OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS
MIDLAND CITY COUNCIL
A regular meeting of the City Council was held on Monday, December 15,
2008, at 7:00 p.m. Mayor Pro Tem Adams
presided.
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Councilmen present: |
Thomas
Adams, Maureen Donker, Hollis McKeag, Joseph Rokosz |
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Councilmen absent: |
Bruce Johnson (arrived at 7:27 p.m.) |
Received and filed the City of Midland Comprehensive Annual Financial
Report and Single Audit Report for year ended June 30, 2008.
Approved request to hold Tri-City Kids’ Triathlon
on July 25, 2009.
Accepted grant in the amount of $36,000 from the Midland Area Community
Foundation Entranceway Initiative Task Force project fund for the development
of a zoning overlay district for the area located between E. Indian Street and
W. Buttles Street.
Awarded contract to LSL Planning Inc. for the preparation of the overlay
district zoning amendment in the amount of $36,000.
Received and filed the City and County of Midland Joint Building
Authority Audit for the year ended June 30, 2008.
Accepted Deeds from D & J Holding Company, LLC and the Janet C.
Carlsen Trust for the right-of-way for T. Moore Drive, Ted Doan Drive and Alan
Ott Drive, new streets lying west of Jefferson Avenue and north of Joe Mann
Boulevard.
Accepted Quitclaim Deed from The Dow Chemical Company for the
right-of-way for Discovery Way and approved the Easement Agreement between the
City of Midland and The Dow Chemical Company.
Approved annexation of properties at 4594 and 4574
E. Wheeler Street from Midland Township through the joint resolution process.
Recommended approval of the request to transfer ownership of a Class C
licensed business, located at 6603 Eastman Avenue (Bennigan’s) from the Sweet
Onion, Inc. to Quick Casual Corporation.
Accepted resignation of Jim Stamas from the
Downtown Development Authority.
Authorized issuance of purchase order to Miracle
Recreation of Michigan of Okemos, Michigan for the purchase of playground
equipment in the amount of $36,699.
Authorized execution of Michigan Department of
Transportation Contract No. 08-5448 for road widening work within the City
limits.
Authorized payment of the Buxton/Midland Area
Chamber of Commerce Contract for a community retail market study in the amount
of $20,000.
Authorized issuance of purchase order to Part D
Advisors of Plymouth, Michigan for professional administration of the Medicare
Part D Prescription Drug Program subsidy application process in an amount not
to exceed $75,000.
Authorized issuance of purchase orders to PVS
Technologies, Inc. of Detroit, Michigan for the purchase of 125 tons each of
Ferric Chloride for the Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants for a period of
six months beginning January 1, 2009, for a total aggregate amount of $150,750.
Authorized an increase of $25,500 to the existing
purchase order to Bay Aggregates, Inc. of Bay City, Michigan for the delivery
of road gravel for road maintenance and long term access road construction,
bringing the total purchase order to $36,006.
Set public hearing on Monday, January 12, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. on Zoning
Petition No. 556 – Ieuter Insurance.
Set public hearing on Monday, January 12, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. on the
proposed 2008-09 General Fund budget amendment to recognize and appropriate
Grant Revenues from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s, U.S. Fire Administration,
2008 Assistance to Fire Fighters Grant Program.
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APPROVED:
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John E. Duso Jon
Lynch
Deputy City Clerk City Manager
Midland, Michigan