City Council Minutes

CITY OF GRANDVILLE

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

MONDAY, JULY 11, 2011

The Grandville City Council Regular Meeting of July 11, 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; Ron Carr, DPW Director; Randy Kraker, City Attorney; Ken Krombeen, City Manager; Mike May, Fire Chief; Mary Meines, City Clerk; and Dennis Santo, Police Chief.

Rev. Tom Pier-Fitzgerald, Grandville United Methodist Church, delivered the invocation; and was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.

Motion made by Council Member Maas, supported by Council Member Meringa, to approve the July 11, 2011 agenda as presented. The motion was APPROVED.

Motion made by Council Member Pettijohn, supported by Council Member Richards, to waive the reading of the minutes of the Regular Meeting of June 27, 2011 and to approve with correction. The motion was APPROVED.

Motion made by Council Member Maas, supported by Council Member Richards, that bills for Fiscal Year 2010-2011 totaling $115,670.16 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.

Motion made by Council Member Maas, supported by Council Member Pettijohn, that bills for Fiscal Year 2011-2012 totaling $117,111.68 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

Mike Cobb, 3362 40^th St. SW, expressed appreciation for the people involved with 4^th of July Celebration and the Little League complex.

Tomas Kosmak, 3223 Chestnut St. SW, stated that he feels his civil rights were violated on July 4^th because he was asked to take signs off his vehicle and to stop distributing political material. He also suggested City Council give further consideration of the downtown streetscape project before the project is started – if DDA funding is reduced or gone, the City could be responsible for paying for the project.

CONSENT AGENDA

Items presented under the Consent Agenda included:

1. Reports: Fire/EMS (June), Treasurer’s (June)

2. Minutes: Library Board (June 22)

3. Miscellaneous Purchase Orders and Requests:

a. 2011 – 2012 Blanket Purchase Orders (CWP, DPW, Fire, Police)

b. Library: Children’s Shelving Units

Library Furniture International - $17,510.00

c. Police: Toughbooks (8)

Drew Wireless LLC - $27,200.00

Motion made by Council Member Kauffman, supported by Council Member Gelderloos, to remove from the consent agenda the Library request to purchase children shelving units from Library Furniture International in the amount of $17,510.00 to return at a future meeting at which time the Library Director can be in attendance to answer questions*. The motion FAILED by a 3-4 roll call vote (Yes: Gelderloos, Kauffman, and Richards; No: Maas, Meringa, Pettijohn, and Buck).

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 unanimously APPROVED by roll call vote.

CITY MANAGER’S REPORT

Bids for water meter reading services were opened on June 23. DPW Director Carr indicated the low bid from L & H Services would result in a 7% savings over our current contract. Motion made by Council Member Meringa, supported by Council Member Maas, to award a three year water meter reading services contract to low bidder, L & H Services, in the amount of $.65 per read. The motion was unanimously APPROVED by roll call vote.

COUNCIL COMMENTS

· Council Member Gelderloos expressed concern for how the audience at the June 13 meeting behaved toward people commenting on the streetscape project. In the future he would like to have discussion on meeting rules of order and how a Council Member places an item on the agenda.

· MML Convention in Grand Rapids in October

· Winner’s Circle liquor license transfer

· Wall Street Journal article re: taxes

· Mill Race Park fence removal

· 4^th of July Celebration

- Overall great celebration

- Thanks to Mayor and Park & Rec, various City departments, and probationers for cleanup

- Parade

- Fireworks

- Is injured skydiver okay

· Thursday nights in downtown Chelsea

· PA 312 reforms that have passed the legislature and is before the Governor for his signature