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Meeting Minutes for August 15, 2005 OFFICIAL COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Harbor Beach was
held on Monday, Present: Kleinknecht, Schelke, Semp, Wood and Mayor Swartz Absent: Water Plant Superintendent Miller (with notice) It was moved by Semp, seconded by Schelke to approve the minutes of the August 1, 2005 Council meeting as presented. Motion carried. 5 yeas. It was moved by Kleinknecht, seconded by Wood to approve the minutes
of the August 3, 2005 It was moved by Schelke, seconded by Semp to approve the August 2, 2005
Recreation Commission minutes as corrected, with corrections including
attendance of Mayor Swartz, review of staff payroll and review of staff
for the Beach Assault Basketball Tournament. Motion carried. Citizen Comment: John Fitzgibbon stated letters sent to his tenants by the City Attorney were sent to 5419 North Huron instead of the correct address of 419 North Huron Avenue. He also stated his tenants have agreed to an inspection date of August 26, 2005 at 1:30 p.m. for the interior building inspection under the City’s Dangerous Building Ordinance. Department Head Reports: Police Chief Schock reported that the residents
at the Harbor Beach Resort were very pleased with the response to the
fire at the Dining Room/Kitchen facility. An amendment to the parking
ordinance to restrict parking of commercial trailers and vehicles on the
street is in progress. Monthly statistics will be published in the “Harbor
Beach Times,” as discussed by the Police Committee. Both the Maritime
Festival and the Our Lady of Lake Huron Festival went well with few problems.
Two breaking and entering cases have been solved recently. The police
vehicles have been running well with the Chevy scheduled for replacement DPW Foreman Shedd reported that the brick downtown was sealed and banners
were installed on the street lights. About 800 feet of new water main
was installed by the crew to service the new Department Head Reports (continued): Recreation Director Wruble reported
that the Playscape construction project was a success. About 78 youth
participated in the summer basketball camp. 81 teams and about 320 participants
played in the annual Beach Assault Basketball tournament. The annual seasonal
boater and camper picnic and the annual volunteer picnic will be held
this Saturday, August 20th. There have been 43 seasonal boaters and about Wastewater Treatment Plant Superintendent Cregeur reported that there
was only one minor overflow at the pump station so far this year. There
has been recent high loading and low oxygen OLD BUSINESS: Finance Officer Youatt provided Council with an update regarding the dangerous buildings. Letters have been sent by Attorney Ferris to property owners requesting inside building inspections. It was moved by Semp, seconded by Schelke to bill all property owners the appropriate water and sewer connection fees ($ 60 total prior to October 7, 2002 and $ 1,500 total after October 7, 2002) who have not been billed. Motion carried. 5 yeas. NEW BUSINESS: It was moved by Schelke, seconded by Wood to approve the fuel and labor surcharge for residential trash pickup as requested by Richfield Management and in accordance with our contract, with an increase of forty-six cents per month per household, from $ 9.56 per month to $ 10.02 per month, effective immediately. Motion carried. 5 yeas. Council reviewed bids received for rebuilding two pumps at the WWTP pump station at Bathing Beach Park. Bids received were from Detroit Pump and Manufacturing Company for $ 3,150 and from HydroDynamics Inc. for $ 4,250. It was moved by Wood, seconded by Kleinknecht to approve the bid from Detroit Pump as presented. Motion carried. 5 yeas. It was moved by Schelke, seconded by Semp to approve an increase in mileage reimbursement for City business travel from twenty-five cents per mile to thirty-five cents per mile effective immediately. Motion carried. 5 yeas. A one-year renewal of the City’s computer maintenance service agreement
with MicroTech Services, Holt, Michigan, at a cost of $ 1,173 for 15 hours
of service, with carry over of 7 unused hours, was presented to Council.
It was moved by Semp, seconded by Wood to approve the contract renewal
as presented and to authorize Finance Officer Youatt to execute same on
behalf of the City.. Motion carried. 5 yeas.
Engineer Report: A pre-construction meeting for the sanitary sewer rehabilitation project is scheduled for August 31st. Insituform will provide a progress schedule for the project at this meeting. The survey department has completed property descriptions for surveys for easements for the Lighthouse Assembly of God property and the Gempel property as requested. Finance Officer Report: A conference call was held on August 12th regarding
the application for ownership of the Lighthouse. The Lighthouse Preservation
Society is assisting with the final draft of the application. A reminder
of the annual Michigan Municipal League convention September 20th through
September 23rd. The annual summer City picnic is set for August 28th. Council Reports: The Art Fair was a success this past weekend. The fire department did an excellent job on the fire at the Harbor Beach Resort dining/kitchen facility. The annual meeting of the Lighthouse Preservation Society is set for August 18th. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:37 p.m. _______________________
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