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