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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> Monday,May 23,2022 <br /> 6:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> Mayor Walsh noted the pension is owned by the Relief Association which is voted on and up to the Relief <br /> Association. <br /> Seals thinks it seems like a pretty big statement to put out there. <br /> Mr. Jabbour asked to speak and asked if two of the Council Members remember talking to him in the <br /> back of the room he told them the issue was going to come up and the response was that it was not Mr. <br /> Jabbour's problem. He is the one who helped on that station and changed the contract,went to MnDOT <br /> and represented Long Lake after they failed miserably,and changed the offer from$365,000 to <br /> $7,200,000.It is unfair for the City Council particularly to say they are selling an asset they do not have. <br /> Seals replied she was talking about the pension. <br /> Mr. Jabbour begged their pardon and noted he made a mistake. <br /> Seals always understood the pension to be the Fire Relief Association, noting the City is on the hook if <br /> anything goes sideways but it has always been a very well-funded asset. <br /> Mayor Walsh noted the question was"What is Orono's proposed purchase price for the Long Lake Fire <br /> Department Pension Plan?" <br /> Mr.Jabbour noted when they sat down to write the constitution for the two cities they worked very hard <br /> against having words. This City Council are voted in at large and he does not see the need of any Council <br /> Member because the Mayor calls the shots and they are just like a whole bunch of buffalo jumping off a <br /> cliff. <br /> Seals replied that is not true. <br /> Mr. Jabbour has proven it to them over and over again.He stated right now they are exactly where they <br /> were in 1991, in litigation with them, and Mr.Jabbour asked the Mayors of Orono and Long Lake to <br /> please have breakfast together. He said they both told him to go you-know-where.The Mayor of Long <br /> Lake was born in Orono and Mr.Jabbour asked them to work it out face-to-face. <br /> Mayor Walsh replied they have met face-to-face many,many times and this conversation has been at the <br /> City Council where they have talked about the fact that Orono is paying 90%of the bill. He clarified the <br /> contract Mr.Jabbour put in place that the current City Council has no control over, is ending. The City of <br /> Long Lake was told three years ago that it is ending and Orono is bringing it in-house. He noted they just <br /> brought in a maintenance person for the trucks because they were spending so much money at the car <br /> repair shop,and they can do it all in-house with more efficiency and is available when the City needs it <br /> without having to wait.This is not unlike what is going on with the Fire Department. <br /> Mr. Jabbour stated his daughter had a lot of anguish when Orono and Long Lake were having fights and <br /> he received a lot of flak at church,as well. He noted it is a social issue,the kids go to the same school, <br /> and he is not asking the Council to abandon their plan.He is asking them to change the approach and be <br /> decent about it. <br /> Page 6 of 8 <br />