City Commission Minutes 01-08-2013

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     CITY OF MUSKEGON
       CITY COMMISSION MEETING
                      JANUARY 8, 2013
    CITY COMMISSION CHAMBERS @ 5:30 P.M.
                                MINUTES

The Regular Commission Meeting of the City of Muskegon was held at City Hall,
933 Terrace Street, Muskegon, Michigan at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, January 8, 2013.
Mayor Gawron opened the meeting with a prayer from Pastor Tim Cross from
the Living Word Church of Muskegon after which the Commission and public
recited the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
ROLL CALL FOR THE REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING:
Present: Mayor Stephen Gawron, Vice Mayor Lawrence Spataro,
Commissioners Willie German, Sue Wierengo, Byron Turnquist, Lea Markowski,
and Eric Hood, City Manager Bryon Mazade, City Attorney John Schrier, and
Deputy City Clerk Linda Potter.
2013-02 CONSENT AGENDA:
      A. Approval of Minutes. CITY CLERK
SUMMARY OF REQUEST: To approve minutes of the December 10th Commission
Worksession Meeting and the December 11th City Commission Meeting.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: None.
BUDGET ACTION REQUIRD: None.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval of the minutes.
      B. Setting Worksession and Commission Meetings. CITY CLERK
SUMMARY OF REQUEST: Approval of the scheduled meetings.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: None.
BUDGET ACTION REQUIRD: None.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
      C. Gaming License Request from Muskegon Bike Time Events, Inc. CITY
         CLERK
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:         Muskegon Bike Time Events, Inc., 590 Ottawa,
Muskegon, MI, is requesting a resolution recognizing them as a non-profit


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organization operating in the City for the purpose of obtaining a Gaming
License. They have been recognized as a 501(c)(3) organization by the State.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: None.
BUDGET ACTION REQUIRD: None.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
      D. Consideration of Bids: HVAC Cleaning at City Hall and Public Service
         Buildings. ENGINEERING
SUMMARY OF REQUEST: Authorize staff to enter into a contract with Krystal Kleen
out of Holland to clean the HVAC systems at both City Hall for $9,880 and Public
Service Building for $2,150. Quotes were solicited and received from three
companies with Krystal Kleen submitting the lowest responsible bid. While Krystal
was not the lowest bidder, the feeling among staff is that they submitted a more
realistic proposal outlying the proposed work in much more details than the
lowest “quote” by Modernistic thus the recommendation.
Furthermore, if the request is approved, authorize staff to incorporate the cost
into the budget via the quarterly updates.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The cost of $12,030; $9,880 from City Hall funds and $2,150
from PSB fund.
BUDGET ACTION REQUIRD: None at this time; however, if the project is
approved, the City Hall cost will be incorporated into the budget via the second
quarterly reforecast using the savings from the Tuck Pointing parking lots paving
projects.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Authorize staff to enter into an agreement with
Krystal Kleen to clean the HVAC system at City Hall and Public Service Building
for $12,030.
      E. Appointments to Various Boards and Committees. CITY CLERK
SUMMARY OF REQUEST: To approve the appointments as recommended at the
January 7th Community Relations Committee Meeting.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: None.
BUDGET ACTION REQUIRD: None.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval of the appointments.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:         The Community Relations            Committee
recommended the appointments at their January 7th meeting.
Motion by Vice Mayor Spataro, second by Commissioner Wierengo to approve
the Consent Agenda as read.
ROLL VOTE: Ayes: Wierengo, Turnquist, Markowski, Gawron, Hood, Spataro, and


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           German
           Nays: None
MOTION PASSES
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: Public comments were received.
ADJOURNMENT: The City Commission Meeting adjourned at 5:40 pm.


                                             Respectfully submitted,




                                             Ann Marie Cummings, MMC
                                             City Clerk




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