Agenda: Battle Creek City Commission

Meeting Date:September 15, 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
Beautiful Battle Creek Awards
A Proclamation proclaiming September 18, 2015, as "Coach Al Leibert Day".
A Proclamation proclaiming Saturday, October 3, 2015, as "KRZY FOR THE KAZOO, A Watershed-Wide River Clean Up and Conservation Day Event".
A Proclamation proclaiming the week of September 17 - 23, 2015, as "Constitution Week".
PRESENTATIONS
Presentation by  Karen Wieber, RRC Planner for Michigan Economic Development Corporation, regarding the Redevelopment Ready Communities Report of Findings.
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 on September 1, 2015.
Petitions, Communications, Reports:
City Manager's Report for September 15, 2015
Resolutions:
212A Resolution appointing a new member to the Housing Board of Appeals.
213A Resolution appointing a new member to the Historic District Commission.
214A Resolution appointing a new member to the Planning Commission.
215A Resolution appointing a member and reappointing members to the Battle Creek Transit Local Coordinating Committee.
216A Resolution reappointing members to the Battle Creek Transit Local Advisory Council.
217A Resolution appointing a member to the Human Relations Board.
218A Resolution setting a Public Hearing for Tuesday, October 6, 2015, for the purpose of receiving public comment on a request to vacate a portion of the Morley Street right-of-way that lies north of Cornell Drive.
PETITIONS COMMUNICATIONS REPORTS
Staff Report - Chief Information Officer Dan Ryan
ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES
219A Resolution amending 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
220

A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to proceed toward implementation of recommendations necessary to receive Redevelopment Ready Communities Certification from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC).

221A Resolution authorizing a renewal of excess liability insurance with Catlin Specialty Insurance Company and American Alternative Insurance Corp, for one year beginning 10-1-2015 at a cost of $236,872.00.Added
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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