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Council Agenda

January 5, 2009 6:30 p.m. Council Chamber

 

PRAYER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL

CORRECTION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PRECEDING SESSIONS:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

PUBLIC HEARINGS:

PERSONAL APPEARANCES:

• (A list will be provided on Monday after 1:00 p.m.)

REMARKS OF COUNCIL:

PETITIONS:

• 09-01  from Timothy M. Lynch, Saginaw County Bar Association, requesting permission to erect a banner in the 500 block of Court Street from March 30, 2009 to April 30, 2009 for the purpose of promoting Law Day.

REPORTS FROM BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES AND APPOINTMENT OF BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS:

From Boards and Commissions Committee:

1. Consideration of reappointing Darnell Earley to the MBS International Airport Commission with a term to expire December 31, 2012.

REPORTS FROM MANAGER:

Management Update:

Recommended Actions:

1. Recommending that a public hearing for the Community Development Block Grant be set for Monday, February 9, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber.  The public hearing is part of the submission approval process for the upcoming 2009-10 Community Development Block Grant, Emergency Shelter Grant and HOME programs.

2. Recommending that the council communication approved on October 27, 2008 for the purchase of a replacement flow meter from Emerson Process Management be amended to reflect the vendor as Rosemount, Inc., a division of Emerson Process Management, and that the purchase order be approved and issued to them in the amount of $5,611.00.  This vendor meets all requirements of the contract compliance provisions.  Funds are budgeted in the Sewer Operation and Maintenance Parts and Supplies Account No. 590 4835 861 7330.

3. Recommending that a purchase order be approved and issued to DLT Solutions, Inc. in the amount of $5,125.49 for the annual subscription renewal of engineering software for the Engineering Division.  This vendor meets all requirements of the contract compliance provisions.  Funds are budgeted and available in the Information Services Software Account No. 658 1720 711 7325.

4. Recommending approval of the agreement between the City of Saginaw and Ronald T. O’Brien to serve as Site Coordinator for the Weed and Seed Program.  The agreement is in the amount of $40,000.00.  In addition, a budget adjustment is recommended to increase the Community Policing Fund – Weed and Seed Division’s Professional Services Account No. 260 3321 741 8001 from $0 to $40,000 for monies received from the Department of Justice.  To offset the increase in expenditures, the Community Policing Fund – Federal Grant / Weed and Seed Account No. 260 0000 513 5835 should be increased by the same amount.

5. Recommending that a purchase order be approved and issued to Diesel Truck Sales in the amount of $6,741.80 for emergency repairs to Truck 2 of the Saginaw Fire Department.  This vendor meets all requirements of the contract compliance provisions.  Funds are available in the Fire Department Motor Vehicle Repairs Account No. 101 3754 751 8042.

INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES:

CONSIDERATION AND PASSING OF ORDINANCES:

1. An Ordinance to amend the official city map by renaming a portion of the park known as Veteran’s Memorial Park as the Lawrence H. McKinney Park.

RESOLUTIONS:

UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

MOTIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS:

 

Darnell Earley
City Manager