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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, December 7, 2020 <br />6:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 4 of 15 <br /> <br />CONSENT AGENDA – Continued <br /> <br />13. REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) SCHEDULE <br />14. 2019 STREETS RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT – PAY REQUEST NO. 7 – FINAL <br />15. AUTHORIZATION TO ACCEPT DONATION FOR FUTURE CITY EVENT <br />16. AUTHORIZATION TO ACCEPT WILLIAM PERSELL RESIGNATION <br />17. LA20-000022 – RANDY HAAPALA, HNH HOMES O/B/O WILLIAM & KATHLEEN <br />WANNER, 1095 FERNDALE RD WEST, VARIANCES & CUPS – RESOLUTION <br />Crosby asked to add items 19) Recognizing Donations Received in 2020 – Resolution, 20) Big Island <br />Park ADA Trail Project (19-033) – 2nd Toilet Change, 23) LA20-000069 – All Energy Solar o/b/o Aron <br />and Kali Johnson (clarified to be Aron and Kali Anderson), 4760 Bayside, Variance – Resolution, 25) <br />LA20-000070 – Boyer Building Corp., 3145 North Shore Drive, Variance – Resolution, and 26) <br />Declaration of a Nuisance at 3895 North Shore Drive. <br />Crosby moved to approve the Consent Agenda as amended. <br />Johnson said regarding Item 19) Recognizing Donations Received in 2020 – Resolution, he wants to <br />thank everyone for the donations that have given to Orono and he noticed that Richie Anderson of North <br />Shore Marina, who donates the funds for Xerxe, the dog for the Police Department was not listed. <br />Rief noted he believes they accepted it before the beginning of the year. <br />Johnson asked to add Mr. Anderson to that list as a contribution to the City. <br />Motion seconded by Johnson. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. <br />PUBLIC COMMENTS <br />There were no public comments. <br /> <br />PRESENTATION <br />18. 2019 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Presentation <br /> <br />Ms. Ung noted that Bonnie Schwieger from Abdo, Eick & Meyers, LLC is here tonight to present the <br />2019 audit results. <br /> <br />Ms. Schwieger, an audit manager from Abdo, Eick & Meyers, gave the results of the 2019 Financial <br />Statement audit. She noted she is giving a presentation that is not the detailed financial statements, but if <br />anyone has questions about those statements, they can go into them as needed. She stated they gave a <br />clean and unmodified opinion and is consistent with what Orono has received in the past. They also do <br />not have any findings in the report, and noted if the Council remembers, last year they received some <br />internal control findings, and with some of the new financial policies adopted, those were taken care of so <br />they were removed from the report. She noted it is a very clean report and they are happy to be issuing it <br />for the City; she stated they also look at compliance with Minnesota State Statutes and there were no <br />