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Home My WebLink AboutSYNOPSIS - 2015-09-21 th SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,785 REGULAR MEETING LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – SEPTEMBER 21, 2015 Meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by President Brosnan. Present: Brian Meakin, Laura Toy, Lynda Scheel, Susan Nash, Brandon Kritzman, John Pastor, and Maureen Miller Brosnan. Absent: None. #283-15 Resolution by Scheel and Kritzman, unanimously adopted, approving the th minutes of the 1,784 Regular Meeting of the Council held September 9, 2015. President Brosnan indicated that Council was in receipt of a letter dated September 21, 2015 from Mayor Kirksey indicating that pursuant to Chapter IV, Section 24 of the City Charter, he would be utilizing his Mayoral Veto Power with regard to Resolution No. 278- 15, authorizing the administration to execute an eight-year contract for providing solid waste collection and disposal services between the City and Rizzo Environmental Services. #284-15 Resolution by Pastor and Toy, having considered the Veto by the Mayor, dated September 21, 2015, of Resolution #278-15 adopted by the Council on September 9, 2015, the Council hereby readopts said Resolution #278-15 the same as if it were word for word repeated herein. A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolution: AYES: Meakin, Toy, Nash, Kritzman, and Pastor. NAYS: Scheel and Brosnan. President Brosnan announced there will be one (1) X-item at the end of the meeting. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION: None. The following items were received and filed: Communication from the Office of the Mayor, dated September 21, 2015, re: Veto of Council Resolution 278-15, Item #10 Council Regular Meeting of September 9, 2015. Communication from the Department of Finance dated August 20, 2015, re: forwarding various financial statements of the City of Livonia for the month ending July 31, 2015. Communication from the Department of Public Works dated September 3, 2015, re: administrative response to CR 276-15. The following resolutions were offered by Toy and Kritzman: th SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,785REGULAR MEETING 2 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – September 21, 2015 #285-15 Approving and recognizing the Clarenceville High School Homecoming Parade to be held on Friday, October 9, 2015, beginning at 5:30 p.m.; FURTHER, approving the parade route as follows: exit the west driveway of Botsford Elementary and travel north on Brentwood to Pembroke, west on Pembroke to Weyher, south on Weyher to St. Martins, west on St. Martins to Parkville, north on Parkville to Bretton, west on Bretton to Middlebelt; and north on Middlebelt to the Clarenceville Middle School parking lot; FURTHER, requesting that the Wayne County Department of Public Services allow the City of Livonia to close the necessary roads between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. or until the roads are returned to normal traffic operation; that the City of Livonia will assume liability for any damage claims which may arise as a result of the road closure, as to Wayne County only; and that Senior Police Officer Michael Arakelian is hereby designated and authorized to sign the road closure permit on behalf of the City of Livonia upon proof that the Board of Education of Clarenceville School District has adopted a resolution assuming liability for any damage claims which may arise as a result of the road closure, as to Wayne County and the City of Livonia only. #286-15 Authorizing a change order in the amount of $5,300.00 payable to Tercon Systems, 3555 Jewell Road, Howell, Michigan 48843, for performing additional work that was outside the scope of original bid for the work on the repair and reconditioning of the bay floors at Station #1 and Station #6, previously authorized in Council Resolution 147- 15; FURTHER, appropriating and authorizing the expenditure of a sum not to exceed $5,300.00 from Capital Project Fund Account for this purpose. #287-15 Accepting the bid of XGD Systems, LLC, 415 Flagler Ave., Unit #302, Stuart, Florida 34994, for completing all work required in connection with the Fairway Drainage Project at Whispering Willows Golf Course in an amount not to exceed $25,500.00 from funds available for this purpose; FURTHER, authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a contract for and on behalf of the City of Livonia with the aforesaid bidder and to do all other things necessary or incidental to the full performance of this resolution; and the bid of L.J. Construction is hereby rejected #288-15 Accepting the quote of Dell Marketing L.P., c/o Dell USA L.P., P.O. Box 643561, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15264-3561, for the purchase of the Aerohive Wi-Fi Network in the amount of $23,742.90; FURTHER, authorizing an expenditure in the amount not to exceed $23,742.90 from funds budgeted for this purpose. #289-15 Approving participation in the Alliance of Rouge Communities (ARC) and for payment to the Alliance of Rouge Communities, c/o 46036 Michigan Avenue, Suite 126, Canton, MI 48188, in the amount of $28,502.00 for the City’s Annual ARC Assessment FOR 2015; FURTHER, the Council does hereby authorize an expenditure in the amount of $28,502.00 from funds already budgeted for this purpose. A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolutions: AYES: Meakin, Toy, Scheel, Nash, Kritzman, Pastor, and Brosnan. NAYS: None. th SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,785REGULAR MEETING 3 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – September 21, 2015 Meakin gave FIRST READING to the following Ordinance: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF THE ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA AND AMENDING ARTICLE Ill OF ORDINANCE NO. 543, AS AMENDED, KNOWN AND CITED AS "THE CITY OF LIVONIA ZONING ORDINANCE" BY ADDING SECTION 3.___ THERETO. (PET. 2015-06-01-06) #290-15 Resolution by Meakin and Toy, unanimously adopted, referring the request of John Paepke, PE, Traffic Operations Engineer-Taylor, State of Michigan, Department of Transportation, re: the Plymouth Road (Old M-14) Resurfacing Project, from Farmington Road to Inkster Road, to allow the contractor to work during the nighttime hours, tentatively scheduled to begin in spring 2016, to the Infrastructure and Community Transit Committee for its report and recommendation. #291-15 Resolution by Toy and Kritzman, unanimously adopted, referring the matter of Petition 2015-06-01-05, submitted by Grenn & Grenn, P.C., on behalf of C & L Development Corporation, to rezone the property located at 28911 – 29010 Seven Mile Road (Sunset Office Building), from OS (Office Services) to C-1 (Local Business), to the Committee of the Whole for its report and recommendation. #292-15 Resolution by Toy and Meakin, unanimously adopted, suspending the rules for procedure as outlined in CR 574-82 to permit consideration of items that do not appear on the agenda. #293-15 Resolution by Kritzman and Toy, authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a contract with Soil and Materials Engineers, Inc. (“SME”), 43980 Plymouth Oaks Blvd., Plymouth, Michigan 48170, for providing sealed civil plans, structural plans, geotechnical plans, as well as mechanical plans for a total of $55,000.00; FURTHER, authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a contract with Bill Robertson Pool Design/Build, Inc., 913 Whitegate drive, Northville, Michigan 48167, for preparing pool drawings for a total of $45,000.00; FURTHER, authorizing an appropriation and expenditure in an amount not to exceed $100,000.00 from the unexpended fund balance of the Capital Projects Fund (401) for this purpose. A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolution: AYES: Meakin, Toy, Scheel, Nash, Kritzman, and Brosnan. NAYS: Pastor. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION: None. th SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,785REGULAR MEETING 4 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – September 21, 2015 th By Toy and Scheel, unanimously adopted, adjourning this 1,785Regular Meeting of the Council of the City of Livonia at 7:41 p.m. on September 21, 2015. SUSAN A. HOFF CITY CLERK *The foregoing is a summary of the Council’s proceedings in synopsis form as authorized by CR 1158-68. The full text of the official minutes of this meeting is on file in the Office of the City Clerk and is available to the public upon request.