AGENDA
FERNDALE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2005, 7:30 P.M. AT CITY HALL
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Roll Call
3. PRESENTATION
State Senator Gilda Jacobs Legislative Update
4. PRESENTATION
Justin Sutton Interstate Traveler Group
A. Consideration to adopt the Resolution supporting
the Interstate Traveler Woodward Avenue demonstration project
initiative for a rapid transit system on the Woodward Corridor.
5. PRESENTATION Introduction of New Police Officers
6. PRESENTATION Ferndale Public Schools
7. PRESENTATION Hazel Park Public Schools
8. Call to Audience (Strict half-hour; excess of
half-hour immediately prior to Call to Council)
9. Consent Agenda
All items listed under Consent Agenda are considered
routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There
will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member or
citizen so requests, in which event the items will be removed from the
Consent Agenda and considered at the end of the Regular Agenda.
A. Approval of the Minutes of the Special Meeting held
August 25, 2004, and the Regular Meetings held August 9 and August 23,
2004, as submitted by City Clerk.
B. Approval of the bid from Argus Supply Company for
four-gas monitors and calibration kit, as submitted by Acting Fire
Chief.
C. Approval of the bid from Apollo Fire Equipment
Company for firefighter protective clothing, as submitted by Acting
Fire Chief.
D. Approval to issue Year 2005 Taxicab License for
four taxicabs to A-1 Oakland Cab Company, as submitted by City Clerk.
E. Approval of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA)
Grant Application Agreement with the State of Michigan for new voting
system and related software and to designate the City Clerk as the
Grant Manager for the City of Ferndale, as submitted by City Clerk.
F. Approval of the Certification of Local Approval for
Non-Profit Organization Form required for Michigan State Housing
Development Authority (MSHDA) renewal grant for Oakland Livingston
Human Services Organization/Community Services of Oakland to provide
case management services and authorization for the Mayor to sign
Certification Form, as submitted by City Manager.
G. Approval to purchase traffic signal controller and
cabinet from Carrier and Gable, Inc., for the intersection at Woodward
Heights and Hilton, as submitted by DPW Director.
H. Adoption of Resolution regarding securing an annual
permit from Michigan Department of Transportation to work in its State
right-of-way at Woodward and Eight Mile, as submitted by DPW
Director.
I. Approval of the quote from Cummins-Allison Corp.
for a coin counter, as submitted by DPW Director.
J. Approval of extension of sick leave for Public
Works - Grade 3 in the Water Department, as submitted by DPW Director.
K. Receive the Police Department for December, 2004.
(Public copies of the Consent Agenda may be viewed at
the Library)
L. Approval of the bills, payrolls (as certified by
City Manager) and City Attorney expense statements submitted by Beier
Howlett P.C., and Howard Shifman, P.C., to be paid subject to review
by the Council Finance Committee.
10. Regular Agenda
A. Consideration to reinstate FYE 2005 Youth Sport
Programs
B. Appointments of Mayor and Council Members to Boards
and Commissions
1. Mayor Pro Tem
2. Ferndale Community Foundation
3. Informal Review Committees
City Clerk
City Manager
Fire Chief
Police Chief
C. Mayoral Appointments and Reappointments to Boards
and Commissions
1. Beautification Commission
2. Brownfield Redevelopment Authority Board
3. Downtown Development Authority
4. Plan Commission
5. Civil Service Board
D. Appointments and Reappointments to Boards and
Commissions
1. Arts and Cultural Commission
2. Ferndale Community Foundation
3. Housing Commission
4. Parks and Recreation Advisory Board
5. Board of Review
E. Appointment to Citizen Budget Review Board
F. Consideration of establishing a Three Parent
Advisory Committee for Recreation Programs
G. Consideration of renaming "Mapledale Park" to
"Lennon Memorial Park"
11. Call to Council
12. Adjournment
