City Council Minutes

CITY OF GRANDVILLE

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2009

The Grandville City Council Regular Meeting of October 12, 2009 was called to order by Mayor James Buck at 7:00 pm.

The City 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, Public Works Director; Ken Krombeen, City Manager; Mary Meines, City Clerk; and Dennis Santo, Police Chief and Matt Zimmerman, City Attorney.

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

Motion made by Council Member Gelderloos, supported by Council Member Maas, to approve the October 12, 2009 agenda as presented. The motion was APPROVED.

Motion made by Council Member Meringa, supported by Council Member Richards, to waive the reading of the minutes of the Regular Meeting of September 28, 2009 and to approve as presented. The motion was APPROVED.

Motion made by Council Member Meringa, supported by Council Member Pettijohn, that bills for Fiscal Year 2009-2010 totaling $239,733.17 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

Sandy LeBlanc and Doug Klynstra from the Grandville Jenison Chamber of Commerce gave a report on the newly merged Chamber.

Steve Kauffman, 3654 Ivanrest Ave., expressed appreciation to Finance Director Aue for the article in the City’s newsletter.

ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS

City Attorney Zimmerman reviewed the legal perspective of the proposed CWD Development Agreement while Assistant City Manager Butts discussed some of the details. Motion made by Council Member Maas, supported by Council Member Gates, to authorize the Development Agreement between the City and CWD Grandville-1, LLC. The motion was unanimously APPROVED by roll call vote.

Motion made by Council Member Meringa, supported by Council Member Gates, to remove from the table Zoning Ordinance No. 204-CD. The motion was APPROVED.

Motion made by Council Member Maas, supported by Council Member Meringa, to adopt Zoning Ordinance No. 204-CD, rezoning 3100 44^th Street (CWD Project) to PUD – Planned Unit Development Project. The motion was unanimously APPROVED by roll call vote.

CONSENT AGENDA

Items presented under the Consent Agenda included:

Reports: Fire/EMS (September), CWP (September), Treasurer’s (September)
Minutes: Zoning Board of Appeals (July 15)

Planning Commission (Special Meeting – August 19)

Historical Commission (September 21)

Resolution No. 2903: Charitable Gaming License – Grandville Education Foundation
Appointment: Marie Gowell, Board of Review- Term Expiring 12/31/09
Miscellaneous Purchase Orders and Requests:

a. Administration: Annual Report/ Calendar Printing

Grandville Printing Co.- $4,126.20

Public Works Director Carr reviewed the leaf program.

Motion made by Council Member Maas, supported by Council Member Gelderloos, to approve the Consent Agenda as presented in the best interest of the City. The motion was unanimously APPROVED by roll call vote.

CITY MANAGER’S REPORT

City Manager Krombeen informed City Council that mid-year budget cuts may be necessary depending on how much the State cuts Revenue Sharing.

COUNCIL COMMENTS

· Difficult decisions are ahead – good to have time to think about what direction to go

· Mayor’s Exchange with City of Greenville

· Fire station mediation in December in Detroit

· Thank you for the follow-up on the problems with 3330 Vermont sewer lines

· Thankful to have CWD bring the PUD project to Grandville

ADJOURNMENT

Motion made by Council Member Maas, supported by Council Member Gates, to adjourn at 7:46 pm. The motion was APPROVED.

Mary L. Meines

City Clerk