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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, October 26, 2015 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 2 of 23 3. CERTIFICATION OF DELINQUENT UTILITIES – RESOLUTION NO. 6555 (continued) Walsh moved, Cornick seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 6555 , a Resolution for the Collection of Delinquent 2015 Water and Sewer Utility Service Charges, Recycling Program Fees, On-Site Sewage Treatment (Septic) Program, Storm Water Charges. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. 4. CERTIFICATION OF UNPAID SERVICES CHARGES – RESOLUTION NO. 6556 Olson stated the City is required to certify to the County all unpaid service charges to be collected with the following year’s taxes. In addition to the outstanding amounts delinquent, eight percent interest and an administrative fee is $25.00 is added to all accounts. At this time the amount to be assessed is $18,576.78 compared to $20,380.24 in 2014. This amount will be decreased by any payments received up to the final payment date of November 25, 2015. State Statutes require that the City hold a public hearing regarding the assessment of these fees prior to certifying the assessment roll to the County. Notices of the public hearing have been sent to all delinquent properties. Mayor McMillan opened the public hearing at 7:08 p.m. There were no public comments. Mayor McMillan closed the public hearing at 7:08 p.m. Levang moved, Walsh seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 6556, a Resolution for the Collection of Delinquent Development and General Service Bills. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. PRESENTATION 5. JIM GREGORY RESOLUTION FOR 40 YEARS OF SERVICE – RESOLUTION NO. 6554 Mayor McMillan presented a resolution to Jim Gregory recognizing his 40 years of service to the City as a Public Works employee. Levang moved, Walsh seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 6554, a Resolution of Appreciation to Employee Jim Gregory for his Forty Years of Dedicated Service. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. 6. FIRE CHIEF JAMES VAN EYLL – LETTER OF SUPPORT Jim Van Eyll, Fire Chief, stated he is looking for a formal letter of support from the Orono City Council to allow the Long Lake Fire Department to submit a grant application to the Fire and Rescue Shared Services Feasibility Study Grant Program. The Long Lake Fire Department, the Loretto Fire Department, Maple Plain Fire Department, and Mound Fire Department are interested in participating in this grant program for 2016. The departments are looking at conducting two studies with the grant money. The first one would be a study on a regional fire training coordinator, which could also include coordination of fire prevention and fire inspections between the four cities. The other study would be a shared staffing study.