CITY OF ALBION
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR SESSION MINUTES
1. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor William Wheaton opened the Regular Session at 7:00 p.m.
2. MOMENT OF SILENCE WAS OBSERVED
3. ROLL CALL (Precinct in Parentheses)
Ron Gant (1), Robert Thomas (2), Ken Waito (3), Andrew Zblewski (4), Arthur Davis (5), Sue Klepper (6), Mayor William Wheaton.
Administration: Michael Herman, City Manager; E. Jo King, Finance Director/Treasurer/Clerk; Chuck Robison, City Attorney Doris Borthwick, City Assessor.
Staff: Midge Jacob, Deputy Clerk/Payroll Clerk; Anne Earle, Senior Staff Appraiser; L. J. McKeown, Director of Public Safety, Kevin Markovich, Director of Public Utilities; Elizabeth Porter, Downtown Development Director.
4. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS COMMENTS OR REPORTS
Comments were received from Council Members Zblewski, Gant, Davis, Klepper, City Manager Herman and Mayor Wheaton.
Mayor Wheaton introduced Annabeth Silvas, Linda Clawson and the members of their Girl Scout Troop.
5. CITIZENS COMMENTS (Persons addressing the City Council shall limit their comments to agenda items and to no more than five (5) minutes. Proper protocol and decorum is required.) - None
Gant moved, Klepper supported, CARRIED, to Add Item 7h – Resolution #2002-06, Landfill Cost Reimbursement, to the Agenda. (7-0 rcv)
6. CONSENT CALENDAR
a. Approval of Regular Session Minutes – January 7, 2002.
b. Approval of Work Session Minutes – January 7, 2002.
c. Request for Approval for the Community Action Agency of Southern Central Michigan to Hold Annual Walk for Warmth in the city of Albion on Saturday, February 23, 2002.
Thomas moved, Klepper supported, CARRIED, to Approve the Consent Calendar. (7-0 rcv)
7. ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION
a. Request for Approval of City of Albion Tobacco Policy.
Klepper moved, Waito supported, CARRIED, to Approve the City of Albion Tobacco Policy. (7-0 rcv)
b. Request for Approval of Resolution #2002-04, to Accept Grant Funds of $56,250 from the MDNR Trust Fund for Property Acquisition for the Kalamazoo River Trail.
Thomas moved, Zblewski supported, CARRIED, to Approve Resolution 2002-04, to Accept Grant Funds of $56,250 from the MDNR Trust Fund for Property Acquisition for the Kalamazoo River Trail. (7-0 rcv)
c. Request for Approval to Retain Russ Wicklund (the Preim Group) for Planning Consultant Services.
Klepper moved, Davis supported, CARRIED, to Retain Russ Wicklund (the Preim Group) for Planning Consultant Services. (7-0 rcv)
d. Request Approval to Appoint Nora Loukides to Zoning Board of Appeals, term to expire 12/31/2004 and Barbara Benavidez to Building Board of Appeals, term to expire 1/01/2007.
Gant moved, Thomas and Davis supported, CARRIED, to Approve Appointment of Nora Loukides to Zoning Board of Appeals, term to expire 12/31/2004 and Barbara Benavidez to Building Board of Appeals, term to expire 1/01/2007. (7-0 rcv)
e. Request Approval for Mayor Wheaton to Sign the Calhoun County Area Fire Service Mutual Aid Agreement.
Gant moved, Zblewski supported, CARRIED, for Approval of Mayor Wheaton to Sign the Calhoun County Area Fire Service Mutual Aid Agreement. (7-0 rcv)
f. Request for Approval of Resolution #2002-05, to Apportion the Precincts of the City of Albion to Comply with the 2000 Census Figures.
Waito moved, Zblewski supported, CARRIED, to Approve Resolution #2002-05, to Apportion the Precincts of the City of Albion to Comply with the 2000 Census Figures. (4-3 Gant, Thomas and Davis Dissenting)
g. Request for Approval to Enter into Agreement with Consumers Energy to Install Four (4) Streetlights in the Albion Industrial Park and for the Mayor and Clerk to Sign the Agreement - $4,131.
Thomas moved, Klepper supported, CARRIED, to Approve Agreement with Consumers Energy to Install Four (4) Streetlights in the Albion Industrial Park and for the Mayor and City Clerk to Sign the Agreement - $4,131. (7-0 rcv)
h. Request for approval of Resolution #2002-06, Landfill Cost Reimbursement.
Zblewski moved, Waito supported, CARRIED, to Approve Resolution #2002-06, Landfill Cost Reimbursement. (7-0 rcv)
8. CITIZEN’S COMMENTS (Persons addressing the City Council shall limit their comments to no more than five (5) minutes. Proper decorum is required.)
Comments were received from Council Members Davis and Zblewski, Mayor Wheaton and Finance Director/Treasurer/Clerk King.
9. ADJOURNMENT
Thomas moved, Zblewski supported, CARRIED, to adjourn. (7-0 rcv)
Mayor Wheaton adjourned the regular session at 8:24 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Midge Jacob, Deputy Clerk
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