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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING April 24, 2023 6:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 3 of 10 session. She asked if moving the topic of a community survey to December would make it too late to budget for it in 2024. Walsh moved, Johnson seconded, to approve May 22 City Council Work Session agenda with a community survey discussion postposed to December 11 and the meeting decorum discussion removed. VOTE: Ayes 3, Nays 1 (Benson). 5. EQUIPMENT LOAN AGREEMENT FOR COMMAND VEHICLE TO LONG LAKE FOR USE BY LONG LAKE FIRE DEPARTMENT Johnson said he asked to have discussion on this item because he wanted to be clear about the request. He said to recap history, two Fire Department command vehicles were purchased. The City of Orono paid for 85 percent of one Tahoe vehicle that is being used by the Long Lake Fire Department and 100 percent of the second vehicle. At the time Long Lake Fire said they did not need the second vehicle and so it was assigned to Orono Fire Chief James Van Eyll as part of his contract. According to Johnson, Orono also provided Long Lake Fire with a Ford Explorer that was going out of service as a police vehicle on a short- term loan, but that is proving to be a longer loan. The former police vehicle has been painted and wrapped for Long Lake Fire. It was in a minor accident but has been repaired. The current request from Long Lake Fire is for use of the second Tahoe currently being used by Van Eyll. Edwards concurred with that summary. Benson asked if the City is obligated to provide the Orono Fire Chief with a vehicle and whether the vehicles Long Lake Fire currently have are meeting their needs. Edwards said the City does have to provide a take-home vehicle to the fire chief under his contract and he and Crosby said that the former police vehicle had been outfitted for Fire Department use. Johnson said he believes Orono has done its part by providing the extra vehicle already. Council members discussed the need to have a formal agreement with the City of Long Lake for the continued loan for the former police vehicle and also expressed a willingness to sell it to the City of Long Lake if they would like to buy it. Johnson moved, Crosby seconded, to deny the request from the City of Long Lake for an agreement to use Orono’s fire command vehicle. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. FINANCE DIRECTOR REPORT 10. FIRST QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT City Accountant Carrie Krienke gave the first quarterly financial report with a slide presentation covering revenues, expenditures, permits and investments. She said at the end of the first quarter revenues stand at 13.3 percent of budget which is slightly below last year but on track where the City needs to be. Several sources of revenue such as property taxes and other government grants and funding sources are not received until June.