City Council Minutes

CITY OF GRANDVILLE

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2009

The Grandville City Council Regular Meeting of March 23, 2009 was called to order by Mayor James Buck at 7:00 pm.

The Acting Clerk called the roll. Present were Council Members, Ken Gates, Randal Gelderloos, Steve Maas, Joshua Meringa, Carole Pettijohn, Dick Richards, and Mayor James Buck. Absent: None

Also attending: Tammy Aue, Treasurer/Finance Director; Matthew Butts, Assistant City Manager; Ron Carr, Lisa Clockman, Police Officer; Randy Kraker, City Attorney; Kenneth Krombeen, City Manager; Marci Poley, Acting Clerk; Dennis Santo, Police Chief; and Dan Steere, Deputy Police Chief (arrived at 7:13 p.m.).

Council Member Pettijohn gave the invocation; and was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.

Motion made by Council Member Maas, supported by Council Member Gelderloos, to approve the March 23, 2009 agenda as presented. The motion was APPROVED.

Motion made by Council Member Pettijohn, supported by Council Member Meringa, to waive the reading of the minutes of the Regular Meeting of March 9, 2009 and to approve as presented. The motion was APPROVED.

Motion made by Council Member Gates, supported by Council Member Maas, that Fiscal Year 2008-2009 bills totaling $393,799.54 as presented by the City Manager, be allowed and authorize the Treasurer to pay the same. The motion was unanimously APPROVED by roll call vote.

PUBLIC COMMENT

74^th District Representative Agema gave an update on the stimulus package, energy bills, and to inform Council on various other activities in Lansing.

Mike Cobb, 3362 40^th St., expressed thanks to City Council and staff for their work at the March 16 Budget Work Session.

CONSENT AGENDA

Items presented under the Consent Agenda included:

Reports: CWP (February), Investments (February)
Minutes: Historical Commission (February 16)

Planning Commission (March 4)

Downtown Development Authority (March 12)

Miscellaneous Purchase Orders and Requests:

a. Court: Recording System – DSS Corporation - $6,255.00

b. Motor Pool: 2009 Ford Crown Vic – Gorno Ford - $20,500.00

c. Motor Pool: 2009 Chevy Tahoe – Berger Chevrolet - $26,536.00

d. Police: Records Management System – New World Systems - $142,133.00

e. Planning/Zoning: Zoning Ordinance Rewrite – LSL Planning – $50.000.00

f. Water: Water Reliability Study – Moore & Bruggink - $5,500.00

g. Fire: Oximeter – Masimo Corporation - $4001.00

Police Chief Santo and Officer Clockman gave a presentation on the proposed purchase of a new records management system for the Police Department.

Motion made by Council Member Maas, supported by Council Member Gates, to approve the

Consent Agenda in the best interest of the City. The motion was unanimously APPROVED by roll call vote.

CITY MANAGER’S

Bids were opened on March 17 for the Wallace and 40^th St. Lift Station Project, the Canal/Buck Creek Pedestrian Bridge Project, and the S. Big Springs, Sioux Court, Shoshone Drive, and Earle Water Main Project. DPW Director Carr and Bob Bruggink from Moore and Bruggink gave a brief overview of the proposed projects.

Motion made by Council Member Maas, supported by Council Member Pettijohn, to accept the engineer’s recommendation to award the Wallace and 40^th Street Sanitary Lift Station Improvements Project to low bidder, Allstate Electric, Inc., in the amount of $280,000. The motion was unanimously APPROVED by roll call vote.

Motion made by Council Member Maas, supported by Council Member Gelderloos, to accept the Wallace and 40^th Street Lift Station Improvements Project budget in the amount of $340,000. The motion was unanimously APPROVED by roll call vote.

Motion made by Council Member Meringa, supported by Council Member Pettijohn, to accept the engineer’s recommendation to award the Canal/Buck Creek Pedestrian Bridge Project to low bidder, Ron Meyer & Associates Excavating, Inc., in the amount of $99,944.50. The motion was unanimously APPROVED by roll call vote.

Motion made by Council Member Meringa, supported by Council Member Maas, to accept the Canal/Buck Creek Pedestrian Bridge Project budget in the amount of $150,000. The motion was unanimously APPROVED by roll call vote.

Motion made by Council Member Pettijohn, supported by Council Member Maas, to accept the engineer’s recommendation to award the improvements for the S. Big Springs, Sioux Court, Shoshone Drive, and Earle Avenue Water Main Project to low bidder, Al’s Excavating, Inc., in the amount of $569,198. The motion was unanimously APPROVED by roll call vote.

Motion made by Council Member Gates, supported by Council Member Meringa, to accept the improvements for the S. Big Springs, Sioux Court, Shoshone Drive, and Earle Avenue Water Main Project budget in the amount of $675,000. The motion was unanimously APPROVED by roll call vote.

COUNCIL COMMENTS

· Special Olympics Basketball Tournament on March 27-29, 2009

· GVMC Quarterly Luncheon on April 13, 2009

· March 16 Budget Work Session

· WCET Open House on May 9, 2009 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.

· Sr. Neighbors Art Show on March 24-27, 2009

ADJOURNMENT

Motion made by Council Member Gelderloos, supported by Council Member Pettijohn, to adjourn at 8:02 pm. The motion was APPROVED.

Marci L. Poley

Acting Clerk

Approved by City Council: April 13, 2009

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