OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS
MIDLAND CITY COUNCIL
A regular meeting of the City Council was held on
Accepted the presentation on
Held public hearing and approved an Industrial Facilities Exemption Certificate Application for Electro Panel, Inc.
Held public hearing and approved an amendment to the 2003-04 General Fund Budget to receive $20,008 grant funding from the Michigan State Police Office of Highway Safety Planning.
Held public hearing and approved Special Use Permit No. 13
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Held public hearing and approved an amendment to the 2003-04 Sanitary Landfill Budget in the amount of $50,000 for Hydrogeology Monitoring.
Held public hearing and approved an amendment to the 2003-04 General Fund Budget City Attorney’s Legal Fees in the amount of $200,000 for unanticipated expenses relating to the dioxin issues.
Authorized payment to Miller, Canfield, Paddock &
Stone for legal services and Fishbeck, Thompson,
Held public hearing and approved an amendment to the 2003-04 General Fund Budget to increase expenditures by $230,000 in The Dow Chemical Tax Appeal Activity and $410,000 in the Dow Corning Tax Appeal Activity for expenses incurred relating to the tax appeals.
Held public hearing and approved an amendment to the 2004-05 General Fund Budget to decrease expenditures by $230,000 in the Dow Chemical Tax Appeal Activity and $410,000 in the Dow Corning Tax Appeal Activity.
Authorized payment to Max Derbes and Associates and Baker and O’Brien for contracted appraisal services relating to The Dow Chemical and Dow Corning Tax appeals in an amount not to exceed $8,100,000 and authorized budgetary funding transfers from the Legal Fees account in the Midland Cogeneration Venture Tax Appeal Activity in the amount of $270,000.
Authorized payment to Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone for contracted legal services relating to The Dow Chemical and Dow Corning Tax appeals in a total amount not to exceed $6,000,000.
Authorized payment to Plante & Moran, LLP for accounting services relating to the Dow Corning Corporation’s tax appeal in an amount not to exceed $300,000.
Authorized payment to Pilko & Associates, Inc. for environmental management consulting services relating to The Dow Chemical Company’s tax appeal in an amount not to exceed $50,000.
Authorized payment to Terzo & Bologna, Inc. for contracted appraisal services relating to The Dow Chemical Company’s tax appeal in the amount of $60,000.
Held a public hearing and approved an amendment to the 2003-04 Cable Communications Fund Budget to increase expenditures by $35,000 for unanticipated legal fees incurred in the cable franchise fee lawsuit.
Authorized payment to Kitch, Drutchas, Wagner, DeNardis & Valitutti for legal services relating to the cable franchise fee lawsuit in a total amount not to exceed $35,000.
Held public hearing and approved an amendment to the
Held second reading and adopted an ordinance amending the
City of
Held second reading and adopted an ordinance amending the
City of
Approved Site Plan No. 241 – Dollar Daze.
Approved annexation of property at
Made the following Traffic Control Order permanent:
Approved request
from Che Brothers, Inc. to transfer ownership of a 2001 Class C licensed
business with Dance Permit, located in escrow at
Established a money
purchase retirement plan in the form of The ICMA Retirement Corporation
Governmental Money Purchase Plan and Trust.
Authorized
execution of contract with L.J. Construction, Inc. of
Accepted proposal
from Magazine Subscription Service Agency for periodical and newspaper
subscription services for the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library in an amount not to
exceed $26,000.
Authorized
execution of contract with Lona McLuckie for the Employee Assistance Program in
the amount of $38,777.04 annually effective
Accepted Regional
Educational Media Center of Michigan (REMC) contract pricing submitted by Hewlett
Packard Company of
Authorized payment
to Braun, Kendrick, Finkbeiner, P.L.C., Westrate and Thomas, P.C. and Spiegel
& McDiarmid for contracted legal services relating to the Midland
Cogeneration Venture’s tax appeal in the increased amount not to exceed
$5,500,000.
Set a public
hearing for
Adjourned to a
closed session to discuss a written opinion by the City Attorney as an
Attorney-Client privilege document.
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APPROVED:
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John
Deputy City