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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO EMERGENCY CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> Wednesday, March 18,2020 <br /> 3:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> Walsh moved,Johnson seconded,to accept the COVID-19 Emergency Response Plan.VOTE: Ayes <br /> 5,Nays 0. <br /> Rief displayed COVID-19 Plan Administration and Finance information. The plan is segmented into <br /> people who work at City Hall,Police Officers, and Public Works. He discussed efforts Staff at City Hall <br /> have taken as far as cleaning at Level 3. lie indicated the plan addresses the additional impacts on each of <br /> the departments and how Staff should react. The technology piece comes into place more so at Levels 4- <br /> 5. They have pretty much eliminated face-to-face services other than applying social distancing rules at <br /> building inspections until Metro West Inspection indicates they are not willing to do so anymore. <br /> Forniak stated the Police Department does not really have any restrictions in place on how they respond <br /> to the public. They are responding to calls as normal. Once they get to the scene,they are evaluating at- <br /> scene as to whether to enter the house, meet the individual outside or from their driveway, or from within <br /> sight of their house to deal with the situation. They are patrolling as usual, making sure they have a <br /> visible presence to have somewhat of a calming effect. At the Police Department,they have a barrier with <br /> glass at the front and deal with people through the glass. For office staff,they may look at a rotating <br /> schedule to make sure they always have one person coming in and one is off so they can remain healthy. <br /> They are also working with 8 other Police Departments on a plan that, in the case of an emergency,there <br /> are roughly 106 officers in the lake area and, if certain conditions are met,it enforces a certain service <br /> protocol to combine and act as one department. He described the schedule that is in place in that event. <br /> For any calls that require medicals,they will go in houses and wear proper gloves, etc., and <br /> decontaminate as necessary. There are restrictions in place as far as transportation of those individuals. <br /> Printup asked whether the Lake area plan was with Police Departments or whether it was Police, Fire, and <br /> all emergency personnel. <br /> Forniak said at this point it is just the Police Department. The Fire Department already has a good system <br /> set up with box alarms. The Fire Chief sat in on the meeting with the Lake Area Police Chiefs when they <br /> went through their plan, and the Fire Chief is working on a response plan with situations from both a state <br /> fire level as well as neighboring departments to implement if necessary. <br /> Printup clarified whether the Fire Department is also working on a response plan. <br /> Forniak said he was correct. <br /> Crosby asked if the Police Department felt like they had ample PPE equipment. <br /> Forniak said currently they do because they are not wearing masks since there are no identifiable <br /> situations in the area. They are debating as to whether to put the masks on the person versus Police <br /> Department personnel. They can put requests in through Hennepin County Emergency Management, it <br /> goes up the chain to the State and Feds, and comes back down. There are stockpiles but it may take a few <br /> days and quantities may be limited to what you need, not what you want to have on hand. They have <br /> protocols on what to do when an officer leaves a scene before they get into a car so they don't bring <br /> anything back. <br /> Crosby stated if they suspect a person, it would be a good idea to get a mask on them as opposed to <br /> anyone else. <br /> Page 5 of 8 <br />