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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, May 23, 2022 6:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 4 of 8 “particularly you” who is Mr. Conservative and Mr. Jabbour cannot believe they passed an $18,000,000 bond in a twenty minute hearing. Mr. Jabbour helped build this building and complex for $4,000,000 and was almost hanged by the citizens. The old City Hall did not even have bathrooms in it. Mr. Jabbour said the City will spend the money on Public Works, and out there trying to get contracts, the City of Spring Park is spending under $200,000, and Orono is building a $13,000,000 building for them that came $6,000,000-7,000,000 overbudget. On top of all of that, they do not have one extra street in the City. Mayor Walsh thanked Mr. Jabbour and noted he will be able to talk about item 11 further in just a few minutes. Mr. Jabbour stated Mr. Mayor, you are shutting me up at three minutes? Mayor Walsh replied in the affirmative, noting that is the rule. Mr. Jabbour noted in the newsletter it said to contact the Mayor at any time. Mayor Walsh replied that is correct and welcomed Mr. Jabbour to call him. Jay Nygard, 1385 Rest Point Road, is here about something that happened a few years ago and it seems that most of the Council Members were a part of it. He said in 2014 Mayor Walsh was elected to the City Council and in 2016 Walsh formed a company called Go Green Energy LLC, Corporation. Mr. Nygard stated his business is Go Green Energy LLC. From what Mr. Nygard understands Mayor Walsh was running around giddy that he was stealing Mr. Nygard’s business and all of the Council were just sitting up there doing what? He asked how would they feel if someone did that to them…if someone elected to the Council decided to form a business to mirror their business, then was giddy about it and used City and State funds to sue them to run that business out of business? This is what Mr. Nygard experienced and the entire Council was all part of it because they were there, they were with him, and they know how he acted. Mr. Nygard knows it now, also, and has a witness ready to step forward. Not only did that happen but after he moved to Mayor in 2017, Walsh devised a quid-pro-quo with a neighbor to sue the City, to sue Mr. Nygard which is unconscionable. He noted that is not how property zoning complaints work. Rather, if the City has an issue they use their own funds to do it. The League of Minnesota Trust is for when they are sued, but Mayor Walsh figured that and shortly after the City Council appointed Mr. Nygard’s neighbor to some new zoning council. Unfortunately for Mr. “I’m going to shake my head like who I am up there and smirk and smile.” Mr. Nygard now has someone who is going to tell the truth that Walsh abused his position as Mayor to remove one of Mr. Nygard’s products, interfere with one of his contracts, and get rid of a turbine at another business. Simply because it interfered with Mr. Walsh’s litigation with Mr. Nygard and interfered with his chance to take Mr. Nygard’s business over. It happened and they all know it. Who here works and establishes a business for years to have one of their officials dance around with glee that they are going to steal someone’s business? He noted that is what is going on here and it is called bribery. Mr. Nygard said that is what Mayor Walsh is involved in, it is a criminal act, and the Statue of Limitations has not expired because the court cases recently closed. Mr. Nygard noted the Council is all exposed to this and his question to the Council Members is are they all going to do the right thing, come forward, and talk about what happened in real light or will they simply become an