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Orono City Council
Work Session Minutes
1.* Monday,August 23,2021
Council Chambers
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5:00 p.m.
PRESENT: Mayor Dennis Walsh, Council Members Richard F. Crosby II, and Matt Johnson.
Staff members present were City Administrator/Engineer/Public Works Director Adam Edwards,
Finance Director Ron Olson,Accountant Carrie Krienke, Community Development Director
Jeremy Barnhart, Public Works Superintendent DJ Goman, and City Clerk Anna Carlson.
1. Enterprise Budget Discussion
Finance Director Ron Olson presented the Enterprise Budget to the City Council. Olson
reminded the group that the Preliminary Budget will be on the City Council agenda at the
September 27th meeting. Olson explained the main purposes for each enterprise fund and the plan
for budgeting of each.
2. Building Official Discussion
Community Development Director Jeremy Barnhart began discussion about the Building Official
and Inspection services. The data has been prepared by using the costs for the past three months
and using that as an average. He explained the rough numbers for the various options are listed
in the memorandum. His conclusion is that it may be less to hire an internal inspector and
building official.
Mayor Dennis Walsh noted that the data does show that it would save the City money if it
decided to do inspections and hire a building official in-house. He noted that Council Member
Victoria Seals also supports this option.
Council Member Matt Johnson noted that he likes the coverage the City is getting with the out of
house services. He also mentioned that he would be in favor of hiring in-house for those services
as well.
3. Long Lake Fire Department(LLFD) Command Vehicle Discussion
City Administrator Adam Edwards explained that the current command vehicle used for Long
Lake Fire Department may be in need of replacement and is seeking direction from the Council
about plans for replacement.
Walsh explained that he is looking at it from a few different angles. The City has the option to
buy a vehicle now or loan a vehicle to LLFD and order one later.
Fire Chief James Van Eyll mentioned that we are looking at the loaner as a temporary fix and
would like to plan on ordering a new vehicle within a year or so.
The Council members consented that it would be a good idea to get it on order now.
Adjourned: 5:43p.m.
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Anna Carlson, City Clerk
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