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MINUTES OF THE FIFTY-NINTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL
Lim OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 8, Chapter IV of the
City Charter, the above meeting was held on February 27, 1961, at
33001 Five Mile Road, Livonia, Michigan, and was called to order by
the President of the Council at approximately 7:30 p.m. Roll was
called with the following result: Present - Sydney B. Bagnall,
John T. Daugherty, Rudolf R. Kleinert, Austin T. Grant, Jack Salvadore
and James R. McCann; Absent -- *William N. Ponder.
Mayor William W. Brashear spoke to the Council for the pur-
pose of emphasizing the importance of the City' s participation in
the proposed Wayne County Sewage Disposal Project, as proposed by the
Wayne County Department of Public Works. Also present were Mr. George
Bingham, Director of Wayne County Department of Public Works, and
Mr. Julius Pochelon, of Kenower , McArthur and Company, to answer the
City Council' s questions.
By Councilman Kleinert , seconded by Councilman Salvadore ,
it was
RESOLVED, that the form of an agreement by and bet-
ween the City of Livonia and the County of Wayne for the
construction of the Rouge Valley Sewage Disposal System
and the payment of the cost thereof, as submitted to the
City of Livonia and examined by the City Attorney, be and
the same is hereby approved subject only to such changes
or modifications as may be necessary to further the project
but which in no way increase the obligations of the City
of Livonia; further, that the City Attorney be authorized
to examine and finally approve the contract and all amend-
ments thereto; and further, that the Mayor and the City
Clerk be and are hereby authorized and directed to affix
their signatures to such contract on behalf of the City
of Livonia and to do all things reasonably necessary or
incidental to the full performance of this resolution.
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After much discussion on parliamentary procedure, the above
resolution was ruled out of order by the President of the Council.
*Councilman Ponder arrived at 8:11 p.m.
The President relinquished the Chair to the Vice President
at 8:24 p.m. to speak on the subject of the Wayne County Sewage
Disposal System Project. The President resumed the chair at 8:30 p.m.
By Councilman Ponder, seconded by Councilman Grant, it was
#110-61 RESOLVED, that the Livonia City Council hereby
agrees in principle with the need for the construction of
the Rouge Valley Sewage Disposal System, pursuant to the
proposed contract method between the County of Wayne and
the various municipalities; and will submit its final
answer as soon as the Council has a chance to study the
proposed contract; that a copy of this resolution be for-
warded to the appropriate County agency.
A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolution with the follow-
ing result :
AYES : Ponder, Kleinert, Salvadore, Daugherty*, McCann*, Grant
and Bagnall.
NAYS : None.
*Councilmen Daugherty and McCann abstained from voting, which, pur-
suant to Section 19 of Ordinance No. 27, as amended, is recorded as
an "aye" vote.
On motion of Councilman Ponder, seconded by Councilman Grant
and unanimously adopted, this 59th Special Meeting of the Council of
the City of Livonia was duly adjourned at 9 :11 p.m. , February 27, 1961.
,SIA' IE W. CLARK, CITY CLERK