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St. Ignace City Council Meeting Minutes 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 Della- Moretta, Fullerton, LaLonde, Tamlyn-Massaway, Wyse, Mayor Grondin. Absent: Councilmember Gustafson. Staff Present: Eric Dodson, City Manager; Prentiss M. Brown, Jr., City Attorney; Renee' Vonderwerth, City Clerk; Eugene Elmer, Assessor/ Treasurer; Les Therrian, Superintendent of Public Works; Tim Matelski, Chief of Police; Deb Evashevski, DDA Director; Paul Sved, Bldg. Insp; Erica Mattson, LBE Facility Manger Minutes of the Regular Meeting of May 21, 2007 were approved as presented. Additions to the Agenda: 8. City Manager Dodson - Community Garage Resolution. At this time, Mayor Grondin requested Council's action to excuse Councilmember Gustafson. It was moved by Councilmember Wyse, seconded by Councilmember LaLonde to excuse Councilmember Gustafson from the Council Meeting. Motion carried unanimously. 1. WATER TOWER REPORT: City Manager Dodson informed Council that Dixon continues to closely monitor the progress with Pittsburg Tank and asked Les Therrian to update Council on the status. Les stated that Dixon is working with Pittsburg Tank who submitted a preliminary failure analysis to Dixon. Dixon didn't agree with the failure analysis and sent the report back with a lengthy list of requirements to meet before Pittsburg could continue with the repairs. 2. MOVIES UNDER THE STARS-SPECIAL EVENTS RESOLUTION: Resolution The following Resolution was offered for adoption by Councilmember LaLonde supported by Councilmember Wyse: WHEREAS, Eric B. Dodson, City Manager for the City of St. Ignace is requesting to sponsor "Movies Under the Stars" for the benefit of the City, and WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 413 of the City of St. Ignace, "The Peddler's Ordinance", as amended, requires certain criteria be met by Eric B. Dodson, City Manager for the City of St. Ignace to comply with the "Special Events" requirements of the City, and WHEREAS, Eric B. Dodson, City Manager for the City of St. Ignace has provided the City Council with all of the information required by Ordinance No. 413, and THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council has determined that Eric B. Dodson, City Manager for the City of St. Ignace, has met the criteria established in the various sections of Ordinance No. 413, and FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council does approve Eric B. Dodson, agent for the City of St. Ignace, to be a "Special Events Organization", and approves the use of Little Bear East properties on Monday and Tuesday July 2 and 3, 2007, from 6:00 p.m. until 12:00 a.m. The vending for this event will be handled exclusively by and for the City of St. Ignace. Roll Call YES: Councilmember Fullerton, Gustafson, LaLonde, Tamlyn- Massaway, Wyse, Mayor Grondin, Councilmember Della-Moretta. NO: None. ABSENT: Councilmember Gustafson. Resolution declared Adopted. 3. MAYOR EXCHANGE: Mayor Grondin stated that City Manager Dodson and he contacted Mackinaw City to see if they would be interested in a Mayor Exchange, adding that they have agreed to do it on June 19th and 20th. Mayor Grondin stated that St. Ignace would visit Mackinaw City on the 19th and Mackinaw City would visit St. Ignace on the 20th and requested Council to approve the concept. It was moved by Councilmember Della-Moretta, seconded by Councilmember LaLonde to approve the Mayor Exchange with Mackinaw City. Motion carried unanimously. In addition, Mayor Grondin informed Council that the Mayor of Bay City has voiced his interest in doing a Mayor Exchange with St. Ignace, and City Manager Dodson will contact them to set up dates for a Mayor Exchange in 2008. 4. ZONING BOARD APPOINTMENT: Mayor Grondin requested Council's approval to appoint Jon Arnold to the Zoning Board replacing Bucky McPhee and Steve Paquin to the Planning Commission to replace Bob Boynton. It was moved by Councilmember LaLonde, seconded by Councilmember Wyse to approve the Mayor's appointments. Motion carried unanimously. 5. TAXICAB LICENSE APPLICATION APPROVAL: Mayor Grondin presented Council an application for a license to drive a taxicab from Dawn Thanasiu for their approval. City Manager Dodson informed Council that the Chief of Police reviewed the application and approved it. It was moved by Councilmember LaLonde, seconded by Councilmember Tamlyn-Massaway to approve the license. Motion carried unanimously. 6. FORT DE BUADE UPDATE: City Manager Dodson informed Council that City Attorney Brown presented three proposed agreements for his review and anticipates forwarding them on to Council for their review at the next meeting. City Manager Dodson went on to explain that the agreements are between the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians and the City of St. Ignace, a purchase agreement with the Benson family and a management agreement with the Michilimackinac Historical Society. In addition, Mackinac Environmental has been on the site to take soil samples and will be presenting the City an environmental impact report. In addition, several other issues need to be addressed with the building before it will be considered safe for public operation. At this time, City Attorney Brown explained that the agreement with the Tribe was drafted a month ago. Keith presented it to his Board, the lawyer made some suggestions, and the only significant difference is if there's an argument between the City and the Tribe, it will go to arbitration. However, this doesn't cancel the Tribe's right for their independence to take it to a tribal court if it's necessary, adding that he has no objections to it and couldn't see any problems with the Tribe. 7. WATER/SEWER REPORT: City Manager Dodson updated Council on the status of the water sewer funds, adding that compared to last year the water and sewer funds are doing very good and following the predicted trends. 8. COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE RESOLUTION: Resolution The following Resolution was offered for adoption by Councilmember LaLonde, Supported by Councilmember Fullerton: WHEREAS, the St. Ignace Business Association is requesting to sponsor the St. Ignace Community Garage Sale, and WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 413 of the City of St. Ignace, "The Peddler's Ordinance", requires certain criteria be met in order for the event to be held. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the St. Ignace City Council has determined that the St. Ignace Business Association does meet the criteria established in the various sections of Ordinance No. 413, and FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council does approve the usage of downtown property for this event on June 9, 2007. Roll Call Vote: Yes: Councilmember Gustafson, LaLonde, Tamlyn- Massaway, Wyse, Mayor Grondin, Councilmember Della-Moretta, Fullerton. No: None. Absent: Councilmember Gustafson. Resolution declared Adopted. At this time, Mayor Grondin presented Council a copy of an article that appeared in the Free Press on June 3, 2007 listing the top ten festivals in Michigan and the St. Ignace Car Show was one of them. Consideration of Bills: Councilmember LaLonde inquired on the bill for fuel at the marina, asking what the charge for an add on in the amount of $515 was. Gene Elmer informed him it is an additive. Public Comment: Councilmember Della-Moretta inquired if there has been any more talk in Lansing concerning the bus station. City Manager Dodson stated that he hasn't heard anything since they reached their budget deal as of last Friday and whether or not that puts an unfreeze on the freeze. 9. EXECUTIVE SESSION- P.A. 267, ART. 245, SEC. 8: It was moved by Councilmember Wyse, seconded by Councilmember LaLonde to go into Executive Session to discuss union negotiations. Motion carried unanimously. After coming out of Executive Session, it was moved by Councilmember LaLonde, seconded by Councilmember Della-Moretta to change the POLC Contract to coincide with the AFSCME Contract in regards to health article #28 and authorized the City Manager to sign the contract. Motion carried unanimously.
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