Meeting Minutes for June 18, 2007

OFFICIAL COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
JUNE 18, 2007

A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Harbor Beach was held on Monday, June 18, 2007 at City Hall. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Mayor Swartz.

Present: Burkhard, Goniewicha, Kleinknecht, Wood and Mayor Swartz
Finance Officer Youatt

Absent: None

It was moved by Kleinknecht, seconded by Burkhard to approve the agenda as presented. Motion carried. 5 yeas.

It was moved by Goniewicha, seconded by Kleinknecht to approve the minutes of the June 4, 2007 Council meeting as presented. Motion carried. 5 yeas.

It was moved by Burkhard, seconded by Wood to approve the minutes of the June 11, 2007 special Council meeting as presented. Motion carried. 5 yeas.

It was moved by Wood, seconded by Kleinknecht to approve the minutes of the June 12, 2007 Negotiating Committee meeting as presented. Motion carried. 5 yeas.

Bills for June 2007 to date in the amount of $ 95,278.79 were presented to Council. It was moved by Wood, seconded by Kleinknect to approve payment of the bills as presented. Motion carried. 5 yeas.

A bill from Wade-Trim for IPP Management assistance in the amount of $ 1,261.30 was presented to Council. It was moved by Goniewicha, seconded by Wood to approve payment of the bill as presented. Motion carried. 5 yeas.

Citizen Comment: Wendal Koehn inquired about permit fees and a building on Broad Street that is in need of painting. John Fitzgibbon stated garage sales will help sell houses in the City by bringing people to town. Also stated grass behind the Video Dock needs cutting. Bill Duerr stated the Garage Sale Trail is to be held on August 10th through 12th along the Thumb.

Mayor Swartz read Cititzen Thoughts and Feelings statement number 42 from Bill Duerr regarding concern from a customer who is interested in locating to Harbor Beach about the safety of emissions from industry. Mayor Swartz also read a letter dated June 11, 2007 from Steve Toth of Citizen Comment (Continued): West Bloomfield, Michigan, who is the customer in question regarding the same issue. Youatt read a letter received from Jim Tenbush, Sensient Flavors Plant Manager, dated September 28, 2006 regarding their air emissions.

OLD BUSINESS: None

NEW BUSINESS: Council reviewed a letter of retirement from DPW employee Frank Lorkowski dated June 12, 2007 with a retirement date of August 31, 2007. It was moved by Wood, seconded by Kleinknecht to accept the retirement of Frank Lorkowski, with regret. Motion carried.
5 yeas.

Engineer Report: None

Finance Officer Report: A meeting was held this afternoon with Sensient Flavor officials regarding their Industrial User Permit and related Wastewater Treatment issues. A similar meeting with Dow AgroSciences is scheduled for Wednesday morning. The Negotiating Committee has been working on employment contract negotiations and is making progress towards the goal of having all contracts negotiated and approved before the end of the month. Reported attendance at a required MDOT meeting in Kalamazoo last week regarding Act 51 training. Also attended an MML Board of Trustee meeting last week in Ann Arbor.

Council Reports: Mayor Pro-Tem Kleinknecht reported on the Maritime Festival Schedule for this year. A raffle will be held with the winner choosing a John Deere “mule,” 4 wheeler, Kawasaki Jet Ski or $ 2,500 cash. Mayor Swartz reported an Open House will be held at the Fire Department on June 24th from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.. The deadline for nominations for Beautification Awards is July 1st. Noted the trash hauling company will hall 1 large item per household per week. Stated the Chamber of Commerce is contributing $ 3,999 towards the first Winter Festival to be held on February 2, 2008 in conjunction with the Chamber’s “Souper Saturday” event.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:40 p.m.

Tom Youatt, City Clerk