Meeting Minutes for August 16, 2004

OFFICIAL COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
AUGUST 16, 2004

A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Harbor Beach was held on Monday,
August 16, 2004 at City Hall. The meeting was called to order at 1:30 p.m. by Mayor Ramsey.

Present: Ahrens, Goniewicha, Schelke, Semp and Mayor Ramsey
Finance Officer Youatt

Absent: None

There were no corrections or additions to the agenda.

It was moved by Schelke, seconded by Semp to approve the minutes of the August 2, 2004 Council meeting, August 9, 2004 Negotiating Committee meeting and the August 13, 2004
Negotiating Committee meeting as presented. Motion carried. 5 yeas.

Citizen Comment: Dixon Kuhn, Harbor Beach Lighthouse Preservation Society, was present and informed Council regarding recent developments with the Harbor Beach Lighthouse. The City will soon be submitting an application for ownership of the Lighthouse. Much work has been accomplished this summer, including installation of two new floors, painting and removal of the swallow nests. New netting has been purchased to prevent the nests in the future. A new
power cable will be installed to the Lighthouse in September by the Coast Guard. Mr. Kuhn invited Council members to tour the Lighthouse tomorrow morning.

OLD BUSINESS: Resolution # 2004-18, “Department Head and Non-Union Employment Agreements,” was presented to Council. The new agreements are for 3 years and call for a
2.5% annual increase in pay for all employees as well as a change in Pension benefit with MERS from a B-3 benefit multiplier plan to a B-4 plan for all Department Heads, except for Police Chief Schock, and all Non-Union employees. It was moved by Schelke, seconded by Ahrens to adopt Resolution # 2004-18 as presented. Motion carried. 5 yeas.

Resolution # 2004-19, “Change In MERS Pension For Department Heads and Non-Union
Employees,” was presented to Council. The Resolution would establish a new division and change the benefit multiplier from a B-3 plan to a B-4 plan for Department Heads Art Cregeur, Aaron Miller, Gary Shedd, and Ron Wruble and, also for Non-Union employees Marge Montgomery, Leslie Woycehoski, and Mary Jane Woychowski. The Resolution also calls for a change in Employee Contribution rate from 7.36 % to 10.27 %. It was moved by Ahrens, seconded by Semp to adopt Resolution # 2004-19 as presented. Motion carried. 5 yeas.

NEW BUSINESS: A proposal from Marlette Roofing Company to put a new roof on a 12,200 square foot area of City Hall at a cost of $ 36,445.00 was presented to Council. It was moved by
Semp, seconded by Goniewicha to approve the proposal as submitted. Motion carried. 5 yeas.

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Engineer Report: Youatt reported on progress with the Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvement project. A new sludge transfer pump has been installed. The chlorination system
upgrade to provide chlorination capability to the oxidation ditches has been completed and is
operational. Work in the pretreatment room will be done over the next 2 months.

Finance Officer Report: The employment contract negotiations with Department Heads and
Non-Union personnel have taken up most of the time recently. The M-25 project is still on schedule with storm work on the north end completed and road demolition starting this week.

Council Reports: Concerns addressed regarding the new bucket truck recently purchased by the Fire Board. Complaints received regarding the need to clean restrooms at North Park more often.
The Carriage House Art Fair was another success with many people attending.

It was moved by Semp, seconded by Schelke to go into Executive Session to consider the purchase of property. Motion carried. 5 yeas. Council went into Executive Session at
2:04 p.m.

It was moved by Schelke, seconded by Semp to come out of Executive Session. Motion carried.
5 yeas. Council came out of Executive Session at 2:24 p.m.

It was moved by Schelke, seconded by Semp to authorize the Finance Officer to complete a preliminary investigation into the feasibility of purchasing the ADM property at Water Street.
Motion carried. 5 yeas.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 2:30 p.m.

Tom Youatt, City Clerk