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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday,January 23,2017 7:00 o'clock p.m. 6. JAKE BARKLEY,430 OLD CRYSTAL BAY ROAD,DETERMINATION OF USE (continued) Barkley stated he wants to be a good neighbor but that he does not want to curtail his ability to do business on the front end. Walsh stated if Mr.Barkley feels he can mitigate those concerns,the Council can do so as well. Barnhart stated he is hearing that the Council supports the use and that the concern to address is the truck noise due in part to loading and unloading. Barnhart stated the saw noise can be mitigated with the design of the building and that Staff can address that with the site plan review. Barnhart stated he would prefer not to put restrictions on the use if they can be addressed through the site plan review. Barnhart stated based on the discussion, Staff will move forward with the applicant on the next steps. The City Council took no formal action on this item. SENIOR PLANNER RECRUITMENT Barnhart ted Senior Planner Mike Gaffron will be retiring effective May 31,2017. To meet the customer se ' e goals and to manage the planning department workload,it is Staff's recommend on that this or a sim' position be filled. Rather than filling the position with another senior pl r,Staff recommends hiring ity planner and reducing the pay grade from Step 12 to Step 11. Barnhart stated the comm ' development director and existing current senior pl currently address many of the goals the City has t that they do need somebody to fill in the holes t will be created by Mr. Gaffron retiring,which are ma' land use applications. Barnhart no id outline in his memo how the responsibilities would be spli and that he would take over the a complex subdivisions and issues and the two city planners would do code enforcement and lan a cases. Barnhart noted hiring a city planner rather than a senior planner wo result in a'savings in, l ary expense. At this time Staff is requesting approval from the Co it to shift4department resources. Barnhart indicated the start date of May 11 would provide some ov to allow for some training of the new planner and that Staff is attempting to bridge that gap as c they can. Crosby asked how many planners the City currentl as. Barnhart indicated there is currently one city inner,one senior planner, a community development director. Seals asked how that compares to of cities Orono's size. Barnhart stated Mound has a elation of approximately 9,200 and they employ a staff pl a community development d' . r,and a city planning consultant. Mound had 14 land use cases July to December and Orono 34. Mound had 9 variances and Orono did 21. �� Page 8 of 15