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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> Thursday,August 24,2020 <br /> 6:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> Walsh noted that lot actually had wetlands that one could get through, but just couldn't build on. He said <br /> he remembered that coming through the Council. <br /> MAYOR/COUNCIL REPORT <br /> Crosby congratulated his daughter and Johnson's daughter on purchasing their first homes, noting their <br /> kids are growing up. <br /> Printup said good luck to the former police Officer Timothy Datwyler,who is leaving the department and <br /> thanked him for his service. He also noted hiring a new police officer will be exciting and a good <br /> addition. He noted he had a great trip in South Dakota. <br /> Seals thanked the Fire Department for putting out a blazing boat fire on Lake Minnetonka. <br /> Crosby said the boat fire made"Boneheaded Boaters of the Week"(nationwide clip). He encouraged all <br /> of the boaters to run their blowers, it's very important. He said the Fire Department did a great job and <br /> were able to save all the boats nearby. <br /> Seals noted she is still getting emails regarding the water bill and said the City hasn't communicated it <br /> well. She read an email she received which read: "We've been blindsided and burned by water so hard <br /> and in fact,impossible to budget when your quarterly bill was $15,000,that was a 100%increase over <br /> last year[Seals noted the July bill used to be$4,500). We have been told two reasons; one is that the City <br /> did not get enough money that they usually do in their water budget. [Seals noted that is not the case.] <br /> We were told it went into roads and bridges [Seals noted they love their roads but that is not where the <br /> money went.] Second was that Orono charged the multi-dwelling buildings to a higher bill, possibly to <br /> keep at bay more of those types of dwellings." Seals said communication between the City about utilities <br /> and the impact on residents is lacking and Seals said this is something they own and it's not good,noting <br /> there are future increases coming and they need to really debate. <br /> Walsh said the future increases are really small, except for the Met Council. <br /> Seals noted there is one more big increase. <br /> Rief stated this year is was 20%. <br /> Walsh stated the Met Council was 30%. <br /> Johnson noted the"blindsided"comment is the part that is tough. <br /> Seals noted the amount is the amount,but then there is the fact that the City isn't communicating very <br /> well. <br /> Seals also noted another issue is Mediacom,noting they are not a good vendor to Orono in so many ways. <br /> She stated she's heard the complaints year after year and she thought,how bad can it be...until it <br /> happened to her when she was presenting to the President of her company and it all died. She said she <br /> gets it, it happens. However, what is more painstaking, and she cannot imagine what their residents are <br /> thinking, is when the company says"No ma'am,we'll come out in a month to look at it." She said the <br /> funny thing is it turns back on at 10:00 p.m. at night and is active all night long and then around 9:30 a.m. <br /> Page 10 of 13 <br />
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