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Council Agenda

February 9, 2009 6:30 p.m. Council Chamber

 

PRAYER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL

CORRECTION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PRECEDING SESSIONS:

October 6, October 20 and October 27, 2008 regular Council meetings

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

PUBLIC HEARINGS:

Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) program and HOME program.

PERSONAL APPEARANCES:

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

REMARKS OF COUNCIL:

PETITIONS:

• 09-03  from Rick Hayes, Saginaw Spirit Hockey Team, requesting permission to display fireworks on February 21, 2009 (rain date February 22, 2009) on the east side of the Saginaw River between the Johnson Street Bridge and the I-675 Bridge.

• 09-04  from Jose Barajas, Southwest Saginaw Neighborhood Association, requesting to rezone Wheeler, Holmes, and Kendrick (except for the business district on Michigan Avenue) from R2 to R1.

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

From the Boards and Commission Committee:

1. Consideration of appointing David Harvey Tagget to the Zoning Board of Appeals with a term to expire December 31, 2012.

REPORTS FROM MANAGER:

Management Update:

• City Manager’s recommended funding for 2009-10 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) program, and HOME program.

Recommended Actions:

1. Recommending that the contract with Benefit Administration Services International Corporation (BASIC) be approved so that the City can implement its reimbursement program for brand name drugs, as provided in the collective bargaining agreements and the nonunion employees contract amendments.  The Agreement has been approved by the City Manager as to substance and the City Attorney as to form.  The cost to the City for BASIC to handle the reimbursement program is $2,226.00 per month, up to a maximum of $26,712.00 annually.  The cost is proposed to be spread across all departmental funds, based on the approval of mid-year adjustments.  This vendor meets all requirements of the contract compliance provisions.

2. Recommending issuance of a purchase order and payment to Gatorhawk Armor in the amount of $4,256.00 for the emergency purchase of seven (7) ballistic vests.  The police department is in the process of hiring seven (7) police officers by March 2009.  Along with the standard police uniforms, the officers will need to be outfitted with ballistic vests which will provide protection against serious injury as they perform their duties of serving and protecting the community.  This vendor meets all requirements of the contract compliance provisions.  Funds are available in the Police Department’s Building Maintenance Division Clothing Supplies Account No. 101 3014 721 7303.

3. Recommending issuance of purchase orders to TBF Graphics, the only bidder, for the City of Saginaw’s Proposed and Approved Budget Documents for fiscal years 2010, 2011 and 2012, in the amounts of $4,209.50, $4,380.00 and $4,533.60 respectively.  This vendor meets all requirements of the contract compliance provisions.  Funds are budgeted in the Fiscal Services Administration Professional Services Account No. 101 1740 711 8001.

4. Recommending issuance of a purchase order to Audio Central Alarm in the amount of $5,895.00 for Security Equipment upgrade for the Fiscal Services Department.  This vendor meets all requirements of the contract compliance provisions.  Funds are available in the Fiscal Services Administration Capital Outlay – Office Equipment Account No. 101 1740 711 9760.

5. Recommending acceptance of the only bid and issuance of purchase orders to TBF Graphics in the amount of $12,260.00 for fiscal year 2009 and $12,805.00 for fiscal year 2010 for the printing and mailing of 2009 and 2010 Change Notice of Assessment forms.  This vendor meets all requirements of the contract compliance provisions.  Funds are budgeted in the Assessor’s Postage/Freight Account No. 101 1744 711 8015 and the Printing Account No. 101 1744 711 8030.

6. Recommending acceptance of the low quote and issuance of a purchase order to Overhead Door Company in the amount of $2,130.00 for materials and labor to replace two overhead doors for the Forest Lawn Cemetery Service Barn.  This vendor meets all requirements of the contract compliance provisions.  Funds are available in the Cemetery General Repairs Account No. 101 1747 821 8040.

7. Recommending acceptance of the low bid and issuance of a purchase order to Osburn Associates in the amount of $3,364.80 for the purchase of 380 aluminum sign blanks for use by the Traffic Engineering Division.  This vendor meets all requirements of the contract compliance provisions.  Funds are available in the Major Street Traffic Engineering Parts and Supplies Account No. 202 4621 791 7330.

8. Recommending approval and issuance of a purchase order to Grainger Corporation in the amount of $3,545.81 for the emergency purchase of a hot water boiler for the Wastewater Treatment Plant.  This vendor meets all requirements of the contract compliance provisions.  Funds are budgeted in the Sewer Operation and Maintenance Fund Repairs and Replacements Account No. 590 4830 861 9720.

9. Recommending acceptance of the low bid and issuance of a purchase order to Signage Specialist in the amount of $6,379.98 for the purchase of Graphtec Plotter and Flexi Sign software.  This vendor meets all requirements of the contract compliance provisions.  Funds are budgeted in the Traffic Engineering Repairs and Replacements Account No. 101 4621 791 9720.

10. Recommending acceptance of the low bid and issuance of a purchase order to Future Fence Company in the amount of $13,291.00 for replacement security gate operators for the Washington Street entrance of the Public Works Building and at the Holland Street entrance.  This vendor meets all requirements of the contract compliance provisions.  Funds are available in the Public Works Building Capital Outlay Repairs/Replacements Account No. 641 4439 811 9720.

11. Recommending that a purchase order be approved and issued to Navistar, Inc. using the State of Michigan bid in the amount of $182,661.00 for three cabs and chassis’s for use by the Streets Section of the Right of Way Division.  This vendor meets all requirements of the contract compliance provisions.  Funds are available in the Motor Pool Equipment Capital Outlay/Vehicles Account No. 661 4480 841 9770.

INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES:

CONSIDERATION AND PASSING 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.

RESOLUTIONS:

1. Approving the 2008 Class C Liquor License with Dance Entertainment Permit at 110 and 112 S. Hamilton.

2. Approving the Community Development Block Grant Program Submission for 2009-10.

3. Approving the Comprehensive Homeless Assistance Program Emergency Shelter Grant Submission for 2009-10.

4. Approving the HOME Program Submission for 2009-10.

5. Approving the Neighborhood Stabilization Program Submission for 2009-10.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

MOTIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS:

Motion to go into closed session to discuss the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements.

 

Darnell Earley
City Manager