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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, October 27, 2014 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 30 of 32 (12. WATERTOWN ROAD AND STUBBS BAY ROAD REHABILITATION, Continued) McMillan stated she does not want to spend extra money on something the City is not going to do for the next couple of years and that the engineering work could become outdated. Printup noted there are only three council members present tonight and that he does not want to hold the project up so he will be voting in favor of the motion. Printup comment it is unfortunate the City is not committing to it since the Council has been discussing this for over a year. McMillan stated the Council also needs to figure out how to pay for those other two sections and that is a discussion that can be held over the winter. Levang stated that was also a concern of hers. Levang noted the other two sections will cost over a million dollars and that it is unlikely the City will be able to financially afford to do it in 2015 and that she is not sure whether it will be possible to do in 2016. McMillan stated she does not want to go forward with engineering work on roads that the City does not have the funds to complete. VOTE ON THE ABOVE MOTION: Ayes 3, Nays 0. *13. NAVARRE STREET LIGHT AND SIDEWALK PROJECT – PAY REQUEST NO. 3 AND CHANGE ORDER NO. 1 Levang moved, Printup seconded, to approve Change Order No. 1 in the amount of $11,940 and Pay Request No. 3 for the contractor MP Technologies in the amount of $238,935.79 for the Navarre Street Light and Sidewalk Project. VOTE: Ayes 3, Nays 0. PUBLIC WORKS DRECTOR/CITY ENGINEER’S REPORT, CONTINUED Edwards reported cleanout work has been done on a number of culverts as well as repairing washed out culverts around the City. Edwards stated work was done on the Crestview culvert, Stubbs Bay North culvert, and the Watertown Road culvert, which was damaged by Xcel Energy inadvertently putting a pole through it. Edwards noted the sidewalks and light poles have been installed in Navarre. Beginning this week, work will start on the sanitary sewer lining and manhole rehabilitation project. A preconstruction meeting was held last week. Edwards noted this project will help address the infiltration problem and that the project will continue in the spring with the manhole rehabilitation. Levang asked if Xcel will be paying for the culvert on Watertown Road. Edwards stated he believes so but that those details will need to be worked out.