February 22, 2010 council meeting minutes

 
VILLAGE OF MATTAWAN
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING           
FEBRUARY 22 2010

                                                       MINUTES
                                                                                                                                                                                           

1.    CALL TO ORDER @:00 pm

2.    PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

3.    ATTENDANCE

Attendance was taken at the ZBA meeting.

4.    WELCOME TO THE PUBLIC

5.    ANNOUNCEMENT OF MEETING BEING RECORDED

6.    OPEN PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN

Motion by Spulick, support by Bemer, to open the public hearing to adopt the Capital Improvement Plan. All members voted in favor . Motion carried.

7.    PUBLIC COMMENT ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN

Mr. Stephani asked where the money is coming from. He thinks that the people think that the grants they are getting are free money, but where is the money coming from, its coming from us. Borrowing funds that neither the State or Federal Government can afford and we are going to be paying for it for the rest of our lives.

8.    CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN

Motion by Kucinich, support by Spulick, to close the public hearing on the Capital Improvement Plan. All members voted in favor. Motion carried.

9.    ADDITIONS TO AGENDA

There were no additions to the agenda.

10.        APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA

      Motion by Kucinich, support by Ashbaugh, to approve the agenda. All members voted in favor. Motion carried.
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11.    APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Motion by Markle, support by Ashbaugh, to approve the minutes of February 8, 2010 with
corrections. All members voted in favor. Motion carried.

12.      BILLS TO BE APPROVED IN THE AMOUNT OF $39,917.11

Motion by Bemer, support by Kirklin, to approve to pay the bills in the amount of $39,917.11. Roll call vote taken All members voted in favor. Motion carried.
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13.    LIMITED PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY AGENDA ITEM

There was no comment.

14.    BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS

    A.  ZONING & ORDINANCE MEETING OF FEBRUARY 19, 2010- CHAIR ASHBAUGH

The Zoning and Ordinance Committee met and discussed making a Downtown Ordinance. Discussion was held to have another meeting with Tim Woodhams, Engineer.

Motion was made by Bemer, support by Spulick, to meet with Woodhams at a  Zoning & Ordinance meeting. Roll call vote taken. All members voted in favor. Motion carried.

 
    B.  DPW MEETING OF FEBRUARY 18, 2010 – CHAIR KUCNICH

Kucinich stated that the Committee discussed the painting of the water tower and the new valve for Concord Avenue.

    C.  PLANNING COMMISSION OF FEBUARY 17, 2010- LIAISON MARKLE.

Markle stated that the Planning Commission went over the plans from Traditions to send to the ZBA for the variance request.

15.      STAFF REPORTS

    A.  POLICE REPORT – CHIEF VERHAGE

Chief VerHage reported that there were 41 citations given and 68 calls for service in the month of January. 

    B.  ENGINEERS REPORT – CRAIG SHUMAKER

Tim Woodhams gave an update on the ICE project. The application was made February 22, 2010. It is going to be the widening of McGillen from Main to Murray and curbs and gutters. The Village authorized up to 30 percent matching funds but with the way the program works it will be about a 26 percent match.

We should be hearing some results in about a month

16.    OLD BUSINESS

    A.  ADOPTION OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN

Harmon thanked us for our time and effort in getting the plan together.

Motion by Markle, support by Kucinich, to adopt the Capital Improvement Plan. Roll call vote taken. All members voted in favor. Motion carried.

    B.  CONCORD WATER TOWER PAINTING

Motion by Bemer, support by Spulick, to hire Dickson Engineering firm to engineer the painting of the water tower for $8700.00. Roll call vote taken. All members voted in favor. Motion carried.

    C.  CONCORD AVENUE TOWER ALTITUDE VALVE

Motion by Bemer, support by Spulick, to replace the altitude valve not to exceed $1880.00 by Peerless Midwest. Roll call vote taken. All members voted in favor. Motion carried.

    D.   CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS 12TH STREET SEWER

17.      NEW BUSINESS

There was no new business.

18.       COMMUNICATIONS

a.    MML Legislative Link for February 9, & 16, 2010
b.    Letter from Amtrak regarding Main Street railroad bridge
c.    American Red Cross upcoming health & safety classes
d.    Letter from AEES (EPC) of postponement of layoffs in Mattawan
e.      Thank you letter from WMU
f.      Proposed revenue sharing for 2011

19.      COMMENTS FROM VISITORS

Dave Ballinger stated that he could now see his way home and thanks for the lights on French Rd.

John Stephani stated that the special assessments were never intended to be a permanent funding source. We should take a vote to see if people want to pay for this special assessment. The government is broke.

20.        COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL

Bemer asked if the water testing was done on the property on East Point Estates. Superintendant Anthony stated that it was being taken care of and the property owners had been notified. The test will be done this week.

Markle stated that the revenue sharing proceeds for the next two years would be $30,000.00 short. She also stated that the tax bills are dropping.

Reminder of MDOT meeting on Thursday.

Motion by Bemer, support by Spulick, to move to closed session at 8:21 P.M. All members voted in favor. Motion carried.

Motion by Spulick, support by Ashbaugh, to move back to open session at 9:04 P.M. All members voted in favor. Motion carried.

Bemer questioned the street lights going out in East Point Estates.

                 21.    ADJOURNMENT @9:10 P.M.
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