Meeting Minutes for September 7, 2004

OFFICIAL COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
SEPTEMBER 7, 2004

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

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

Absent: Schelke (with notice)

Corrections/Additions to Agenda: Minutes from the August 16, 2004 Council Executive Session meeting were added under Approval of Minutes and a proposed agreement with B & G Hardware (Bill Watts) was added under New Business.

It was moved by Ahrens, seconded by Semp to approve the minutes of the August 16, 2004 Council meeting, including the Executive Session minutes, the August 24, 2004 Negotiating Committee meeting, and the August 30, 2004 Recreation Commission meeting as presented.
Motion carried. 4 yeas.

Bills for the month of August 2004 in the amount of $ 304,790.89 were presented to Council.
Also, bills from MDOT for the M25 project for $ 19,561.11 and Pay Certificate # 2 from John
E. Green company for the Wastewater Treatment Plant improvement project for $ 50,125.17 were presented to Council. It was moved by Semp, seconded by Ahrens to approve payment of the bills as presented. Motion carried. 4 yeas.

Citizen Comment: None

OLD BUSINESS: None

NEW BUSINESS: Resolution # 2004-20, “Finance Officer/Clerk Employment Agreement,” was presented to Council. The Resolution would approve a new 3 year employment agreement with the Finance Officer/Clerk and also approve a Resolution for Changing MERS Benefits for the
Finance Officer/Clerk by changing the benefit multiplier from B-3 to B-4 with the same employee contribution rate of 4.7%. It was moved by Semp, seconded by Ahrens to adopt Resolution
# 2004-20 as presented. Motion carried. 4 yeas.

Resolution # 2004-21, “Changes in Retired Employees Health Insurance,” was presented to Council. The Resolution would change the co-payment for retired employees of the City from
$ 5.00 generic/$ 10.00 brand name to $ 10.00 generic/$ 20.00 brand name, and also would increase the amount the City pays per month for retired employees and their spouses from
$ 300.00 per month to $ 400.00 per month, effective no later than November 1, 2004. It was moved by Ahrens, seconded by Goniewicha to adopt Resolution # 2004-21 as presented.
Motion carried. 4 yeas.

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NEW BUSINESS (continued): Youatt presented a proposal to purchase 960 new rotor blades for the oxidation ditch at the Wastewater Treatment Plant from Lakeside Equipment at a total cost of $ 16,320.00, with funds to come out of the Equipment Replacement fund. It was moved by Ahrens, seconded by Goniewicha to approve the purchase as presented. Motion carried. 4 yeas.

Youatt presented a proposed agreement with Bill Watts, d.b.a. B & G Hardware, to fill in his outside basement stairwell in exchange for his agreement to install a sump pump in his basement and connect it to the City’s storm sewer system. It was moved by Semp, seconded by Goniewicha to approve the agreement as presented and to authorize the Finance Officer to execute same on behalf of the City. Motion carried. 4 yeas.

Engineer Report: Reported on the WWTP improvement project. Also informed Council that on Dow AgroSciences request to increase their suspended solids limit from 341 pounds per day to 1,000 pounds per day. Wade-Trim will assist the City in evaluating this request. J. Ranck Electric is nearing completion on installation of electrical service to the new tree locations as part of the Downtown Streetscape project.

Finance Officer Report: Thanked Council for the new 3 year employment agreement. The M25 project continues on schedule with work starting on M142 today. Many visitors to the City over Labor Day weekend without major incidents. The new roof was installed by Marlette Roofing for City Hall. A meeting is scheduled with Sand Beach Township regarding the water sales contract.
A waterfront development group will be visiting the City soon. Discussion held with the DEQ regarding provisions of the Administrative Consent Order. A reminder that petitions and filing forms for the offices of Mayor and City Council are due next Tuesday.

Council Reports: None

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:32 p.m.

Tom Youatt, City Clerk