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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, October 26, 2015 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 3 of 23 6. FIRE CHIEF JAMES VAN EYLL – LETTER OF SUPPORT (continued) Van Eyll indicated he spoke last week with the Fire Marshal’s Office about what they were attempting to do and it was suggested they should include the two studies in one grant application. If the funds are available, they will fund both; and if not, they will fund priority number one, which is the study of the regional training coordinator position. Council Member Levang asked how much they are seeking in grant money. Van Eyll stated the grants are capped at $40,000. One grant request is just over $20,000 and the other was just under $35,000. Van Eyll stated both of the requests are all inclusive and would be under the cap. Van Eyll stated there is also a 10 percent match on the grant money, which means they can be reimbursed for their meeting times and data gathering under that 10 percent match. Walsh moved, Cornick seconded, to authorize a letter of support for the Fire and Rescue Shared Services Feasibility Study Grant. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. PLANNING COMMISSION COMMENTS – LOREN SCHOENZEIT, REPRESENTATIVE Planning Commissioner Schoenzeit stated he had nothing to report but would be available for questions. PUBLIC COMMENTS Eleanor Ferril, 240 Wakefield Road, stated she lives on a private road and that they have been experiencing some problems with the road. Ferril stated she would like to read the following letter she wrote to the City: “In October of 2014, she called the City road department and expressed a concern. The edge of the road at the junction of Old Long Lake Road and Wakefield Road showed signs of losing road structure and would only get worse if left unattended. I was interested in where the responsibility laid being that Wakefield Road is a private road. The response was quick to my answering machine that the responsible party was the City of Orono and a repair would be made the next week. The weather became a factor and it did not happen. I expected that the repair would be made in the spring of 2015. Over the summer of 2015, I left messages with the road department but no answer. I literally chased down the head person in the maintenance building who told me he could not find the problem. Now the problem is bigger and two-fold as another hole is opening. We are now looking at spring of 2016. On Wakefield Road, Mediacom has left four cable spools from their installation that was authorized by the City of Orono. I asked Mediacom to pick them up over a month ago. Bill Ferril has since e-mailed the City offices to aid in getting Mediacom to pick up their materials – no response and the materials are still there.” Ferril stated she would like the problems fixed and information on who she should be contacting for future questions. Ferril distributed a picture of the spools to the City Council. Public Works Director/City Engineer Edwards indicated he will take care of the problem.