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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, August 8, 2022 <br />6:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 3 of 5 <br /> <br />maintains insurance on. He stated this was approved by Long Lake in the past and Orono was just <br />following the same protocol as what has been done. In his opinion it cleared things up in knowing that the <br />vehicles belonged to Orono and would be loaned to Long Lake for free. Long Lake’s response was that <br />they wanted Orono to revert back to the conditions of the contract. In Johnson’s research, with supply <br />chain issues they are fortunate to be in a position to purchase and a letter of intent was sent on the <br />vehicles. He thinks Orono should maintain their position, purchase these vehicles, and not put the fire <br />fighters in a position of not having the equipment they need while the two cities jack around with the <br />issues. <br /> <br />Seals noted if something does not end up working out, Orono can always utilize the vehicles in other <br />ways such as the police department. <br /> <br />Walsh moved, Seals seconded, to purchase the vehicles in the City of Orono’s name, bring them to <br />the City and look at the fire department accepting the vehicles at a later date. VOTE: Ayes 3, Nays <br />0. <br /> <br />CITY ATTORNEY REPORT <br />Attorney Mattick had nothing to report. <br /> <br />MAYOR/COUNCIL REPORT <br />Seals is happy they received rain over the weekend. <br /> <br />Johnson met with Seals as part of the negotiation team with members of Long Lake. Seals put together a <br />list of areas where the two cities agree and Johnson noted while the Mayor of Long Lake is on vacation <br />this week they agreed to keep working through this week to confirm those areas of agreement in both <br />cities. He noted one piece of the entire conversation is to keep the fire department as a whole entity which <br />is everyone’s first choice. He hopes for some slight progress during the week and will continue working, <br />and noted given the context of the contract, Orono needs to start making some hard decisions and they <br />need to start moving ahead. <br /> <br />Mayor Walsh shared about Corn Day on Saturday and shared that he attended his 40th reunion over the <br />weekend. He spoke about an article regarding the parks by a group that thinks the Orono City Council is <br />doing a terrible job and giving away all of their parks. He noted 10 years ago the City had no parks and no <br />Park Commission, and they now have a great Park Commission of dedicated individuals who have done <br />great things with the parks over the years. These include Bederwood Park and redoing all the fields, <br />purchasing the property at Hackberry, parks at Saga Hill that have been completely reformed, Navarre <br />Parks which were previously neglected, and the expansion at the Golf Course. Mayor Walsh noted the <br />City has done great things and he looks forward to the Park Commission continuing that down the road. <br />He shared the City may need to work at better communication about the great things that are happening. <br /> <br />PUBLIC COMMENTS <br />Brad Erickson, 2485 Independence Road, thanked Mr. Printup and Mr. Crosby noting they had a very <br />nice meeting the previous week for about 2 hours and 14 minutes with Mr. Rosha at his office at the <br />Orono Station. Mr. Erickson thinks it was very productive and there were some admissions made that he <br />found rather interesting. At the conclusion and under Mr. Rosha’s tutelage it was decided that when Mr. <br />Manson gets back from Alaska they will draw up a draft resolution for the City to adopt and vote on. Mr.