St. Ignace City Council Meeting Minutes

Council

Proceedings

(Official)

The regular meeting of the St. Ignace City Council was held on Monday, August 7, 2006 in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Building.

The meeting was called to order at 8:00 p.m. by Mayor Grondin with the Pledge of Allegiance.

Councilmember Wyse gave the invocation.

Present: Councilmember DellaMoretta, Gustafson, LaLonde, Tamlyn-Massaway,Wyse, Mayor Grondin.

Absent: None.

Staff Present: Eric Dodson, City Manager; Prentiss M. Brown, Jr. City Attorney; Renee' Vonderwerth, City Clerk; Tim Matelski, Chief of Police; Deb Evashevski, DDA Director; Paul Sved, Bldg. Insp.

Minutes of the Regular Meeting of July 17, 2006 were approved as presented.

Additions to the Agenda: There were no additions at this time.

1. TENNIS COURT COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT & REPORT:

At this time, Mayor Grondin appointed Councilmember's TamlynMassaway and Della-Moretta to serve on an ad hoc Tennis Committee for the purpose of researching options available for the tennis court, including grants and fund raising and report to Council with a recommendation. In addition, Mayor Grondin introduced Jessica Massaway and stated that she is going to co-chair the Tennis Committee with him and requested her nominations to the committee. At this time, Jessica nominated Kyle Smock, Stacee Schnicke and Sam Radecki to the tennis committee.

It was moved by Councilmember Gustafson, seconded by Councilmember Tamlyn-Massaway to approve the Mayor's appointments. Motion carried unanimously

2. PUBLIC HEARING - GRANT CLOSE-OUT:

It was moved by Councilmember Gustafson, seconded by Councilmember Wyse to open the Public Hearing. Motion carried unanimously.

Deb Evashevski gave a brief recap of the EDC project and addressed the inquiry by Councilmember DellaMoretta regarding the cost of the project.

After hearing no negative comments, it was moved by Councilmember Wyse, seconded by Councilmember LaLonde to close the Public Hearing. Motion carried unanimously.

3. BUS STATION AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION AND UPDATE:

Resolution

The following Resolution was offered by Councilmember Gustafson, supported by Councilmember Wyse:

WHEREAS, the City of St. Ignace and the Michigan Department of Transportation desires to enter into a contract to promote and benefit public transportation; and

WHEREAS, said contract is known as MDOT Contract No. 20050553, Project No. 85457 A, Account No. 7709 and is for Land Acquisition and Architectural and Emergency Services only.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the St. Ignace City Council hereby approves said contract subject to the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Authority and the Michigan State Transportation Commission approval; and

FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED, the St. Ignace City Council authorizes its Mayor, Paul C. Grondin and its City Manager, Eric B. Dodson to sign said contract.

Roll Call Vote:

Yes: Councilmember Gustafson, LaLonde, Tamlyn-Massaway, Wyse, Mayor Grondin, Councilmember DellaMoretta.

No: None.

Absent: None. Resolution declared Adopted.

4. ZONING ENFORCEMENT DISCUSSION - MOTOR HOMES:

City Manager Dodson reviewed the history of zoning enforcement on motor homes with Council and requested them to clarify an action plan. In addition, City Attorney Brown stated that the condition of the ordinances is not clear on this issue and needs to be clarified.

After a lengthy discussion, the City Clerk was requested to research the history of the situation and report to Council at the next meeting.

5. FINANCIAL REPORT:

City Manager Dodson reviewed the financial data Council received to aid them in making decisions during the budget process.

At this time, Councilmember Gustafson questioned the coding on the bill for soccer shirts and requested that it be adjusted to reflect soccer activity instead of baseball.

6. CITY FLAG DISCUSSION/ CONSIDERATION:

City Manager Dodson presented Council the design for a flag, as requested at the last meeting.

At this time, City Attorney Brown suggested that the French and Native American history of St. Ignace be reflected on the flag.

7. PAINTBALL RECOMMENDATION:

City Manager Dodson introduced Phil Ruegg and stated that the Real Estate Committee met with the Paintball Association to review their request for use of city property for a paintball course. He added that the Real Estate Committee recommended Council support the idea and pursue having the Paintball Association lease that land for use of a paintball course.

Mr. Ruegg stated that currently paintball is going on in the general area and the association would like to have a safe course available for other paintball enthusiasts, adding that they are also researching the idea of utilizing the old ice rink area as part of the speedball course. In addition, he stated that the paintball association is waiting for state and federal status so liability insurance can be purchased and requested Council's approval to allow the possible use of prison labor to trim trees.

It was moved by Councilmember Gustafson, seconded by Councilmember Tamlyn-Massaway to accept the Real Estate Committee's recommendation to support the idea and continue the process. Motion carried unanimously.

8. CITY MANAGER EVALUATION:

Mayor Grondin stated that according to the contract with the City Manager, a performance evaluation would be done by the first Council Meeting in September. At this time, he distributed evaluation forms for each Councilmember to complete and return to him by August 21st. In addition, the negotiation committee will meet with the City Manager to review the results between August 22nd and August 31st and a public evaluation will be held at the September 5th Council Meeting.

Consideration of Bills:

There were no considerations at this time.

Public Comment:

Steve Dufresne inquired on the monthly marina report to be provided by Gene Elmer. Mayor Grondin stated that an in-depth report would be presented at the next meeting.

The following bills were presented to Council for payment:

A & I Midwest Printing Co. . . 1025.75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ace Hardware . . . . . . . . . . .370.21 Allied EMS Systems . . . .10,099.10 Alltel   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29.06 Artic Glacier Premium Ice .472.85 Auto Glass Specialists . . . . .146.95 Belonga's Plumbing & Heating . . .       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46.63 Belson Outdoors . . . . . . . . . . .92.00 Cintas-729 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32.65 City of St. Ignace Water Dept. . . . .       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1957.86 Dockside Gallery   . . . . . . . . .140.83 East Jordan Iron Works, Inc.668.58 Edison Sault Electric Co.   .5139.75 El-Com Services . . . . . . . . . . .16.67 Ginop Sales, Inc.   . . . . . . . . . .66.16 Glashaw Electric Co.   . . .14,026.10 Hach Company . . . . . . . . . .1019.00 Hydrite Chemical Co. . . . .7058.97 Industrial Chem Labs & Svcs . . . .       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243.71 Kimball-Midwest . . . . . . . .1245.48 KSS Enterprises-Petoskey .1644.44 Lange Enterprises   . . . . . . . . .19.20 Lynn Auto Parts . . . . . . . . .1181.67 Mac Tools   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26.76 Mackinac Plumbing & Heating Co.       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .727.70 Mackinaw Art & Sign . . . . .287.55 McGregor Oil   . . . . . . . . .97,485.55 Airgas Great Lakes . . . . . . .143.40 Michigan State Industries . .266.40 Michigan Steam . . . . . . . . . . .87.47 Missouri   Turf   Paint   &   Field Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308.65 Charles R Mueller & Sons   .164.54 National Office Products . . .310.69 Office Depot . . . . . . . . . . . . .383.86 OTIS   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .883.71 Plesscher, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . .449.00 Pollard Water.com . . . . . . . .125.03 Pomasl Fire Equipment . . . .289.44 Quill Corporation   . . . . . . . .246.08 RPM Automotive & Industrial Parts Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225.00 Rescue Equipment Sales & Service       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .782.58 Rochester Midland . . . . . . . .162.00 SBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1394.32 SBC Long Distance   . . . . . . . .58.54 Sensus Metering Systems   .1000.00 St. Ignace Automotive . . . . .610.49 St. Ignace Do-It Center . . . .114.03 State of MI-Corrections . . .2156.25 State   of   Mi-Labor   &   Economic Growth   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295.00 Straits Building Center . . . .554.06 The St. Ignace News . . . . . . .737.36 Waste Management . . . . . .1378.30 Wright Express . . . . . . . . .3824.95 Grand Total   . . . . . . . .$ 162,222.33 There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 9:20 p.m.                     Mayor Paul Grondin     Renee' Vonderwerth, City Clerk