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ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY, OCTOBER 14,2002 24. Resignation of Mary Ann Johnson—Resolution No. 4878 Mayor Peterson moved, and Murphy seconded, to accept the resignation of Mary Ann Johnson from her position as the City*s part*time Customer Service Assistant, effective October 10,2002; and to adopt Rcsolntion No. 4878 in appreciation to Mary Ann Johnson for dedicated service to the City of Orono. Vote: Ayes S, Nays 0. *25. Appointment of Part-Time Customer Service Assistant White moved, and Nygard seconded, to appoint Marilyn Zimmerman to the position of part-time Cnstomer Service Assistant at the pay rate of $12.54 per hour, which is Step 1 of Level 2 of the Admintotrative Support/Tcchnical/Public Works Employee Pay Schedule, effective October 28,2002. Roger Thomas Obon approached Council Roger Olson requested Council consider his ofTer to buy back the Ford FI 50 pickup truck that was acquired by the City through a forfeiture process, and was recently outfitted for use by the Police D^artment. He stated that his attorneys say it is not worth it to appeal the court’s decision. He stated that the seizure has cost him $28,000 and is excessive. Barrett stated he would like to look into the matter and present comments at the next meeting. He stated that as he understood it, the process was completed and there was no avenue for appeal at this time. Once the legal process was complete, the City owned the vehicle and had no legal right to reverse the process. If the City were to sell the vehicle, it would have to be done by sealed auction. Olson stated that his original offer to buy back tiie truck was for $5,000.00. Judge Larson did not deem the seizure excessive, but while the blue book value of the truck is $19,000, he considers the loss of the truck to equal $28,000 (including the cost of his appeals). Barrett stated again that he would like to look into the matter for the next meeting Moorse stated that the truck had already been outfitted as a police vehicle. White stated that laws concerning the sale of City property were very strict and it would have to be sold at fair market value. Olson stated that his original plea was “not guilty” as he was not driving the truck when stopped by the police. He stated that the police seized the car in February, 2(X)2 and have been driving it ever since, and that it never went to an impound lot, but came straight to the City’s lot. He stated that it had been his second DUI. Moorse stated that the seized car was stored in the Public Works lot and was not outfitted ----idaitfm