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