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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, October 26, 2020 <br />6:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 6 of 7 <br /> <br />Crosby thanked the Citizens that showed up last week to show support for the Police Department, Fire <br />Fighters and Public Works. <br />Seals had nothing to report. <br /> <br />Walsh said everyone should remember that the following morning October 27, 2020 through the <br />following Monday November 2, 2020 at 5:00 p.m., people can come in, complete their ballot and scan it <br />in the Council Chambers. On Tuesday November 3, people will need to go to their official polling place. <br />He noted Anoka-Hennepin school district has gone to online learning and has cancelled all sports as of <br />November 2, 2020 which is a bad omen and very sad. He is hopeful that Orono districts stay safe and <br />numbers stay low. Walsh noted Hennepin County is at 0% property tax increase but they cut a ton of <br />stuff and will have some issues going forward. <br /> <br />CITY ADMINISTRATOR REPORT <br /> <br />9. NAME MAGGIE UNG ACTING FINANCE DIRECTOR <br /> <br />Rief noted the Finance Director is out on medical leave and will not be back to a full-time capacity until <br />after the first of the year. Rief recommended appointing Maggie Ung as Acting Finance Director, which <br />is in alignment with the Local 12 agreement. <br /> <br />Crosby moved, Johnson seconded, to name Maggie Ung as Acting Finance Director effective <br />October 22, 2020. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. <br /> <br />10. CONSULTING BUILDING SERVICES REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) <br /> <br />Rief noted this is in response to the recent realignment of the services provided by the City’s building <br />official. Currently the building inspection services is provided by West Metro and was not part of <br />Resolution 6586 which puts it on a 5-year rotation and the agreement has been in place since 2014. <br />Because the City already has a relationship with them and needs to continue services, there was a special <br />meeting last week continuing it. This RFP is for proposed long-term services in that capacity. <br /> <br />Johnson would like to add himself to the committee and help with the search. He noted in reading the <br />RFP, it is included that this position will also being doing inspections and code enforcement inspections, <br />and they have already been outsourcing some code enforcement inspections. He asked if the current <br />vendor is included or broken out separately. <br /> <br />Barnhart said West Metro bills Orono for all of the monthly inspections and he breaks out how many <br />hours of those inspections are related to code enforcement. <br /> <br />Johnson would like to go back 12 months and identify how much has already been outsourced for code <br />enforcement as this position doesn’t distinguish between what they have already outsourced and what is <br />new. As demand goes up or down, the City should only be paying for what they are using, and they don’t <br />want to eliminate vendors as there could be a two-tier approach. <br /> <br />Rief asked if Johnson was suggesting an alternate component, such as doing all inspection-type services <br />and then the code enforcement is an alternate. <br /> <br />8 <br />8