City Council Minutes

2002-024 Regular session, February 11, 2002, in the Council Chambers at 7:00 p.m.

The meeting was called to order by Mayor James Buck.

The Acting Clerk Dan Johnson called the roll. Present were Council Members Robert De Witt, Kenneth Gates, Steve Maas, Carole Pettijohn, Stan Ponstein, Joe Sierawski and Mayor Buck. Absent: None.

Also present were City Manager Ken Krombeen, Assistant City Manager Dan Johnson, and City Attorney Randall Kraker.

Other staff present:

Tom Guinther, Treasurer/Finance Director

Vern Snyder, Police Chief

Harvey Veldhouse, Fire Chief

The invocation was given by Father George Darling, St. Pius X Catholic Church, and was followed by the pledge of allegiance.

Moved by Council Member Maas and seconded by Council Member Gates, CARRIED, to approve the February 11, 2002 agenda.

Moved by Council Member Gates and seconded by Council Member Sierawski, CARRIED, to waive the reading of the minutes of the regular meeting of January 28, 2002 and approve as presented.

Moved by Council Member Pettijohn and seconded by Council Member Maas, CARRIED unanimously by roll call vote, that bills totaling $343,635.35, as presented by the City Manager, be allowed and the Treasurer authorized to pay the same.

2002-025 Bruce Matza, Innovations in Management, presented a summary of the Strategic Planning Retreat held with City Council and management staff on January 18, 2002.

2002-026 Moved by Council Member Gates and seconded by Council Member DeWitt, CARRIED, to remove from the table proposed Ordinance No. 249. Moved by Council Member Sierawski and seconded by Council Member Gates, CARRIED unanimously by roll call vote, to adopt Ordinance No. 249, an ordinance to amend Section 15-66(b) of the Code of Ordinances.

2002-027 The Assistant City Manager presented Ordinance No. 204-AT, to rezone 3849 Oakes Street from RM-2, Two-Family Residential, to C-3, Commercial Highway. He indicated the applicant, Kenowa Auto Parts, has withdrawn their request to rezone 2819 Ottawa Avenue and that the Planning Commission has recommended approval of the rezoning for 3849 Oakes St. Moved by Council Member Maas and seconded by Council Member Gates, CARRIED unanimously by roll call vote, to introduce proposed Zoning Ordinance No. 204-AT, an Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 204, the Zoning Ordinance of 1994 to rezone 3849 Oakes from RM-2, Two-Family Residential, to C-3, Commercial Highway. Moved by Council Member Gates and seconded by Council Member Sierawski, CARRIED, to table proposed Ordinance No. 204-AT.

2002-028 CONSENT AGENDA

Moved by Council Member Maas and seconded by Council Member Pettijohn, CARRIED unanimously by roll call vote, to approve the Consent Agenda as presented, with purchases in the best interest of the City:

1. Reports: Fire (Jan.), Treasurer’s (Jan.), WWTP (Jan.)
2. Authorization: Waiver and Consent of Delinquent 1996 Personal Property Taxes
3. Miscellaneous Purchase Orders and Requests

Police: Ballistic Shield

DPW: Sanitary Sewer Televising

Council Member DeWitt questioned the accuracy of the report listing the 1996 delinquent personal property taxes, and Council Member Sierawski asked Finance Director Guinther to calculate current exposure of delinquent taxes for 1997-2000.

2002-029 City Manager Krombeen reviewed the selection process in arriving at the appointment of Mary Meines as City Clerk. Moved by Pettijohn and seconded by Council Member DeWitt, CARRIED unanimously by roll call vote, to confirm the appointment of Mary Meines as the City Clerk for the City of Grandville.

2002-030 City Manager Krombeen presented a recommendation for implementation of the Classification/Compensation Study prepared by the Michigan Municipal League. Council Members suggested changing the merit-based matrix to reflect no merit increase for a below satisfactory performance evaluation. Moved by Council Member Sierawski, and seconded by Council Member DeWitt, CARRIED unanimously by roll call vote, to authorize the City Manager to finalize the compensation study and to implement the revised study with no merit increases for below expectations performance reviews.

COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENTS

Comments were received from Council Members relative to solid waste issue and budget meeting dates.

Moved by Council Member Maas and seconded by Council Member Gates, CARRIED, to adjourn at 8:28 p.m.

Daniel Johnson
Acting Clerk

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