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Orono City Council <br />Work Session Minutes <br />Tuesday, May 26, 2020 <br />Council Chambers <br />5:00 p.m. <br /> <br />Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />PRESENT: Mayor Dennis Walsh, Council Members Richard F. Crosby II, Victoria Seals, <br />Aaron Printup and Matt Johnson. Staff members present were City Administrator Dustin <br />Rief, Finance Director Ron Olson, Community Development Director Jeremy Barnhart, <br />Director of Public Works/City Engineer, and City Clerk Anna Carlson. <br /> <br />1. Communications Plan <br />City Administrator Dustin Rief explained the process for implementing the City’s <br />communication plan. Rief also explained plans for gaining emails and interest from <br />the public for city communications. <br /> <br />There was discussion about how to gain emails from the public to help make sure <br />communications are reaching everywhere necessary. Also discussed was the <br />importance of communicating early and often. <br /> <br />Police Chief Correy Farniok spoke about a possible special event application that may <br />be submitted shortly to the City. Farniok explained areas related to expectations, <br />route and other important factors that may affect issuance for the parade. <br /> <br />Council Member Victoria Seals asked if Farniok has noticed an increase of irrational <br />drivers. <br /> <br />Farniok mentioned that the Department had been seeing an uptick of speeding, racing, <br />and the like. <br /> <br />Seals asked if the police have been preparing for fireworks from private homes <br />around the lake. Farniok mentioned that the Police Department is preparing and <br />planning for it. <br /> <br />Adjourned: 5:38 p.m. <br />__________________________________ <br /> Dennis Walsh, Mayor <br /> <br />ATTEST: <br /> <br /> <br />___________________________________ <br />Anna Carlson, City Clerk