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• MEWTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, November 26, 2007 7:00; o'clock p.m. (MCES Grant Program For Drain Tile 1 Continued) option to use that money to do I &I improvements. Disconnecting drain tile from the City sewer system would also qualify as an I &I improvement. M gorse indicated the City would actually be paying a significant share of the costs and then getting reimbursed. The other portion would go toward the surcharge, which would significantly lower the I osts to the property owner. McMillan asked whether the City would be process is supposed to work. the construction work and the billing or how the Moorse stated. under the surcharge portion of it, the City would be subcontracting with a contractor, and that he is unsure whether the grant program would cover the costs if a private owner directly contracts with a contractor for the work. Kellogg stated the I &I issues in Orono are lake related and that what they are attempting to limit are the I &I spikes experienced during a big rain storm event. Kellogg stated connecting the drain file to the • sewer system was once an allowable practice but has since been disallowed. • McMillan moved, Bremer seconded, to adopt Participation in the MCES Foundation Drain 17. POLICE SERGEANT LABOR Murphy asked whether the Minnesota Supreme carried over. Mattick stated there was a case that was recently which raised the issue with vacation time. The S when and under what terms a person accumulate are acceptable. ►LUTION NO. 5712, a Resolution Authorizing ation Grant Program. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. 2008 AND 2009 has recently ruled that vacation time cannot be ded by the Supreme Court concerning sick time, me Court has ruled that if the City has in its policy t vacation time, policies defined as use it or lose it PAGE 29 of 32 ,i