AGENDA – CITY COUNCIL MEETING
February 7, 2012
7:00 p.m.

1. Call to Order.

2. Pledge of Allegiance – Invocation by Andrew R. Frounfelker, 5th Ward City Councilmember.

3. Roll Call.

4. Adoption of Agenda.

5. Citizen Comments. (3-Minute Limit)

6. Presentations/Proclamations.
 
7. Consent Calendar.
    A. Approval of the minutes of the regular City Council meeting of January 24, 2012.
    B. Approval of Change Order No. 1 to the contract with Salenbien Trucking and Excavating, Inc., Dundee, in the decreased amount of $7,725.55, to the change contract quantities to match final quantities placed for the Mason and Wilkins CDBG Street Reconstruction Project, and authorization for the City Manager and City Engineer/Director of Public Works to execute the appropriate document(s).
    C. Approval of the second year renewal to haul and land apply digested sewage sludge to Biotech Agronomics, Beulah, at a cost of $0.0312 per gallon, and authorization for the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the appropriate document(s).
    D. Approval of the request from Consumers Energy to conduct the Walk for Warmth, in conjunction with the Community Action Agency, on downtown streets, on Friday, February 24, 2012, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.  A map of the proposed route is attached.  (Recommended approval has been received from the Police, Fire, Parks, Department of Public Works, Engineering, and Downtown Development. Contingent upon receipt of proper insurance coverage.)
    E. Approval of the request to divide the property at 423 North West Avenue according to the deed provided by the Michigan Department of Transportation.
    F. Receipt of the City of Jackson’s summary of revenue and expenditures for six (6) months ended, December 31, 2011.
    G. Approval of the request from Castle Marketing and Advertising to conduct the Jackson Winterfest Awards Ceremony at Bucky Harris Park on Saturday, February 25, 2012, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (Recommended approval has been received from the Police, Fire, Parks, Department of Public Works, Engineering, and the Downtown Development Authority. Contingent upon receipt of proper insurance coverage.)

8. Committee Reports. 
  
9. Appointments.  
    A. Approval of the Mayor’s recommendation to appoint Barbara Jo Dwyer to the Board of Review for a three-year term beginning February 1, 2012, and ending January 31, 2015.
    B. Approval of the Mayor’s recommendation to reappoint Kathleen Conley and Alice Lewis to the Human Relations Commission for a three-year term each beginning immediately and ending December 31, 2014, in accordance with the recommendation of the Human Relations Commission.

10. Public Hearings.
Recess as a City Council and convene as a Board of Review.
      A. Public hearing on Special Assessment Roll No. 3365 for street repaving on Loomis from Leroy to Argyle Streets.
          1. Resolution confirming Special Assessment Roll No. 3365.
     B. Public hearing on Special Assessment Roll No. 3366 for street repaving on North Street from Cooper to Lansing Avenue.
         1. Resolution confirming Special Assessment Roll No. 3366.
     C. Public hearing on Special Assessment Roll No. 3367 for street repaving on Mason from Mechanic to Francis Streets.
         1. Resolution confirming Special Assessment Roll No. 3367.
     D. Public hearing on Special Assessment Roll No. 3368 for street repaving on Wilkins from Jackson to Francis Streets.
         1. Resolution confirming Special Assessment Roll No. 3368.
Adjourn as a Board of Review and reconvene as City Council.
     E. Public hearing on the necessity of continuing the meterless parking system in the downtown area of the City for 2011-2012.
         1. Resolution determining the necessity of continuing the meterless parking system, ordering the City Assessor to prepare Special Assessment Roll No. 4211, and establishing February 21, 2012, at the City Council meeting as the time and place to hold a public hearing confirming the meterless parking system assessment roll.

11. Resolutions.
       A. Consideration of a resolution recommending the revocation of IFT Certificate No. 2002-436 granted to Mid-American Products, Inc., 1623 Wildwood Avenue.

12. Ordinances.  
       A. Consideration of an ordinance amending Chapter 25, Section 25-30, Article II, City Code, to increase the penalties for parking violations.
       B. Final adoption of Ordinance No. 480, establishing wards and precincts within the City of Jackson, in accordance with the results of the 2010 decennial census of the United States, and to repeal Ordinance 452, which had established said wards and precincts in accordance with the 2000 census.

13. Other Business.

  
14. New Business. 
      *A. Consideration of the following request to regarding the preliminary funding allocations for the 2012-2013 CDBG and HOME grants as determined by City Council:
            1. Receipt of report and preliminary funding recommendation from Councilmember Frounfelker on behalf of the City Council, and
            2. Approval of the preliminary funding recommendation.

       B. Consideration of the request to approve the authorization of the Mayor to formally notify Jackson County of its intention to terminate the Intergovernmental Agreement, dated June 23, 2010, in accordance with Paragraph 7 of said agreement, which states in part, “…the Agreement may be terminated by either party, for any reason, upon sixty (60) days written notice to the other party following formal action of the governing body…”.  The date of termination shall be April 9, 2012.

15. City Councilmembers’ Comments.

16. Manager’s Comments.

17. Adjournment.

*Item added or changed.