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St. Ignace City Council Meeting Minutes Council Proceedings (Official) The regular meeting of the St. Ignace City Council was held on Monday, January 7, 2008 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 Della- Moretta, Fullerton, Gustafson, Tamlyn-Massaway, Wyse, Mayor Grondin. Absent: Councilmember LaLonde. Staff Present: Eric Dodson, City Manager; Prentiss M. Brown, Jr., City Attorney; Renee' Vonderwerth, City Clerk; Les Therrian, Superintendent of Utilities; Tim Matelski,Chief of Police; Deb Evashevski, DDA Director. Minutes of the Regular Meeting of December 17, 2007 were approved as presented. Additions to the Agenda: 9. Councilmember Wyse - Request. At this time, it was moved by Mayor Grondin, seconded by Councilmember Fullerton to excuse Councilmember LaLonde from the Council Meeting. Motion carried unanimously. 1. LIBRARY BOARD APPOINTMENT: Mayor Grondin explained that this appointment was done at the previous meeting. 2. MACKINAC BRIDGE TOLL RECAP: City Manager Dodson reviewed the information in the packet regarding the Mackinac Bridge toll increase, including an article from the St. Ignace News which gave a rundown of the changes. 3. BUS STATION UPDATE: City Manager Dodson updated Council on the status of the bus station, stating that the Michigan Department of Transportation is moving forward on this project and a proposed design will be available to the Real Estate Committee shortly. 4. SEWER PROJECT STATUS REPORT: City Manager Dodson updated Council on the status of the upcoming Sewer project, stating that the State of Michigan has allowed the City an extension because the grant and funding requirements didn't line up with what the DEQ review of the project plans. Les Therrian explained that the Administrative Consent Order was moved from November of 08 to July 1st of 2009 for the Reagon Street forcemain, and the rest of the project is still scheduled for completion by November 15th of 2009. 5. OPEN MEETINGS ACT TRAINING: Mayor Grondin informed Council that City Manager Dodson contacted Guran Lucow, Attorneys at Law and they have agreed to send John Giloolly to provide a training session on the Open Meetings Act which is going to be held on Wednesday, February 27th at 2:00 p.m. most likely at the Conference Center at Little Bear East. 6. CHARTER AMENDMENT DISCUSSION: Mayor Grondin requested Council's input on how to proceed with this issue and informed Council that he has requested the City Manager place the charter amendment discussion on the agenda the first meeting of each month. In addition, Mayor Grondin stated that it is a very important issue and requested the Council as a whole to review it instead of appointing a separate committee. After discussing the procedure, it was suggested by Councilmember Gustafson to break the process into 3 separate session as follows: at the first meeting in February review Chapters 1-5, pages 1-14; at the March meeting Chapters 6-11, pages 15-30 and at the April meeting Chapters 12-16, pages 30-41. In addition, Councilmember Gustafson suggested that the staff also be involved in the process and offer their recommendations. It was the consensus of Council to proceed as suggested by Councilmember Gustafson. 7. TAXICAB LICENSE APPLICATION APPROVAL: City Manager Dodson informed Council that the Police Chief has approved the Taxicab Driver Application submitted by Anthony Fehrenbach and requested Council's approval. It was moved by Councilmember Wyse, seconded by Councilmember Gustafson to approve the Taxicab Driver Application from Anthony Fehrenbach. Motion carried unanimously. 8. SPECIAL EVENTS RESOLUTION: RESOLUTION The following resolution was offered to adoption by Councilmember Della-Moretta, supported by Councilmember Gustafson: WHEREAS, the St. Ignace Chamber of Commerce is requesting to sponsor "Live at the Pavillion", wine tasting and music program, and WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 413 of the City of St. Ignace, "The Peddler's Ordinance", as amended, requires certain criteria be met by the St. Ignace Chamber of Commerce to comply with the "Special Events" requirements of the City, and WHEREAS, the St. Ignace Chamber of Commerce 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 the St. Ignace Chamber of Commerce has met the criteria established in the various sections of Ordinance No. 413, and FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council does approve the St. Ignace Chamber of Commerce to be a "Special Events Organization", and approves the use of the City walkway at the Pavillion on Tuesdays from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., July 1, 2008 through September 30, 2008. The vending for this event will be handled exclusively by the St. Ignace Chamber of Commerce. Neither the City nor the St. Ignace Downtown Development Authority financially participates in this event, and FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED, that the City does approve, subject to compliance with City rules and regulations, the use of the City walkway at the Pavillion on the following dates: Tues., July, 1, 2008, Tues, July 8, 2008, Tues. July 15, 2008, Tues, July 22, 2008 Tues., July 29, 2008, Tues, Aug. 5, 2008, Tues, Aug. 12, 2008, Tues, Aug. 19, 2008, Tues, Aug. 26, 2008, Tues., Sept. 2, 2008, Tues, Sept. 9, 2008, Tues., Sept. 16, 2008, Tues., Sept. 23, 2008, Tues., Sept. 30, 2008 Roll Call Vote: Yes: Councilmember Fullerton, Gustafson, LaLonde, Tamlyn- Massaway, Wyse, Mayor Grondin, Councilmember Della- Moretta. No: None. Absent: Councilmember LaLonde. Resolution declared Adopted. 9. COUNCILMEMBER WYSE - REQUEST: Councilmember Wyse requested to be excused from the Council Meeting on January 21, 2008. It was moved by Mayor Grondin, seconded by Councilmember Gustafson to excuse Councilmember Wyse from the January 21, 2008 meeting. Motion carried unanimously. Consideration of Bills: There were no considerations at this time. Public Comment: At this time, John Lechner read a letter he wrote and submitted to the Judge regarding Kevin Samphere and offered a few comments. Also at this time, Mayor Grondin reminded Council that the next meeting would be held at the Library on January 21, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.
The following bills were presented to Council for payment:
Mayor Paul Grondin Renee Vonderwerth, City Clerk |
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