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CITY OF MUSKEGON
CITY COMMISSION MEETING
FEBRUARY 28, 2017
CITY COMMISSION CHAMBERS @ 5:30 P.M.
MINUTES
The Regular Commission Meeting of the City of Muskegon was held at City Hall,
933 Terrace Street, Muskegon, MI at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, February 28, 2017. Pastor
Wally Reames, Central Assembly of God, opened the meeting with prayer, after
which the Commission and public recited the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
ROLL CALL FOR THE REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING:
Present: Mayor Stephen J. Gawron, Vice Mayor Hood, Commissioners Ken
Johnson, Debra Warren, Willie German, Jr., Dan Rinsema-Sybenga, and Byron
Turnquist, City Manager Franklin Peterson, City Attorney John Schrier, and City
Clerk Ann Meisch.
2017-13 CONSENT AGENDA:
A. Approval of Minutes City Clerk
SUMMARY OF REQUEST: To approve the minutes of the February 13, 2017
Worksession and the February 14, 2017 Regular City Commission Meetings.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: None
BUDGET ACTION REQUIRED: None
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval of minutes.
D. 2017 Dozer Rental for Beach Leveling Department of Public Works
SUMMARY OF REQUEST: Staff is requesting permission to enter into a rental
agreement with Southeastern Equipment Co. Inc., out of Novi, MI for a Case
2050 M Dozer for leveling sand at Pere Marquette Beach.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: Estimated cost for the 2017 Dozer rental is $8,500 (which
included $1000 for delivery and pickup).
BUDGET ACTION REQUIRED: None
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approve request.
E. Buekema Park Roof Materials DPW/Parks Department
SUMMARY OF REQUEST: Authorize staff to purchase roofing material to
reconstruct the restroom building roof and repair two other smaller building roofs
on the property. Work will be performed in house by Parks Staff.
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FINANCIAL IMPACT: The total cost of this purchase is $13,535.64 from Keene
Lumber being the responsible low bidder. (Rycenga Building Center $16,792.23,
Weber Lumber $24,398.24)
BUDGET ACTION REQUIRED: None at this time as this proposed purchase was
budgeted for.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Authorize staff to purchase the roof materials.
F. One Year Janitorial Services Extension, Optional Year through
4/30/2018 Engineering
SUMMARY OF REQUEST: Extend the current janitorial services contract with
Reliant Professional Cleaning for one more year, thru the end of April 2018, as
per the request from the company.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The total annual cost of the proposed extension to
clean City Hall, P.D., DPW & Filtration Plant is $62,316 which is an increase of
$1,308 or just over 2.1%.
BUDGET ACTION REQUIRED: None
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approve the one year extension with Reliant
Professional Cleaning Services to provide janitorial services until the end of April
of 2018, at City Hall, DPW & Filtration.
G. Contract Extension Agreement – 1 Year Street Sweeping Contract for
2017 Department of Public Works
SUMMARY OF REQUEST: To exercise the option for a 1-year contractual
extension, as outlined in the previous 3-year contract with TRI-US SERVICES, INC.,
to provide street sweeping services for 2017.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: $202,135.50 cost for the 1 year contract extension.
Funds to cover all expenses are budgeted. Trunkline expenses are reimbursed by
State funding.
BUDGET ACTION REQUIRED: None; monies appropriated in Highway and
State trunkline budgets.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approve request to contract out service for a
1-year extension as specified in previous contract.
I. Copier/Printer Maintenance Agreement Assistant Finance Director
SUMMARY OF REQUEST: The City just ended a five year contract with Applied
Imaging for document management. The City paid a fixed price each month
for the copiers and printers and a per copy cost for the maintenance which
included toner. Almost all the larger copiers are well under their lifetime
maximums and do not need to be replaced. In negotiating a new maintenance
agreement with Applied Imaging we discovered through Applied Imaging’s
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MITN Cooperative we could save several hundred dollars a month if we bought
new, more maintenance effective printers. We are proposing to purchase 40
new copiers/printers that will represent a savings of approximately $250 per
month over the cost of maintenance alone for our current fleet. We have been
pleased with our relationship with Applied Imaging and look forward to that
continuing. Additionally, we own the old printers so we will be selling those units
which should help to offset some of the cost of the new equipment.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: Savings of approximately $250 per month over the
current cost of maintenance.
BUDGET ACTION REQUIRED: None
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Authorize staff to enter into a five year
agreement with Applied Imaging.
J. Contract for Demolition at 239 Monroe Avenue Community and
Neighborhood Services Department
SUMMARY OF REQUEST: To approve for Community and Neighborhood Services
to execute a contract with Melching, Inc., Nunica MI, for the demolition of the
structure located at 239 Monroe Avenue. This activity is under the Target
Neighborhood Blight Fight Program. The following bids were received:
JMB Demoliton LLC ~ Zeeland MI for $9,250
Melching, Inc ~ Nunica, MI for $8,600
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The funding will be allocated from the City’s CDBG
Funds.
BUDGET ACTION REQUIRED: None
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: To approve the request.
K. Set Public Hearing for Amendment to Brownfield Plan – Windward
Pointe Planning & Economic Development Department
SUMMARY OF REQUEST: To approve the resolution setting a public hearing for
an amendment for the Brownfield Plan, and notifying taxing jurisdictions of the
Brownfield Plan Amendment including the opportunity to express their views and
recommendations regarding the proposed amendment at the public hearing.
The amendment is for the inclusion of property owned by Pure Muskegon,
located at 2400 Lakeshore Drive, in the Brownfield Plan.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: Brownfield Tax increment Financing will be used to
reimburse the developer for “eligible expenses” incurred in association with
development of the Watermark project, which is approximately $44,863,763.
Pure Muskegon cost for the development of the property is approximately $200
million in private investment, resulting in substantial increase in the local and
school taxes generated by the property.
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BUDGET ACTION REQUIRED: None
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: To approve the resolution and authorize the
Mayor and Clerk to sign the resolution.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: The Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
met on February 16, 2017 and approve the Brownfield Plan Amendment and
recommends the approval of the Brownfield Plan Amendment to the Muskegon
City Commission.
L. Defined Benefit Plan Adoption Agreements – Div 01(Non-Union) and Div
21 (Police Patrol) Finance
SUMMARY OF REQUEST: To approve the Defined Benefit Plan Adoption
Agreements to bridge the pension benefit for current non-union employees from
a 2.25% multiplier to a 2.0% multiplier with frozen final average compensation
and to bridge the pension benefit for current police patrol employees from a
3.0% multiplier to a 2.67% multiplier with frozen final average compensation.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: It is estimated that the City’s contribution rate for non-
union would decrease by $196,284 while the City’s contribution rate for police
patrol would decrease by $328,399 for the next fiscal year.
BUDGET ACTION REQUIRED: Future budgets will be reflective of these
changes.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: To approve the Defined Benefit Plan Adoption
Agreements and authorize the Mayor to sign the agreements.
Motion by Commissioner Rinsema-Sybenga, second by Commissioner Johnson,
to approve the consent agenda as presented, minus items B, C, and H.
ROLL VOTE: Ayes: Johnson, Gawron, Hood, Warren, German, Rinsema-Sybenga,
and Turnquist
Nays: None
MOTION PASSES
2017-14 ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA:
B. Approval of Resolution to Apply for State Grant to Purchase New Voting
Equipment City Clerk
SUMMARY OF REQUEST: To approve a Resolution to Apply for State Grant to
Purchase New Voting Equipment. All municipalities in the State of Michigan are
in the process of obtaining new voting equipment. Most or all of the cost will be
covered by Federal Help America Vote Act funds and state-appropriated funds.
The State requires the City to apply for a grant in order to be eligible for state
funding assistance.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: None
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BUDGET ACTION REQUIRED: None
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval of the resolution.
Motion by Commissioner Johnson, second by Commissioner German, to
approve the resolution.
ROLL VOTE: Ayes: Gawron, Hood, Warren, German, Rinsema-Sybenga,
Turnquist, and Johnson
Nays: None
MOTION PASSES
C. Approval of Resolution in Support of Naming Third Street from
Muskegon to Mason City Clerk
SUMMARY OF REQUEST: To approve a Resolution in Support of Designating Third
Street from Muskegon to Mason as Midtown Muskegon.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: None
BUDGET ACTION REQUIRED: None
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval of the resolution.
Motion by Commissioner German, second by Commissioner Warren, to approve
the resolution.
Motion to amend the resolution to read from Muskegon to Jefferson instead of
from Muskegon to Strong.
ROLL VOTE: Ayes: Warren, German, Rinsema-Sybenga, Turnquist, Johnson,
Gawron, and Hood
Nays: None
MOTION PASSES
VOTE ON ORIGINAL MOTION
ROLL VOTE: Ayes: Hood, Warren, German, Rinsema-Sybenga, Turnquist,
Johnson, and Gawron
Nays: None
MOTION PASSES
H. Lake Michigan Sandy Dog Concession Contract for City of Muskegon
Parks Department of Public Works
SUMMARY OF REQUEST: Staff is asking permission to enter into a 1-year
contractual agreement with Jeff Taylor & Michelle Sharpy of Lake Michigan
Sandy Dog, at Pere Marquette Park, located within the City of Muskegon, to sell
various food items, as stated in their proposal, from a mobile concession trailer.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: Concession revenue is 10% of gross receipts.
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BUDGET ACTION REQUIRED: None
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Authorize DPW staff to enter into concession
agreement with Jeff Taylor and Michelle Sharpy of Lake Michigan Sandy Dog.
Motion by Commissioner Warren, second by Commissioner Rinsema-Sybenga,
to authorize DPW Staff to enter into a concession agreement with Jeff Taylor and
Michelle Sharpy of Lake Michigan Sandy Dog.
ROLL VOTE: Ayes: German, Rinsema-Sybenga, Turnquist, Johnson, Gawron,
Hood, and Warren
Nays: None
MOTION PASSES
2017-15 PUBLIC HEARINGS:
A. Parks & Recreation Master Plan Amendment Department of Public
Works
SUMMARY OF REQUEST: To approve a resolution amending the Parks and
Recreation Master Plan to include updating infrastructure at Hartshorn Marina.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources requires specific language and
proposals before the city is eligible to apply for state matching grants.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: None
BUDGET ACTION REQUIRED: None
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: To hold a public hearing and for the City
Commission to adopt the “Muskegon Parks & Recreation Master Plan 2016”
Hartshorn Marina amendments for 2017, and authorize Mayor and Clerk to sign
documents necessary related to the amendments.
PUBLIC HEARING COMMENCED: No public comments were received.
Motion by Commissioner Rinsema-Sybenga, second by Commissioner Warren,
to close the public hearing and to adopt the “Muskegon Parks & Recreation
Master Plan 2016” Hartshorn Marina amendments for 2017, and authorize the
Mayor & Clerk to sign documents necessary related to the amendments.
ROLL VOTE: Ayes: Rinsema-Sybenga, Turnquist, Johnson, Gawron, Hood, Warren,
and German
Nays: None
MOTION PASSES
2017-16 NEW BUSINESS:
A. Concurrence with the Housing Board of Appeals Notice and Order to
Demolish Sixteen Residential Structures Director of Public Safety
SUMMARY OF REQUEST: This is to request that the City Commission concur with
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the findings of the Housing Board of Appeals that the following structures are
unsafe, substandard, a public nuisance and that they be demolished.
Address State Equalized Value
1. 862 Stevens $13,500 (2015) & $0 (2016)
2. 139 Myrtle $9,800 (2015) & $0 (2016)
3. 325 Iona $8,100 (2015) & $0 (2016)
4. 333 Catherine $12,500 (2015) & $0 (2016)
5. 430 Allen $10,800 (2015) & $0 (2016)
6. 452 Amity $16,300 (2015) & $0 (2016)
7. 1773 Superior $14,500 (2015) & $0 (2016)
8. 367 E. Holbrook $22,300 (2016)
9. 1725 Wood $11,400 (2016)
10. 1617 Smith $19,000 (2016)
11. 252 E. Isabella $12,500 (2016)
12. 618 Catawba $14,300 (2016)
13. 748 Catherine $13,700 (2016)
14. 501 E. Apple $22,300 (2016)
15. 629 Allen $14,500 (2016)
16. 750 Amity $20,000 (2016)
The properties are owned by the Muskegon County Land Bank and/or the
Muskegon County Treasurer (which will be deeded to the Muskegon County
Land Bank as part of the Hardest Hit 2 Blight Fight Grant that they were
awarded). The properties with $0 SEV for 2016 has the SEV from 2015 included as
those had been tax foreclosed in 2015 with the remainder being foreclosed in
2016.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: None
BUDGET ACTION REQUIRED: None
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: To concur with the Housing Board of Appeals
decision to demolish.
Motion by Commissioner German, second by Commissioner Warren, to concur
with the Housing Board of Appeals decision to demolish.
ROLL VOTE: Ayes: Turnquist, Johnson, Gawron, Hood, Warren, German, and
Rinsema-Sybenga
Nays: None
MOTION PASSES
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B. Sale of a Non-Buildable Vacant Lot in the Port City Industrial Park
Planning & Economic Development Department
SUMMARY OF REQUEST: To approve the land purchase agreement for the sale
for the unaddressed property to Marathon Petroleum Company LP. In order to
meet Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) requirements, the
company needs to perform wetland mitigation on 16.1 acres of land for
activities pertaining to another site outside of the City. The City has over 57 acres
of undevelopable land in the Industrial Park and is able to carve out 28.4 acres
to sell. The property is considered unbuildable because it is located under the
ordinary high water mark and is considered wetlands. The company has agreed
to the purchase price of $100,000. If the purchase agreement is approved, the
company will have 45 days to secure final approval by senior management,
upon which this offer is contingent. Upon final approval by the company, an
earnest money deposit of $10,000 will be placed in escrow and they will begin
all necessary investigations such as survey, title and environmental. Closing will
also be contingent upon acceptance/approval of the site by the MDEQ and
completion by the City of the parcel split/combination.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The sale of this lot will generate additional tax revenue
for the City as the property will be put back on the City’s tax rolls.
BUDGET ACTION REQUIRED: None
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: To authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign the
Land Purchase Agreement.
Motion by Commissioner Rinsema-Sybenga, second by Vice Mayor Hood, to
authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign the Land Purchase Agreement.
ROLL VOTE: Ayes: Johnson, Gawron, Hood, Warren, German, Rinsema-Sybenga,
and Turnquist
Nays: None
MOTION PASSES
C. Second Quarter 2016-17 Budget Reforecast Finance Director
SUMMARY OF REQUEST: At this time staff is transmitting the Second Quarter
2016-17 Budget Reforecast which outlines proposed changes to the budget that
have come about as result of changes in revenue projections, policy priorities,
labor contracts, updated economic conditions, or other factors.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: A summary of second quarter proposed adjustments to
the budget are as follows:
• General Fund revenues are reforecast to be $284,000 lower than the
first quarter budget reforecast, largely due to lower projected income
tax revenues.
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• General Fund expenditures are reforecast to be $86,000 higher than
the first quarter budget reforecast.
• There is some refinement of the capital projects budget resulting in an
overall net decrease of $445,000 from the first quarter budget
reforecast due to the removal of $500,000 for the marina docks and
building improvements project in the Marina Fund. However, in the
General Fund $25,000 has been added for roof repairs at LC Walker
Arena and $30,000 has been added for a project to wash and seal the
City Hall building.
BUDGET ACTION REQUIRED: City Commission approval of this reforecast will
formally amend the City’s 2016-17 budget.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval
Motion by Commissioner Warren, second by Commissioner Rinsema-Sybenga,
to approve the Second Quarter Budget Reforecast for 2016-17.
ROLL VOTE: Ayes: Gawron, Hood, Warren, German, Rinsema-Sybenga, Turnquist,
and Johnson
Nays: None
MOTION PASSES
D. Concur with the Muskegon County Clerk’s Association’s
Recommendation to Select Dominion as the Election Equipment
Vendor
On this 28th day of February, 2017, a motion was made by Commissioner
Johnson and seconded by Commissioner German to concur with the Muskegon
County Clerk’s Association’s recommendation made by a vote of 13-1 at its
February 21, 2017 meeting, that the Muskegon County Clerk, Nancy A. Waters,
select Dominion as the election equipment vendor for the municipalities of
Muskegon County.
AYES: Hood, Warren, German, Rinsema-Sybenga, Turnquist,
Johnson, and Gawron
NAYS: None
MOTION PASSES
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: No public comments were received.
ADJOURNMENT: The City Commission meeting was adjourned at 6:35 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Ann Marie Meisch, MMC, City Clerk
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