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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCII.,MEETING Monday,March 9,2015 7:00 o'clock p.m. *18. PARKS COMMISSION VICE CHAIIt Levang moved,Cornick seconded,to approve establishment of a Parks Commission Vice Chair and to appoint Jan Berg to the Parks Commission Vice Chair position for 2015. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. *19. GOLF COURSE EMPLOYEE HIItE Levang moved,Cornick seconded,to approve the Wring of Susan Burns as clubhouse assistant. VOTE: Ayes 5,Nays 0. HRA ANNUAL MEETING Levang moved,Printup seconded,to recess the Orono City Council meeting at 11:11 p.m.,and to open the HRA meeting. VOTE: Ayes 5,Nays 0. (The City Council meeting was recessed from 11:11 p.m.to 11:13 p.m.) Levang moved,Walsh seconded,to reconvene the City Council meeting at 11:13 p.m. VOTE: Ayes 5,Nays 0. MAYOR/COUNCIL REPORT Walsh stated he attended a meeting at the Fire Department with representatives from seven other cities where they were assessing the future possibilities of cooperation between the cities. Walsh stated the Fire Department currently works together on equipment training but that they are looking at other potential ways to cooperate with the local cities. Walsh indicated some of the smaller cities are experiencing some issues with equipment costs and insurance ratings and that they are exploring entering into some type of joint agreement so they do not need to acquire additional bigger equipment. Levang sated the latest issue of the City's newsletter has recently come out and that she has received lots of good compliments about it already. Levang reported she attended the Park Commission last week and that the Park Commission has assigned one main commissioner as well as a backup person to every park. The Park Commission also discussed possible changes to the website to make it more user-friendly and a meeting has been set up for Friday to discuss that item. Levang stated a meeting with the Navarre Initiative has been set up for Friday and that they will be talking about the pop-up demonstration project and in particular the farmer's market. McMillan stated as it relates to the Whelan property access issue, she received a phone call from Former Mayor Lou Oberhauser,who has been working with the Whelans on their access. That resulted in a meeting with the City Attorney,Mike Gaffron and herself last week. McMillan stated at that meeting he provided some information the City has not seen before,which was an access that was surveyed by Surveyor Mark Gronberg located further west. Page 39 of 43