Present: Lorenz, Meskin, Zubrzycki, Dzenko Absent: Endres Also Present: City Manager Martin, Clerk Dryden and Attorney Saarela

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1 A Regular Meeting of the Sylvan Lake City Council was held on Wednesday, opening at 7:30 p.m. Mayor Lorenz presided over the Pledge of Allegiance. Present: Lorenz, Meskin, Zubrzycki, Dzenko Absent: Endres Also Present: City Manager Martin, Clerk Dryden and Attorney Saarela APPROVAL OF AGENDA Moved by Dzenko, seconded Meskin, to approve the City Council Agenda for October 11, 2017, as presented. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA Moved by Zubrzycki, seconded Dzenko, to approve the following items on the consent agenda as submitted. A. September 13, 2017, Regular Meeting minutes B. Disbursement Report, Payroll check # s , DD , EFT ; and A/P check # s , EFT , , ACH TOTALING: $409, C. Acceptance of DPW, Police and City Attorney Reports for September 2017 COMMITTEE REPORTS There were no reports. Mayor Lorenz shared the Parks & Recreation Halloween Movie Night is Friday night. BRIEF PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA Mayor Lorenz opened the meeting to the public. There were no comments and public comment was closed.

2 CITY MANAGER COMMENTS City Hall City Hall just keeps being very busy. He had three big ZBA s to review and prepare for and two of them are very large projects. Once again, they have had issues with two of the patrol cars in the Police Department and just dropped the new Tahoe off to be outfitted. Unfortunately, they did have to take it to Holt Michigan because everybody here is booked up for the next several weeks. We continue to receive many building plans for review, about nine in the last week and four in one day. Events Some may have seen the Parks and Recreation survey that was sent out. We ve received a pretty good return so far and that s very nice to see. If you haven t responded you can find it on our web site. Unfortunately, today our website was down but now it is up and running. We will be discussing the results of the survey at the Parks and Rec. meeting tomorrow night. Meeting Martin met with a Risk Control Consultant from MMRMA today for several hours. Risk management is very important to him and to the City. It should, and does, dictate how we do and respond to many things in a positive way. Planning/Development The Planner and Martin met with the developer and engineer for the proposed Condominium development on the vacant school site. They are going back and tweaking a few things on the plan. Water/Sewer Outsourcing WA Martin met with the Oakland County Water Resources Commission a couple weeks ago and discussed them taking over our cross-connection program in the city. He will continue discussions about possibly taking over other duties in the water, sewer and storm water departments in the future. Parks PR The outbuilding near the bocce courts is scheduled to be completed with new windows, doors, roof and siding in the next month. Leaf Collection Leaf Collection should be starting next Monday. There will not be a schedule for collection. They will follow a route but not specific sections per day. CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS Zubrzycki shared he completed the Parks and Rec survey yesterday and asked everyone to take the time to complete it. He thanked the Parks and Rec for all the work they do.

3 Meskin asked if the audit was done yet or close. Martin is not sure where they are at. Meskin questioned what exactly Martin reviews on building plans that are submitted. Martin reviews purely for zoning. Dzenko asked what the status is on the seawall. Martin stated they are now waiting for the lake level to drop. They will be doing the end of Pontiac Dr. and the two areas on each side of Lakeview beach. Dzenko thanked Jan Hays for the pumpkin patch harvest. October 16 th leaf collection begins and ends Dec 7 th depending on weather. The yard waste stops November 30 th. Lorenz also thanked Jan Hays for the pumpkin patch and Parks and Rec for the work they do. He also thanked the Garden Club for the Ice Cream Social. He wished Jim Endres a speedy recovery. ACTION ITEMS a GWBCCC Budget C Dave Albery announced the amplifier that was purchased for the Community Center failed. It is under warranty and being taken care of. There should be no problem next month. The budget for 2018 is $628,280 about a 5% increase. This budget was prepared by the budget finance committee which Sylvan Lake s representative Matt Benavides is a part of. Zubrzycki noticed the revenues going down. Albery shared there are three reasons for this. AT&T has about a ¼ of the subscribers in the city. AT&T is advising their user to move to a satellite dish. They want to free up their infrastructure for internet speed. So, the city will receive less from AT&T as people leave cable. Also, AT&T peg fees will go down beginning January 1, 2018, from 2.8% to 2%. It is about a 30% decrease. Lastly, there is a trend with people dropping their cable service and using Hulu, Netflix and such, which will have the revenue decreasing. The budget finance committee is closely monitoring this as they don t know how fast this will decrease. Albery stated they will not bring a budget that exceeds revenues. Moved by Meskin, seconded Dzenko, to approve the 2018 Greater West Bloomfield Cable Communications Commission budget as proposed. Yes: Meskin, Zubrzycki, Dzenko, Lorenz b. Mayoral Appointment to Tri-City Fire Board A Mayor Lorenz re-appointed Rick Eriksen s term on the Fire Board for a two-year term.

4 Moved by Dzenko seconded Zubrzycki, to confirm Mayor Lorenz appointment of Rick Eriksen to the Tri-City Fire Board, with a term ending June 30, c. Removing Items from Non-Action Items Mayor Lorenz is good with removing Seawall and Fire Dept. list. Moved by Dzenko, seconded Meskin, to remove items D and F from the non-action item d. Renewal of AT&T Franchise Agreement CA C Martin explained this is the renewal for AT&T Franchise Agreement. It has been reviewed by the City Attorney and recommended for approval. Moved by Dzenko, seconded Meskin, to approve the resolution approving renewed Uniform video service local franchise agreement with Michigan Bell Telephone company, d/b/a AT&T Michigan, as recommended by the city attorney s office. Yes: Zubrzycki, Dzenko, Lorenz, Meskin e. Emergency Amendment to Ordinance 335 Changing the Effective Date O Martin explained Ordinance 335 Minor s in possession was adopted last month. Now the State has moved the effective date of this law and our local ordinance needs to be changed too. Moved by Meskin, seconded Zubrzycki, to approve Emergency Ordinance 355-A, relating to minors in possession of alcohol, changing the effective date to January 1, Yes: Dzenko, Lorenz, Meskin, Zubrzycki ORDINANCE ADOPTED

5 A f. Adjourn to Executive Session to Address an Employment Issue Under OMA Section 8(f) Moved by Zubrzycki, seconded Dzenko, to adjourn to executive session to address an employment issue under OMA Section 89(f). Yes: Lorenz, Meskin, Zubrzycki, Dzenko The meeting adjourned to closed session at 7:56 p.m. At 8:36 p.m. City Council reconvened the regular City Council meeting. ADJOURNMENT Moved by Zubrzycki, seconded Dzenko, to adjourn the regular City Council Meeting. The meeting adjourned at 8:39 p.m. Dennise Dryden, City Clerk

MINUTES. April 13, The meeting was called to order by the Chairperson, Harvey Gersin, at 7:32PM at the Sylvan Lake Community Center.

MINUTES. April 13, The meeting was called to order by the Chairperson, Harvey Gersin, at 7:32PM at the Sylvan Lake Community Center. MINUTES 1. Call to Order The meeting was called to order by the Chairperson, Harvey Gersin, at 7:32PM at the Sylvan Lake Community Center. He thanked the Sylvan Lake City Council for its hospitality in