MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF TAWAS CITY COUNCIL

June 1, 2009

Mayor Walters called the regular meeting of the Tawas City Council to order at 7:33 p.m. in the council chamber at the Tawas City Hall.

Council Members Present:        Brent Babcock, Sandra Brugger, Dave Dickman, Kane Kelly, Dave Schantz, Tim Stonehouse and Duane Walters.

Council Members Absent:         None 

Others Present:             City Manager Mark Moers, City Clerk Michelle Westcott

Mayor Walters offered the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and a moment of meditation.

Dickman moved, Stonehouse seconded, CARRIED, to accept the agenda of the June 1, 2009 regular council meeting. ROLL CALL VOTE:  Yes - Brugger, Dickman, Kelly, Schantz, Stonehouse, Walters, Babcock.  No - None.

Dickman moved, Brugger seconded, CARRIED, to approve the minutes of the May 18, 2009 regular meeting as presented. ROLL CALL VOTE:  Yes - Dickman, Kelly, Schantz, Stonehouse, Walters, Babcock, Brugger.  No - None. 

Schantz moved, Stonehouse seconded, CARRIED, to approve the Claim Sheet 060109 as presented.  ROLL CALL VOTE:  Yes - Kelly, Schantz, Stonehouse, Walters, Babcock, Brugger, Dickman.  No - None.

Brugger moved, Dickman seconded, CARRIED, to approve the Schantz Home & Property Maintenance bill in the amount of $270.00.  ROLL CALL VOTE:  Yes - Stonehouse, Walters, Babcock, Brugger, Dickman, Kelly.  No - None.  Abstain - Schantz.

City Manager Moers updated the Council on the Downtown Development Project.

Stonehouse moved, Dickman seconded, CARRIED, to accept the traffic control order number 052909 for no parking on Mathews Street between Lake Street (US23 Hwy) to the driveway leading to the Tawas City Hall located at 550 W. Lake Street (SBM 1148).  ROLL CALL VOTE:  Yes - Stonehouse, Walters, Babcock, Brugger, Dickman, Kelly, Schantz.  No - None.

City Manager Moers reported the CDBG Grant for the Second Avenue Lift Station has been submitted.  The decision on the grants award will be in June.

City Manager Moers reported the 1938 International Fire Truck the City owns is at the DPW for repairs. The truck will have a permanent home in the new Fire Station Expansion. 

City Manager Moers stated the Veteran's Memorial Committee will present a concept of the veteran memorial design at the Planning Commission on June 2, 2009. The Downtown Development Authority and Park and Recreation board was invited to the meeting for the presentation. 

City Manager Moers reported Councilmember Brugger and a park board member will be attending a phragmite seminar at the Tawas Bay Beach Resort. The City has budgeted to treat the phragmites this year.

City Manager Moers reported the City has received a list of property foreclosures from the State of Michigan for delinquent property taxes.  The City has the first right of refusal to acquire these properties before they are offered at public auction. This is an opportunity for the City to purchase these properties to clean up blight areas.  

City Manager Moers reported the Park and Recreation Board recommended the park next to the Library be named the Gordon Clute Memorial Park.  Dickman moved, Stonehouse seconded, CARRIED, to rename the park next to the Library the Gordon Clute Memorial Park.  ROLL CALL VOTE:  Yes - Walters, Babcock, Brugger, Dickman, Kelly, Schantz, Stonehouse.  No - None.

City Manager Moers reported the Tawas Area Chamber of Commerce requested the Council to approve the permit for the 4^th of July fireworks display to be launched off the Tawas City Park pier.   Stonehouse moved, Dickman seconded, CARRIED, to approve the Michigan State Police application for the permit to display the 4^th of July fireworks at the Tawas City Park by Wolverine Fireworks (SBM 1149).  ROLL CALL VOTE:  Yes - Babcock, Brugger, Dickman, Kelly, Schantz, Stonehouse, Walters.  No - None.

Brugger moved, Dickman seconded, CARRIED, to adopt the resolution to designate Huron Community Bank, Independent Bank, National City Bank, Northland Area Federal Credit Union, and Michigan Class Investment Pool as the financial depositories for the 2009-2010 fiscal year (SBM 1150). ROLL CALL VOTE:  Yes - Brugger, Dickman, Kelly, Schantz, Stonehouse, Walters, Babcock.  No - None.

Babcock moved, Dickman seconded, CARRIED, to order the 10" x 15" Marsh memorial plaque with post for the cemetery in the amount of $590.00.  ROLL CALL VOTE:  Yes - Dickman, Kelly, Schantz, Stonehouse, Walters, Babcock, Brugger.  No - None.

Councilmember Dickman thanked the Department of Public Works for how nice the Parks looked Memorial weekend and stated he will be absent from the June 15^th meeting.

Councilmember Schantz thanked the Department of Public Works for retrieving the 1938 International Fire Truck from storage.   

Councilmember Kelly stated the skateboard park equipment is ordered and they will hold a community build on Sunday, June 14^th to assemble the equipment. He presented a sign with the name and rules of the park to be displayed on the fence. Mayor Walters indicated that Tawas City should be placed on the sign and thanked all the Councilmember's that worked at organizing the Huron Skate and Roller Park located at the basketball court behind the library.

Councilmember Brugger stated for the record that the Farm Market left Gateway Park location because the church offered to sponsor the event.

Mayor Walters welcomed the high school students to the Council meeting.  

The next regular meeting of the Tawas City Council is scheduled for Monday, June 15, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. at the Tawas City Hall.

Dickman moved, Stonehouse seconded, CARRIED, to adjourn the meeting at 8:10 p.m.  ROLL CALL VOTE:  Yes - Kelly, Schantz, Stonehouse, Walters, Babcock, Brugger, Dickman.  No - None.

Michelle M. Westcott, City Clerk