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A^sNlTBS OP THE ORONO SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING - August 18,^592 PIRE SERVICE ALTERNATIVES V ** ftr«AA meeting of the City Council of the City of OroW^^s pursuant to posted notice at 3.30 p.m., Tuesday, August '^4^ at the Orono Council Chambers with the following members prea«ot: ^ Mayor Barbara Peterson, CounciImembers Edward Callahan, GabVl^^. Jabbour, J, Diarn Goetten and Mary Butler, Also in attendance were City Administrator Ron Moorse and Deputy Clerk Lin Vee, Mayor Peterson called the meeting to order at 3:35 p.m. Mayor Peterson introduced the long Lake representatives, Scott Luse (Long Lake CounciImember) and Chris Dietzen (Long Lake City Attorney), who presented Long Lake's proposal for fire service, Mr. Dietzen discussed the proposal booklet each CounclImember received earlier in the day stating tabs 1-0 cover information requested by Orono including: revenue, expenditures, equipment list, equipment replacement plan, etc. According to information received from Orono, he understood the existing fire service areas were based, at least in part, on a study that Orono did in 1980. One of the areas of concern was the response time. He presented an aerial photo showing the location of fire departments serving Orono and proposed fire service boundaries. He indicated their proposal offers much better service and response time for fire and medical emergencies. On the issue of cost of service (under Tab 3), the proposed budget is $97,433. Rased on the past formula of 78.2%, that would result in a total figure for Orono of $76,192.61. Generally, Long l>ake was able to reduce the budget by eliminating the major equipment as an item of the budget thus being more comparable to other proposals. They would propose that as major equipment needs occur, they would look at bonding. The equipment Is in excellent shape and they could defer the need for new equipment for a period of time. Each line item has been reviewed as to possible reduction and some have been reduced. The current contract has been a fixed rate contract so Orono is billed a certain amount whether that money is actually spent or not. Some years have '^een under while others have been over budget when the extra an;<;unt has not been charged. The Police contract carries forward 'redits and additional expenses. Long Lake wou Id be wi 1 1 ing to < hange to that type of contract. Since Bkanagesient of *^he Piij Department has been a concern. Long Lake is suggesting a Fire Advisory Commission consisting of one member from Medina, orono and Long Lake. The City Council would appoint that persott and would not necessarily have to be an elected official. They would have the right, opportunity and ability to go to the monthly business meetings of the Fire Department end Officers Meetings «ind to indicate their concerns end issues they went addressed. They woulo have the right to certify the election of the Plre Chief end the Aseistsnt Fire Chief. Under the City charter, the City of Long Lake la required to cmtfi'f this election end they are willing to give this authority to ths* Fire Advisory Commlaaion. 1