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Home My WebLink AboutSYNOPSIS - 2014-11-17 th SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,765 REGULAR MEETING LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – NOVEMBER 17, 2014 Meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by President Brosnan. Present: Lynda Scheel, Susan Nash, Brandon Kritzman, John Pastor, Brian Meakin, Laura Toy, and Maureen Miller Brosnan. Absent: None. th MAD #341-14 Resolution by Toy and Pastor, approving the minutes of the 1,764 FAT Regular Meeting of the Council held November 5, 2014. A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing Resolution: AYES: Scheel, Nash, Kritzman, Pastor, Meakin, and Toy. NAYS: None. PRESENT: Brosnan. Toy announced longtime Livonia resident, Dr. Laura Jean Genik, is the recipient of the Engineering Educators Award from the National Academy of Engineering. Toy mentioned that her sister Carol’s dog is having puppies. nd Kritzman wished his daughter Alexandra a Happy 2 Birthday on November 26, 2014. st President Brosnan wished Mayor Kirksey a Happy Birthday on November 21 and th Sister Modesta a Happy 90 Birthday. President Brosnan announced the Christmas Events taking place at Greenmead during the month of December. Nash announced the City’s Tree Lighting ceremony will take place on Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. here at City Hall. President Brosnan announced there is new data on Items #9, #10 and #12. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION: Christopher Martin expressed his thoughts on the importance of addressing Council with any concerns during Audience Communication at the Council Meetings. Mayor Kirksey gave an update on the City’s Leaf Pickup Program for the 2014 Fall Season. The following items were received and filed: Communication from the Department of Finance dated October 20, 2014, re: forwarding various financial statements of the City of Livonia for the month ending September 30, 2014. th SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,766 REGULAR MEETING 2 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – November 17, 2014 Communication from the Department of Law, dated October 28, 2014, re: Petition 2014- 08-01-06, re: a request to rezone property at 38801 and 38901 Plymouth Road from RUF (Rural Urban Farm) to R-1 (One Family Residential). Correspondence from Safa Moossavi, dated November 11, 2014, re: the Levan Road Special Assessment District. Letter of Resignation, submitted by Terry A. Marecki, Livonia City Clerk, dated November 10, 2014. The following resolutions were offered by Scheel and Pastor: #342-14 Approving the appointment of James Joseph Jolly as Substitute MAD th FAT Magistrate of the 16 District Court effective October 20, 2014, and extending to CivSvc November 30, 2014; FURTHER, approving a per hour compensation of $40.00 per hour 16DistCt and a flat $50.00 fee per call for after-hours search warrant issuance for the substitute magistrate, with no additional fringe benefits. #343-14 Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into a contract for the period MAD December 1, 2014 to November 30, 2015, with Citizens Management, Inc., 645 W. FAT Grand River, Howell MI 48843 to provide the City with claims administration services for a total estimated premium cost of $43,440.00; with said estimated cost having been in fact the lowest quotation received for this item; FURTHER, the Council does hereby authorize the Mayor and the City Clerk to enter into a Contract for the period of December 1, 2014 to November 30, 2015 with Midwest Employers Casualty Company, 14755 North Outer Forty Drive, Suite 300, Chesterfield, Missouri 63017, to provide the City with excess insurance coverage when losses from any one claim reaches $750,000.00, for a total estimated premium cost of $123,225.00; with said estimated cost having been in fact the lowest quotation received for this item when self-insured retention requirements are factored in; and the Director of Finance is hereby requested to do all other things necessary or incidental to the full performance of this resolution. #344-14 Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk, for and on behalf of the City of MAD FAT Livonia, to execute a contract with the Michigan Municipal Risk Management Authority, 14001 Merriman Road, Livonia, Michigan 48154, for the period December 1, 2014 to November 30, 2015, for the City’s Liability and Property Insurance coverage for a total premium of $1,094,535.00 and for the period December 1, 2015 to November 30, 2016, with a premium increase to be based upon reinsurance increases incurred by MMRMA in 2015, not to exceed eight percent and the Director of Finance is hereby requested to do all other things necessary or incidental to the full performance of this resolution. #345-14 Approving Petition 2014-09-08-11, submitted by Autumnwood of Livonia, MAD in connection with a proposal to construct additions to the nursing home located on the FAT Insp east side of Middlebelt Road between Lyndon Avenue and Five Mile Road (14900 Plan Middlebelt Road), subject to conditions. Eng th SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,766 REGULAR MEETING 3 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – November 17, 2014 #346-14 Approving Petition 2014-09-08-13, submitted by LPR Land Company, in MAD FAT connection with a proposal to remodel the exterior of the nine-story independent senior Housing housing facility, known as William W. Brashear Tower, located on the west side of N. Laurel Park Drive between Six Mile Road and University Drive (17841 N. Laurel Park Drive), subject to conditions. A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing Resolutions: AYES: Scheel, Nash, Kritzman, Pastor, Meakin, Toy, and Brosnan. NAYS: None. Toy gave FIRST READING to the following Ordinance: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 020 OF TITLE 15, CHAPTER 51 (VACANT AND ABANDONED STRUCTURES) OF THE LIVONIA CODE OF ORDINANCES, AS AMENDED. Meakin gave FIRST READING to the following Ordinance: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 050 (c) (4) OF TITLE 2, CHAPTER 04 (CITY COUNCIL) OF THE LIVONIA CODE OF ORDINANCES, AS AMENDED. Scheel gave SECOND READING to the following Ordinance: AN ORDINANCE ADDING SUBSECTION (w) OF SECTION 11.03 OF ARTICLE XI OF ORDINANCE NO. 543, AS AMENDED, KNOWN AND CITED AS “THE CITY OF LIVONIA ZONING ORDINANCE.” A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing Ordinance: AYES: Scheel, Nash, Kritzman, Pastor, Meakin, Toy, and Brosnan. NAYS: None. Toy gave FIRST READING to the following Ordinance: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 30 OF THE ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA AND AMENDING ARTICLE III OF ORDINANCE NO. 543, AS AMENDED, KNOWN AND CITED AS “THE CITY OF LIVONIA ZONING ORDINANCE” BY ADDING SECTION 3.____ THERETO. th SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,766 REGULAR MEETING 4 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – November 17, 2014 MAD #347-14 Resolution by Meakin and Nash, unanimously adopted, determining to FAT install a new 10-inch sanitary sewer main in connection with the Special Assessment Eng District No. 428 Roll, as revised, to service parcels located on the east side of Levan Assessr Road (15160, 15200, and 15230 Levan Road); FURTHER, the City Council does hereby determine that the assessments set forth in Special Assessment Roll No. 428, dated October 2, 2014, in the amount of $151,571.67, are fair and equitable and based upon benefits to be derived by the construction of improvements proposed in said district in accordance with the plans of the City Engineer and resolutions of the City Council; the City Council does further determine to pay the City’s share of $21,230.00; FURTHER, Special Assessment Roll No. 428 is hereby approved and confirmed in all respects. (CR 448-12, CR 107-13, CR 178-13, CR 342-13, CR 190-14, CR 236-14 and CR 285-14) #348-14 Resolution by Toy and Scheel, unanimously adopted, approving the MAD correction to the Council Minutes of the One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty- FAT Assessr Seventh Regular Meeting of July 21, 2014, in order to add the verbiage required by the State of Michigan Department of Treasury for an application for Exemption of Personal Property from ALPHAUSA. (CR 223-14) #349-14 Resolution by Toy and Nash, unanimously adopted, referring the matter of MAD the vacancy of the City Clerk position to the Committee of the Whole for its report and FAT CivSvc recommendation. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION: None. th By Toy and Scheel, unanimously adopted, adjourning this 1,765Regular Meeting of the Council of the City of Livonia at 7:32 p.m. on November 17, 2014. TERRY A. MARECKI 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.