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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, August 13, 2007 <br />7:00 o’clock p.m. <br />___________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />*12. REQUEST FOR PAYMENT NO. 1 – TH12/OLD CRYSTAL BAY ROAD WATER <br />MAIN IMPROVEMENTS <br /> <br />Murphy moved, Bremer seconded, to approve Request for Payment No. 1 for the TH12/Old <br />Crystal Bay Road Water Main Improvements to Widmer Construction in the amount of <br />$42,690.30. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. <br /> <br /> <br />*13. REQUEST FOR PAYMENT NO. 1 AND CHANGE ORDER NO. 1 – FARVIEW <br />SANITARY SEWER PROJECT <br /> <br />Murphy moved, Bremer seconded, to approve Request for Payment No. 1 for the Farview Lane <br />Sewer Project to Castrejon, Inc., in the amount of $36,945.50; and to approve Change Order No. 1 <br />for the Farview Lane Sewer Project. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. <br /> <br /> <br />MAYOR/COUNCIL REPORT <br /> <br />White noted the Orono School Board is hosting a speaker on ethics in the workplace, and encouraged <br />members of the City Council to stop by the school if they are able to attend a portion of the seminar. <br /> <br />Rahn suggested the City look into purchasing some PFD’s for the police department. Rahn explained <br />that PFD’s are devices that look like a Frisbee with a line attached to them that can be tossed to an <br />individual in the water to haul them back to shore. <br /> <br />McMillan stated she toured the organic site and the resource recovery center in Rosemont. McMillan <br />stated the majority of Orono’s organics goes to Brooklyn Park and that one option to improve the <br />compost process would be to add a grinder. <br /> <br />McMillan noted that Randy’s Sanitation sent out a promotional flyer recently on the City’s new <br />organics program and that they are waiting to see what type of signup they get in response to the flyer. <br />McMillan stated she also participated in the Long Lake Corn Days Parade and distributed information <br />on their recycling/organics program. <br /> <br />Bremer expressed her thanks to Jim Murphy and Ron Moorse for helping to finalize the joint utilities <br />agreement between Long Lake and Orono. <br /> <br />Murphy stated he spoke with a real estate agent from Welsh and that he was interested in the type of <br />land that might be available on the west end of Orono once the new highway is completed. Murphy <br />indicated it is unlikely that any commercial land would be available in that area. <br /> <br /> <br />CITY ATTORNEY’S REPORT <br /> <br />None <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />____________________________________________________________________________ <br /> PAGE: 6 <br />Item #02 - CC Agenda - 09/10/07 <br />Approval of Council Minutes 08/13/07 [Page 6 of 8]