Agenda: Battle Creek City Commission

Meeting Date: September 2, 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
Proclaiming Saturday, September 13, 2014, as "Walk for Lupus Now Day."
Proclaiming the week of September 15 - 19, 2014, as "Community College Week".
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 19, 2014
City Commission Minutes for Regular Commission Meeting on August 19, 2014
Petitions, Communications, Reports:
City Manager Report for September 2, 2014
Resolutions:
248 A Resolution appointing City Commissioner Susan Baldwin as the City of Battle Creek's official representative at the Annual Business Meeting of the Michigan Municipal League.
249 A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a Consent to Construct Sidewalk agreement with the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT).
250 A Resolution authorizing change order #4 to the City's Energy Services Agreement with Ameresco, Inc., in a not-to-exceed amount of $48,225.00.
251 A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute State Highway Maintenance Contract No. 2014-2072 with the Michigan Department of Transportation to maintain portions of the State trunkline highway system within greater Battle Creek for the period of October 1, 2014 through September 30, 2019. 
PETITIONS COMMUNICATIONS REPORTS
PUBLIC HEARING
A Public Hearing for the purpose of hearing public comments on the 2013-2014 Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER).
RESOLUTIONS
252 A Resolution accepting the lowest responsive, responsible bid for portable risers and ADA ramp at Kellogg Arena from Staging Concepts, LLC, in a not-to-exceed amount of $131,547.00.
253

A Resolution accepting the lowest responsive, responsible bid for the Festival Market Square project from Hoffman Bros., Inc., in a not-to-exceed amount of $1,189,349.00.

 
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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