REGULAR MEETING OF THE
City Hall,
AGENDA
CALL TO ORDER - R. Drummond Black, Mayor
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
ROLL CALL - R.
Drummond Black
Bruce A.
Johnson
Hollis H.
McKeag
James S.
Myers
Joseph M.
Rokosz
CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS:
All resolutions marked
with an asterisk are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one
motion. There will be no separate
consideration of these items unless a Council member or citizen so requests
during the discussion stage of the “Motion to adopt the Consent Agenda as
indicated”. If there is even a single
request the item will be removed from the consent agenda without further motion
and considered in its listed sequence in regular fashion.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
* 1. Approve minutes of June 14 regular
PROCLAMATIONS, AWARDS, RECOGNITIONS, PRESENTATIONS:
2. Presentation
on
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
3. Request
from Electro Panel, Inc. for an Industrial Facilities Exemption Certificate
within the Electro Panel, Inc. Industrial Development District No. 1 relating
to personal property (Also see material sent in June 14 agenda packet). ELBERS
4. Amendment
to the 2003-04 General Budget to reflect grant funding received from the
Michigan State Police Office of Highway Safety Planning (Also see material sent
in June 14 agenda packet).
5. Special
Use Permit No. 13 for a special land use permit review and approval to
construct a 4,700 sq. ft. office building on 2.69 acres on Sugnet Road west of
the Pere Marquette Rail Trail (Also see material sent in the June 14 agenda
packet). LYNCH
6. Amendment to the 2003-04 Sanitary
Landfill Fund Budget for Hydrogeology Monitoring (Also see material sent in the
June 14 agenda packet). BUSH
7. Amendment
to the General Fund Budget to increase expenditures for unanticipated expenses
incurred in reviewing The Dow Chemical Company’s revised Scope of Work and the
Interim Response Activities relating to the dioxin issues (Also see material
sent in the June 14 agenda packet): BRANSON
a. Hold Public Hearing
b. Approve payment to Miller, Canfield, Paddock, & Stone
for legal services and to Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber, Inc. for
environmental consulting services.
8. Amendment
to the General Fund Budget (Also see material sent in June 14 agenda packet): BRANSON
a. Hold public hearing to increase 2003-04 expenditures for
unanticipated expenses incurred in The Dow Chemical Company and Dow Corning
Corporation tax appeals.
b. Hold public hearing to decrease 2004-05 expenditures in The
Dow Chemical Tax Appeal Activity and in the Dow Corning Corporation Tax Appeal
Activity.
c. Approve payment to Max Derbes &
Associates and Baker & O’Brien for contracted appraisal services.
d. Approve payment to Miller, Canfield, Paddock
& Stone for contracted legal services.
e. Approve payment to Plante and Moran,
LLP, for accounting services.
f. Approve payment to Pilko & Associates, Inc. for
environmental management consulting services.
g. Approve payment to Terzo & Bologna, Inc. for contracted
appraisal services.
9. Amendment
to the Cable Communications Fund Budget to increase expenditures for the
unanticipated expenses incurred in the cable franchise fee lawsuit (Also see
material sent in June 14 agenda packet):
BRANSON
a. Hold Public Hearing.
b. Approve payment to Kitch, Drutchas, Wagner, DeNardis & Valitutti for legal services.
10. Amendment to the 2004-05 Major Street
Budget to participate with the Midland County Road Commission for the
reconstruction of Saginaw Road from Gordonville Road to Waldo Court during the
2004 construction season (Also see material sent in June 14 agenda
packet). MCMANUS
PUBLIC COMMENTS, IF ANY, BEFORE CITY COUNCIL. (Please sign
up before meeting with City Clerk)
ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS:
11. Second reading and adoption of an
amendment to the City of
12. Second reading and adoption of an
amendment to the City of
RESOLUTIONS:
13. Approving Site Plan No. 241 to construct
an 11, 025 sq. ft. building on 3.1 acres located north of
* 14. Approving annexation request from Tony
Stevens at
* 15. Making Traffic Control Order No. S-04-01, that
* 16. Approving request from Che Brothers,
Inc. to transfer ownership of a Class C licensed business with Dance Permit,
located in escrow at 5010 Bay City Road, from Restaurant Tuma, Inc., and
request to cancel the existing Dance Permit.
DUSO
* 17. Establishing a money purchase 401(a)
deferred compensation plan for deferral of amounts due qualified employees upon
retirement for accrued vacation leave, sick leave and longevity. FISHER
18. Considering purchases and contracts:
* a. 2004
* b. Periodical and Newspaper Subscription Services
– Library. MCKANE
* c. Employee Assistance Program. SPEESE
* d. Computer Hardware and Software. BIRCHMEIER
* e. Payment to Braun, Kendrick, Finkbeiner,
P.L.C., Westrate and Thomas, P.C. and Spiegel & McDiarmid for contracted
legal services relating to the City’s defense in the MCV’s appeal to the
Michigan Tax Tribunal. BRANSON
* 19. Setting a public hearing on the request
from QuadSil, Inc. for an Industrial Facilities Exemption Certificate to
construct a 5,000 sq. ft. building and purchase personal property for their new
business to be located at
20. Adjourning to a closed session to
discuss a written opinion by the City Attorney as an Attorney-Client privilege
document. BRANSON
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