AGENDA THE PORT AUSTIN VILLAGE COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Monday, March 14, 2016

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1 AGENDA THE PORT AUSTIN VILLAGE COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Monday, March 14, 2016 Call Meeting to Order at 6:30 pm Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag Roll Call: Andreski, Brecht, Bruce, Polega, Steigerwald, Rousseaux & President Confer Additions/Deletions/Revisions to Agenda AGENDA: Luke, Film presentation 2. Mermaids Cove 3. Village Green 4. Sidewalks 5. Grants, Brandt and Lou 6. Water Rate Ordinance CORRESPONDENCE: PUBLIC COMMENT: CONSENT AGENDA: Approve: February 8, 2016 Council Minutes Acknowledge Receipt Of: January Monthly Police Report PAYMENT OF BILLS $ 21, ATTORNEY: DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORT / REQUEST: DPW: Police: Clerk Report: Treasurer Report:

2 COMMITTEE REPORTS: March 14, :30 p.m. President Confer is a member of all Committees Finance, Grants & Insurance Brecht & Rousseaux Family Health Insurance Labor, Personnel & Police Rousseaux & Brecht Motor Pool & Operations Bruce & Andreski Ordinance Steigerwald & Bruce 4 th of July Parking 2. RV. 3. Brush Parks & Recreation Polega & Steigerwald Bird Creek Park Buildings, Grounds, Streets Andreski & Polega Vine Street Sea Wall 2. Gym 3. Village Green 4. Sidewalks 5. LED lights, Vets Park Fish Cleaning Station Mike Morgan, Todd Murawski, Andreski COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENTS: Adjourn:

3 PORT AUSTIN VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING 17 West State Street, Port Austin, MI MEMBERS PRESENT: Andreski, Brecht, Bruce, Confer, Polega, Steigerwald MEMBERS ABSENT: Rousseaux EMPLOYEES PRESENT: Thomas Rapson, Mike Williams, Dale Hartsell GUESTS PRESENT: Carl Osentoski, Sandy Sitek, Mark Gembarski, Connie Graham, Darcie Finan, Barbara King, Joyce Stanek, Lou Schillinger, Ed Smith, Judy Beam Pledge of Allegiance to the flag was recited. Roll Call was taken. President Confer called the regular meeting to order at 6:30pm at the Port Austin Welcome Center. Lou Schillinger introduced Luke Clyburn who is Captain of the Pride of Michigan. Luke gave a brief history of the Nobel Odyssey and Pride of Michigan and what their program does. He also introduced the film The Treacherous Coast which features Port Austin and Harbor Beach. A showing of the film was had. After the film Luke was thanked for the work he does and for presenting the film to us. Charlotte Thuemmel was present and explained the request from the Mermaids Cove group to purchase a piece of property from the Village next to Babcock Realty. It would be similar to Babcock s frontage. Confer explained that this was the original purpose of the DDA purchasing this property, to encourage development by selling the property cheaply and gaining tax revenue from the development. Much discussion was had on the steps needed and the restrictions that would be in place on how soon it would need to be developed. Polega commented that the committee is not ready to move on this yet and they will continue to work with the Thuemmel s on the details. Bruce suggested that it should get surveyed to lay out the purposed lot and get a legal description for the sale. Moved Bruce, support Polega to spend up to $1,000 to have the three purposed lots along Lake Street Surveyed. Ayes: All Discussion was had on the Village Green project. Confer feels like the project is not moving forward. Discussion was had on allowing the farmers Market to utilize the area again and if the trees would be in the way. Discussion was had on moving the trees. Williams was asked if they could be moved, he said they can be moved. Streets committee reported that bids for the sidewalk project were opened and Clancy Brothers Excavating was the low bidder, and came in under budget. We have received a letter from the engineer recommending awarding the bid to Clancy Brothers Excavating. Moved Bruce, Support Steigerwald to award the bid to Clancy Brothers Excavating. Ayes: 5 Nays: 0 Abstain: Andreski Discussion was on the deadline for applying for DNR grants, which is April 1 st. If there were any projects that the Village wanted to apply for then it would have to do it quickly. 1

4 Lou Schillinger was present and explained the Bird Creek Swing Bridge project. NDG has done the design and has put together a cost estimate. The Lions Club is spear heading the project. A purposed water rate resolution was presented. Darcie Finan and Joyce Stanek explained that this would be a 2% increase on only the cost of water. This increase is on recommendation from the auditor. He recommends doing a 2% each year instead of just reacting to increases from Huron Regional Water and possibly having to do increases more than once a year or for higher amounts. Fred Kendall was present and spoke about a study that himself, Gail Bradley and Dan Confer have been working on pro bono. They have been looking into was that the water plants can save money. He explained how their recommendations were able to save the HRWA money on refinancing their bonds. He would ask that the Council look at the study before raising rates. Darcie Finan commented that she feels the study is not complete and has a lot of misinformation in it. Much discussion was had. Confer asked if there is a time frame needed for raising the rate. Finan commented no. Consensus was that there needed to be a joint meeting between the Council and PAASWA to discuss the study. Correspondence: NA Public Comment: Judy Beam was present and explained that she has talked with Pro Surfaces who is redoing the tennis courts. He will be in town on Tuesday to look over the courts again. Beam also read an article that was written in the Port Austin News about the tennis courts. She has received $300 in donations already towards the new nets. She would like to plan a ribbon cutting when the courts have been redone. Beam also thanked the Council for the use of the Gym for playing Pickle Ball in the winter. They have moved to Caseville as the gym over there has heat. Moved Bruce, support Steigerwald to approve the consent agenda as Presented. Ayes: All There were several additions to the bills. Moved Bruce, support Steigerwald to pay the bills, with additions, in the amount of $48, Ayes: All Attorneys: NA Department head report/requests: DPW: Williams commented that they are looking forward to spring and have started putting out trash cans, benches, banners, etc. Police: Knights of Columbus will be doing their tootsie roll drive this weekend. Clerk: Rapson commented that the Audit will be happening this week. He also asked about the baseball field schedule for the upcoming season. He has already gotten one sent to him. Polega commented that last year we had the school coordinate the scheduling and he will call and have them do the same this year. Rapson also commented that he would like the council to give him permission to change the employee handbooks to reflect the addition of Veterans Day as a paid holiday per the council s decision last meeting. Moved Bruce, support Brecht to allow Rapson to update the handbooks. Ayes: All 2

5 Treasurer: NA Committee Reports: Insurance: Confer commented that he is still working on getting rates for Family Insurance. Parks: Polega commented that the committee did meet with the County regarding Bird Creek Park. The County was unsure about selling but liked the idea of a lease. Some discussion was had. Polega said they will keep working on it. Buildings, Grounds, Streets: Nothing new on Vine Street or the Gym. More Discussion was had on trees on the Village Green lot. Consensus was that the Farmers can use the lot to some degree this summer. The committee commented that although we are doing some patching on Independence St. this year we need to have a long term plan for redoing the whole street. Also a plan for replacing storm drains on the west side of town. Village Green, Sidewalks and LED lights were removed from the list. Fish: Design should be close to done. Rapson was asked to check in with NDG to see where it is at. Council Member Comments: Confer commented that he will be gone for the next meeting. With no further business; Moved Bruce meeting adjourned at 8:15 pm. Clerk Certification I the undersigned, Thomas Rapson, the duly qualified and appointed Clerk for the Village of Port Austin, Huron County Michigan, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the forgoing is a true and complete copy of certain proceedings taken by the Village of Port Austin, At a regular board meeting conducted on the 14 th day of March Thomas Rapson, Village Clerk 3