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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSYNOPSIS - 2015-10-19 th SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,787 REGULAR MEETING LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – OCTOBER 19, 2015 Meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by President Brosnan. Present: Lynda Scheel, Susan Nash, Brandon Kritzman, John Pastor, Brian Meakin, Laura Toy, Maureen Miller Brosnan. Absent: None. th #313-15 Resolution by Toy and Scheel, approving the minutes of the 1,786 Regular MAD FAT Meeting of the Council held October 5, 2015. A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolutions: AYES: Scheel, Nash, Kritzman, Meakin, Toy, and Brosnan. NAYS: None. PRESENT: Pastor. President Brosnan announced there is new data on Item 10 and that there will be an X- item at the end of the meeting. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION: Anthony Stokes, 15491 Liverpool, addressed Council regarding the need for his street to be fixed. He indicated it was on the 2013 Road Repair schedule but still has not been repaired. Todd Zilincik, City Engineer, responded and provided a timeframe within which the work is anticipated to be complete. The following items were received and filed: Communication from the Department of Finance dated September 22, 2015, re: forwarding various financial statements of the City of Livonia for the month ending August 31, 2015. Communication from the Department of Finance dated September 23, 2015, re: forwarding the Quarterly Investment Report for the City of Livonia as of August 31, 2015. Letter from the Director of the Livonia Housing Commission, dated September 17, 2015, transmitting the LHC Audit Report for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2014. City of Livonia Preliminary Budget Documents for Fiscal Year 2015-2016, received on September 15, 2015. Supplement to Preliminary Budget 2015-2016 Personnel Worksheets, received on September 15, 2015. Communication from the Department of Finance, dated October 2, 2015, re: Council Budget Questions. th SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,787REGULAR MEETING 2 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – October 19, 2015 Email communication from Frank, Grisa, O’Malley’s Bar & Grill, dated October 19, 2015, re: rescinding his request for waiver of the Noise Ordinance. The following resolutions were offered by Scheel and Kritzman: #314-15 Granting permission to hold the 2016, 2017 and 2018 Annual Motor City MAD FAT Irish Fest at Greenmead, FURTHER, the Council does hereby approve the proposed flat Greenmd rate fee of $3,000.00, plus $1.00 for every advance ticket sold by Greenmead and 20% of the income from vehicle parking and with the further understanding that the Historical Commission will have the opportunity to realize additional profits from operating a food booth, and sales from gift shop operations; FURTHER, the Motor City Irish Fest will be responsible for handling vehicle parking and will be entitled to retain 80% of parking fees; FURTHER, the Council does hereby approve the request to sell raffle tickets on the grounds of Greenmead in connection with this event, subject to conditions. #315-15 Abandoning the existing 6-inch sanitary sewer underneath Five Mile Road, MAD FAT east of Levan Road that was previously connected to the existing 21-inch sanitary sewer Eng main running east/west along the north side of Five Mile Road and abiding by the conditions set forth in Rule 4.26 of the Wayne County Permit Manual, subject to conditions. #316-15 Approving the 2016 Road Repair Program as proposed by the Department MAD FAT of Public Works, reviewed by the Citizens Advisory Committee on Roads for the fourth Eng year of the ten-year road paving millage approved by Livonia residents. #317-15 Referring the subject of a replacement ground sign with a variable electronic MAD FAT message board for the Livonia Family YMCA recreational facility located on the west side Insp of Stark Road between Schoolcraft Road and Lyndon Avenue (14255 Stark Road) to the Plan Legislative Affairs Committee for its report and recommendation. (Pet. 2015-08-SN-04) Eng A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolutions: AYES: Scheel, Nash, Kritzman, Pastor, Meakin, Toy, and Brosnan. NAYS: None. #318-15 Resolution by Pastor and Scheel, unanimously adopted, requesting from MAD FAT the Administration a report on the impact the changes in the personal property tax from the State will have on the City. #319-15 Resolution by Pastor and Nash, unanimously adopted, requesting from the MAD FAT Administration a report on the vacancy rate for all commercial and industrial properties. #320-15 Resolution by Pastor and Toy, unanimously adopted, approving the Annual MAD FAT Budget for the fiscal year ending November 30, 2016. (CR 231-15) th SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,787REGULAR MEETING 3 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – October 19, 2015 #321-15 Resolution by Pastor and Toy, unanimously adopted, establishing a tax levy MAD FAT of 4.0447 mills, of the taxable valuation of all real and personal property subject to taxation in the City of Livonia for the fiscal year commencing December 1, 2015, and ending November 30, 2016, as well as various additional levies to support the proposed budget. (CR 231-15) #322-15 Resolution by Pastor and Toy, unanimously adopted, referring the subject MAD FAT of appropriating funds for education of rat control to the Infrastructure and Community OrdEnf Transit Committee. Kritzman stepped down from the podium at 7:24 p.m. to avoid any perceived conflict of interest. #323-15 Resolution by Meakin and Nash, accepting the bid of Sidock Architects, MAD FAT 45650 Grand River Avenue, Novi, Michigan 48374, to provide services for the Eng development of a DPW Master Plan only and rejects that portion of the bid which relates to the design and specifications of the proposed water and sewer building; FURTHER, authorizing an expenditure in an amount not to exceed $25,000.00; and the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized, for and on behalf of the City of Livonia, to execute a contract with Sidock Architects and to do all other things necessary or incidental to the full performance of this resolution and the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to approve minor adjustments in the work, as it becomes necessary. (CR 184-15) A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolution: AYES: Scheel, Nash, Pastor, Meakin, Toy, and Brosnan. NAYS: None. #324-15 Resolution by Toy and Scheel, authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk, for and MAD FAT on behalf of the City of Livonia, to execute a contract amendment between Anderson, Eng Eckstein and Westrick, Inc., 51301 Schoenherr Road, Shelby Township, Michigan 48315, to provide Design Engineering and Construction Engineering for the 2016 Concrete Road Repair Program in an amount not to exceed $437,500.00 ($137,500.00 for Design Services and $300,000.00 for Construction Engineering Services), subject to adjustment based on the actual bids; FURTHER, authorizing an expenditure in an amount not to exceed $437,500.00 from funds budgeted for this purpose, and the City Engineer is hereby authorized to approve minor adjustments in the work as it becomes necessary. A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolution: AYES: Scheel, Nash, Pastor, Meakin, Toy, and Brosnan. NAYS: None. #325-15 Resolution by Toy and Scheel, authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk, for and MAD FAT on behalf of the City of Livonia, to execute a contract amendment between the City of Eng Livonia and OHM Advisors to continue as the consultant for the 2016 Asphalt Paving Replacement Program, in the amount of $267,925.00 ($80,425.00 for Design Engineering th SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,787REGULAR MEETING 4 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – October 19, 2015 and $187,500.00 for Construction Engineering); FURTHER, authorizing an expenditure in an amount not to exceed $267,925.00 from funds already budgeted for this purpose; and the City Engineer is hereby authorized to approve minor adjustments in the work, as it becomes necessary. A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolution: AYES: Scheel, Nash, Pastor, Meakin, Toy, and Brosnan. NAYS: None. Kritzman returned to the podium at 7:49 p.m. #326-15 Resolution by Toy and Pastor, unanimously adopted, determining to take MAD FAT no further action regarding the request from Frank Grisa, owner of O’Malley’s Bar & Grill, Police to waive the City’s Noise Ordinance, as amended. #327-15 Resolution by Scheel and Toy, directing that a Closed Committee of the MAD FAT Whole meeting be held to discuss litigation matters and attorney/client privileged communications in connection with pending litigation, John Kozma and Wendy Kozma as Co-Guardians of Jodi Renee Kozma v City of Livonia, et al. A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolution: AYES: Scheel, Nash, Kritzman, Pastor, Meakin, Toy, and Brosnan. NAYS: None. #328-15 Resolution by Toy and Pastor, unanimously adopted, suspending the rules MAD FAT for procedure as outlined in CR 574-82 to permit consideration of items that do not appear on the agenda. #329-15 Resolution by Scheel and Kritzman, unanimously adopted, approving a MAD FAT Cable Franchise Agreement with WideOpenWest Michigan, LLC to provide a 5% ComRes franchise fee, together with the 1% PEG fee which supports City Channel 8, for a period of ten (10) years; FURTHER, authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the Uniform Video Service Local Franchise Agreement for and on behalf of the City of Livonia and to do all other things necessary or incidental to the full performance of this resolution. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION: None. th By Toy and Meakin, unanimously adopted, adjourning this 1,787Regular Meeting of the Council of the City of Livonia at 7:57 p.m. on October 19, 2015. SUSAN A. HOFF CITY CLERK *The foregoing is a summary of the Council’s proceedings in synopsis form as authorized by CR 1158-68. The full text of the official minutes of this meeting is on file in the Office of the City Clerk and is available to the public upon request.