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T0: City Council o FROM: James Cosby, City Administrator DATE: March 8, 1974 SUBJECT: 6 : 30 P.M. Meeting at City Offices, Monday, March 11, 1974 1. I will have for the Council at the 6 : 30 P.M. session a brief outline of the program which Orono will undertake to test water in the City and the latest on the septic system inspection method that we are considering undertaking. 2. We have been informed this week that the Standard Oil�which is our gasoline supplier, will provide the City of Orono with only 75$ of its 1972 allocation. This directive is from the Federal government. Don' t ask me how or why ��er� they decided to use the 1972 figures or the 75$ of the allocation. In 1972 , the allocation we received was 37, 782 gallons wr.ich means that 75� of that is approximately $28 ,000 gallons. In 1973 , we used 35, 120 gallons of gasoline. We are in the process of filing an application to the Federal government requesting a full 100� of the 1972 allocation. We will just have to wait and see now whether or not we will get it. We are also in the process of talk.ing in house as to steps we can take to reduce gasoline expenditures. One of the problems that the staff is currently having is that $0. 12 per mile for car reimbursement on City business is just not sufficient. I would like to ask the Council to consider raising that to $0. 15 per mile reimbursement and that we consider adjusting the figure up or down depending on the current rate. 3. I have just completed a telephone call to Dr. Blake in Washington, D.C. , and he has informed me that the Federal government in no way is going to undertake a major investigation of Wayside Kennel. The entire inspection is being turned over to Dr. Spitzer and according to Dr. Spitzer, who is the local Federal inspector, the normal insF�� ct;.on �rocedt.re� wi:,_1 be followed to review Mr. Larson ' s license. 4. Mr. John Eidem, Orono Liquor Store Manager, will be 65 years on the 31st of May of this year. Ztis my recommendation to the Council that we continue Mr. Eidem in his current position and not retire him. Mr. Eidem would like to continue as the liquor store manager and he appears to be in good health and anxious to continue. He has done a good job for the City and I would like to see him continue in this position at least for the rest of the year and that at the end of this year, we again ask him whether or not he would like to continue, and if it is his desire to do so, that we continue him on a year by year basis.