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Home My WebLink AboutSYNOPSIS - 2014-08-06 th SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,758 REGULAR MEETING LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – AUGUST 6, 2014 Meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by President Brosnan. Present: John Pastor, Brian Meakin, Laura Toy, Lynda Scheel, Susan Nash, and Maureen Miller Brosnan. Absent: Brandon Kritzman. #230-14 Resolution by Pastor and Scheel, unanimously adopted, approving the MAD th FAT minutes of the 1,757 Regular Meeting of the Council held July 21, 2014. Pastor congratulated all the candidates that ran in the election held August 5, 2014. Vice-President Meakin also congratulated all the candidates and reminded them to remove their signs. President Brosnan commended City Clerk Marecki and all of her staff on running a smooth election. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION: David St. Clair, 17730 Fairfield, expressed his concerns regarding unleashed dogs in City parks, especially Rotary Park. Lyle Trudell, Superintendent, Parks and Recreation, was called upon to respond and he stated that Animal Control should be contacted directly with that complaint. MAD #231-14 Resolution by Toy and Pastor, unanimously adopted, approving the FAT request of Donna Nowicki, 33003 Middleboro, to close Middleboro, between Westmore Police and Mayfield, on Saturday, August 9, 2014, from 12:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m., for the purpose of conducting a block party, subject to the approval of the Police Department. Beverly Herkenstein, 9841 Middlebelt, also commented on the number of dogs off their leashes at Rotary Park. She also inquired if the crime rate had gone down since the closure of the I-96 Freeway and she was referred to the Police Department for that answer. Christopher Martin, 12275 Inkster, commented on unleashed dogs and expressed his views on the subject. Todd Zilincik, City Engineer, gave an update on the progress of the I-96 Reconstruction Project. He indicated the projected completion date and reopening date is approximately October 10, 2014. The following items were received and filed: th SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,758 REGULAR MEETING 2 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – August 6, 2014 Communication from the Department of Finance dated July 14, 2014, re: forwarding the Quarterly Investment Report for the City of Livonia as of May 31, 2014. Communication from the Department of Finance dated July 17, 2014, re: forwarding various financial statements of the City of Livonia for the month ending April 30, 2014. Communication from the Office of the City Clerk, dated July 10, 2014, re: tax collection for the Clarenceville School District for the 2014-2015 School Year. Communication from the Office of the City Clerk, dated July 10, 2014, re: Tax Rate for the Livonia Public School District for the 2014-2015 School Year. Communication from the Office of the City Clerk, dated July 14, 2014, re: Tax Rate for Wayne County for the 2014 Tax Year, requesting that 5.6483 authorized mills be collected as a summer tax. Communication from the Office of the Mayor, dated July 17, 2014, re: request to approve salary and benefit adjusts for Administrative and Professional, Exempt and Confidental Classifications. Communication from Donald A. DiComo, dated July 31, 2014, re: request to extend the Golf Course Management Contract with Tom Welsh. Communication from Judy Priebe, Director of Legislative Affairs, dated July 28, 2014, re: Petition 2014-01-08-01 in connection with rezoning Petition 2014-02-01-01. The following resolutions were offered by Toy and Scheel: #232-14 Approving the request of Karen Werden, 19651 Flamingo, to close MAD Flamingo Street between St. Martins and Bretton on Saturday, September 6, 2014, from FAT Police 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. for the purpose of conducting a block party, with a rain date of Sunday, September 7, 2014 requested, subject to the approval of the Police Department. #233-14 Approving the request of Mike Johnson, 32611 Hees, to close Hees Street MAD FAT between Hubbard and Georgia on Saturday, September 13, 2014, from 1:00 p.m. to Police 10:00 p.m. for the purpose of conducting a block party, with a rain date of Saturday, September 20, 2014 requested, subject to the approval of the Police Department. MAD #234-14 Approving adjustments required for the second quarter of the Fiscal Year FAT 2014 Budget. MAD #235-14 Approving a wage increase for employees at minimum wage based on the FAT State of Michigan Minimum Wage law with wages effective September 1, 2014. CivSvc th SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,758 REGULAR MEETING 3 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – August 6, 2014 MAD #236-14 Establishing September 8, 2014, 7:00 p.m., as the date and time for a FAT public hearing on the necessity for the revised special assessment district for a 10-inch Eng sanitary sewer main to service properties located 15160, 15200, and 15230 Levan Road. (CR 448-12, 178-13, and 342-13) A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing Resolutions: AYES: Pastor, Meakin, Toy, Scheel, Nash, and Brosnan. NAYS: None. MAD #237-14 Resolution by Meakin and Toy, unanimously adopted, approving salary FAT and benefit adjustments for Administrative and Professional, Exempt and Confidential CivSvc classifications for the period December 1, 2013 through December 1, 2015. #238-14 Resolution by Pastor and Scheel, unanimously adopted, including a MAD revision to the Contract to include a Trail Fee increase from $84,000.00 per year to FAT P&R $118,000.00 per year to be paid by TJW, Inc. to the City for the operational needs of the three golf courses; FURTHER, extending the Golf Course Management Contract with TJW Inc. (Tom Welsh) for a period of five (5) years, with two additional automatic five (5) year extensions. #239-14 Resolution by Toy and Pastor, unanimously adopted, approving Petition MAD FAT 2014-02-01-01, to rezone property located at 17108 Farmington Road, from C-2 Eng (General Business) to C-1 (Local Business), for preparation of the Ordinance for Insp submission to Council; FURTHER, the City Planner is hereby instructed to cause the Plan necessary map for publication to be prepared indicating the zoning change herein approved and to furnish the same to the Department of Law and, upon receipt of such map, the Department of Law is requested to prepare an ordinance amending Ordinance 543, as amended, in accordance with this resolution. #240-14 Resolution by Toy and Pastor, unanimously adopted, approving Petition MAD 2014-06-01-05, to rezone property located at 15475 Middlebelt Road, from R-9-1 FAT Eng (Housing for the Elderly) to OS (Office Services), for preparation of the Ordinance for Insp submission to Council; FURTHER, the City Planner is hereby instructed to cause the Plan necessary map for publication to be prepared indicating the zoning change herein approved and to furnish the same to the Department of Law and, upon receipt of such map, the Department of Law is requested to prepare an ordinance amending Ordinance 543, as amended, in accordance with this resolution. #241-14 Resolution by Pastor and Scheel, directing that a closed Committee of the MAD FAT Whole meeting be held to discuss pending litigation and attorney/client privileged communications with respect to US Bank v City of Livonia. A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing Resolutions: AYES: Pastor, Meakin, Toy, Scheel, Nash, and Brosnan. NAYS: None. th SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,758 REGULAR MEETING 4 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – August 6, 2014 AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION: Christopher Martin, 12275 Inkster, asaked for clarification of the leash law; Attorney Knapp gave a brief response. th By Toy and Scheel, unanimously adopted, adjourning this 1,758 Regular Meeting of the Council of the City of Livonia at 7:25 p.m. on August 6, 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.