Meeting Minutes for October 3, 2005

OFFICIAL COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
OCTOBER 3, 2005

A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Harbor Beach was held on Monday,
October 3, 2005 at City Hall. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Mayor Swartz.

Present: Kleinknecht, Schelke, Semp, Wood and Mayor Swartz
Finance Officer Youatt

Absent: None

Corrections/Additions to Agenda: Trick or Treat Hours for Halloween was added under New Business.

Approval of Minutes: Council discussed the minutes from the September 19, 2005 Council meeting. Council suggested including the names of citizens and their general concerns in the minutes in the future. It was moved by Schelke, seconded by Wood to approve the minutes of the September 19, 2005 Council meeting as presented. Motion carried. 5 yeas.

It was moved by Wood, seconded by Semp to approve the minutes of the September 27, 2005
Water Committee meetings with Sand Beach Township and with Port Hope-Gore-Rubicon Utility Authority as presented. Motion carried. 5 yeas.

Bills for the month of September 2005 in the amount of $ 349,268.22 were presented to Council.
It was moved by Kleinknecht, seconded by Semp to approve payment of the bills as presented.
Motion carried. 5 yeas.

A bill from John E. Green in the amount of $ 5,383.00 for installation of a dampener for the HVAC system at the Wastewater Treatment Plant as part of the WWTP improvement project
was presented to Council. Youatt provided Council with written documentation from Wade-Trim regarding this bill. It was moved by Schelke, seconded by Semp to approve payment of the bill
as presented. Motion carried. 5 yeas.

Citizen Comment: Jack Kriete requested copies of minutes and bills as reviewed by Council. Youatt stated they are available to the public at City Hall. Chris Diehl requested that the City maintain the gravel road at Stoneybrook Subdivision. It was moved by Schelke, seconded by
Semp to have the Street Committee of City Council meet to review the request and to make recommendation to Council. Motion carried. 5 yeas.

OLD BUSINESS: The second reading of the Commercial Vehicle Parking Ordinance was
presented to Council. It was moved by Kleinknecht, seconded by Wood to adopt the Commercial Vehicle Parking Ordinance on second reading as presented and to authorize publication of same in a local newspaper. Motion carried. 5 yeas.

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OLD BUSINESS (continued): Youatt updated Council on the dangerous buildings in the City.
An inside inspection date of Tuesday, October 11th a 1 p.m. has been established for 419 North Huron Avenue. Youatt will also attempt to have the property at 403 Lytle Avenue inspected the same day.

NEW BUSINESS: It was moved by Wood, seconded by Schelke to accept the resignation of Zoning Administrator Ed Ramsey, with regret, effective October 7, 2005. Motion carried.
5 yeas.

It was moved by Schelke, seconded by Semp to set Trick or Treat hours for Halloween night,
Monday, October 31, 2005 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. with the start and finish to be signaled by a blast from the fire whistle. Motion carried. 5 yeas.

Engineer Report: Youatt reviewed with Council the written report submitted by Engineer
Dave Bergdolt.

Finance Officer Report: A final inspection of the dredge disposal site by the DEQ will be held on Thursday, October 6th at 10:30 a.m. The final draft of the application for ownership of the Lighthouse has been submitted to the National Park Service, Department of Interior.

Council Reports: Councilmember Semp reported that the annual MML meeting in Grand Rapids last week was a great opportunity for information gathering. Tickets for the Detroit Lions football game/bus trip on December 4th are available through the Recreation Department. Mayor Swartz presented a letter from Senator Debbie Stabenow regarding funding to local first responders for interoperable communications equipment as part of the Homeland Security funding bill.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:50 p.m.

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Tom Youatt, City Clerk