Agenda: Battle Creek City Commission

Meeting Date:December 20, 2016- 7:00 PM
Location:Commission Chambers City Hall
Chair:Mayor David A. Walters
Title:

Prepared by Michelle Kay Culp

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

INVOCATION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
PROCLAMATIONS AWARDS
Beautiful Battle Creek Awards
PRESENTATIONS
Audit Presentation by Rehmann Robson
CHAIR NOTES ADDED OR DELETED RESOLUTIONS
PETITIONS COMMUNICATIONS REPORTS
Staff Report by Human Resource Director Joyce Snow
PUBLIC HEARING
Public Hearing on the proposed establishment of an Obsolete Property Rehabilitation District for the Jay Andrew Development Co., LLC.
PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING CONSENT AGENDA AND RESOLUTIONS NOT ON CONSENT AGENDA
(Limited to three minutes per individual)
COMMISSION COMMENT REGARDING MEETING BUSINESS
CONSENT AGENDA
Minutes:
City Commission Minutes for December 6, 2016
Petitions, Communications, Reports:
Ambulance Report for November 2016
City Manager's Report for December 20, 2016
Resolutions:
25

A Resolution renewing memberships for North Central Neighborhood Planning Council (NPC#2)

26

A Resolution renewing memberships for Northeast Neighborhood Planning Council (NPC #4)

27

A Resolution appointing a new member to the Westlake/Prairieview Neighborhood Planning Council (NPC #10)

28A Resolution reappointing a member to the Goguac Lake Board.
RESOLUTIONS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CONSENT AGENDA
29A Resolution establishing Obsolete Property Rehabilitation District No. 16.
30A Resolution Amending the City Industrial Facilities Tax Abatement Guidelines/Tax Increment Guidelines and the Discontinuance of Granting New Industrial Personal Property Exemptions.
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
(Limited to three minutes per individual)
COMMISSION COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT

It is the desire of the City Commission to encourage public expression in the course of its meetings. Such expression can be integral to the decision-making process of the City Commission. It is the intention of the City Commission to respect the rights of persons addressing the Commission. Public comment periods are a time for citizens to make comments; they are not intended as a forum for debate or to engage in question-answer dialogues with the Commission or staff. Commissioners are encouraged not to directly respond to speakers during public comment periods. At the conclusion of the speakers remarks, the Mayor or individual Commissioners may refer a question to City staff, if appropriate. Also, individual Commissioners may choose to respond to speakers during the Commission Comment period. It is with these aims in mind, so as to promote decorum and civility and an orderly process for conducting its public meetings, that the following rules concerning public comments, consistent with applicable law, are adopted by the City Commission.

         (1)   Persons attending a regular or special Commission Meeting shall be permitted to address the City Commission in conformity with this rule. The opportunity to address the Commission shall be limited to the following:

 

      (a)   Persons desiring to address the City Commission are encouraged, but shall not be required, to fill out and turn in to either the City Clerk, Mayor, or presiding Commissioner, prior to the meeting, a comment card disclosing the following information: The person's name, address, and telephone number; the specific issue, topic or resolution the individual wishes to address.

 

      (b)   During public hearings when scheduled, speakers may present facts and opinions on the specific matter being heard by the Commission. A three-minute time limit is imposed per speaker. In the discretion of the Mayor or presiding officer, the time limit for individual speakers may be lengthened or shortened when appropriate.

 

      (c)  During the consideration of specific ordinances when scheduled, speakers may present facts and opinions on the specific ordinance being considered by the City Commission. Speakers addressing the City Commission during this time shall limit their comments to the specific issue being considered. A three-minute time limit, which may be lengthened or shortened by the Mayor or presiding officer when appropriate, is imposed per speaker, per matter considered.

 

       (d)  During the public comment period on the consent agenda and resolutions not on the consent agenda, each speaker may address the Commission once, regarding anything on the consent agenda and resolutions not on the consent agenda, for a total not to exceed five minutes regardless of how many consent agenda items or regular resolutions the speaker is addressing, which time period may be lengthened or shortened by the Mayor or presiding officer when appropriate.  Period may be lengthened or shortened by the Mayor or presiding officer when appropriate.

 

      (e)   During the General Public Comment portion of the meeting, speakers may address the City Commission on any matter within the control and jurisdiction of the City of Battle Creek. A speaker shall be permitted to address the City Commission once, for up to three minutes, during this portion of the meeting.


         (2)   An individual wishing to address the City Commission shall wait to be recognized by the Mayor or presiding Commissioner before speaking. An individual who has not filled out a card requesting to address the City Commission shall raise his or her hand and wait to be recognized by the Mayor or presiding Commissioner before speaking and shall identify themselves by name and address and, if appropriate, group affiliation for the record.

 

         (3)  Speakers shall address all remarks to the City Commission as a whole, and not to individual Commissioners. Speakers shall not address their remarks to members of the public in attendance at the meeting.

 

         (4)   A speaker will be ruled out-of-order by the Mayor or presiding Commissioner and the Commission will continue with its business when the speaker:


      (a)   Becomes repetitive or speaks longer than the allotted time;

 

      (b)   Attempts to yield any unused portion of time to other speakers;

 

      (c)   Engages in a personal attack upon a city employee, administrator or Commissioner only if the personal attack is totally unrelated to the manner in which the employee, administrator or Commissioner carries out his or her public duties or office;

 

      (d)   Uses obscene or profane language;

 

      (e)   Engages in slanderous or defamatory speech;

 

      (f)   Uses derogatory racial, sexual or ethnic slurs or epithets relating to any individual or category of persons; or

 

      (g)   Engages in conduct that interrupts or disrupts the meeting.