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MINUTES OF THE • <br /> ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING ' <br /> Monday,March 11,2013 <br /> 7:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> (4. LMCC UPDATE, Continued) <br /> Koenecke indicated the mandate was for franchise fees to be paid for by all three of those entities,which <br /> is why schools,the public and government have been included in everything the LMCC does. Schools <br /> have been considered to be part of the recipients of the dollars of the subscribers. A fair number of the <br /> survey responders indicated they are watching the school related events. <br /> McMillan commented the fairness piece is difficult and that she struggles with the idea of Orono cable <br /> subscribers paying to tape the city council meetings when the satellite users do not contribute to that. <br /> McMillan stated in her view all of the residents should contribute to the taping of the city council <br /> meetings. <br /> McMillan noted later this evening the Council will be discussing the franchise renewal and that she would <br /> encourage the LMCC representatives to stay for that portion of the meeting. McMillan stated given all <br /> the different technologies available and the rapidly changing technologies, perhaps it is time for a new <br /> business model or business plan to be considered since things are radically different from 30 years ago <br /> when the LMCC was originally formed. McMillan commented it is difficult for everyone to keep up with <br /> this technology. <br /> The City Council took no formal action on this item. <br /> 5. LONG LAKE FIRE DEPARTMENT—2012 ANNUAL REPORT <br /> Fire Chief James Van Eyll stated the fire department is looking at changing its mission statement since <br /> they are looking to place it on the monument outside the fire station. The current mission statement reads <br /> as follows: "It is the mission of the Long Lake Fire Department to minimize the loss of life and property <br /> for its fire service recipients in the cities of Long Lake, Medina and Orono from fires,natural disasters <br /> and life threatening situations." <br /> Van Eyll stated as it relates to the improvements, all the flat work is done and they are working on the <br /> granite and the names that will go on the vertical pieces. The work should be completed before the SK <br /> run which year,which is Saturday, July 27`". <br /> The leadership in the fire department is still basically the same with only some minor changes. The <br /> committee is looking at the overall organizational chart for the department itself and will likely be making <br /> some minor changes to that. <br /> The fire department currently has 43 active members and there were no members who retired or came off <br /> of probation in 2012. Van Eyll indicated he did send nine new applicants out for background checks and <br /> that he is waiting for those to come back. Van Eyll stated they will be conducting interviews and <br /> hopefully offer employment after that. The department will be adding one new vehicle,which will be <br /> delivered in approximately six weeks. <br /> As it relates to emergency call activities for 2012,Orono had 313 total incidents,which is just fewer than <br /> 80 percent of the total calls,and there were 395 emergency calls in total among the contracted cities. In <br /> 2011,the total number of emergency calls was 423, and in 2010 there were 446 emergency calls. The <br /> average response time for all calls for .06.34 seconds. One of the main reasons for the decrease in the <br /> number of calls is a decline in false alarms. <br /> Page 8 of 27 <br />