Mayor Pro Tem Dickman called the regular meeting of the Tawas City Council to order at 7:30 p.m. at the Tawas Community Center.

Council Members Present:            Brent Babcock, Sandra Brugger, Dave Dickman, Dave Schantz, and Tim Stonehouse

Council Members Absent:            Mayor Pro Tem excused Kane Kelly, Duane Walters 

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

Mayor Pro Tem Dickman offered the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and a moment of meditation.

Schantz moved, Stonehouse seconded, CARRIED, to accept the agenda of the March 2, 2009 regular council meeting as amended by adding item d. resolution of appreciation for Police Chief Dennis A. Frank under new business. ROLL CALL VOTE:  Yes - Brugger, Dickman, Schantz, Stonehouse, Babcock.  No - None.

Brugger moved, Stonehouse seconded, CARRIED, to approve the minutes of the February 17, 2009 regular meeting as presented. ROLL CALL VOTE:  Yes - Dickman, Schantz, Stonehouse, Babcock, Brugger.  No - None. 

Stonehouse moved, Brugger seconded, CARRIED, to approve the Claim Sheet 030209 as presented.  ROLL CALL VOTE:  Yes - Schantz, Stonehouse, Babcock, Brugger, Dickman.  No - None.

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

City Manager Moers reported meeting with Mrs. Stephanie Olson from the Iosco-Arenac Distract Library.  She recommended that the regional library bring in a consultant to evaluate the floor space of the library.  This will enable the City to plan for the future of the library and utilize the floor space properly once the City meetings are relocated to the New City Hall.   The regional library will fund the cost of the consultant.

Mayor Pro Tem Dickman stated there are two openings on the planning commission. Three letters of interest were received. Mayor Pro Tem Dickman recommended appointing Don Bowman and James Shotwell.  Stonehouse moved, Brugger seconded, CARRIED, to appoint Don Bowman and James Shotwell to the planning commission for a four-year term ending March 31, 2013.  ROLL CALL VOTE:  Yes - Stonehouse, Babcock, Brugger, Dickman, Schantz.  No - None.  

Schantz moved, Stonehouse seconded, CARRIED, to adopt the resolution to open bank accounts with National City Bank, Independent Bank, and Northland Area Federal Credit Union for any City funds (SBM 1137).  ROLL CALL VOTE:  Yes - Babcock, Brugger, Dickman, Schantz, Stonehouse.  No - None.

Brugger moved, Stonehouse seconded, CARRIED, to accept the budget calendar for fiscal year July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010.  ROLL CALL VOTE:  Yes - Brugger, Dickman, Schantz, Stonehouse, Babcock.  No - None.

Mayor Pro Tem Dickman read the resolution of appreciation for Police Chief Dennis A. Frank to be presented at his retirement party on March 14, 2009.  Brugger moved, Schantz seconded, CARRIED, to adopt the resolution of appreciation for Police Chief Dennis A. Frank (SMB 1138).  ROLL CALL VOTE:  Yes:  Dickman, Schantz, Stonehouse, Babcock, Brugger.  No - None. 

Ed Nagy, 701 North Street, asked the Council about receiving money from the stimulus package for infrastructure projects.

Councilmember Babcock asked about the phragmites along the Huron shoreline?  City Manager Moers replied the proposed cost to clean up the phragmites would be presented at the budget workshop meeting.  Babcock complemented the City Manager and the DPW on removing the ice jam by the Sixth Street Bridge.

The next regular meeting of the Tawas City Council is scheduled for Monday, March 16, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. in the Tawas City Community Center.

Schantz moved, Stonehouse seconded, CARRIED, to adjourn the meeting at 7:52 p.m.  ROLL CALL VOTE:  Yes - Schantz, Stonehouse, Babcock, Brugger, Dickman.  No - None.

Michelle M. Westcott, City Clerk