City Council Minutes
The Regular Meeting of the Grandville City
Council was called to order by Mayor James Buck on August 22, 2005
at 7:00 p.m.
The City Clerk called the roll.
Present were Council Members Robert DeWitt, Ken Gates, Steve
Maas, Carole Pettijohn, Stan Ponstein, Joe Sierawski, and Mayor
James Buck. Absent:
None
Also attending: Tom
Guinther, Treasurer/Finance Director; Dan Johnson, Assistant City
Manager; Randy Kraker, City Attorney; Ken Krombeen, City Manager;
Mary Meines, City Clerk; Dick Meyers, WWTP Superintendent; Dennis
Santo, Deputy Police Chief; and Harvey Veldhouse, Fire Chief.
Council Member DeWitt gave the invocation;
and was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.
Moved by Council Member Gates, and seconded
by Council Member Pettijohn, to approve the August 22, 2005 agenda
as presented. The motion was APPROVED.
Moved by Council Member DeWitt, and seconded
by Council Member Sierawski, to waive the reading of the minutes of
the Regular Meeting of August 8, 2005 and to approve as presented.
The motion was APPROVED.
Moved by Council Member Gates, and seconded
by Council Member Maas, that Fiscal Year 2005-2006 bills totaling
$580,664.20 presented by the City Manager, be allowed, and authorize
the Treasurer to pay the same. The motion was APPROVED unanimously
by roll call vote.
PUBLIC
COMMENT
Patrice Vrona, Grandville Branch Manager,
gave an update of the highlights at the Grandville Library for 2004
and 2005 - library use has increased since 2000. Martha Smart,
Executive Director for Kent District Library, reviewed KDL projects.
Keith DeLaat, President of the Grandville
City Employees Association, read a statement on behalf of the Public
Works employees in response to an article in the Grand Rapids Press
following the August 8, 2005 City Council meeting.
The following citizens asked the City Council
to review the RV storage ordinance:
Ted
Rosel, 4113 Omaha
Gary
Loew, 3922 Omaha
Bill
Winglar, 4152 Omaha
Tom
Guinther, 3855 40th St.
PUBLIC
HEARING
Mayor Buck opened the public hearing at 7:17
p.m. on the Confirmation of Special Assessment Roll No. 141, Viaduct
– East Street Improvements. City
Manager Krombeen reviewed the process and the project.
The total project is approximately $450,000 and $98,982.78
will be special assessed between four property owners at 6% over 7
years with the first payment due July 1, 2006.
Property owners may pay all or a portion of the special
assessment without interest by September 30, 2005.
Ned Shaneberger, Plant Comptroller for
Packaging Corporation, asked who will be paying for the railroad
crossings improvements and when the construction will begin.
The City Manager responded to his questions.
The public hearing was closed at 7:25 p.m.
ORDINANCES
AND RESOLUTIONS
Motion by Council Member Pettijohn, and
seconded by Council Member DeWitt, to adopt Resolution No. 2698, a
Resolution to Confirm Special Assessment Roll No. 141, Viaduct –
East Street Improvements. The
motion was APPROVED unanimously by roll call vote.
Malcom Burns and Gill Bryson, from Logan’s
Roadhouse, presented a request to transfer the liquor license from
Grandville to another location in Midland.
Assistant City Manager Johnson explained the request and
indicated Logan’s license is a resort and will be transferring in
a quota license from a location in Kentwood.
The City needs to forward a resolution to the LCC approving
or disapproving the transfer from the Kentwood location.
Moved by Council Member Gates, and seconded by Council Member
Sierawski, to approve Resolution No. 2699, approving the transfer of
ownership of Class C liquor license from Bu Ho II, Inc., 2409 E.
Beltline, Kentwood, to Logan’s Roadhouse, 4425 Canal, Grandville,
MI. The motion was
APPROVED by a 6-1 roll call vote (Yes: DeWitt, Gates, Maas,
Pettijohn, Sierawski, and Buck.
No: Ponstein).
Land & Co. is requesting to rezone the
former La Grande Mobile Home Park property at 3847 28th
Street, from RM-5, Mobile Home Park Residential, to C-5, Commercial
Freeway Interchange District. The
state has recently enacted conditional rezoning where an applicant
proposes conditions to the community and, if accepted, the rezoning
is contingent upon those conditions.
Assistant City Manager Johnson indicated the Planning
Commission has recommended City Council approve the conditional
rezoning including the six concepts proposed by the developer.
The Planning Commission recommended City Council attach a
timeframe to the conditional rezoning and consider a development
agreement. Dave Dishaw
from Land & Co. asked for some flexibility in the timeframe.
Moved by Council Member Ponstein, and seconded by Council
Member Maas, to introduce Zoning Ordinance No. 204-BQ, allowing for
the conditional rezoning of 3847 28th Street from RM-5,
Mobile Home Park Residential, to C-5, Commercial Freeway Interchange
District. The motion was
APPROVED unanimously by roll call vote.
Moved by Council Member Gates, and seconded
by Council Member Pettijohn, to table Zoning Ordinance No. 204-BQ.
The motion was APPROVED.
Assistant City Manager Johnson presented a
proposed ordinance regarding illicit discharge.
The ordinance was prepared by a committee that worked with
Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber. Communities that are part of
the Phase II NPDES permit process are required to adopt it by the
end of the year. Moved
by Council Member Ponstein, and seconded by Council Member Pettijohn,
to introduce Ordinance No. 272, Illicit Discharge and Illicit
Connection Ordinance. The
motion was APPROVED unanimously by roll call vote.
Moved by Council Member Gates, and seconded
by Council Member Maas, to table Ordinance No. 272.
The motion was APPROVED.
COUNCIL
COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS
Because there is the possibility of the City
of Grandville facing a FY 2006-07 budget deficit, Council Member
Sierawski requested a hiring freeze be enacted.
He stated the Council will need to make some difficult
decisions regarding employees. Mr. Sierawski also pointed out,
because of the possibility of employee reductions or job
consolidations; it would be cruel and unfair to hire any new
employees under these difficult budget circumstances.
Moved by Council Member Sierawski, and
seconded by Council Member Ponstein, effective August 23, 2005 City
Council enact a hiring freeze on all City departments and
operations, and that the City Council consider emergency hires on a
case by case basis as presented by the City Manager at any regularly
scheduled City Council meeting with the hiring freeze to remain in
effect until rescinded by the City Council.
City Council will be working on the reducing
the budget deficit for FY 2006-07. and obtaining results of the
Community Survey before considering a hiring freeze. City
Manager Krombeen reviewed a list of position vacancies and asked if
a hiring freeze would only affect the positions that are funded by
the General Fund or would it apply to all vacancies. He raised
questions regarding how a hiring freeze relates to promotions to
fill vacant positions; the operational and overtime impacts of a
hiring freeze and what the payoff will be with regards to the
budget.
(Minutes
were corrected at the 9/12/05 meeting of the Grandville City
Council)
Moved by Council Member Ponstein, and
seconded by Council Member Pettijohn, to table the main motion. The
motion was APPROVED.
CONSENT
AGENDA
Moved by Council Member Maas, and seconded by
Council Member Gates, to approve the Consent Agenda as presented in
the best interest of the City including the following items:
1.
Reports:
Investments (July), WWTP (July)
2.
Minutes:
Historical Commission (July 1)
Planning Commission (Aug. 3)
3.
Set Public Hearing: Park
and Rec Master Plan (Sept. 12, 2005 @ 7:15 p.m.)
4.
Miscellaneous Purchase Orders and Requests
a.
Fire:
Ventilator – Emergency Vehicle Services, Inc. - $1,548.00
The
motion was APPROVED unanimously by roll call vote.
CITY
MANAGER’S REPORT
The Millennium Park Master Plan includes
property located in Grandville. Kent
County is attempting to acquire property between Indian Mounds Drive
and I-196. Of the 40
acres, Kent County is proposing to purchase 38 acres leaving a
two-acre piece containing a radio tower.
The two-acre parcel does not have access to a public street
which is required by the Grandville Zoning Ordinance.
Kent County has the obligation to maintain an access to the
tower and City Council may accept a private street as access to the
parcel. Moved by Council
Member Maas, and seconded by Council Member Gates, to authorize
access by a private drive from Indian Mounds Drive to the two-acre
parcel containing the radio tower.
The motion was APPROVED unanimously by roll call vote.
City Manager Krombeen reviewed the selection
process used to arrive at the recommendation for the DPW Director.
He requested confirmation of appointment of Ron Carr to the
position. Moved by Council Member Ponstein, and seconded by Council
Member Gates, confirming the appointment of Ron Carr as Director of
the Department of Public Works.
The motion was APPROVED unanimously by roll call vote.
COUNCIL
COMMENTS
City Council asked Planning Commission to
review the ordinance regarding RV storage. Comment was made
regarding police vehicle mileage.
Congratulations were extended to Richard Meyers on his
retirement after 33 years of working for the City of Grandville
.
Moved by Council Member Maas, and seconded by
Council Member Gates, to adjourn at 9:47 p.m. The motion was
APPROVED.
Mary
L. Meines
Grandville
City Clerk
Approved
by City Council:
September 12, 2005
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