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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, September 27, 2010 <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: <br />Mayor James White, Council Members Lili McMillan, Cynthia Bremer, and Doug Franchot. <br />Representing Staff were City Administrator Jessica Loftus, City Attorney Soren Mattick, Finance <br />Director Ron Olson, City Clerk Lin Vee, Assistant City Administrator of Long -Term Strategic Planning <br />Mike Gaffron, City Engineer Tom Kellogg, and Recorder Jackie Young. <br />Mayor James White called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m., followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. <br />CONSENT AGENDA <br />Item Nos. 3, 5 through 8 were added to the Consent Agenda. Item No. 2 was removed from the Consent <br />Agenda. <br />Bremer moved, Murphy seconded, to approve the Consent Agenda as amended. VOTE: Ayes 5, <br />Nays 0. <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br />® 2. REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 13, 2010 <br />McMillan requested that Page 3 of the minutes, last paragraph be corrected to reflect that the agreements <br />previously entered into were agreements with the Metropolitan Council rather than the City of Long Lake. <br />McMillan requested that Page 9 of the minutes be corrected to say "The Council will need to pass the <br />1.74 percent increase" rather than 1.47 percent. <br />Murphy stated when he saw Mr. Marfield's letter to the editor in the newspaper, he reviewed the draft <br />minutes of the meeting and requested that Staff amend the minutes to include more comprehensive <br />language on what was said during the discussion of the City's 2008 -2030 Comprehensive Plan. Staff has <br />prepared some additional language to be included in the minutes. <br />White asked if the revisions were taken directly from the audio tape of the meeting. <br />Murphy indicated they are. <br />White requested that Mr. Marfield be provided with a copy of the revisions. <br />Murphy moved, Franchot seconded, to approve the minutes of the Orono City Council meeting of <br />September 13, 2010, as revised, with the additional language drafted by Staff regarding the <br />discussion of the comprehensive plan being added. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. <br />• White noted Mr. Marfield's comments do not accurately reflect the audio record, particularly in regard to <br />his comment that there was no respect or dignity shown to him that night by the mayor. White <br />commented that it would be nice if Mr. Marfield would contact the newspaper regarding the inaccuracy of <br />the statements. <br />Page 1 of 9 <br />