City Council Minutes

CITY OF GRANDVILLE

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2010

The Grandville City Council Regular Meeting of December 20, 2010 was called to order by Mayor James Buck at 7:00 pm.

Present were Council Members Randal Gelderloos, Steve Kauffman, Joshua Meringa, Carole Pettijohn, Dick Richards, and Mayor James Buck. Absent: Council Member Steve Maas.

Also attending: Matt Butts, Assistant City Manager; Tammy Hopman, Treasurer/Finance Director; Randy Kraker, City Attorney; Mike May, Fire Lieutenant; Mary Meines, City Clerk; Dennis Santo, Police Chief; and Dan Steere, Deputy Police Chief.

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

Motion made by Council Member Richards, supported by Council Member Pettijohn, to approve the December 20, 2010 amended agenda as presented. The motion was APPROVED.

Motion made by Council Member Gelderloos, supported by Council Member Meringa, to waive the reading of the minutes of the Regular Meeting of December 13, 2010 and approve including correction of a typo on page 2, second paragraph (weres should be were). The motion was APPROVED.

Motion made by Council Member Pettijohn, supported by Council Member Richards, that bills for Fiscal Year 2010-2011 totaling $182,318.98 as presented by the City Manager, be allowed and authorize the Treasurer to pay the same. The motion was unanimously APPROVED by a 6-0 roll call vote.

PUBLIC COMMENT

No public comment.

ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS

Assistant City Manager Butts explained the reason for bringing an emergency ordinance to Council. Currently, Section 3-9 prohibits sales of alcohol between 9:00 pm December 24 and 7:00 am December 26 and if the 26^th is a Sunday, then sales are prohibited until 7:00 am December 27. Grandville’s licensed establishments have asked if this could be changed. The City Attorney prepared an ordinance to be consistent with what is done on Sunday the rest of the year – allow beer and wine sales after noon. Motion made by Council Member Richards, supported by Council Member Kauffman, approving emergency Ordinance No. 286, allowing the sale of beer and wine for consumption on or off the licensee’s premises between the hours of 12:00 noon on December 26, 2010 and 2:00 am Monday, December 27, 2010. The motion was unanimously APPROVED by 6-0 roll call vote.

CONSENT AGENDA

Items presented under the Consent Agenda included:

Reports: Investments (November)
Minutes: Downtown Development Authority (December 9)
Appointment: ITP – Steve Kauffman – term expiring 12/31/2012

Motion made by Council Member Gelderloos, supported by Council Member Richards, to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. The motion was unanimously APPROVED by 6-0 roll call vote.

CITY MANAGER’S REPORT

Because the City has been with the MML Pool for property and liability coverage since 1985, the City Manager decided to put these services out for bid to see if we could save money. Five proposals were received. The City Manager and Clerk reviewed the proposals with Jim Heyboer, Senior Vice-President of Hub and a Grandville resident. Since Hub was not involved in the bid process, Mr. Heyboer offered his services. The recommendation is to go with the second lowest bidder, Berends Hendricks Stuit/Par Plan. Motion made by Council member Richards, supported by Council Member Meringa, to award the City’s 2011 liability and property insurance to Berends Hendricks Stuit/Par Plan effective 1/01/2011 in the best interest of the City. The motion was unanimously APPROVED by a 6-0 roll call vote.

Recommendations for appointments to various City boards and commission were provided to the Council in their agenda packets. Motion made by Council Member Pettijohn, supported by Council Member Gelderloos, to approve the board and commission appointments as presented by staff. The motion was unanimously APPROVED by 6-0 roll call vote.

Dave Houtsma Board of Review 12/31/13

Rob Andriessen Board of Zoning Appeals 12/31/13

Bob Poll Board of Zoning Appeals 12/31/13

Bob Godfrey Board of Zoning Appeals 12/31/13

Jack DeRuyter (Alternate) Board of Zoning Appeals 12/31/11

Stan Ponstein (Alternate) Board of Zoning Appeals 12/31/11

Bret Groendyke Brownfield Redevelopment Auth. 12/31/13

Ken Krombeen Brownfield Redevelopment Auth. 12/31/13

Lee Cook Building Authority 12/31/13

Time Peraino Building Authority 12/31/13

Ken Krombeen Building Authority 12/31/13

Debra Reese Business Relations Committee 12/31/12

Steve Zinger Business Relations Committee 12/31/12

Jason Siegmann Business Relations Committee 12/31/11

Craig Nicely Downtown Development Auth. 12/31/14

Ken Noorman Downtown Development Auth. 12/31/14

Ken Noorman Economic Development Auth. 12/31/16

Ken Gates Historical Commission 12/31/11

Melissa Carlon Historical Commission 12/31/11

Nicholas Funk Historical Commission 12/31/11

Joyce Cole Historical Commission 12/31/11

Ted VanderPloeg Historical Commission 12/31/11

Robert Avink Historical Commission 12/31/11

Thedis DeWitt Library Board 12/31/14

Kim Zandbergen Library Board 12/31/14

Charles Cadman Local Officers Comp. Comm. 12/31/15

Dan Bode Construction Board of Appeals 12/31/12

Ralph DenHartigh Construction Board of Appeals 12/31/12

Ben Weykamp Park & Recreation Board 12/31/12

Deputy Police Chief Steere brought the Accident Review Policy before Council for adoption. Council Member Meringa asked for clarification on the rotation of membership. Motion made by Council Member Richards, supported by Council Member Meringa, to approve the Accident Review Policy. The motion was unanimously APPROVED by 6-0 roll call vote.

Motion made by Council Member Meringa, supported by Council Member Pettijohn, to excuse the absence of Council Member Maas. The motion was APPROVED.

RECESS TO EXECUTIVE SESSION

Motion made by Council Member Kauffman, supported by Council Member Meringa, to recess at 7:45 pm to Executive Session for the purpose of discussing pending litigation. The motion was unanimously APPROVED by 6-0 roll call vote.

RETURNED TO REGULAR SESSION

Returned to regular session at 8:15 pm.

COUNCIL COMMENTS

· Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

· Grand Valley Metro Council Quarterly Luncheon – Jan. 10, 2011

· Skating rink at Wedgwood Park

· City financial situation

ADJOURNMENT

Motion made by Council Member Kauffman, supported by Council Member Pettijohn, to adjourn at 8:20 pm. The motion was APPROVED.

Mary L. Meines

City Clerk

Approved by City Council: January 10, 2011