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Orono City Council <br />Work Session Minutes <br />Monday, August 23, 2021 <br />Council Chambers <br />5:00 p.m. <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />PRESENT: Mayor Dennis Walsh, Council Members Richard F. Crosby II, and Matt Johnson. <br />Staff members present were City Administrator/Engineer/Public Works Director Adam Edwards, <br />Finance Director Ron Olson, Accountant Carrie Krienke, Community Development Director <br />Jeremy Barnhart, Public Works Superintendent DJ Goman, and City Clerk Anna Carlson. <br />1.Enterprise Budget Discussion <br />Finance Director Ron Olson presented the Enterprise Budget to the City Council. Olson <br />reminded the group that the Preliminary Budget will be on the City Council agenda at the <br />September 27th meeting. Olson explained the main purposes for each enterprise fund and the plan <br />for budgeting of each. <br />2.Building Official Discussion <br />Community Development Director Jeremy Barnhart began discussion about the Building Official <br />and Inspection services. The data has been prepared by using the costs for the past three months <br />and using that as an average. He explained the rough numbers for the various options are listed <br />in the memorandum. His conclusion is that it may be less to hire an internal inspector and <br />building official. <br />Mayor Dennis Walsh noted that the data does show that it would save the City money if it <br />decided to do inspections and hire a building official in-house. He noted that Council Member <br />Victoria Seals also supports this option. <br />Council Member Matt Johnson noted that he likes the coverage the City is getting with the out of <br />house services. He also mentioned that he would be in favor of hiring in-house for those services <br />as well. <br />3.Long Lake Fire Department (LLFD) Command Vehicle Discussion <br />City Administrator Adam Edwards explained that the current command vehicle used for Long <br />Lake Fire Department may be in need of replacement and is seeking direction from the Council <br />about plans for replacement. <br />Walsh explained that he is looking at it from a few different angles. The City has the option to <br />buy a vehicle now or loan a vehicle to LLFD and order one later. <br />Fire Chief James Van Eyll mentioned that we are looking at the loaner as a temporary fix and <br />would like to plan on ordering a new vehicle within a year or so. <br />The Council members consented that it would be a good idea to get it on order now. <br />Adjourned: 5:43p.m.