City Council Minutes

City of Inkster, Michigan
Regular Council Meeting
February 18, 2008

CALL MEETING TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL

APPROVAL OF AGENDA – Add or delete items from agenda.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION – Citizens wanting to address the Council can do so at this time. Persons addressing Council are requested to completely fill out the attached form and give it to the City Clerk. For the record, please state name and address when called upon by the Chair to speak.

PRESENTATIONS / DISCUSSIONS

Ų Swearing in of Deputy Police Chief Dennis M. Watkins – Mayor Hilliard L. Hampton II

Ų Presentation of Badges-Firefighters James Ursitti and Adam Ferrell – Mayor Hilliard L. Hampton II

PUBLIC HEARINGS

MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS

A. CONSENT AGENDA

A-1. Consider approving corrected minutes from the regular council meeting of February 4, 2008.

A-2 Consider approval of the Police and Fire Pension Retirement System in the amount of $138,555.51 for the month of March 2008.

A-3 Consider payment of $12,381.75 to Milton Spokojny, City Attorney for January 2008 services.

B. CITY CLERK

B-1 Allow the City Clerk to attend the Michigan Association of Municipal Clerks Institute scheduled from March 9 through March 14, 2008 at Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan in the amount of $950.00 including accommodations. Funds in account #101-215-864-000 (conference/workshop).

B-2 Allow the City Clerk to attend a Michigan Association of Municipal Clerks workshop on March 17, 2008 in Lansing Michigan. There is no cost associated with this workshop.

C. Boards and Commissions

D. PREVIOUS BUSINESS – TABLED ITEMS

E. ORDINANCES

FIRST READING(S)

SECOND READING(S)

E-1 Second Reading of an ordinance to amend Ordinance 809, being sections 113.187 through 113.209 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Inkster.

F. CITY MANAGER

G. NEW BUSINESS

G-1. Consider a special conditions use request to allow installation of six telecommunication antennas on the roof top and construction of an equipment cabinet on the interior of property located at 27277 Michigan Avenue (commonly known as Thompson Towers) as recommended by the Planning Commission on January 28, 2008.

G-2. To repaint the entire sally port prisoner booking room and jail floor. The cost of the repaint is $3,950.00. Funds from account 306-931-000 (building maintenance).

G-3. Consider authorizing the Director of Public Service to make application to the Michigan Department of Transportation for the necessary annual permit to work within the State trunk line rights of way on behalf of the City of Inkster. Also, consider adopting the attached resolution to be submitted to MDOT as part of requirements to submit the permit application.

G-4. Authorization for the Fire Administration to purchase a new set of Jaws of Life in the amount of $20,300.00. (Funds from account 339-742 (small tools and equipment)

G-5 Authorize the use of $46,513.16 of approved contingency amount $139,741.36 per Resolution 07-02-044 to pay final invoices and closure of the contract for the construction project of cross connection corrections at Mt. Vernon and Fox/Pine.

G-6. Consider awarding Anderson, Eckstein and Westrick, Inc. a contract in the amount of $192,169.89 to provide professional engineering services (construction phase of Carlysle project). Funds will be paid from account 202-449-974.000 (major roads capitol improvement). The cost incurred will be reimbursed by MDOT through federal and state grants.

G-7 Consider authorizing change order #1 to the C&G Myer Construction Co. contract to add the scope of work to replace the 6” old water main with 12” main on Carlysle Road between Middlebelt Road and Irene Avenue in the amount of $167,985.15 plus a 15% contingency of $25,198.00 for a total not to exceed $193,183.15. Funds budgeted in account 592-565-972-000 (utilities capitol improvement).

G-8. Consider authorizing change order #1 in the amount of $3,900.00 for Engineering Services, Inc. to provide material testing services for construction of “correction of cross connection at Glenwood/Harrison” project.

G-9 Consider awarding Giffles-Webster Engineers the contract to provide construction engineering services for the Glenwood/Harrison IDEP correction and L-42 sewer separation projects in the amount of $44,040.00 plus a 15% contingency of $6,606.00 for a total amount of $50,646.00. The cost of the project will be reimbursed from SRF funds.

H. CLOSED SESSION

Council may enter into Closed Session to discuss contract negotiations, purchase or lease of real property and/or pending litigation in accordance with MCL 15.268 (a), (c), (d), and/or (e).

H-1 Pending Litigation

H-2 Personnel

H-3 Labor Negotiations

ADJOURNMENT

Persons with disabilities are encouraged to participate. Accommodations, including sign language interpreters, can be arranged by contacting the City Clerk’s Office by telephone at 313-563-9770 or by written request addressed to City Clerk’s Office, 26215 Trowbridge, Inkster, Michigan 48141, at least 48 hours in advance.

Velida Gutierrez-Smith

City Clerk

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