REGULAR MEETING OF THE MIDLAND CITY COUNCIL
City Hall, 333 W. Ellsworth Street, Midland, Michigan
November 23, 2009 7:00
p.m.
AGENDA
CALL TO ORDER – Maureen Donker, Mayor
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
Boy Scout Troop #763 – First Baptist Church
ROLL CALL - Thomas
W. Adams
Maureen
Donker
Scott
G. Gaynor
Bruce
A. Johnson
Marty
A. Wazbinski
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.
Information on each agenda item is available by clicking on
the number of the item.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
* 1. Approve
minutes of November 9 regular City Council meeting. TISDALE
PUBLIC COMMENTS, IF ANY, BEFORE CITY COUNCIL. (Please sign
up with City Clerk before meeting). This
is an opportunity for people to address the
ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS:
2. Introduction and first reading of an
ordinance to amend Section 21-71 of Division 2 of Article II of Chapter 21 of
the Code of Ordinances - Golf Course Fees.
DUSO
RESOLUTIONS:
3. Receiving
and filing the 2010-11 Budget Preparation Schedule. KEENAN
4. Landfill
Gas-to-Energy Project: BUSH
a. Authorizing
execution of the issuance of General Obligation Limited Tax Bond, Series 2010
in the principal sum of up to $10,000,000.
b. Executing contract
for Gas Collection and Control System.
c. Executing contract
for Gas Pipeline.
d. Executing contract
for Compressor Building and Energy Plant.
e. Increasing Purchase
Order to CTI & Assoc. for construction management and construction quality
assurance.
5. Approving
notification to Charter Communications of the City’s opposition to the changes
in the location of Midland’s cable access channels and requesting
reconsideration of said action. BEACOM
* 6. Authorizing
updates to the City of Midland Section 125 Flexible Benefit Plan Document. WHITTINGTON
* 7. Receiving
and filing the Audit of the City and County of Midland Joint Building Authority
for the year ended June 30, 2009. KEENAN
* 8. Receiving
and filing the 2008-09 Cable Access Advisory Commission
Annual Report. BEACOM
9. Receiving
and filing the review report on the boards and commissions appointment
process. TISDALE
* 10. Reappointing Jenee Velasquez to the Brownfield Redevelopment
Authority. DUSO
* 11. Appointing W. Douglas Thompson to the Downtown Development
Authority. TISDALE
* 12. Making
Traffic Control Order P-09-05 permanent – that parking shall be prohibited on
the north side of Reardon Street located from 240 feet east of Ashman Street to
a point 285 feet east of Ashman Street weekdays from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
for the purpose of establishing a loading zone.
MCMANUS
13. Considering purchases and contracts:
* a. Unleaded Fuel Purchase of November 4
(4/5 vote required). MURPHY
* b. Playground Equipment. MURPHY
* c. Increase to Purchase Order to Miller,
Canfield, Paddock & Stone, P.L.C. for legal
assistance during NPDES permit approval process. BUSH
14. Setting a public hearing:
* a. Conditional Use Permit No. 36 – a
request of Daniel and Mary Spegel for a group daycare home (7 – 12 children)
located at 5805 W. Wackerly St. in a Residential A-1 zoning district on 2.67
acres (12/21). BAKER
* b. Planned Unit Development No. 16 – property west of Abbott Road
north of Betsey Drive and south of Alta Court – request to remove requirement
to construct a 4’ wide sidewalk on Kitty Hawk Circle (12/21). BAKER
NEW BUSINESS:
TO CONTACT THE CITY WITH QUESTIONS OR FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Citizen Comment Line: 837-3400
City of Midland website address: www.midland-mi.org
City of Midland email address: cityhall@midland-mi.org
Government Information Center: located near the reference desk at the Grace A. Dow Memorial
Library