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: Mike Herman, City Manager; E. Jo King, Finance Director/Treasurer/Clerk; Doris Borthwick and Anne Earle, City Assessors; Charles Robison and Mark Robison, City Attorneys.
Staff: Kathy Woods, Deputy Clerk; Kevin Markovich, Director of Public Services; Jamelah Earle, Recreation Assistant; Mike Hindenach, Assistant Economic Development Director; L.J. McKeown, Director of Public Safety; Bruce Tuck, Director of Engineering Services.
4. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS COMMENTS OR REPORTS
Comments were received from Council Members Zblewski, Klepper, Gant, Davis, Thomas, City Manager Herman and Mayor Wheaton.
5. CITIZEN’S 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.)
Comments were received from Citizen, Don Murray, 1115 Rivers Bend Drive.
6. CONSENT CALENDAR
a. Approval of Regular Session Minutes – July 15, 2002.
b. Approval of Study Session Minutes – July 15, 2002.
c. Approval of Special Session Minutes – July 22, 2002.
Klepper moved, Waito supported, CARRIED, to approve the Consent Calendar as printed. (7-0 rcv)
7. ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION
a. Request for Approval of Resolution #2002-32, Municipal Landfill Cost-Share Grant Agreement - $44,040
Klepper moved, Waito supported, CARRIED, to Approve Resolution #2002-32, Municipal Landfill Cost-Share Grant Agreement. (7-0 rcv)
b. Request for Approval of Resolution #2002-36, Remove and Replace Streetlight at Clark & Michigan
Zblewski moved, Thomas supported, CARRIED, to Approve Resolution #2002-36, Remove and Replace Streetlight at Clark & Michigan. (7-0 rcv)
c. Request for Approval to Cast Ballot for Seven Trustees for the MML Worker's Compensation Fund
Gant moved, Waito supported, CARRIED, to Approve to Cast Ballot for Seven Trustees for the MML Worker's Compensation Fund (7-0 rcv)
d. Request for Approval of Board & Commission Appointments for Sign Appeal Board:
1. Gar Dickerson, term expires 08/05/2003
2. Elaine Rice, term expires 08/05/2004
3. Glen Culp, term expires 08/05/2004
4. Cheryl Krause, term expires 08/05/2005
5. Elizabeth Porter, term expires 08/05/2005
6. Scot Marvin, term expires 08/05/2005
Thomas moved, Gant supported, CARRIED, to Approve the Board & Commission Appointments for Sign Appeal Board. (7-0 rcv)
e. Request for Approval of Resolution #2002-35, to Purchase Two Tax Reverted Properties - $905.47
Klepper moved, Gant supported, CARRIED, to Approve Resolution #2002-35, to Purchase Two Tax Reverted Properties. (7-0 rcv)
f. Request Approval to Sell Old Fire Truck to Deep South Fire Apparatus Sales, $1,250
Waito moved, Thomas supported, CARRIED, to Approve to Sell the Old Fire Truck to Deep South Fire Apparatus Sales. (7-0 rcv)
g. Request for Approval of Reconstruction of West End of E. Erie Street – Niles Concrete -- $111,488.50
Thomas moved, Gant supported, CARRIED, to Approve of Reconstruction of West End of E. Erie Street – Niles Concrete. (7-0 rcv)
h. Request for Council Action on MDOT & Railroad Request to Realign E. Erie Street and Close the E. Erie Street Railroad Crossing.
Davis moved, Klepper supported, to request council action on MDOT & Railroad Request to Realign E. Erie Street and Close the E. Erie Street Railroad Crossing.
No vote was taken
Thomas moved, Gant supported to table for 30 days, WITHDRAWN.
Zblewski moved, Thomas supported, CARRIED, to amend the original motion to add the word "Study". (5-2 rcv, Waito and Klepper dissenting)
Amended motion to approve the MDOT & Railroad request for an Engineering Study of options to realign E. Erie Street and Close the E. Erie Street Railroad Crossing, CARRIED. (4-3 rcv, Waito, Zblewski and Klepper dissenting)
8. CITIZEN’S COMMENTS (Persons addressing the City Council shall limit their comments to no more than five (5) minutes. Proper Decorum is required.)
9. ADJOURNMENT
Thomas moved, Zblewski supported, CARRIED, to adjourn. (7-0 rcv)
Mayor Wheaton adjourned the regular session at 8:55 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Kathy Woods, Deputy City Clerk
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