City Council - June 9, 2008

AGENDA

FERNDALE CITY COUNCIL MEETING

MONDAY, JUNE 9, 2008, 7:30 P.M.

CITY HALL, 300 EAST NINE MILE, FERNDALE MI 48220

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1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

2. ROLL CALL

Present: Council Members Baker, Galloway, Gumbleton, Lennon, Mayor Covey

Absent: None

3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

Moved by Lennon, seconded by Galloway to approve the agenda as submitted.

AYES: Council Members Baker, Galloway, Lennon, Mayor Covey

NAYS: None

MOTION CARRIED

4. PRESENTATION

A. Ferndale Public Schools

Jessica Scott, Communications Specialist for Ferndale Public Schools, provided an update on the Ferndale students graduating this year.

5. CALL TO AUDIENCE (Strict half-hour; excess of half-hour immediately prior to Call to Council)

A.J. of A.J Café held an election at his café and Barack Obama won. The next day he met Senator Obama and presented him a book about President Truman. Senator Obama indicated the next time he was in town he would stop by and his people would let A.J. know.

Rachel Cuschieri-Murray appreciated the Speed Radar Detector set up by her house on Maplehurst.

6. CONSENT AGENDA

All items listed under Consent Agenda are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. Public copies of the Consent Agenda may be viewed at the Library.

Moved by Galloway, seconded by Baker, to approve the Consent Agenda as submitted:

A. Approved the Minutes of the Regular Meeting held May 27, 2008 and the Special Meeting held May 28, 2008, as submitted by City Clerk.

B. Approved extending the Wanda Park basketball moratorium indefinitely until the City Council acts upon a future Parks & Recreation Advisory Board recommendation, as submitted by City Manager.

C. Approved Collective Bargaining Agreement for AFSCME Local 998, for the period from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2011, as submitted by Finance Director/Assistant City Manager.

D. Approved a 2% wage adjustment for full-time Administrative and Non-Union Employees, and part-time non-union employees effective July 1, 2008, as submitted by Finance Director/Assistant City Manager.

E. Approved Second Amendment to 2004 Pavement Repairs Contract and authorization for the Mayor and Deputy City Clerk to sign, as submitted by DPW Director.

F. Approved Resolution Requesting Reimbursement Under County’s West Nile Virus Fund Program, as submitted by DPW Director.

G. Approved the contract with Luigi Ferdinandi & Son Cement Company, 16481 Common Road, Roseville, to perform minor sidewalk and masonry services for three years, and to authorize the Mayor and Deputy City Clerk to sign it, as submitted by DPW Director.

H. Approved the custodial-maintenance contract by and between American Cleaning, 52844 Karon Drive, Macomb and to authorize the Mayor and Deputy City Clerk to sign it.

I. Approved amended Software and Livescan Agreement with Oakland County and authorization for the Mayor to sign, as submitted by Police Chief.

J. Approved filling a vacant Public Works 1 position, as submitted by DPW Director.

K. Approved the bills and payrolls as certified by City Manager to be paid subject to review by the Council Finance Committee.

7. Regular Agenda

A. Consideration of Special Events Permit, including a moonwalk, for Heart in the Park and Fun Walk.

Moved by Council Member Lennon, seconded by Council Member Gumbleton, to approve a Special Events Permit for Heart in the Park, a charity fundraiser to be held on June 28, 2008 from 10:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. in Martin Road Park and the Fun Walk to be held from 9:30 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. beginning at the E corner of Eight Mile and Woodward and ending at Martin Road Park, contingent on all necessary permits for food and tents being obtained by the applicant.

Councilman Lennon disclosed that he was working for Garden Fresh Salsa and Mayor Covey indicated this was for a charitable event and did not see this as a conflict of interest and the other members of Council did not object to Councilman Lennon being allowed to vote on this item.

AYES: Council Members Gumbleton, Lennon, Baker, Galloway, Mayor Covey

NAYS: None

MOTION CARRIED

B. Consideration of Petition for Ordinance Initiative submitted by the National Organization for Positive Medicine.

NO ACTION WAS TAKEN

C. Consideration of Request for Sign Ordinance Variance as submitted by Sue Herrmann and Krista Johnston.

Moved by Council Member Galloway, seconded by Council Member Gumbleton, to deny the request for variance from Sections 6-261, 6-264(3), and 6-267 of the Ferndale Code of Ordinances as submitted by Sue Herrmann and Krista Johnston to allow political/expressive signs in City right-of-way along West Maplehurst from June 15, 2008 to July 15, 2008; and formally recognize their efforts and congratulate them on bringing the community together and trying to do something pro-active to make their street a little bit better to live and encourage them to continue with their campaign on their own property.

AYES: Council Members Lennon, Baker, Galloway, Gumbleton, Mayor Covey

NAYS: None

MOTION CARRIED

D. Consideration of new Parking Enforcement hours.

Moved by Council Member Galloway, seconded by Council Member Baker, to approve changing the period for parking enforcement to 10 a.m. through 10 p.m.

AYES: Council Members Baker, Galloway, Gumbleton, Lennon, Mayor Covey

NAYS: None

MOTION CARRIED

E. Amendment to 2003 Sidewalk-Replacement Contract.

Moved by Council Member Galloway, seconded by Council Member Baker, that pursuant to paragraph 14 of the City of Ferndale procurement policy, the Fifth Amendment to the 2003 Sidewalk-Replacement Contract be approved, and that the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to execute the Amendment, contingent on Council’s approval of Special Assessment District No. 2008.

AYES: Council Members Galloway, Gumbleton, Baker

NAYS: Council Member Lennon, Mayor Covey

MOTION CARRIED

Consideration of Items Pulled from Consent Agenda, if any.

8. Council Liaison Reports:

D. Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG) – Councilwoman Baker invited everyone to visit her at Greenfield Village where she will be hosting everyone for the SEMCOG 40th Anniversary Meeting at the end of the month.

F. Woodward Avenue Action Association (WA3) – Mayor Covey announced that WA3 is moving forward with a number of items including the "Tribute" and have set a date to break ground this summer. City Manager Bruner expanded indicating the unveiling has been set for September with a V.I.P. reception, a raffle on a Lincoln MKX, which the winning ticket will be drawn that night. The tickets will be $100.00, which includes the drawing for the Lincoln and entry into the unveiling event at the property formerly known as Woodward Lofts

9. CALL TO COUNCIL

Captain Sullivan announced there had been some recent issues with power outages due to an overload of the grid by Fire Station No. 1. He indicated that people should feel free to contact the officer in charge so they can deal with the issue; they do not need to contact Chief Kitchen or Council Members – call 911. At no time was anyone in peril, except those who approached firefighters standing under the high tension power lines to tell them of the problems in their neighborhood – the danger was that they would be in the path of any wires that may fall.

Deputy Clerk Szalma requested Council to approve a Resolution regarding Morelle Earp, who passed away on June 5, 2008.

Moved by Mayor Covey, supported unanimously, to adopt the Resolution regarding Morelle Earp, who passed away on June 5, 2008.

Adopted Unanimously

Motion Carried

City Manager Bruner announced the Ferndale Community Foundation and the Ferndale Community Chamber of Commerce are presenting Ferndale’s First Annual Holiday Home Tour, scheduled for Saturday, December 6 and Sunday, December 7, 2008. Their next meeting is Wednesday, June 26, 2008 at 8:00 a.m. and members of the community who are interested in the event are welcome to attend.

Councilwoman Baker indicated that she and the Mayor were discussing voter registration and working with the Seniors to get them registered and referred this to the City Clerk’s Office. Mayor Covey indicated the Berkley City Clerk actually went to the schools to register qualified students. He announced that in August the Council had its annual meeting with the School Board and this could be brought up at that time.

Mayor Covey announced an upcoming Health Fair to be held Wednesday, June 18, 2008 from 10:00 a.m. – 200 p.m., at Ferndale City Hall; announced Flag day is June 14, 2008 and Ferndale will hold a ceremony sponsored in part by the Ferndale Elks, at the Ferndale Memorial Mall at 11:00 a.m. and this is the 100th Anniversary of Flag Day; announced bike racks have not been installed because they are waiting on "Miss Digg." Mayor Covey requested the Ferndale Community Foundation be placed on the June 23, 2008 Council Meeting, where they will be distributing checks to a number of Ferndale non-profit organizations and he announced the 12th Annual Ferndale Pubcrawl will be July 25, 2008.

10. ADJOURNMENT

There being no objections, Mayor Covey adjourned the meeting at 9:02 p.m.

Sharon Szalma, Deputy City Clerk