needed the night off. The officers engaged the <br />man and asked for voluntary cooperation to move away from the weapon.