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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL STUDY - 2012-07-09 CITY OF LIVONIA— CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF STUDY MEETING HELD JULY 9, 2012 Meeting was called to order at 8:00 p.m. Present: Brandon Kritzman, James McCann, Joe Laura, Thomas Robinson, Maureen Miller Brosnan, and John Pastor. Absent: Laura Toy. Elected and appointed officials present: Todd Zilincik, City Engineer; Scott Miller, Planner IV; Don Knapp, City Attorney; Terry Marecki, City Clerk; Andy Dillon, State of Michigan Treasurer; and Jack E. Kirksey, Mayor. Councilmember McCann presented Toni Aloe with a commendation for her 15 years of service to Zoning Board of Appeals and the City of Livonia. Ms. Aloe said it has been her honor to serve the City of Livonia. Laura offered the resolution referring the subject matter of fireworks to the Legislative Affairs Committee for its report and recommendation for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: REFERRING THE SUBJECT CONSENT OF FIREWORKS TO THE LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Laura offered the resolution referring the subject matter of fireworks to the Administration for its report and recommendation for the Consent Agenda. Brosnan reminded Council that the subject matter of fireworks had already been referred to the Administration a couple of weeks ago. Mayor Kirksey mentioned that he has had conversations with State Representative John Walsh regarding the subject matter of fireworks and said that Walsh assured him that it is on the calendar and is on the business plan when they reconvene to be one of the first priorities that they approach. The Mayor said that he doesn't believe that the people who introduced the legislation regarding fireworks intentionally realized the ramifications of it. It is something that is totally out of control, something that the legislature didn't anticipate and Representative Walsh has vowed to make it a priority when they meet again. Vice President Pastor announced Item #7 was being removed from the Agenda. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION: Scott Morgan, President, Livonia Police Officers Association, said he wanted to bring to the attention of the Council and citizens of Livonia what has occurred since the millage was voted in last year. He said the staffing levels have decreased; he said they are staffed for 108 officers and are currently at 89 officers. He said even though the City is 2 making their greatest attempt to hire more officers, it has been very difficult; they are now more a reactive police department rather than a proactive police department. Crime levels are on the rise in the City and they are having troubles at this point. He said the main reason he is here today to inform the Council and public of this is even though they believe the millage money has been put to good use, there will still be an overage in money because they are down in the number of police officers. He said they would like this Council to pay attention to where this millage money is going and make sure that the police department receives that money in this year's upcoming budget. He said he would also like to point out to the Council that with the current staffing levels that it would be a mistake to start sharing services with other surrounding cities based on their current staffing levels. Laura asked Morgan why they are having problems hiring. Morgan said he believes the way that the City's Civil Service is set up; there are several processes that have to be completed prior to individuals getting over to the police department to then go through background investigations and their process over at the police department. That process slows it down, and by the time they get over to the police department it could be several months. Then there is training, each officer has several months of inside training and then several months of outside training. It's a process to produce a responsible police officer. It's a long process that is slowing down their ability to hire quality people. Laura asked Morgan if the City's process was the same as any other City's process, say for example, Southfield. Morgan replied he wasn't so sure about that and said there is a streamline process, if the police department was able to go directly to the police academy and directly hire the people they need that would streamline the process. He said unfortunately the Civil Service process overrules that process in this City. Kritzman asked Morgan if he was aware of how many people are currently in this process at some level of completion that they could potentially expect to fill those remaining vacant positions. Morgan said he does know that the police department has made great efforts to hire at least six (6) new police officers quarterly. He said to get back to their staffing levels they were at in 2010, which was 108 police officers, that would take an extended period of time not to mention at least six (6) month process before those police officers get on the road and then they have a two (2) year probation period in which they can be dismissed at any time if they are not living up to the standards of the City of Livonia. He said it is quite a process. Right now they currently have 12 probationary police officers which mean they actually have 77 full officers at the present time. Kritzman asked Morgan if additional people have already started the hiring process. Morgan replied he did not know for sure but said he did know that they can only hire a certain amount because of the training and the certain number of training officers that they can put on the road with these probationary police officers. The training officers are constantly training probationary police officers. They are having a tough time finding trainers all the time because it's an ongoing process. He said he realizes the City and the police department are doing the best that they can but they have the civil service process to go through which is stalling their hiring process. 3 Brosnan asked Morgan to confirm what she interpreted from what he had said. She said from what she heard Morgan say that he doesn't have a problem with the current hiring process; he confirmed by saying no. She said secondly she heard him say there is a goal to hire 6 officers quarterly; she said at that rate it will take about a year and a half then to reach the number of 108 police officers. She asked Morgan if that was the intent or was there another time line that he was envisioning. He responded by stating the sooner they can get these officers on the road the better. He said he doesn't think they could hire officers directly; that would be an administrative function. He confirmed that utilizing the current process it would take another year and a half. He said then factoring in their probationary period; they will be through the millage by the time they reach full staffing and the money for the 108 officers if they are not a full staffing should be recycled back into the police department budget. If the police department has to cut its budget each year, he wondered how the millage money would be accounted for. Brosnan said what she was hearing from Morgan was that he would like the Administration to be more aggressive in moving up its timeline in terms of hiring so that they bring more people in on a more regular basis to begin that evaluation of whether or not they are qualified candidates. Morgan reiterated that they are going to have problems with training the new police officers due to the limited number of training officers. She said until they get these new police officers through the front door they can't even begin to look at that issue. She said she senses that Morgan wishes the goal was more than six (6) new police officers quarterly. She said they are going to have to set that bar a little bit higher. She said that next thing she heard from Morgan was for Council to be on watch, as they begin this budget process, so that none of the money that was slated for additional police officers ends up being diverted anywhere else. She said she appreciates him bringing that to the attention of the Council. She said they do need to remain vigilant in that regard. She said she also heard Morgan say while the City begins to talk about working collaboratively that his impression of the strength of the department right now is that they are not in a position to work collaboratively yet until they get back to a fully staffed force; Morgan replied that is correct. Brosnan offered the resolution referring the subject matter of the hiring process for police officers to the Administration requesting their plan of action on how they intend to have the police department fully staffed at 108 police officers and how much time they envision that will take for its report and recommendation for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: REFERRING THE SUBJECT CONSENT OF HIRING PROCESS FOR POLICE OFFICERS TO ADMINISTRATION Mayor Kirksey said he was surprised to hear what Scott Morgan had to say. Mayor Kirksey said he worked very hard with the Fire Department and Police Department to make certain the public safety millage was passed. He said they got into some logistics and he thinks nobody really understood their magnitude; and a lot of unanticipated retirements occurred. Mayor Kirksey said Scott Morgan has never discussed this matter with anyone in the Administration to his knowledge. He said it is a bit of a surprise and a disappointment as well. Perhaps one of the most difficult kinds of things to accept is the 4 fact that either the Council or the Police Union would think that there is any way that they could reroute that funding and stay out of jail. He said those millages were passed for a specific purpose, they do not have a history of ever diverting them. The fact that the Police Union President came before Council this evening rather than the Administration for reassurance that those millage funds have not been or will not be misappropriated, is a difficult slanting on what has happened. It is a serious kind of thing; they have hired additional trainers and brought back retirees that are well versed and have expanded about every aspect possible. He did say it is not moving along anywhere nearly as quickly as they would like but it will be one of those situations that will accelerate beyond where it is today. It is difficult to say that special meetings have to be held to make sure that the Administration is not rerouting those funds. The Mayor said that is a horrible thing to say because it has absolutely no truth and they couldn't do it if they wanted to and they certainly don't want to. Again, the Mayor said he was really taken back by this matter. He said some of will continue to the very best they can and they will be happy to provide reports to Council whenever they ask one. Brosnan said just to clarify, no special meetings were requested under her comments and she said she didn't believe from any of the other comments made at the table. She said she had requested a report and recommendation from the Administration on what the department thinks it can achieve in hiring more police officers and getting the department at full staffing. Patty West said she was here for Item #7 that was being removed from the Agenda. Vice President Pastor said that Item was first going before the Parks and Recreation Commission on Wednesday, July 11, 2012 and then it will come before Council. West said they have tried to address the issue with Parks and Recreation but have not had any resolution and asked Vice President Pastor what their recourse is if after the meeting Wednesday the issue remains unresolved. Vice President Pastor informed West that after the meeting Wednesday it will come back before Council and it will be the decision of the Council whether to concur with the recommendation of the Parks and Recreation Commission or take another course of action. He told her the Council Office staff would notify her when it will come back to the Council. NEW BUSINESS 1. REQUEST TO APPROVE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LIVONIA AND THE CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS TO CREATE THE MICHIGAN MUNICIPAL SERVICES AUTHORITY (MSA): Department of Law, re: to foster intergovernmental cooperation and collaboration for the delivery of municipal services. Mayor Kirksey said this concept is new and far reaching; it's a collaboration of governments sharing resources in an effort to making the state a better state than it currently is as a result of the declining economy. 5 Don Knapp, City Attorney, said what is before the Council for their review and consideration is an Interlocal Agreement between the City of Livonia and the City of Grand Rapids to create the Michigan Municipal Services Authority ("MSA"). The State of Michigan invited the cities of Livonia and Grand Rapids to be founding members of an authority, which is now referred to as the Municipal Services Authority, to foster intergovernmental cooperation and collaboration for the delivery of municipal services. Livonia and Grand Rapids were selected because they are large cities that have been historically financially stable; provided quality services to their residents; and, represent different geographic regions. The MSA would be created pursuant to authority provided through the Urban Cooperation Act of 1967. The Grand Rapids City Commission and the Livonia City Council have been asked to approve the Agreement which establishes the MSA. The Agreement also creates a governance structure; establishes the limits of power; sets a term; and, contains all other necessary contract provisions. The MSA would be governed by an Authority Board and an Executive Committee which will be comprised of representatives of Livonia, Grand Rapids, and the State of Michigan. Because the MSA is a governmental entity that would be separate from the City of the Livonia, City of Grand Rapids, and the State of Michigan, the MSA Executive Committee would be authorized to appoint a chief executive officer ("CEO") enter into contracts, provide services, and manage the MSA. The MSA Executive Committee would decide which services that it wishes to offer; develop contracts for those services; and, provide the services to municipalities who wish to enter into contracts with the MSA. Neither Livonia nor Grand Rapids would be obligated to execute a contract to receive services provided by the MSA. If the City of Livonia wished to have the MSA provide services to it, the City Council would be required to first approve that separate contract between it and the MSA. The Treasurer is committed to helping the MSA secure start-up funding. The MSA would be funded through revenues generated from contracts that it receives from municipalities receiving those services. For example, if Acme City wished to have the MSA provide assessing services, Acme City would execute a contract with the MSA and pay the MSA an established fee for those services out of its general fund from the savings that it would realize by not having an Acme City Assessing Department. Livonia would not be obligated to contribute any funds to establish the MSA nor contribute to any ongoing operational expenses. Most importantly, Livonia would not be responsible for any debt incurred by the MSA. The Agreement provides that it shall continue for an initial term of fifteen (15) years and renew for additional ten (10) year terms unless it is not extended. Nevertheless, Livonia can withdraw prior to the expiration of the Agreement by providing six (6) months' notice to the Executive Committee of its intention to withdraw. Livonia could withdraw sooner than six months with the consent of the Executive Committee. Additionally, if there are more than 2 cities that are members of the MSA, Livonia can withdraw at any time. As a result of legislation that created the Economic Vitality Incentive Program ("EVIP") and the manner in which State Shared Revenues are distributed, it is critical that Livonia continue to engage in collaborative efforts. Some people believe that this will reduce the cost of 6 delivering key services. By aiding in that effort, Livonia will again demonstrate that it is committed to collaboration and cost saving. Moreover, as members of the MSA Executive Committee and Board, Livonia's representatives would have the ability to participate in the development of contracts for itself and others in a way which it could not if it were not a part of the MSA. Finally, it is expected that Livonia's staff and resources will not be compromised or overburdened by time or work commitments imposed by participation in the MSA. Andy Dillon, State of Michigan Treasurer, said he'd like to give a little background how this idea came about. There are several cities in the State of Michigan that are in financial distress. A really troubled city has 10 problems and 7 of the problems are the same in cities that are struggling. Smaller cities with smaller budgets that are struggling simply do not have the means to hire accounting firms to help them. He said he didn't want to reinvent the wheel every time he went to a new city. He is genuinely concerned about the financial future of these struggling cities. He said that led him to ask the Attorney General what his options were; this led to discussions about shared services and forming a Municipal Services Authority. He said he presented the idea to the Governor and he was very excited and asked him how the plans were coming along every time he saw him. Dillon said after giving it more thought Livonia and Grand Rapids came to mind. They are two well-run cities in different geographic areas of the State. They would each provide whatever services they wanted. Together they would become the first virtual city. They can make it whatever they want; those decisions will be made by the cities themselves. He gave an example of what Grand Rapids said they wanted to do, they want to go up into the cloud in their financial system; they didn't want to have a server, IT systems, and data storage. He said through the EVIP program he can help pay for part of this. So if Grand Rapids teams up with the virtual city and it's going to cost them $7,000,000 to get to the cloud, he said he can pay for half of that. So what he's done is lowered their cost but now he has a product and he can go to Flint, Pontiac, or another community and can bring their financial system up 5 or 10 years in technology because Grand Rapids created this opportunity for them. He said he'll let Livonia think about what they can get out of this but encouraged them to be creative in their thinking and come to him with an application for a product or service they can provide. He said they should look at what they are really good at and he invites them to provide that service for a community that is in distress. He said ultimately it can become a fee income streams for the City of Livonia. He said he looks forward to working with the City of Livonia on this new innovative idea. Mayor Kirksey said the City of Livonia is honored to be one of two cities in the entire state to have been selected to participate in this forward thinking. It is a time to give whatever the City can without compromising the City's basic services. It gives the City of Livonia to opportunity to help other communities and the state that are looking for help in our areas of expertise. 7 McCann thanked the Mayor for bringing the Administration together and met with the Council individually to give them an update of what they're doing and where they plan to go. McCann said it does sound exciting; he asked Dillon what the timeline was for this item. Dillon responded stating the sooner the better and encouraged them to act swiftly. Brosnan asked the Mayor what type of service he envisioned Livonia bringing to the virtual city. Mayor Kirksey said they would most likely survey surrounding communities and inquired as to what services they would benefit from or would like to see offered. He said then they would put together the resources to meet those needs. Michael Slater, Director of Finance, said on this subject they talked about a lot of ideas. One that it is very important to Livonia and would help the City immediately is a document imaging system which we currently do not have. They are very expensive and it's been in the IT budget for close to a decade now and they just haven't had the money to fund it. It certainly is something that can be done on a large scale and he is confident that it would be something that other communities would want to use. The Authority could provide this service at lot less cost to cities. Brosnan asked Dillon about the seed money from the EVIP program. She asked him where the money comes from in the EVIP program. Dillon said it is money set aside by the legislature for services that are being provided in a collaborative effort to provide efficiency to communities. He said the first year there was about $5,000,000 of EVIP money available; however, this is being increased by about $15,000,000 to $25,000,000 which means there will be much more EVIP money available. Brosnan asked Dillon how he envisioned this with regard to collective bargaining agreements. Dillon said they have reached out to struggling school boards and their unions in an effort to include them in the restructuring. He doesn't see it as a means to avoid collective bargaining. Brosnan asked if schools could participate in this as well. Dillon said they can request services; however, they cannot become members. Laura asked Dillon if this would ever evolve into manpower things, for example, Public Service. Dillon asked Laura for more specifics, to which Laura answered Police and Fire. Dillon said he doesn't see that. He said he just recently read that Westland and two (2) neighboring communities have done a consolidation on their own. They didn't need the virtual city to go there; they just did it on their own. Robinson said it is very exciting, however, they represent the people of Livonia and his concern is how this may create a liability to the City; for example, such as the Plymouth Road Development Authority. He asked through the Chair to the 8 Law Department for assurances that liability won't be put back onto the citizens of Livonia. Don Knapp, City Attorney, said the two different authorities are created under two completely different acts. Knapp said it is specifically spelled out in the Agreement also that the City assumes no liability or debt for the authority. Knapp said the Authority is a separate entity from the City. Robinson asked if there was a limit as to how long the Authority can raise money or how much they can raise, creating debt. Knapp said it would depend on the contracts that it enters into. Dillon added that he doesn't expect that the State will borrow money incurring indebtedness. He said he thinks it's going to take $1,000,000 or $1,500,000 to seed this entity which he said he will find a way to fund from the State. He said this will not become a bureaucracy. This will be providing an opportunity for Livonia to provide services to neighboring communities. This is a conduit for communities to purchase in bulk together for a particular service or goods. Robinson asked Dillon if a City that is not a member of the Authority, could participate or buy a service from the Authority. Dillon replied yes. Dillon said the Authority can even ask a city to provide a service to a neighboring city. Robinson said it is a fascinating concept and he just wants everyone involved to be cautious to get it right. Robinson asked how they can be assured that the jobs created from this Authority are given to Michigan residents. Dillon said he already had someone from Florida indicate a desire to participate but he said he can't sell that politically and doesn't think the members on the Executive Board would want to own that. The concept is to use great services that are already being delivered in various communities and make them available to other communities. Brosnan asked Dillon what he meant by creating fee income streams. Dillon said if Livonia were going to provide a certain service for Westland; Livonia would charge Westland a fee with an administrative fee. Brosnan said if 5 or 6 years down the road the City decides that the service is not creating the revenue needed to keep the City of Livonia whole, what happens to the community that was buying that service. Dillon said that would depend on what would be negotiated in the contract before it was to come into existence. She wondered if there was any kind of safety net for the consumers; Dillon said it was more of a buyer beware scenario and cautioned that consumers should think about the cost of having to recreate the service if they had to when negotiating a contract. Brosnan said to Dillon that he mentioned earlier that he didn't envision the Authority borrowing money; she said she didn't see anything in the Agreement that prevented it. She asked if there was anything in the legislation that would prevent that. Dillon said he didn't believe so but again said it is unlikely. McCann offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. Kritzman said this is a fantastic opportunity. This is the kind of concept that is the result of ongoing conversations that have been happening for years about how we can do this better. He said this is a great opportunity. 9 Robinson asked for this Item to be placed on the Regular Agenda. Robinson said due to Councilmember Toy being absent and the fact that this is the first time an Agreement to create a virtual City Is being enacted in America, he thinks it is fitting that a roll call vote be taken on this Item. DIRECTION: APPROVING REGULAR 2. BLOCK PARTY: Doug Kieselbach, re: to be held on Saturday, August 11, 2012, from 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Minton, between Merriman and Sunset, with no rain date scheduled. Doug Kieselbach, 31243 Minton, was present to answer any questions from Council. Brosnan offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 3. BLOCK PARTY: Nicole Bush, re: to be held on Saturday, August 11, 2012, from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Susanna, between Ross and Donald, with no rain date scheduled. McCann offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 4. BLOCK PARTY: Robert H. Genik, re: to be held on Saturday, August 25, 2012, from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Pickford, between Whitby and Stamford, with no rain date scheduled. Robert Genik, 18376 Whitby, was present to answer any questions from the Council. McCann offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 5. REQUEST TO WAIVE THE CITY'S NOISE ORDINANCE: Erin Churgin, Special Events Coordinator, Livonia Blue Jays Football & Cheer, re. to show a PG rated movie as a kick-off for their football season between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. on August 3, 2012 at Bentley Field. Kristin Sulwa, 9646 Hemingway, Redford, presented the request to Council and was ready to answer any questions from the Council. 10 Laura offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 6. REQUEST TO WAIVE THE CITY'S NOISE ORDINANCE: Perry Danver, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, re: to allow the use of a low volume sound system in connection with their Divisional Team Building Annual Meeting which is scheduled to be held at Rotary Park on Friday, September 14, 2012 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Perry Danver, 19749 Fitzgerald, was present to answer any questions from the Council. McCann offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. 7. REQUEST TO REVIEW THE POLICY OF REPLACING EXERCISE EQUIPMENT AT THE LIVONIA RECREATION CENTER; SPECIFICALLY THE SPINNING BIKES: Patricia Less & Patty and Ron Riggio, re: to replace seven (7) blue spinning bikes with bikes that are of a better quality for the safety of the paid members and participants of the Recreation Center. At the direction of the Chair this Item was removed from the Agenda. 8. REQUEST FROM THE MICHIGAN LIQUOR CONTROL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE THE REQUEST FROM B & W BEVERAGES, INC. TO TRANSFER OWNERSHIP OF A 2011 SDD LICENSED BUSINESS FROM PERRY DRUG STORES, INC.; AND TRANSFER LOCATION FROM 27474 GRAND RIVER, LIVONIA, MI 48152, WAYNE COUNTY TO 34746 PLYMOUTH, LIVONIA, MI 48150, WAYNE COUNTY: Division of Police, re: same. McCann said even though the Petitioner is not here this evening, he was here in the past and Council did approve the relocation of his business to move a few doors down to comply with the separation requirement and explained what he was doing with the business. The Police Department has reviewed the application and their report indicates they don't have any issues with this request. McCann offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 9. REQUEST TO APPROVE QUARTERLY BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS: Department of Finance, re: for the second quarter of the 2012 Fiscal Year Budget. Michael Slater, Director of Finance, presented the request to Council. He said the adjustment is needed to provide funding for the Michigan Tax Tribunal appraisals 11 from available insurance expense budget that is available because of a lower renewal rate than budgeted. They respectfully request that the City Council authorize this adjustment in the current budget. Robinson offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 10.. REQUEST FOR APPROVAL TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN SMART AND THE CITY OF LIVONIA- Department of Community Resources, re. for the Municipal Credit Contract for the period July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013, with all Credits to be used for the Livonia Community Transit Program. Felicia Cross, Program Supervisor, Community Resources, presented the request to Council. She said this is their annual contract renewal. She noted that there has been a slight increase this year. The amount of the contract is $95,342. McCann offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 11. REQUEST TO ACCEPT DONATION OF A 2012 FORD ECONOLINE LIFT- EQUIPPED BUS THAT WILL HOLD TWELVE (12) PASSENGERS PLUS TWO (2) WHEELCHAIRS: Department of Community Resources, re: from S.C.A.N. (Senior Citizen Achievement Needs) to benefit the Livonia Senior Center Transportation Program. Mae Yeomans, Treasurer, S.C.A.N., she said they have collected the funds from the senior center over the years and they wish to donate the bus to the City for the transportation of seniors in the community. Brosnan commended Yeomans for her efforts and all the donations from the seniors that made this possible. Brosnan asked if this provided an additional van for seniors. Felicia Cross, Program Supervisor, Community Resources, said this will be used to replace a vehicle. Brosnan offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. Vice President Pastor also thanked Yeomans and all the seniors for their effort and donations that made this donation possible. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 12. WAIVER PETITION: Planning Commission, re: 2012-06-02-14 submitted by Joe's Meat & Seafood to utilize an SDM liquor license (sale of packaged beer and wine) within the Maiorana shopping center (33066 Seven Mile Road) located 12 on the north side of Seven Mile Road between Farmington Road and Mayfield Avenue in the Southwest '/4 of Section 3. Michael Walsh, 32045 Bennett Street, Dearborn, presented the request to Council and was ready to answer any questions from Council. Brosnan offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 13. REQUEST TO AMEND COUNCIL RESOLUTION NOS. 185-12 AND 186-12. Department of Law, re: to add additional verbiage required by the State of Michigan Department of Treasury pertaining to personal property exemptions. Don Knapp, City Attorney, presented the request to Council, he said this is just a housekeeping matter; when the original resolutions were drafted there was a paragraph that was inadvertently omitted that is required by the State of Michigan. Brosnan offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION: None. Brosnan said she wished a resolution referring to the Law Department for its report and recommendation the subject of the impact of the new law relating to local governments' ability to regulate wireless communications; to ensure it doesn't conflict with our local authority. DIRECTION: REFERRING SUBJECT OF NEW CONSENT LAW RELATING TO WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS TO THE LAW DEPARTMENT Pastor announced Matt Pastor, his nephew, is in a band called "24-7" and his band was selected to be will be on Opening Act on E-Entertainment and will air on July 16, 2012. As there were no further questions or comments, Vice President Pastor adjourned the Study Session at 9:23 p.m. on Monday, July 9, 2012. DATED: July 17, 2012 TERRY A. MARECKI CITY CLERK