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MINUTES OF THE
<br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING
<br />Monday, November 23, 2015
<br />7:00 o'clock p.m.
<br />ROLL CALL
<br />The Orono City Council met on the above-mentioned date with the following members present: Mayor
<br />Lih Tod McMillan, Council Members Jim Cornick, Jr., Lizz Levang, Aaron Printup, and Dennis Walsh.
<br />Representing Staff were City Administrator Jessica Loftus, Finance Director Ron Olson, Community
<br />Development Director Jeremy Barnhart, Senior Planner Michael Gaffron, Public Works Director/City
<br />Engineer Adam Edwards, City Attorney Soren Mattick, Consulting City Engineer David Martini, and
<br />Recorder Jackie Young.
<br />Mayor McMillan called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m., followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.
<br />APPROVAL OF AGENDA
<br />Item Nos. 5, 6, and 13 were added to the Consent Agenda. Item No. 14 was removed from the Consent
<br />Agenda.
<br />Levang moved, Walsh seconded, to approve the Consent Agenda as amended. VOTE: Ayes 5,
<br />Nays 0.
<br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES
<br />*2. JOINT PLANNING AND CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION OF NOVEMBER 9, 2015
<br />Levang moved, Walsh seconded, to approve the minutes of the Joint Planning and City Council
<br />Work Session of November 9, 2015, as submitted. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0.
<br />*3. REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 9, 2015
<br />Levang moved, Walsh seconded, to approve the minutes of the Orono City Council meeting of
<br />November 9, 2015, as submitted. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0.
<br />PRESENTATION
<br />4. SHERIFF STANEK, HENNEPIN COUNTY
<br />Sheriff Stanek noted it has been a couple of years since he last addressed the Orono City Council on the
<br />activities of the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office. Stanek indicated he was a police officer for 32 years
<br />before becoming Sheriff and was first elected as Sheriff in 2006, with this now being his third term
<br />Stanek stated he also has served five terms in the Minnesota Legislature.
<br />The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office provides a wide range of public service, including public safety
<br />and public policy. Hennepin County is comprised of 1.2 million people, 556.2 square miles, 104 named
<br />lakes consisting of 280 miles, 45 municipalities, 37 law enforcement agencies, including the Sheriff's
<br />Office, and one unorganized territory, which is Fort Snelling. The Sheriff's Office provides eight lines of
<br />business: jail, court security, patrol, warrants, civil process, 911/dispatch, crime lab, and investigations.
<br />Stanek stated if a local city chooses to have a local police department, they are free to do so, and that the
<br />Sheriffs Office provides patrol function and investigations to some degree in conjunction with the local
<br />police departments.
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