Agenda: Battle Creek City Commission

Meeting Date: July 15, 2014- 7:00 PM
Location: Commission Chambers City Hall
Chair: David A. Walters, Mayor
Title: Prepared by Michelle Redman
INVOCATION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PROCLAMATIONS AWARDS
A Proclamation recognizing the month of July 2014, as "LGBT Pride Month".
Beautiful Battle Creek Awards
PRESENTATIONS
Missile Defense Presentation by Lt. Col. Gus Gorzynksi, Commander of the Fort Custer Training Center and of the Joint Force HQ of the Michigan National Guard in Lansing. 
CHAIR NOTES ADDED OR DELETED RESOLUTIONS
PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING CONSENT AGENDA
(Limited to three minutes per individual)
COMMISSION COMMENT REGARDING MEETING BUSINESS
CONSENT AGENDA
Minutes:

City Commission Minutes for Regular Commission Meeting July 1, 2014

City Commission Minutes for Workshop June 17, 2014
Petitions, Communications, Reports:
City Manager's Report for July 15, 2014
Resolutions:
214 A Resolution authorizing the sale of vacant, tax-reverted property. 
215 A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an Agreement between the City of Battle Creek and the Leila Arboretum Society for the provision of educational programming, park stewardship and urban forestry consultation to the City and its citizens.
PETITIONS COMMUNICATIONS REPORTS
PUBLIC HEARING
A Public Hearing for the proposed Dickman Road Business Improvement District Special Assessment Roll No. I-014.
ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES
216

A Resolution adopting Ordinance 07-2014 which amends sections 212.02(I), 212.02(II) and 212.02(XVII) of the Rules of Procedure of the Battle Creek City Commission.

 
RESOLUTIONS
217 A Resolution to urge the United States Department of Defense Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to select the Fort Custer Training Center in Battle Creek/Calhoun and Kalamazoo counties as the location for a new Ground Based Interceptor (GBI) ballistic missile defense mission.
218 A Resolution adopting postretirement pension adjustments, pursuant to the provisions of Public Act 345 of 1937, as amended, for Police Chief James Blocker. 
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
(Limited to three minutes per individual)
COMMISSION COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
Citizens who wish to address a specific issue on the floor may do so at any time after being recognized by the Mayor or presiding Commission. At the time for public comments, after being properly recognized, citizens may address the commission on any subject. Citizens will be subject to the following limitations:
  1. Citizen comments on any Resolution before the Commission may be made either before or after the Commissioners have had an opportunity to discuss the Resolution, at the discretion of the Chair;
  2. Citizens wishing to speak to a particular Resolution should raise their hands and wait to be recognized before speaking;
  3. Citizens will confine their remarks to matters currently pending on the floor, and be brief and concise in making their remarks;
  4. If a citizen becomes repetitive or, in the opinion of the Chair, takes an inordinate amount of time in making comments, that citizen will be ruled out of order and the Commission will continue with its business;
  5. Citizens should address all remarks to the Commission as a whole, and not to individual Commissioners.

These Rules will apply to comments by citizens during the Public Comment section of the Agenda.

The City of Battle Creek will provide necessary, reasonable, auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired, and audiotapes of printed materials being considered in the meeting, upon seven days' notice to the City of Battle Creek. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services, should contact the City of Battle Creek by writing or calling the following:

Victoria Houser
Office of the City Clerk
Post Office Box 1717
Battle Creek, Michigan 49016
269/966-3348 (Voice)
269/966-3348 (TDD)

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