City Council

APPROVED 03/02/2020 REGULAR MEETING MINUTES FEBRUARY 17, 2020 THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:00 P.M., ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2020, BY MAYOR RIX. ROLL CALL Present: Allen, Greene, LaFore, Misteravich, Reindel, Rix, Warn Absent: None Others: City Manager Moore, City Clerk Stagl Visitors: DPS Director Goetzinger, Police Chief Teske, Cable Coordinator Robbins APPROVAL OF MINUTES Motion by Warn, seconded by Greene, to approve the minutes of the February 3, 2020, Regular Meeting, as presented. All yeas Motion passes AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION None. ADOPTION OF AGENDA Motion by Warn, seconded by Greene, to adopt the agenda as presented. All yeas Motion passes CONSENT AGENDA a) Receive and File DPW Activity Report for January 2020 b) Receive and File City Clerk’s Activity Report for January 2020 c) Receive and File City Planner’s Activity Report for January 2020 d) Receive and File Treasury and Money Market Report for January 2020 e) Receive and File Investment CD Report for January 2020 f) Receive and File Code Enforcement Activity Report for January 2020 g) Receive and File Cable TV Activity Report for January 2020 CCM: 02/17/2020 Page 1 of 5  APPROVED 03/02/2020 h) Receive and File Library Activity Report for January 2020 i) Receive and File Recreation Department Activity Report for January 2020 j) Receive and File Police Department Statistics for January 2020 k) Receive and File Arrest Code Count Report for January 2020 l) Receive and File Offense Count Report for January 2020 m) Receive and File Ticket Offense Report for January 2020 n) Receive and File Traffic Accident Report for January 2020 o) Receive and File Call Flow Report for January 2020 p) Receive and File Burn Permit Report January 2020 q) Receive and File Cable TV Goals and Objectives r) Receive and File January 14, 2020, Cable Commission Meeting Minutes s) Receive and File Revenue and Expense Report for January 2020 t) Approval of Schedule of Bills dated February 13, 2020, in the amount of $ 406,172.92 Motion by LaFore, seconded by Misteravich, to adopt the Consent Agenda as presented. All yeas Motion passes PUBLIC HEARING None. ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION 1. Consideration of Special Event Request/Grace Community Church Vacation Bible School Tent Motion by Allen, seconded by Warn, to approve the special event application for a tent in conjunction with Grace Community Church’s Vacation Bible School from July 26th through August 1st, 2020, with the following requests: a. 20’ by 20’ tent encroaching into Friday Street right-of-way b. Temporary fence adjacent to tent along Friday Street All yeas Motion passes CCM: 02/17/2020 Page 2 of 5  APPROVED 03/02/2020 2. Consideration of Bid Award/202 Aggregate Material Supply Motion by Reindel, seconded by Allen, to award the 2020 Aggregate Materials Supply contract to T.R. Pieprzak at the unit prices of $16.30 per ton for 21AA limestone and $7.95 per ton for MDOT Class III sand. All yeas Motion passes 3. Consideration of WWTP Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS) Motion by LaFore, seconded by Greene, to authorize the expense of $11,304.00 for the purchase of an Automatic Transfer Switch from Michigan CAT with expenses charged to the appropriate line items in the WWTP Equipment Replacement Fund. All yeas Motion passes 4. Consideration of Approving the Amended Richmond TV Standards, Procedures and Guidelines This process gives the public a chance to have an important meeting taped, but allows RTV to weed out any requests not deemed to be for the public interest. Motion by Reindel, seconded by Warn, to approve the amended Richmond TV Standards, Procedures and Guidelines. All yeas Motion passes 5. Consideration of Approving Special Event Request/White Cane Sale/Richmond Lions Club Motion by LaFore, seconded by Allen, to approve the request received from the Richmond Lion’s Club to conduct their White Cane Sale, at the intersections of Main/Division and County Line Road/St. Clair Highway (City side) on Friday, April 24th and Saturday, April 25th 2020, from Dawn to Dusk; further, the Lion’s Club agree not to be in the Main/Division intersection on Friday, April 25th from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.; and further that the Lion’s agree to sign a Liability Waiver. All yeas Motion passes CCM: 02/17/2020 Page 3 of 5  APPROVED 03/02/2020 6. Consideration of Adopting Resolution No. 2020-2/Approval of the Request to Conduct the Annual Memorial Day Parade Motion by Reindel, seconded by Warn, to adopt Resolution No. 2020-2, which directs the City Clerk to apply to the Michigan Department of Transportation to close M-19 on Monday, May 25, 2020, from 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., for the purpose of conducting the annual Memorial Day Parade. All yeas Motion passes Motion by Misteravich, seconded by LaFore, to authorize the purchase of three (3) wreaths to be placed at the Richmond Cemetery, St. Michael’s Cemetery and the Veterans Memorial. All yeas Motion passes 7. Consideration of Board Appointments Motion by Allen, seconded by Warn, to confirm the Mayor’s reappointment of Sue Foster to the Board of Review for a year term with an expiration date of December 31, 2021. All yeas Motion passes Motion by Reindel, seconded by Greene, to reappoint Mike Misteravich to the Board of Zoning Appeals for a year term with an expiration date of December 31, 2021. All yeas Motion passes MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS FROM THE CITY MANAGER - The packets for Monday’s special meeting (2/24) will be going out this Thursday. - We recently completed the updated business directory COUNCIL COMMENTS Rix – reminder of upcoming calendar events: 2/24 – Joint meeting with the Library Board at 7:00 pm at the Library 2/26 – TIFA meeting at 7:00 pm 2/28 – Winter taxes due 3/2 – Council meeting at 7:00 pm 3/7 – RPOA Spring Fling fund raiser Hall walking takes place at the Middle School every Tuesday, Wednesday and CCM: 02/17/2020 Page 4 of 5  APPROVED 03/02/2020 Thursday from 6-8 pm CLOSED SESSION 1. POLC Command Contract Motion by Allen, seconded by Greene, to convene into closed session in accordance with Section 8 (c) 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, as requested by administration. A roll call vote was taken: All yeas (Greene, LaFore, Misteravich, Reindel, Rix, Warn, Allen) Motion passes Council recessed at 7:29 p.m. to go into closed session. OTHER BUSINESS Motion by Reindel, seconded by LaFore, to reconvene into open session at 8:07 pm. All yeas Motion passes ADJOURNMENT Motion by Misteravich, seconded by Greene, to adjourn the Regular Council Meeting at 8:08 p.m. All yeas Motion passes Respectfully submitted: Karen Stagl City Clerk CCM: 02/17/2020 Page 5 of 5