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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, September 26, 2011 7:00 o'clock p.m. • PUBLIC COMMENTS, CONTINUED Dennis Walsh, 1354 Rest Point Circle, stated he has some concerns with the Council. Walsh commented being a city council member is a prestigious position and should be held in respect. Walsh noted two different times when Council Member Franchot made disparaging comments. Walsh stated in his view those types of comments bring disrespect to the person who says them and disrespect to the entire Council. He added that if Council Member Franchot does not feel this is a valuable place to be and has other things to do, perhaps he should do them and not be on the Council. CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT *13. TECHNOLOGY POLICY Rahn moved, Printup seconded, to approve the updated Technology Policy. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. *14. TONKA BAY RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT, RESOLUTION NO. 6080 Rahn moved, Printup seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 6080, a Resolution of Support for the City of Tonka Bay's Grant Application for Basketball Court Improvements. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. • 15. LIQUIDATION OF FORFEITED VEHICLE Printup asked how .the process works in determining which vehicles go to public auction and which vehicles go out for a city -wide bid. Correy Farniok, Orono Police Chief, stated he ran a report on the forfeited vehicles for 2010 and 2011 and that Orono has had approximately 30 vehicles that the police department sold through public auction or through ODESA. The majority of them, if not all, with the exception of the squad cars, were DWI forfeited vehicles. The ones marked in yellow on the report were agreed on through court action or through buy backs by the person who owned the vehicle or a plea agreement was reached that the vehicle should be sold. Farniok indicated those were the majority of the vehicles forfeited. The City sold 14 vehicles through that type of auction. Farniok indicated it is a long process prior to the vehicles being sold and that the majority of the seized vehicles have been sitting in public works in a state of disrepair for over a year. They usually have mechanical problems from sitting that long without being driven. Farniok stated in the past they have done a sealed bid process which is open to the public. The City posts a flyer at the post offices and on the city listserv. If the minimum bid is not received within a certain time period, it is then sent to the public auction. The City does lose some money on the vehicles by storing them. Rahn asked how many bids are typically received from the sealed bid process. • Page 8 of 10