Agenda: Battle Creek City Commission

Meeting Date:September 1, 2015- 7:00 PM
Location:Commission Chambers City Hall
Chair:Deborah G. Owens, Mayor
Title:Prepared by Michelle Kay Redman
INVOCATION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
PROCLAMATIONS AWARDS
Proclaiming Saturday, September 12, 2015, as "Walk for Lupus Now Day".
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 Workshop on August 18, 2015.
City Commission Minutes for Regular meeting on August 18, 2015.
Petitions, Communications, Reports:
City Manager's Report for September 1, 2015
Resolutions:
201A Resolution authorizing the sale of vacant, tax-reverted vacant parcels.
202A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into the Fiscal Year 2014 Assistance to Firefighters Grant.
203A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a FY 2014 Homeland Security Grant Program Intergovernmental Funding Agreement.
204A Resolution authorizing the City Manager and the Emergency Services Coordinator to enter into a FY 2015 Emergency Management Performance Grant Agreement (EMPG) with the Michigan State Police Emergency Management Homeland Security Division.
205A Resolution authorizing the City of Battle Creek to purchase property under First Right of Refusal for tax reverted parcel,0077-00-550-0, on South Helmer Road. 
206A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a lease agreement between the City of Battle Creek as landlord, and TwoSisters 1925 LLC, as tenant, for Suite "B" of the Michigan Avenue parking structure located at 80 West Michigan Ave.
PETITIONS COMMUNICATIONS REPORTS
Quarterly Budget Report - Finance Director Linda Morrison
Sustainable BC Report by Commissioner Andy Helmboldt
PUBLIC HEARING
A Public Hearing for the purpose of receiving public comments on the 2014-2015 Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER).
INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES
04-2015An Ordinance to amend various ordinance sections to bring them into conformance with Article I, Section 26 of the Michigan Constitution eliminating perceived preferential treatment on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment or contracting.
PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING RESOLUTIONS
(Limited to five minutes per individual)
RESOLUTIONS
207A Resolution amending an Industrial Facilities Exemption Certificate on behalf of Nexthermal Corporation for real and tangible personal property located at 1045 Harts Lake Road in Industrial District No. 2, and having an estimated cost of $1,276,250.
208A Resolution authorizing Ryan D. Dingman to purchase 5 years of generic service credit pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Employees Retirement System.
209A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement with Neighborhoods, Inc., of Battle Creek in the amount of $150,000.
210A Resolution accepting the proposal of best value for water engineering services from Jones & Henry Engineers, LLC, on an as-needed, time and materials basis, with contracted hourly rates per job classification.
211A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a Supplement to Agreements by and between the City of Battle Creek, Battle Creek Tax Increment Financing Authority, Battle Creek Unlimited, and BC/CAL/KAL Inland Port Development Corporation.
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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