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Council Agenda

January 26, 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:

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

From the Boards and Commissions Committee:

1. Consideration of reappointing Jeanne Swank to the STARS Board with a term to expire December 31, 2011.

REPORTS FROM MANAGER:

Management Update:

1. Peter Ewend, Saginaw Bay Underwriters, will review and discuss insurance renewals for 2009.

2. Kim Zimmer and Kurt Coduti from MDOT, will give an update on MDOT projects within the City limits.

Recommended Actions:

1. Recommending approval of the Water Service Agreement between the City of Saginaw and Bridgeport Charter Township for the provision of treated water to the Township and for revenue sharing between the two communities.  The Agreement has been approved by the City Manager as to substance and the City Attorney as to form.  Bridgeport Charter Township Board of Trustees approved the Agreement on December 2, 2008.

2. Recommending approval of the Urban Cooperation Agreement with Bridgeport Charter Township.  This Agreement is a revenue sharing component of the Water Service Agreement between the two communities, to be executed on the same date.  The Agreement has been approved by the City Manager as to substance and the City Attorney as to form.  The Bridgeport Charter Township Board of Trustees approved the Agreement on December 2, 2008.

3. Recommending approval of the Letter of Understanding between the City of Saginaw and Charter Communications for the analog to digital transition and authorizing the City Attorney to execute the document.  The Letter of Understanding has been approved by the City Manager as to substance and the City Attorney as to form.  This agreement outlines the protocols and procedures involved in the technical aspects of the transition, and the Letter of Understanding guarantees certain minimum standards to customers and will benefit the City and its citizens.

4. Recommending that the 2009 Single Lot Special Assessment Tax Roll transmitted herewith be filed in the office of the City Clerk for public examination; that the Council meet and review said roll at a regular meeting to be held Monday, February 23, 2009, and that the City Clerk be authorized to post a public notice of said hearing.

5. Recommending approval of the insurance proposals with Chubb/Federal Insurance Company for Combined Building & Personal Property, Business Income and Extra Expense, Computer Coverage, Flood, Earthquake and Animals in the Petting Zoo; with The Hanover Insurance Group for Crime Coverage; with Chubb/Federal Insurance Company for Equipment Floater & Bridges Coverage; with Cincinnati Insurance Company for Machinery & Equipment Breakdown Coverage, and Illinois Union Insurance Company/ACE for Storage Tank Liability Insurance effective February 1, 2009 to February 1, 2010, for a total cost of $281,591, with a possible 5% increase ($395.25) in the Crime Policy; and that I, and/or my designee, be authorized to execute any and all necessary insurance documents under the plans.  I further recommend that I or my designee be allowed to make adjustments to said policies, as necessary throughout the policy term, in removing and/or adding coverage on equipment, machinery and buildings, as the City acquires and/or disposes of same.  Funds are budgeted and available in the Self Insurance Fund (Other Services) Account No. 677 1762 711 8006 ($115,627 will be expended from the fiscal year 2008-09 budget and $161,877 from the fiscal year 2009-10 budget.)

6. Recommending that a purchase order be approved and issued to Service Express, Inc. in the amount of $2,628.00 as annual payment for hardware maintenance and support services.  This support service covers three servers, including the City’s email server.  This vendor meets all requirements of the contract compliance provisions.  Funds are budgeted and available in the Information Services Operating Services Account No. 658 1720 711 8005.

7. Recommending that a purchase order be approved and issued to Carrier and Gable, Farmington Hills, MI and that payment be made to them in the amount of $4,515.61 for the repair of traffic signal equipment.  Carrier and Gable is the sole repair facility for this equipment.  This vendor meets all requirements of the contract compliance provisions.  Funds are available in the Traffic Engineering Parts and Supplies Account No. 202 4621 791 7330.

8. Recommending that a purchase order be approved and issued to Douglass Safety Systems in the amount of $8,870.00 for the purchase of ten (10) ISI-Self Contained Breathing Apparatus air cylinders and two (2) ISI Viking digital air-switch facemasks for the Fire Department Operations Division.  Douglass Safety Systems is the sole supplier of these ISI air cylinders and masks.  This vendor meets all requirements of the contract compliance provisions.  Funds are budgeted in the Fire Department Operations Division Parts and Supplies Account No. 101 3751 751 7330.

INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES:

1. An Ordinance to add Section 33.40 ‘Neighborhood Enterprise Zones” to Chapter 33, “Taxation and Assessment” of Title III, “Administration,” of the Saginaw Code of Ordinances, O-1.

CONSIDERATION AND PASSING OF ORDINANCES:

RESOLUTIONS:

UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

MOTIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS:

 

Darnell Earley
City Manager