City Council Minutes
CITY OF GRANDVILLE
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2011
The
Grandville City Council Regular Meeting of June 27, 2011 was called
to order by Mayor James Buck at 7:00 pm.
Present were Council Members Randal Gelderloos, Steve Kauffman,
Steve Maas, Joshua Meringa, Carole Pettijohn, Dick Richards, and
Mayor James Buck. Absent: None.
Also
attending: Matthew Butts, Assistant City Manager; Tammy Hopman,
Finance Director; Randy Kraker, City Attorney; Ken Krombeen, City
Manager; Mike May, Fire Chief; Mary Meines, City Clerk; and Dennis
Santo, Police Chief.
Council Member Meringa gave the invocation; and was followed by the
Pledge of Allegiance.
Motion made by Council Member Maas, supported by Council Member
Meringa, to approve the June 27, 2011 agenda as presented. The
motion was APPROVED.
Motion made by Council Member Maas, supported by Council Member
Kauffman, to waive the reading of the minutes of the Regular Meeting
of June 13, 2011 and to approve as presented. The motion was
APPROVED.
Motion made by Council Member Maas, supported by Council Member
Richards, that bills for Fiscal Year 2010-2011 totaling $448,570.66
as presented by the City Manager, be allowed and authorize the
Treasurer to pay the same. The motion was unanimously APPROVED by a
roll call vote.
PUBLIC COMMENT
Tom
Kent and Bill Dooley from the City of Wyoming gave a presentation
regarding amending the existing wholesale water contract. The
amendment process has been underway since early 2007 with
Grandville, Kentwood, Byron Township and Gaines Township, and is
ready to introduce to the legislative bodies. Under the proposed
rate methodology, Grandville should see a decrease in wholesale
water rates. Council action will be needed at a later date.
Randy
Zuidema, 3056 Locke Ave., asked if there is any way of undoing
Council’s approval of the downtown streetscape project and will the
DDA have enough funds to maintain the project area. City Attorney
Kraker indicated that there is not a mechanism to reverse this
action.
ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS
Finance Director Hopman presented FY 2010-2011 budget amendments to
the Storm Sewer Fund and the Revolving Fund. Motion made by Council
Member Pettijohn, supported by Council Member Maas, to approve
Resolution No. 2963, amending FY 2010-2011 budget. The motion was
unanimously APPROVED by roll call vote.
CONSENT AGENDA
Items
presented under the Consent Agenda included:
1.
Reports: Police (2010 Annual), Police (1st
Quarter), CWP (May), Investments (May)
2.
Resolution No. 2964:
Authorize Change in Standard Streetlighting Contract
Chief
Santo gave a presentation on the 2010 police department annual
report.
Motion made by Council Member Maas, supported by Council Member
Meringa, to approve the Consent Agenda as presented in the best
interest of the City. The motion was APPROVED.
CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
City
Manager Krombeen explained the request from Ellison Foundation for
approval of temporary one day beer/wine license at Rivertown Sports,
2605 Sanford. The applicant, Paul Simpson, indicated the mixed
martial arts event will take place on July 23, 2011. Motion made by
Council Member Richards, supported by Council Member Meringa, to
authorize the Police Chief to approve the July 23, 2011 special
liquor license application. The motion was APPROVED by a 5-2 roll
call voter (Yes: Buck, Gelderloos, Meringa, Pettijohn, and
Richards. No: Kauffman and Maas).
Chief
May explained the proposed amendments to the Automatic Aid Agreement
between the Cities of Grandville and Wyoming Fire Departments.
Under Amendment #3 Grandville will automatically respond to five
Wyoming addresses on Timberlane and seven on Bluewater Lane. Under
Amendment #4 Wyoming will automatically respond to calls east of
Ivanrest between Prairie and 44th St. Motion made by
Council Member Kauffman, supported by Council Member Maas, to
authorize amendments No. 3 and 4 to the Automatic Aid Agreement
between the City of Grandville and the City of Wyoming fire
departments. The motion was unanimously APPROVED by roll call vote.
City
Manager Krombeen reviewed the details of proposed agreements for the
contract assessors. The Ad Hoc Committee met with the assessing
staff and is recommending the City Council enter into contracts with
Laureen Birdsall and Jim Uyl. Motion made by Council Member Maas,
supported by Council Member Pettijohn, to authorize contracts with
assessors Laureen Birdsall and Jim Uyl. The motion was unanimously
APPROVED by roll call vote.
COUNCIL COMMENTS
·
Library Family Nights
·
Brush from the recent storms
·
Downtown streetscape project
·
4th of July events
·
Grand Valley Metro Council Quarterly Luncheon
·
Inspection of Wilson Ave. for cracks and holes prior
to parade
RECESS TO EXECUTIVE SESSION
Motion made by Council Member Maas, supported by Council Member
Richards, to recess at 8:35 pm to Executive Session for the purpose
of discussing collective bargaining. The motion was unanimously
APPROVED by roll call vote.
RECOVENE TO REGULAR SESSION
Motion made by Council Member Richards, supported by Council Member
Maas, to reconvene to the regular session at 9:03 pm.
Motion made by Council Member Maas, supported by Council Member
Richards, to ratify the July 1, 2011 thru June 30, 2014 Grandville
POLC Supervisory Unit collective bargaining agreement. The motion
was APPROVED by 6-1 roll call vote (Yes: Buck, Kauffman, Maas,
Meringa, Pettijohn, and Richards. No: Gelderloos).
ADJOURNMENT
Motion made by Council Member Maas, supported by Council Member
Kauffman to adjourn at 9:15 pm. The motion was APPROVED.
Mary L. Meines
City Clerk
Approved by City Council: July
11, 2011
Contact the webmaster by clicking here.
Comments regarding website technical problems can be sent here.
An online community since 2000.
City of Grandville
3195 Wilson Avenue SW
Grandville, MI 49418
(616) 531-3030
This page last modified
07/01/11 .
All information © 2004 Grandville, Michigan
Site Use Policy
Site Design/
Development by
 |
|
