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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 regarding Mediacom,two weeks ago his interne was out for a week, and said while <br /> Mediacom was fixing someone else down the road,they came and cut his cables. He called the company <br /> and they said no,they wouldn't do something like that. A week later someone came out to his home <br /> because it's attached to his fire system and the guy said"it looks like we cut your wires." <br /> Seals said speaking of fire, she didn't know if the Councilmembers saw Saturday's edition that Long <br /> Lake got a massive award of$152,000 to replace their breathing apparatus. <br /> Walsh noted Orono has gotten a number of grants over time. <br /> Seals said this is a big grant and she knows they need their equipment replaced and asked how the City of <br /> Long Lake is helping Long Lake Fire to make these things happen. <br /> Crosby noted they have to ask and request the grant. <br /> Walsh noted the question is if anybody is paying attention. <br /> Seals said she looks at Bederwood and their grants and Big Island and noted the money is out there, and it <br /> seems silly to leave it on the table,but they should at least ask. <br /> Rief stated he thinks they did apply for that same grant with the SCBA (self-contained breathing <br /> apparatus)and he said the only difference in the detail that he noticed, and he hasn't talked to Greg <br /> Peterson,but Long Lake's SCBA gear was 17 years old and Orono's is 15 years old. He said everything <br /> expires at 15 years so Long Lake's would have been expired and therefore a higher priority,noting <br /> perhaps that is why they received the grant versus Orono. He said he has not received an official <br /> notification that Orono did not get the grant,but he will check this week. <br /> Johnson asked if the City made progress on the land they were looking at. <br /> Rief said he has been in communication with one of the Attorneys from Soren Mattick's firm, he is <br /> working through that process and should have some information soon. <br /> Johnson said Taylor just passed her real estate license down in Florida if anyone is looking to buy a place <br /> down there. Drew has moved from Washington to the free state of Texas. <br /> Walsh noted he mentioned the many birthdays in his house at the last meeting and said the girls don't just <br /> get one birthday so it's like four birthday parties rather than two. He said he had family over on the <br /> weekend and spent a lot of time on the water. He noted they have a three week break between this <br /> meeting and the September 14,2020 meeting and told everyone to enjoy the weather and get out on the <br /> water and use the blower on their boats. <br /> CITY ADMINISTRATOR REPORT <br /> Rief noted that Togo Road has been under construction and they've made progress on East Long Lake <br /> Trail to get the pilings in. Their assumption was around 20-some feet but instead it was 48 feet to get <br /> stable ground for the pilings. He just received a draft from Attorney Mattick of what he has labeled as <br /> "Orono Cares For Schools Grant," on how they would help distribute the CARES money and how they <br /> can divide the money out to the two largest school districts to help them with some of their expenses. He <br /> Page 12 of 13 <br />