OFFICIAL COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
NOVEMBER 1, 2004

A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Harbor Beach was held on Monday, November 1, 2004 at City Hall. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Mayor Ramsey.

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

Absent: Semp and Engineer Bergdolt (both with notice)

There were no corrections or additions to the agenda.

It was moved by Schelke, seconded by Ahrens to approve the minutes of the October 18, 2004 Council meeting and the October 25, 2004 Recreation Commission meeting as presented. Motion carried. 4 yeas.

Bills for October 2004 in the amount of $233,909.75 were presented to Council. Also, an M25 Bond Interest Payment for $18,071.80, a Capital Improvement Bond Interest payment for $69,046.90, a Water Bond and Interest payment for $146,835.00 and an MDOT M25 project payment of $26,256.20 were presented to Council. It was moved by Ahrens, seconded by Schelke to approve payment of the bills as presented. Motion carried. 4 yeas.

Citizen Comment: Complimented the City on the M25 and Downtown Streetscape project. Some of the parking spaces seem a little small for today’s larger vehicles.

OLD BUSINESS: Pay Certificate #4 in the amount of $73,980.00 to John E. Green for the Wastewater Treatment Plant improvement project was presented to Council. It was moved by Schelke, seconded by Ahrens to approve Pay Certificate #4 as presented. Motion carried. 4 yeas.

NEW BUSINESS: A proposal from Wade-Trim to provide design engineering services for the Sanitary Sewer Retention Basin project at a cost of $81,000.00 was presented to Council. Mayor Ramsey pointed out that this project is in compliance with a DEQ Administrative Consent Order. It was moved by Schelke, seconded by Goniewicha to approve the proposal as submitted. Motion carried. 4 yeas.

Engineer Report: Youatt reported that the Wastewater Treatment Plant improvement project is near completion. Installation of the new grit washer will be in the next week.

Finance Officer Report: A Council photo will be done prior to the next Council meeting. A reminder to those in attendance to vote in the General Election tomorrow.

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Council Reports: Mayor Ramsey thanked Wade-Trim for their volunteer effort to paint the old Coast Guard Station garage building as part of “Make a Difference Day”.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:15 p.m.

Tom Youatt, City Clerk