CITY OF ALBION

CITY COUNCIL REGULAR SESSION MINUTES

November 4, 2002

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.

Absent: none

Administration: Mike Herman, City Manager; E. Jo King, Finance Director/Treasurer/Clerk; Chuck Robison, Mark Robison City Attorneys; Anne Earle, City Assessor.

Staff: Kevin Markovich, Director of Public Services; John Collins, Interim Director of Public Safety; Eric Miller, Public Safety Lieutenant; Mike Hindenach, Assistant Economic Development Director; Jamelah Earle, Recreation Assistant.

MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS COMMENTS OR REPORTS

Comments were received from Council Members Klepper, Gant, Davis, Waito, Zblewski, Mayor Wheaton, Director of Public Services, Kevin Markovich, Finance Director/Treasurer/Clerk, E. Jo King.

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.)

None

 

6. CONSENT CALENDAR

    1. Approval of Regular Session Minutes - October 21, 2002.
    2. 2nd Reading and Approval of Resolution #2004-49 to discharge mortgage to Charles & Loretta Funderburg, 110 West Pine Street.

Thomas moved, Klepper supported, CARRIED, to approve the Consent Calendar as printed. (7-0 rcv)

7. ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION
    1. Request for Approval Board and Commission Appointments:
    1. Board of Review
    1. Glen Culp, term to expire 12/31/2003
    1. Local Officers Compensation Commission
    1. Andrew Kooi, term to expire 10/01/2005
    2. Nora Loukides, term to expire 10/01/2007
    3. Dorothy Perkins, term to expire 10/01/2007

Gant moved, Klepper supported, CARRIED, to approve Board and Commission appointments as presented (7-0 rcv)
    1. Request for approval of appointment of Nancy Crandall and Kate Lawrence to the MML Liability and Property Pool Board.

      Gant moved, Zblewski supported, CARRIED, to approve appointment of Nancy Crandall and Kate Lawrence to the MML Liability and Property Pool Board (7-0 rcv)

    2. Request for approval for Mayor to sign the Inter-Local agreement for the City's participation in the Southwest Enforcement Team (SWET).

      Thomas moved, Waito supported, CARRIED, to approve the Mayor to sign the Inter-Local agreement for the City's participation in the Southwest Enforcement Team (SWET). (7-0 rcv)

       

    3. Request for approval to set the first Council Study Session on the 2003 Budget for Monday, November 11, 2003 at 7:00 p.m. in the Mayor's Office at City Hall.

      Zblewski moved, Davis supported, CARRIED to set the first Council Study Session on the 2003 Budget for Monday, November 11, 2003 at 7:00 p.m. in the Mayor's Office at City Hall. (7-0 rcv)

    4. Request for approval of Resolution #2002-51 to appoint Deputy FOIA Coordinators.

Davis moved, Klepper supported, CARRIED to approve Resolution #2002-51 to appoint Deputy FOIA Coordinators. (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 Frank Passic, 900 S. Eaton St., Albion, MI.; Erika Flores, 105 S. Clark St., Albion, MI.; Barbara Frederick, Calhoun County Commissioner for the 7th District; and Mayor Wheaton.

 
  1. ADJOURNMENT

Thomas moved, Klepper supported, CARRIED, to adjourn.

(7-0 rcv)

Mayor Wheaton adjourned the regular session at 7:40 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

E. Jo King

City Clerk