OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS
MIDLAND CITY COUNCIL
A regular meeting
of the City Council was held on Monday, June 13, 2005, at 7:00 p.m. Mayor Black presided with all Councilmen present.
Proclaimed June
19-26, 2005 as Amateur Radio Week in Midland.
Held public hearing
and approved Zoning Petition No. 519 – rezoning property at 31 Cheryl Drive
from Township Zoning to Residential A-1.
Held public
hearing and denied Zoning Petition No. 521 – rezoning property at 221 West
Wackerly Street located south of West Wackerly Street, north and east of
Northgate Drive from Office Service to Community Commercial. (Yeas:
Myers, Rokosz Nays: Black, McKeag, Johnson)
Held public
hearing and approved vacation of East Ellsworth Street from Haley Street to
Third Street and Lyon Street from East Ellsworth Street to Buttles Street.
Held public
hearing and approved the 2004-05 Major Street Fund budget amendment to increase
expenditures by $100,000 to provide additional funding for the Ashman Street
Reconstruction project.
Held public
hearing and approved the 2004-05 General Fund budget amendment to increase
revenues in the amount of $44,760 derived from the Michigan State Police Office
of Highway Safety Planning grant and increase expenditures for the same amount
for the “Summer Enforcement” project.
Held public
hearing and approved the 2004-05 General Fund budget amendment to increase
revenues in the amount of $25,000 derived from the Michigan State Police Office
of Highway Safety Planning grant and to increase expenditures for the same
amount for the creation of the “Traffic Enforcement Association of Michigan”.
Held public
hearing and approved the 2004-05 General Fund budget amendment to increase
revenues in the amount of $1,000 derived from the Michigan State Police Office
of Highway Safety Planning grant and to increase expenditures for the same
amount for the “MACP Award Grant.”
Held first reading
of an amendment to the City of Midland Sewer Ordinance.
Approved
Conditional Use Permit No. 15 – Commercial Parking Lot at 425 Waldo Avenue.
Approved two year
time extension for the Final Approval of the Preliminary Plat of Countryside
Estates Phase Two.
Approved purchase
agreement for the sale of a house at 322 E. Haley Street.
Made the following
Traffic Control Orders permanent:
S-05-02 Merlin
Court shall stop for Northgate Drive
S-05-03 Dover Court shall stop for Northgate Drive
Authorized staff
to seek Federal and State Local Bridge participation for structural
rehabilitation of Airport Road over Sturgeon Creek.
Accepted proposal
from the Michigan Municipal League for property and liability insurance for the
2005-06 fiscal year in the amount of $632,284.
Received and filed
the 2004 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report.
Approved the
2005-06 Saginaw-Midland Municipal Water Supply Corporation budget for the
Capital Improvement and Emergency Repair Fund.
Approved levy and collection of taxes for the July 2005 tax roll for Midland Public Schools, Midland County Educational Service Agency, Bay City Public Schools, Bay-Arenac Intermediate Schools and Delta College.
Approved levy of taxes for the July 2005 tax roll for special assessments and accounts receivable.
Accepted
resignation of Rob Donovan from the Parks and Recreation Commission and
appointed a replacement.
Accepted Sidewalk
Construction Agreement which allows the property owner to construct their own
sidewalks in the 2005 Sidewalk Improvement Program.
Approved request
from the MichiTario Committee to conduct a fireworks display on July 9, 2005.
Approved request
from the Downtown Development Authority and the Creative Spirit Center to hold
Youth Artists Market in the Farmers Market facility from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. on
July 21. 2005.
Approved request
from the Gold Wing Road Riders Association to conduct a fireworks display on
August 6, 2005.
Authorized payment
of county road millage funds to the Midland County Road Commission to purchase road
right of way property for the Airport Road Extension project, in an amount up
to $66,000.
Authorized payment
to Miller, Canfield, Paddock, and Stone, PLC for contracted legal service
relating to the extension of Airport Road, in an amount not to exceed $100,000.
Authorized payment
to Kitch, Drutchas, Wagner, DeNardis & Valitutti for legal services in
connection with the cable franchise fee lawsuit, in an amount not to exceed
$60,000.
Authorized execution of Police Officers Labor
Council/Midland Police Command Group Labor Contract effective July 1, 2005
through June 30, 2010.
Authorized
execution of a three (3) year contract with Heartland Home Health Care of Bay
City, Michigan for Senior Housing Care Services.
Authorized
issuance of purchase order to Carmeuse Lime of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for
annual purchase of Calcium Oxide, in a total amount not to exceed $144,062.50.
Authorized
issuance of purchase order to PVS Technologies, Inc. of Detroit, Michigan for
the annual purchase of Ferric Chloride, for a total aggregate contract amount
of $128,680.
Authorized
issuance of purchase orders to Etna Supply Company and Municipal Supply for
Mechanical Joint Fittings, for an aggregate amount not to exceed $49,408.88.
Authorized
issuance of purchase order to Michigan CAT of Saginaw, Michigan for the
purchase of a Caterpillar M316 C Excavator, in the net amount of $129,465.
Authorized
issuance of purchase order to Bell Equipment of Lake Orion, Michigan for the
purchase of one articulated sweeper, in the net amount of $62,065.
Set public hearing
on Monday, June 27, 2005, at 7:00 p.m. on Conditional Use Permit No. 16 – construction
of a wireless communications facility at Central Middle School.
Set public hearing
on Monday, June 27, 2005, at 7:00 p.m. on Conditional User Permit No. 17 –
construction of a wireless communications facility at Northeast Middle School.
Set public hearing
on Monday, June 27, 2005, at 7:00 p.m. on a request from the Apothecary Shoppe
Pharmacies, LLC for the establishment of an Industrial Development District.
Accepted the
special assessment roll for the “2005 Sidewalk Improvement Special Assessment
District” and set a public hearing on said roll for July 11, 2005, at 7:00 p.m.
Adjourned
to a closed session to discuss pending litigation.
(Yeas: Johnson, McKeag, Myers,
Rokosz Nays: None
Abstained: Black)
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APPROVED:
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Selina Tisdale John
E. Duso
City Clerk