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2009 City Commission Minutes City of Kalamazoo Minutes of the City Commission 2009 47th City Commission Mayor Bobby J. Hopewell Vice Mayor Hannah J. McKinney David Anderson Don Cooney Sean McCann Barbara Miller Stephanie Moore City Commission Appointees Kenneth P. Collard, City Manager Scott A. Borling, City Clerk Clyde Robinson, City Attorney Constance Darling, City Assessor Ann Videtich, Internal Auditor Kalamazoo City Commission 2009 Meeting Schedule January February March 5 Business Meeting 2 Business Meeting 2 Business Meeting 12 Budget Worksession1 13 Committee of the Whole 13 Committee of the Whole (tentative) (tentative) 16 Committee of the Whole 16 Neighborhood Meeting 16 Neighborhood Meeting (tentative) 17 Budget Worksession2 16 Business Meeting 16 Business Meeting 26 Business Meeting3 27 Committee of the Whole 27 Committee of the Whole (tentative) 30 Committee of the Whole (tentative) April May June 6 Business Meeting 1 Committee of the Whole 1 Business Meeting (tentative) 17 Committee of the Whole 4 Business Meeting 12 Committee of the Whole (tentative) (tentative) 20 Neighborhood Meeting 15 Committee of the Whole 15 Neighborhood Meeting (tentative) 20 Business Meeting 18 Neighborhood Meeting 15 Business Meeting 18 Business Meeting 26 Committee of the Whole (tentative) 29 Committee of the Whole 29 Business Meeting (tentative) July August September 2 Committee of the Whole 3 Business Meeting 4 Committee of the Whole (tentative) (tentative) 6 Business Meeting 14 Committee of the Whole 8 Business Meeting (tentative) 17 Committee of the Whole 17 Neighborhood Meeting 18 Committee of the Whole (tentative) (tentative) 20 Neighborhood Meeting 17 Business Meeting 21 Neighborhood Meeting 20 Business Meeting 28 Committee of the Whole 21 Business Meeting (tentative) 31 Committee of the Whole 31 Business Meeting (tentative) October November December 2 Committee of the Whole 2 Business Meeting 4 Committee of the Whole (tentative) (tentative) 5 Business Meeting 9 Business Meeting4 7 Business Meeting 16 Committee of the Whole 13 Committee of the Whole 18 Committee of the Whole (tentative) (tentative) (tentative) 19 Neighborhood Meeting 16 Neighborhood Meeting 21 Neighborhood Meeting 19 Business Meeting 16 Business Meeting 21 Business Meeting 30 Committee of the Whole 30 Business Meeting (tentative) Times and Locations Business Meetings - 7:00 p.m. in the City Commission Chambers Neighborhood Meetings - 6:00 p.m. in the City Hall Community Room Notes 1The Budget Work Session on January 12 will begin at 6:00 p.m. in the Community Room at City Hall 2The Budget Work Session on January 17 will begin at 9:00 a.m. in the Community Room at City Hall 3The Business Meeting on January 26th will begin at 8:00 p.m. 4The Business Meeting on November 9th will begin at 8:00 p.m. Committee of the Whole Meetings are tentatively scheduled. If the City Commission wants to hold a Committee of the Whole meeting on one of the dates listed above, a special meeting will be called and publicly noticed in accordance with the Michigan Open Meetings Act and the City Commission Rules. Unless otherwise notices, Committee of the Whole Meetings will take place in the City Hall Community Room REGULAR MEETING OF JANUARY 5, 2009 Page 1 A regular meeting of the Kalamazoo City Commission was held on Monday, January 5, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Commission Chambers at City Hall. Roll Call COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Vice Mayor Hannah McKinney David Anderson Don Cooney Sean McCann Barbara Miller Stephanie Moore COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Mayor Bobby J. Hopewell Also present were City Manager Ken Collard, City Attorney Clyde Robinson, and City Clerk Scott Borling. Commissioner Commissioner Miller, seconded by Commissioner McCann, moved to Excused excuse the absence of Mayor Hopewell Invocation The invocation, given by Pastor Tim McNinch, Vineyard Church of Kalamazoo, was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Introduction of Vice Mayor McKinney noted the presence of Kalamazoo County Guests Commissioner Nassim Ansari. Employee of the Mr. Gary Wager, President of the Oakwood Neighborhood Association, Year Award presented the Kalamazoo Neighborhood Coalition’s City Employee of the 78193 Year Award to Neighborhood Planner Andrea Augustine. Adoption of the By unanimous consent the City Commission adopted its meeting agenda Agenda as presented. Communications City Manager Collard invited the public to attend meetings of various boards and commissions. Consent Agenda Consent Agenda items were presented as follows with a recommendation to approve the items and authorize the City Manager to sign on behalf of the city: 78194 - approval of a one-year contract for property and casualty insurance from the Michigan Municipal Risk Management Authority through Ibex Insurance Agency, at an annual premium of $652,998. 78195 - approval of a two-year contract extension with Windemuller Electric, Inc. for traffic signal maintenance in the amount of $208,900.00 78196 - approval of the minutes from the following City Commission meetings: the Committee of the Whole Meeting on December 12, 2008; the Neighborhood Meeting on December 15, 2008; and the Business Meetings on December 15 and December 29, 2008. REGULAR MEETING OF JANUARY 5, 2009 Page 2 Consent Agenda Commissioner Anderson, seconded by Commissioner McCann, moved to (cont’d) approve the consent agenda requests. With a roll call vote this motion passed unanimously. AYES: Commissioners Anderson, Cooney, McCann, Miller, Moore, Vice Mayor McKinney, Mayor Hopewell NAYS: None City Clerk’s Report City Clerk Borling reported the following items: 78197 - receipt of the lawsuit Michael Goldman v City of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety, and Derek Nugent. This lawsuit was referred to the City Attorney. - certification of a referendum petition against Ordinance 1850. Discussion followed regarding the referendum petition and the actions the City Commission needed to take. A complete transcript of this discussion was included with the City Commission papers for this meeting. City Attorney Robinson explained Section 63 of the City Charter required that the Commission, at its next regular session, consider whether to repeal Ordinance 1850 or submit the ordinance to a vote by City electors. City Attorney Robinson opined that the next regular session of the City Commission was the budget work session scheduled for Monday, January 12th. Upon recommendation from Vice Mayor McKinney and City Manager Collard, the City Commission decided the following by consensus: to make the referendum petition its first order of business at the January 12th Work Session; to begin this meeting in the City Commission Chambers at the scheduled time of 6:00 p.m.; and to recess and reconvene the meeting in the Community Room following consideration of the referendum petition. City Manager’s City Manager Collard introduced Edward Freed as the new Director of the Report Information Technology Department. Citizen Comments A final opportunity was given for citizen comments, but no comments were offered. City Commissioner Next, an opportunity was given for miscellaneous comments and Comments concerns of City Commissioners. Commissioner Moore commented on testing opportunities for open positions with the Census Bureau and the memorial service for Public Safety Officer Kennedy Crawford. Commissioner Miller announced the birth of a grandson. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 7:28 p.m. REGULAR MEETING OF JANUARY 5, 2009 Page 3 Respectfully submitted, Scott A. Borling City Clerk For City Commission approval on January 26, 2009 Approved by: ___________________________ Bobby J. Hopewell, Mayor Dated: January 26, 2009 WORK SESSION OF JANUARY 12, 2009 Page 4 A Work Session of the Kalamazoo City Commission was held on Monday, January 12, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. in the City Commission Chambers at City Hall, 241 W. South Street. Roll Call COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Mayor Bobby J. Hopewell Vice Mayor Hannah McKinney David Anderson Don Cooney Sean McCann Barbara Miller Stephanie Moore COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: None Also present were City Manager Ken Collard, City Attorney Clyde Robinson, and City Clerk Scott Borling. Miscellaneous An opportunity was given for miscellaneous communications. Mayor Communications Hopewell recommended the following changes to the City Commission’s meeting procedures: - that City Commission Rule #6 be modified to limit citizen comments for each speaker to 3 minutes for the meeting of Monday, January 12, 2009. - that the scope of time for the discussion topic Consideration of a Resolution Affirming Ordinance No. 1850 be initially limited to sixty minutes, at which time the City Commission would recess for 5 minutes and reconvene in the City Hall Community Room for the FY2009 budget discussion items. And if it was necessary to continue discussion of Ordinance No. 1850, that the City Commission would return to that topic at the conclusion of the FY2009 budget discussion. - that the order of business be changed to allow for the FY2009 budget presentations prior to the consideration of the adoption of a resolution scheduling the public hearing on the budget. By unanimous consent the City Commission approved the above recommendations. Resolution 09-01 re: Commissioner Anderson, seconded by Commissioner McCann, moved to the Affirmation of adopt a RESOLUTION affirming Ordinance No. 1850. Ordinance 1850 Prior to a vote on the motion, Commissioner Anderson proposed that the 78198 City Commission oppose the motion and resolution for the following reasons: - the City of Kalamazoo had a history of finding
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