CITY COUNCIL MINUTES November 6, 2017

CITY OF ROOSEVELT PARK

CITY COUNCIL

MEETING MINUTES

November 6, 2017

This meeting was called to order by Mayor Allan Lowe at 6:15 p.m.

PRESENT: Mayor Allan Lowe, Mayor Pro Tem Andy O’Riley Council Members: Melissa Klos,

Michael Sutton, Mirelda Sanchez Tokarczyk, Amber Weerstra, and Kevin Wisniewski

ABSENT: None

STAFF: City Manager Jared Olson, City Attorney John Schrier, Police Chief David Boone,

City Treasurer Kate Cunningham and City Clerk Amy VanderLeest

WORK SESSION

Mayor Lowe, along with Council, presented Council Member Amber Weerstra with a resolution recognizing her years of service for the City of Roosevelt Park.

City Council discussed the Emergency Response Team (ERT) procedure to respond when called, training and fees associated with being on the emergency response team.


Council discussed a community dumpster day which will be reviewed in the spring when the City receives the information letter from Muskegon County Solid Waste.

City Manager Jared Olson mentioned the upcoming City Hall office holiday closings.

City Hall offices will be closed:

Thursday, November 23rd and Friday, November 24th for Thanksgiving

Friday, December 22nd and Monday, December 25th for Christmas

Friday, December 29th and Monday, January 1st, 2018 for New Years

Council discussed Agenda Items:

Old Newsies solicitation request

Lambert reconstruction engineering proposal

Resolution for Council Member Weerstra

Mayor Lowe called the regular meeting to order at 6:46 p.m.

2017-179 ROLL CALL

City Clerk Amy VanderLeest called roll call.

2017-180 INVOCATION

Mayor Pro Tem O’Riley provided the invocation.

2017-181 PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS

None

2017-182 CONSENT AGENDA

Mayor Pro Tem O’Riley moved to approve the Consent Agenda. This motion was supported by Council Member Wisniewski and carried.

Roll Call: 7 Ayes, 0 Nays

2017-183 NEW BUSINESS

7A. Old Newsies Solicitation Request – Goodfellows Edition

Mayor Pro Tem O’Riley moved to approve the Old Newsies solicitation request to sell the annual Goodfellows Edition of the Muskegon Chronicle on Saturday, December 2, 2017 under PA112. This motion was supported by Council Member Weerstra and carried.

Roll Call: 7 Ayes, 0 Nays

7B. Lambert Street Reconstruction Engineering Proposal

Mayor Pro Tem O’Riley moved to authorize the service agreement with Prein & Newhof for both design and construction engineering services for the Lambert Street reconstruction project. This motion was supported by Council Member Klos and carried.

Roll Call: 7 Ayes, 0 Nays

7C. Resolution for Council Member Weerstra

No action required for this agenda item.

2017-184 COUNCIL COMMENTS

Council Members shared comments.

2016-185 DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS

Department Heads shared comments.

2017-186 PUBLIC COMMENT

Jana Silvis, 2873 Roosevelt Rd., shared comment on the public comment follow up procedure.

Carlos Sanchez, 975 Post Rd., shared comment on the public comment procedure.

2017-187 ADJOURNMENT

Council Member Weerstra moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:07 p.m. This motion was supported by Council Member Klos and carried unanimously.

______Amy VanderLeest, City Clerk

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