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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING January 9, 2023 6:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 8 of 10 In further Community Development reporting, Community Development Director Oakden said the department is wrapping up end of year reporting and finished the year with just over 1,400 total permits. They are working on the planning commission packet for next week. FINANCE DIRECTOR REPORT Finance Director Olson gave a presentation on the final total for 2022 for building permit revenue which he said far exceeded the budget for building permit revenue which was $565,000 but came in at $713,737. The department is still working on overall totals for 2022 for the General Fund. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT Attorney Mattick had nothing to report. He said he would have a report at the next meeting in closed session. CITY ADMINISTRATOR/ENGINEER REPORT City Administrator/Engineer Edwards updated the City Council that Parks and Public Works have been very busy with snow and ice removal to make room for the next batch coming. Walsh thanked the Public Works Department for their work on plowing and clearing the streets for Orono during the past snow events. Johnson said he had received two resident calls thanking the City for taking over the snow removal on the Dakota Rail Trail, adding that it is a great public service. RECESS AND RECONVENE Mayor Walsh recessed the meeting at 7:08 p.m. The meeting was reconvened at 7:16 p.m. PUBLIC COMMENTS Brad Erickson, 2485 Independence Rd., stated it was unfortunate Mr. Crosby felt compelled to run out again tonight. He said he would need to clear up a few things to set the record straight and bear witness for his grandparents. He said his grandparents were born in Holland, married in 1939, and in less than a year the Nazis invaded and subjected them to things that were unthinkable, so when you send him videos invoking the deaths, the extermination of 6 million Jews, you have opened a door you will not close. Moving onto Mr. Crosby, there are a few things he said he needs to clear up after his (Crosby’s) diatribe a month ago about me (Erikson). He called me a clown. He said I’m bistrating him and degredating him. Those are not words but I have been berating him. He passed around a handout for the City that stated that Crosby was crowdfunding for the Proud Boys and showed a picture taken at the State Capitol steps that he said showed Crosby, asking what he was wearing on his knee here and his tactical gear. “He hasn’t been a fire fighter in four years but he is down there fighting BLM in and a tifa? Give me a break. This is a Stop the Steal rally; this isn’t a mask mandate rally.”