City Council

REGULAR MEETING MINUTES June 17, 2013 THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:02 P.M., ON MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2013, BY MAYOR RIX. ROLL CALL Present: Goodar, Greene, LaFore, Misteravich, Rix, Schultz, Yaroch Absent: None Others: City Manager Moore, City Clerk Stagl Visitors: DPS Director Fejedelem, Christine Rowley, Chief Teske, Rich Weinert, Paul Zachara, Maurice Deprez, Doug Swiss and Dennis Doelle from Marwel Associates APPROVAL OF MINUTES Motion by Yaroch, seconded by LaFore, to approve the minutes of the June 3, 2013, regular meeting as presented. All yeas Motion passes AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Maurice Deprez, 68215 Howard, addressed Council on two issues: Questioned how he could get the Blue Water Shopper stopped from being delivered to his house – when delivered the paper ends up getting thrown onto his porch. The City Manager indicated that he would look into the matter. Questioned if Howard Street between Grand Trunk and Division would ever receive curb and gutters. Mr. Deprez was informed that because Howard Street is very flat, it would require a lift station to get the water to flow to a sewer – the City does not have the funds necessary to cover all the costs to fix the problems associated with doing curb and gutter and Howard Street ADOPTION OF AGENDA Motion by Yaroch, seconded by Goodar, to adopt the agenda as presented. All yeas Motion passes CONSENT AGENDA CCM: 06/17/2013 Page 1 of 5  a) Receive and File DPW Activity Report for May 2013 b) Receive and File City Clerk’s Activity Report for May 2013 c) Receive and File City Planner’s Activity Report for May 2013 d) Receive and File Treasury and Money Market Report for May 2013 e) Receive and File Investment CD Report for May 2013 f) Receive and File Administrative Assistant Activity Report for May 2013 g) Receive and File Parks and Recreation Activity Report for May 2013 h) Receive and File Water Well Report for May 2013 i) Receive and File Bulk Water Sales Report for May 2013 j) Receive and File Police Department Weekly Bulletins for May 2013 k) Receive and File Police Department Statistics for May 2013 l) Receive and File Offense Count Report for May 2013 m) Receive and File Arrest Code County Report for May 2013 n) Receive and File Burn Permit Report for May 2013 o) Receive and File Quality Assurance Report for January-March 2013 p) Receive and File Macomb County Accumulative Accident Tabulation for January-March 2013 q) Receive and File Library Activity Report for May 2013 r) Receive and File April 9, 2013, Cable Commission Meeting Minutes s) Receive and File May 22, 2013, Tax Increment Finance Authority Meeting Minutes t) Approval of FY2012-13 Budget Amendments u) Receive and File Revenue and Expense Report for May 2013 v) Approval of June 13, 2013, Schedule of Bills in the amount of $ 384,641.98 Motion by Schultz, seconded by Misteravich, to adopt the Consent Agenda as presented. All yeas Motion passes PUBLIC HEARING None scheduled. ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION 1. Consideration of the Introduction and First Reading of Resolution No. 2013- 6/Lenox Street Right-of-Way Abandonment Motion by Yaroch, seconded by Schultz, to introduce and have first reading of Resolution No. 2013-6, a resolution to abandon the portion of Lenon Street right-of-way, from Mary Street to Seymour Street. Paul Zachara, 68110 Mary Street – Spoke in favor of the abandonment of Lenon Street. All yeas Motion passes CCM: 06/17/2013 Page 2 of 5  2. Consideration of Board Appointments Motion by LaFore, seconded by Misteravich, to reappoint Lori Rix to the Cable TV Committee for a 3-year term with and expiration date of 06/30/2016. All yeas Motion passes Motion by Greene, seconded by Goodar, to reappoint Bill Ruff to the Cable TV Committee for a 3-year term with an expiration date of 06/30/2016. All yeas Motion passes Motion by Schultz, seconded by Misteravich, to reappoint Gina Caperton to the Recreation Board for a 2-year term with an expiration date of 03/31/2015. All yeas Motion passes Motion by Goodar, seconded by Schultz, to confirm the Mayor’s reappointment of Dr. Patrick McClellan to the Planning Commission for a 3-year term with an expiration date of 06/30/2016. All yeas Motion passes Motion by Yaroch, seconded by LaFore, to confirm the Mayor’s reappointment of Mike Kaminski to the Planning Commission for a 3-year term with an expiration date of 06/30/2016. All yeas Motion passes Motion by Greene, seconded by Schultz, to confirm the Mayor’s reappointment of John W. Smith to the Planning Commission for a 3-year term with an expiration date of 06/30/2016. All yeas Motion passes 3. Consideration of Signage Request/Senior Helpers Motion by Schultz, seconded by Misteravich, to approve the request received from Senior Helpers for a temporary signage on June 23-26, July 16-17 and August 20-21, 2013. The signs shall only be allowed on private property located at the corner of Beebe Street and Division Road, the corner of Park Street and Main Street and adjacent the corner of Festival Drive and Beebe Street. All yeas Motion passes CCM: 06/17/2013 Page 3 of 5  4. Consideration of Historical Society Roof Replacement Motion by Greene, seconded by Goodar, to forward the Historical Society’s Schoolhouse Roofing request to TIFA for their consideration. All yeas Motion passes 5. Consideration of Scheduling a Quarterly Workshop Meeting Date Motion by Goodar, seconded by LaFore, to schedule the special quarterly workshop meeting of the City Council for July 18, 2013, at City Hall, beginning at 6:30 p.m. All yeas Motion passes MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS FROM THE CITY MANAGER - A company is in town installing the utility poles. - DTE has put the work order in to have the utility poles installed at Main and George COUNCIL COMMENTS Goodar – Commented on how good the Town Clock looks since it has been refurbished. - Congratulated the Richmond High School Varsity Baseball Team. LaFore – Stated that the High School Varsity Baseball Team made history Yaroch – Commented on the Board vacancies - Thanked MaryLou Burg for her years of service on the Library Board - Addressed the erroneous article in the Voice that stated that the City had a surplus of funds – if this was the case, the City would not have to be laying off an employee. - Spoke on the reduction of the City’s Municipal Credit Funds (SMART funds) Greene – Reminded residents that the Summer Programs at the Library and Recreation Department have begun. Misteravich – Attended the Varsity Baseball games – Richmond clearly had more supporters than the other teams. Rix – Thanked the administration for addressing the issue of the tall grass throughout the City. - Reminder of upcoming calendar events: 6/19 – EDC meeting at 7:00 pm 6/26 – TIFA meeting at 7:00 pm 6/30 – Log Cabin Days at Noon 7/1 – Council Meeting at 7:00 pm 7/4 – 7/6 – City Hall, Library and Recreation Departments closed CCM: 06/17/2013 Page 4 of 5 CLOSED SESSION 1. Contract Negotiations/Teamsters Motion by Yaroch, seconded by Schultz, to convene into closed session in accordance with Section 8 © of the Michigan Open Meetings Act, Public Act 267 of 1976 as amended, for strategy and negotiation sessions connected with the negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement if either negotiating party requests a closed hearing. A roll call vote was taken: All yeas (Greene, LaFore, Misteravich, Rix, Schultz, Yaroch, Goodar) Motion passes Council recessed at 7:45 to go into Closed Session. OTHER BUSINESS Motion by Yaroch, seconded by Goodar, to reconvene into open session at 10:00 p.m. All yeas Motion passes ADJOURNMENT Motion by Schultz, seconded by Misteravich, to adjourn the Regular Council Meeting at 10:01 p.m. All yeas Motion passes Respectfully submitted: Karen M. Stagl City Clerk CCM: 06/17/2013 Page 5 of 5