AGENDA
FERNDALE
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MONDAY,
JUNE 9, 2008, 7:30 P.M.
CITY HALL,
300 EAST NINE MILE, FERNDALE MI 48220
248-546-2384
1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
2. ROLL CALL
Present: Council Members Baker, Galloway, Gumbleton, Lennon,
Mayor Covey
Absent: None
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Moved by Lennon, seconded by Galloway to approve the agenda as
submitted.
AYES: Council Members Baker, Galloway, Lennon, Mayor Covey
NAYS: None
MOTION CARRIED
4. PRESENTATION
A. Ferndale Public Schools
Jessica Scott, Communications Specialist for Ferndale Public
Schools, provided an update on the Ferndale students graduating this
year.
5. CALL TO AUDIENCE (Strict half-hour; excess of half-hour
immediately prior to Call to Council)
A.J. of A.J Café held an election at his café and Barack Obama
won. The next day he met Senator Obama and presented him a book
about President Truman. Senator Obama indicated the next time he was
in town he would stop by and his people would let A.J. know.
Rachel Cuschieri-Murray appreciated the Speed Radar Detector set
up by her house on Maplehurst.
6. CONSENT AGENDA
All items listed under Consent Agenda are considered routine by
the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. Public copies of
the Consent Agenda may be viewed at the Library.
Moved by Galloway, seconded by Baker, to approve the Consent
Agenda as submitted:
A. Approved the Minutes of the Regular Meeting held May 27, 2008
and the Special Meeting held May 28, 2008, as submitted by City
Clerk.
B. Approved extending the Wanda Park basketball moratorium
indefinitely until the City Council acts upon a future Parks &
Recreation Advisory Board recommendation, as submitted by City
Manager.
C. Approved Collective Bargaining Agreement for AFSCME Local 998,
for the period from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2011, as submitted
by Finance Director/Assistant City Manager.
D. Approved a 2% wage adjustment for full-time Administrative and
Non-Union Employees, and part-time non-union employees effective
July 1, 2008, as submitted by Finance Director/Assistant City
Manager.
E. Approved Second Amendment to 2004 Pavement Repairs Contract
and authorization for the Mayor and Deputy City Clerk to sign, as
submitted by DPW Director.
F. Approved Resolution Requesting Reimbursement Under County’s
West Nile Virus Fund Program, as submitted by DPW Director.
G. Approved the contract with Luigi Ferdinandi & Son Cement
Company, 16481 Common Road, Roseville, to perform minor sidewalk and
masonry services for three years, and to authorize the Mayor and
Deputy City Clerk to sign it, as submitted by DPW Director.
H. Approved the custodial-maintenance contract by and between
American Cleaning, 52844 Karon Drive, Macomb and to authorize the
Mayor and Deputy City Clerk to sign it.
I. Approved amended Software and Livescan Agreement with Oakland
County and authorization for the Mayor to sign, as submitted by
Police Chief.
J. Approved filling a vacant Public Works 1 position, as
submitted by DPW Director.
K. Approved the bills and payrolls as certified by City Manager
to be paid subject to review by the Council Finance Committee.
7. Regular Agenda
A. Consideration of Special Events Permit, including a moonwalk,
for Heart in the Park and Fun Walk.
Moved by Council Member Lennon, seconded by Council Member
Gumbleton, to approve a Special Events Permit for Heart in the Park,
a charity fundraiser to be held on June 28, 2008 from 10:00 a.m.
until 10:00 p.m. in Martin Road Park and the Fun Walk to be held
from 9:30 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. beginning at the E corner of Eight
Mile and Woodward and ending at Martin Road Park, contingent on all
necessary permits for food and tents being obtained by the
applicant.
Councilman Lennon disclosed that he was working for Garden Fresh
Salsa and Mayor Covey indicated this was for a charitable event and
did not see this as a conflict of interest and the other members of
Council did not object to Councilman Lennon being allowed to vote on
this item.
AYES: Council Members Gumbleton, Lennon, Baker, Galloway, Mayor
Covey
NAYS: None
MOTION CARRIED
B. Consideration of Petition for Ordinance Initiative submitted
by the National Organization for Positive Medicine.
NO ACTION WAS TAKEN
C. Consideration of Request for Sign Ordinance Variance as
submitted by Sue Herrmann and Krista Johnston.
Moved by Council Member Galloway, seconded by Council Member
Gumbleton, to deny the request for variance from Sections 6-261,
6-264(3), and 6-267 of the Ferndale Code of Ordinances as submitted
by Sue Herrmann and Krista Johnston to allow political/expressive
signs in City right-of-way along West Maplehurst from June 15, 2008
to July 15, 2008; and formally recognize their efforts and
congratulate them on bringing the community together and trying to
do something pro-active to make their street a little bit better to
live and encourage them to continue with their campaign on their own
property.
AYES: Council Members Lennon, Baker, Galloway, Gumbleton, Mayor
Covey
NAYS: None
MOTION CARRIED
D. Consideration of new Parking Enforcement hours.
Moved by Council Member Galloway, seconded by Council Member
Baker, to approve changing the period for parking enforcement to 10
a.m. through 10 p.m.
AYES: Council Members Baker, Galloway, Gumbleton, Lennon, Mayor
Covey
NAYS: None
MOTION CARRIED
E. Amendment to 2003 Sidewalk-Replacement Contract.
Moved by Council Member Galloway, seconded by Council Member
Baker, that pursuant to paragraph 14 of the City of Ferndale
procurement policy, the Fifth Amendment to the 2003
Sidewalk-Replacement Contract be approved, and that the Mayor and
City Clerk be authorized to execute the Amendment, contingent on
Council’s approval of Special Assessment District No. 2008.
AYES: Council Members Galloway, Gumbleton, Baker
NAYS: Council Member Lennon, Mayor Covey
MOTION CARRIED
Consideration of Items Pulled from Consent Agenda, if any.
8. Council Liaison Reports:
D. Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG) –
Councilwoman Baker invited everyone to visit her at Greenfield
Village where she will be hosting everyone for the SEMCOG 40th
Anniversary Meeting at the end of the month.
F. Woodward Avenue Action Association (WA3) – Mayor Covey
announced that WA3 is moving forward with a number of items
including the "Tribute" and have set a date to break ground this
summer. City Manager Bruner expanded indicating the unveiling has
been set for September with a V.I.P. reception, a raffle on a
Lincoln MKX, which the winning ticket will be drawn that night. The
tickets will be $100.00, which includes the drawing for the Lincoln
and entry into the unveiling event at the property formerly known as
Woodward Lofts
9. CALL TO COUNCIL
Captain Sullivan announced there had been some recent issues with
power outages due to an overload of the grid by Fire Station No. 1.
He indicated that people should feel free to contact the officer in
charge so they can deal with the issue; they do not need to contact
Chief Kitchen or Council Members – call 911. At no time was anyone
in peril, except those who approached firefighters standing under
the high tension power lines to tell them of the problems in their
neighborhood – the danger was that they would be in the path of any
wires that may fall.
Deputy Clerk Szalma requested Council to approve a Resolution
regarding Morelle Earp, who passed away on June 5, 2008.
Moved by Mayor Covey, supported unanimously, to adopt the
Resolution regarding Morelle Earp, who passed away on June 5, 2008.
Adopted Unanimously
Motion Carried
City Manager Bruner announced the Ferndale Community Foundation
and the Ferndale Community Chamber of Commerce are presenting
Ferndale’s First Annual Holiday Home Tour, scheduled for Saturday,
December 6 and Sunday, December 7, 2008. Their next meeting is
Wednesday, June 26, 2008 at 8:00 a.m. and members of the community
who are interested in the event are welcome to attend.
Councilwoman Baker indicated that she and the Mayor were
discussing voter registration and working with the Seniors to get
them registered and referred this to the City Clerk’s Office. Mayor
Covey indicated the Berkley City Clerk actually went to the schools
to register qualified students. He announced that in August the
Council had its annual meeting with the School Board and this could
be brought up at that time.
Mayor Covey announced an upcoming Health Fair to be held
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 from 10:00 a.m. – 200 p.m., at Ferndale
City Hall; announced Flag day is June 14, 2008 and Ferndale will
hold a ceremony sponsored in part by the Ferndale Elks, at the
Ferndale Memorial Mall at 11:00 a.m. and this is the 100th
Anniversary of Flag Day; announced bike racks have not been
installed because they are waiting on "Miss Digg." Mayor Covey
requested the Ferndale Community Foundation be placed on the June
23, 2008 Council Meeting, where they will be distributing checks to
a number of Ferndale non-profit organizations and he announced the
12th Annual Ferndale Pubcrawl will be July 25, 2008.
10. ADJOURNMENT
There being no objections, Mayor Covey adjourned the meeting at
9:02 p.m.
Sharon Szalma, Deputy City Clerk
