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fire and emergency for Orono”. Again, implies a decision has <br />already been made without going through process. <br />Page 13 “the City of Orono cost for fire protection is below state <br />and national rates”. Getting the recommended Front Rescue <br />pump less than 15 years old, a reserve rescue pumper times <br />two, a ladder truck, brush/medical response vehicle times two, <br />two fire boats, and a UTV, and the talk of building, etc. is <br />certainly not going to have that statement remain accurate. <br />Page 19. How much would it cost to put in “best practices of <br />carcinogens containment” in current buildings? <br />Page 21 “the larger problem is the limited funding for capital <br />purchases in the current contract.” As a taxpayer, I may not see <br />this as a “larger problem”. <br />Page 27 the pension “In my 15 years as Fire Chief at Long Lake, <br />the Cities didn’t contribute any extra funds for the firefighter’s <br />pension. Orono makes up approximately 2/3 of the fire aid.” On <br />the very next page, it states Orono has been 67-80% of the <br />service demand. To me, it would make sense the biggest user of <br />service demand would pay more. <br />Page 46 - LLFD is a paid on call model. The author of the paper <br />prefers a career fire model. Why not explore changing the current <br />status to that model? If there are staffing concerns, why not <br />address the staffing concerns? If a paid volunteer model isn’t <br />working or preferred, why not directly address/negotiate that? <br />Page 50. I am still quite unclear, even 50 pages in, why Orono <br />needs to take control of the Long Lake Fire Department and why <br />need to take over control of the pension? Is the pension being <br />mismanaged somehow? <br />I am concerned Orono has hired a Fire Chief to determine <br />“Orono Fire Department Needs Assessment”. Clearly this <br />assessment will be biased when a person is to determine if his <br />own job is needed. I am also concerned that Orono has already <br />purchased a ladder truck and plans to update it when no <br />independent Orono fire department currently exists. <br />Thank you, <br />Sandy <br />Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.