| | | | | | | | | Agenda: Battle Creek City Commission | Meeting Date: | May 15, 2018- 7:00 PM | Location: | Commission Chambers City Hall | Chair: | Mayor Mark A. Behnke | Title: | City Hall Commission Chambers |
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| | | | | | | | VIDEO | | PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE | | | | |
| | | | | | | | VIDEO | | CHAIR NOTES ADDED OR DELETED RESOLUTIONS | | | | |
| | | | | | | | VIDEO | | PETITIONS COMMUNICATIONS REPORTS | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING CONSENT AGENDA AND RESOLUTIONS NOT ON CONSENT AGENDA | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | COMMISSION COMMENT REGARDING MEETING BUSINESS | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Petitions, Communications, Reports: | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 156 | A Resolution appointing a new member to the Rural Southwest Neighborhood Planning Council (NPC #9). | | | | | | | 157 | A Resolution accepting the proposal of best value for Parking revenue and control system from Traffic Safety and Control Systems, Inc., in a not-to-exceed amount of $88,774.00.
| | | | | | | 158 | A Resolution to appoint and reappoint members to the Westlake/Prairieview Neighborhood Planning Council (NPC #10) | | | | | | | 159 | A Resolution appointing Assistant City Manager Ted Dearing as an alternate for the City of Battle Creek representative on the Local Revenue Sharing Board. | | | | | | | 160 | A Resolution accepting the proposal of best value for Airport Strategic Business Plan Implementation from R.A. Wiedemann & Associates, Inc., in a not-to-exceed amount of $77,000.
| | | | | | | 161 | A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to sign proposal with Sustainable Generation LLC for the evaluation of equipment and operation of a biosolids composting solution at the wastewater treatment facility for $49,000. | | | | | | | 162 | A Resolution accepting the lowest responsive, responsible bid for various demolitions from SC Environmental Services, LLC., in a not-to-exceed amount of $68,397.14.
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| | | | | | | | | | RESOLUTIONS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CONSENT AGENDA | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 163 | A Resolution approving the tentative boundaries for a Neighborhood Enterprise Zone (NEZ), directing the City Clerk to notify taxing units of intent to create an NEZ, and setting a public hearing. | | | | | | | 164 | A Resolution accepting the lowest responsive, responsible bid for 2018 Lafayette St. Widening project from Hoffman Bros., Inc., in an estimated amount of $184,278.10, with unit prices prevailing. | | | | | | | 165 | A Resolution accepting the lowest responsive, responsible bid for Taxiway C Rehab and Lighting project from Hoffman Bros. Inc., in an estimated amount of $3,215,557.23, with unit prices prevailing.
| | | | | | | 166 | A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Calhoun County Consolidated Dispatch Authority regarding the relocation of the Backup 911 Center. | | | | | | | 167 | A Resolution authorizing a contract for new data center and 193 replacement computers from Access Interactive, LLC, in an estimated amount of $506,543.51, with unit prices prevailing. | | | | | | | 168 | A Resolution authorizing the City of Battle Creek to accept title to land located at 276 E. Michigan, Battle Creek, from Beverly Bishop. | Revised | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | 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.
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