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Work Session Minutes
Monday,January 28,2019
Council Chambers 6:00 p.m.
PRESENT: Mayor Dennis Walsh, Council Members Richard F. Crosby II, and Matt
Johnson. Representing staff were City Administrator Dustin Rief and City Clerk Anna
Carlson.
Guest: LMCD Representative, Mark Kroll
Meeting Start Time: 5:54 p.m.
1. LMCD Representative Mark Kroll—Update—(Added to meeting)
LMCD Representative Mark Kroll gave a brief update of the LMCD happenings. There
was some discussion regarding milfoil harvesters, the safety of them and other issues that
surround the purpose for them. Kroll noted that Orono will have a one-year reprieve
from the milfoil harvesters.
2. 2019 Mission,Vision & Strategic Values
City Administrator Dustin Rief presented the item beginning with the Mission statement.
Rief mentioned that the relevance of this item is to make sure that each department is
meeting the mission and vision of the Council while staying in line with the long-term
strategic values.
Mayor Dennis Walsh mentioned that best practices is the main theme for our mission
statement. Maintaining and updating any and all best practices for our City's technology,
all infrastructure, human resources, city code, code enforcement, parks and other areas of
the city. The City should be an example of best practices for all things; old and new.
Council Member Matt Johnson mentioned maintaining a high level of customer service is
an important part of our Mission. Johnson noted that customer service standards at city
hall has changed significantly over the past year and he would like to see the city keep
making those improvement for the citizens.
Walsh noted that searching for best practices in an ever changing environment should be
an ongoing goal for the City. Walsh mentioned that empowering staff to have flexibility
by making improvements to the code has helped facilitate the wants and needs of the
citizens.
Council Member Richard F. Crosby II noted that one aspect for achieving high level
customer service by focusing on getting back to serving the customers because it helps
staff to implement positive customer experiences, which is one of the goals of the
council.
Orono City Council
Work Session Minutes
Monday,January 28,2019
Council Chambers 6:00 p.m.
Rief noted that he would like to know what the Council's goal is for becoming debt free.
Walsh explained that the City's goal is to create a plan to maintain responsible funding
for infrastructure; including water and sewer consistently while keeping the levy stable
and steady.
Walsh also noted if council can condense their ideas and goals by finding out what is
most important to them, combine it with staff and commissions, then together they can
incrementally build funds responsibly to reach goals.
Johnson added that the City should prioritize our goals and find ways to figure out how to
measure our progress and gage where we need to be.
Meeting End 6:51 p.m.
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Anna Carlson, City Clerk Dennis Walsh, Mayor