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January 2, 2014

MINUTES OF REGULAR ROMULUS CITY COUNCILMEETING

December 9, 2013

Romulus City Hall Council Chambers, 11111 Wayne Rd. Romulus, MI 48174

The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Mayor Pro Tem, John Barden.

Pledge of Allegiance

Roll Call

Present:

Kathleen Abdo, John Barden, Linda Choate, Harry Crout, Sylvia Makowski, Celeste

Roscoe, William Wadsworth.

Administrative Officials in Attendance:

LeRoy D. Burcroff, Mayor

Ellen L. Craig-Bragg, Clerk

Stacy Paige, Treasurer

1.

Moved by Roscoe, seconded by Makowski to accept the agenda as amended.

Roll Call Vote: Ayes

- Abdo, Barden, Choate, Crout, Makowski, Roscoe, Wadsworth.

Nays

- None.

Motion Carried Unanimously

.

13-403 2A.

Moved by Wadsworth, seconded by Abdo to approve the minutes of the regular meeting

of the Romulus City Council held on December 2, 2013.

Roll Call Vote: Ayes

- Abdo, Barden,

Choate, Crout, Makowski, Roscoe, Wadsworth.

Nays

- None.

Motion Carried Unanimously

.

13-404 4A.

Moved by Wadsworth, seconded by Choate to approve the extension of a letter of

understanding between the City of Romulus and the Teamsters Union Local 214 in regards to a

mechanic's position at the DPW Department.

Roll Call Vote: Ayes

- Abdo, Barden, Choate, Crout,

Makowski, Roscoe, Wadsworth.

Nays

- None.

Motion Carried Unanimously

.

4.

Moved by Choate, seconded by Makowski to accept the Chairperson's Report.

Roll Call Vote:

Ayes

- Abdo, Barden, Choate, Crout, Makowski, Roscoe, Wadsworth.

Nays

- None.

Motion

Carried Unanimously

.

13-405 5A.

Moved by Roscoe, seconded by Abdo to concur with the administration and authorize

the mayor and clerk to enter into an agreement to extend the Joint Management Committee through

December 31, 2014.

Roll Call Vote: Ayes

- Abdo, Barden, Choate, Crout, Makowski, Roscoe,

Wadsworth.

Nays

- None.

Motion Carried Unanimously

.

13-406 5B.

Moved by Wadsworth, seconded by Crout to concur with the administration and author-

ize the mayor and clerk to enter into an agreement for Amendment No. 3 of the Water Service

Agreement between the City of Romulus and the Detroit Water and Sewer Department.

Roll Call

Vote: Ayes

- Abdo, Barden, Choate, Crout, Makowski, Roscoe, Wadsworth.

Nays

- None.

Motion

Carried Unanimously

.

13-407 5C.

Moved by Abdo, seconded by Makowski to concur with the administration and author-

ize the mayor and clerk to execute the necessary documents to grant right of way at the southeast

corner of Goddard Road and Hunt Street "Historic Park" as part of the Goddard Road reconstruction

project.

Roll Call Vote: Ayes

- Abdo, Barden, Choate, Crout, Makowski, Roscoe, Wadsworth.

Nays

- None.

Motion Carried Unanimously

.

13-408 5D.

Moved by Choate, seconded by Roscoe to concur with the administration and authorize

the mayor and clerk to enter into the Sub-recipient agreement authorizing the 2011 allocation in the

amount of $26,663 for Romulus housing rehabilitation to be administered through Wayne Metro

Community Action Agency.

Roll Call Vote: Ayes

- Abdo, Barden, Choate, Crout, Makowski,

Roscoe, Wadsworth.

Nays

- None.

Motion Carried Unanimously

.

13-409 5E.

Moved by Wadsworth, seconded by Crout to adopt a resolution to exempt City employ-

ees from either of the cost-sharing options for the City's medical benefits plans effective January 1,

2014 through December 31, 2014.

Roll Call Vote: Ayes

- Abdo, Barden, Choate, Crout, Makowski,

Roscoe, Wadsworth.

Nays

- None.

Motion Carried Unanimously

.

13-410 6A1.

Moved by Wadsworth, seconded by to Makowski to approve second reading and final

adoption of Budget Amendment 12/13-21, general fund - introduced at the Council meeting of

December 2, 2013.

Roll Call Vote: Ayes

- Abdo, Barden, Choate, Crout, Makowski, Roscoe,

Wadsworth.

Nays

- None.

Motion Carried Unanimously

.

13-411 6A2.

Moved by Roscoe, seconded by to Abdo to approve second reading and final adoption

of Budget Amendment 13/14-8, general fund - introduced at the Council meeting of December 2,

2013.

Roll Call Vote: Ayes

- Abdo, Barden, Choate, Crout, Makowski, Roscoe, Wadsworth.

Nays

- None.

Motion Carried Unanimously

.

13-412 6A3.

Moved by Wadsworth, seconded by Makowski to approve second reading and final

adoption of an ordinance to enact a new code for the City of Romulus Code of Ordinances.

Roll

Call Vote: Ayes

- Abdo, Barden, Choate, Crout, Makowski, Roscoe, Wadsworth.

Nays

- None.

Motion Carried Unanimously

.

13-413 6A4.

Moved by Roscoe, seconded by Crout to schedule a study session with the Director of

Public Safety, John Leacher, on Monday, January 6, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. to discuss a proposed ethics

ordinance. The meeting will be held in the City Hall Council Chambers, 11111 Wayne Rd.

Romulus, MI.

Roll Call Vote: Ayes

- Abdo, Barden, Choate, Crout, Makowski, Roscoe,

Wadsworth.

Nays

- None.

Motion Carried Unanimously

.

13-414 6A5.

Moved by Abdo, seconded by Wadsworth to schedule a public hearing for Special Tree

Rehabilitation Systems NeuroCare Campus PDA (Planned Development Area) on Monday, January

6, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers, 11111 Wayne Rd, Romulus, MI 48174.

Roll Call Vote: Ayes

- Abdo, Barden, Choate, Crout, Makowski, Roscoe, Wadsworth.

Nays

- None.

Motion Carried Unanimously

.

13-415 6A6.

Moved by Choate, seconded by Crout to concur with the city assessor and the

Executive Advisory Commission and re-appoint Reverend Edward Thomas to the Board of Review

with a term commencing January 1, 2014 and expiring December 31, 2015.

Roll Call Vote: Ayes

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Abdo, Barden, Choate, Crout, Makowski, Roscoe, Wadsworth.

Nays

- None.

Motion Carried

Unanimously

.

13-416 6A7.

Moved by Choate, seconded by Crout to concur with the Property Disposition

Committee's objection to the transfer of properties listed on the Wayne County Treasurer's 2013

Second Right of Refusal Parcels List.

Roll Call Vote: Ayes

- Abdo, Barden, Choate, Crout,

Makowski, Roscoe, Wadsworth.

Nays

- None.

Motion Carried Unanimously

.

13-417 6A8.

Moved by Wadsworth, seconded by Crout to adopt a memorial resolution for the fami-

ly of Mariah Bogard.

Roll Call Vote: Ayes

- Abdo, Barden, Choate, Crout, Makowski, Roscoe,

Wadsworth.

Nays

- None.

Motion Carried Unanimously

.

13-418 11.

Moved by Choate, seconded by Makowsi to authorize the city treasurer to disburse funds

as listed in Warrant 13-23 in the amount of $957,706.43.

Roll Call Vote: Ayes

- Abdo, Barden,

Choate, Crout, Makowski, Roscoe, Wadsworth.

Nays

- None.

Motion Carried Unanimously

.

12.

Moved by Wadsworth, seconded by Abdo to adjourn the regular meeting of the Romulus City

Council.

Roll Call Vote: Ayes

- Abdo, Barden, Choate, Crout, Makowski, Roscoe, Wadsworth.

Nays

- None.

Motion Carried Unanimously

.

I, Ellen L. Craig-Bragg, Clerk for the City of Romulus, Michigan do hereby certify the foregoing to

be a true copy of the minutes of the regular meeting of the Romulus City Council held on December

9, 2013.

Publish:

January 2, 2014

CITY OF ROMULUS

ORDINANCE NO. 13-412

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING A NEW CODE FOR THE CITY OF

ROMULUS; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT

INCLUDED THEREIN; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF;

PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER OF AMENDING SUCH CODE; AND PROVIDING

WHEN SUCH CODE AND THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.

THE CITY OF ROMULUS, WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN, HEREBY ORDAINS:

Section 1. The Code entitled “Code of Ordinances, City of Romulus, Michigan,” published by

Municipal Code Corporation, consisting of chapters 1 through 64, each inclusive, is adopted.

Section 2. All ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted on or before August 5, 2013,

and not included in the Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein, are

repealed; provided, however, that nothing in this Ordinance hereby adopted shall be construed to

affect any suit or proceeding pending in any court or administrative body, or any rights acquired, or

liability incurred, or any cause or causes of action acquired or existing, under any Act or Ordinance

hereby repealed by this Ordinance; nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be

lost, impaired, or affected by this Ordinance.

Section 3. The repeal provided for in section 2 hereof shall not be construed to revive any prior ordi-

nance or part thereof that has been previously repealed by an ordinance that is repealed by this ordi-

nance.

Section 4. Unless another penalty is expressly provided, every person convicted of a violation of any

provision of the Code or any ordinance, rule or regulation adopted or issued in pursuance thereof

shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) and costs of prosecution

or by imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the

discretion of the court; provided, however, that the punishment shall be imprisonment for not more

than 93 days or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both, if the violation substantially corresponds to

a violation of state law that is a misdemeanor for which the maximum period of imprisonment is 93

days. Each act of violation and each day upon which any such violation shall continue or occur shall

constitute a separate offense. The penalty provided by this section, unless another penalty is express-

ly provided, shall apply to the amendment of any Code section, whether or not such penalty is reen-

acted in the amendatory ordinance. In addition to the penalty prescribed above, the city may pursue

any and all other remedies available to it at law or equity, including, without limitation, damages, cost

recovery, abatement of nuisances, injunctive relief and revocation of licenses or permits.

Section 5. Additions or amendments to the Code when passed in such form as to indicate the inten-

tion to make the same a part of the Code shall be deemed to be incorporated in the Code, so that ref-

erence to the Code includes the additions and amendments.

Section 6. Ordinances adopted after August 5, 2013, that amend or refer to ordinances that have been

codified in the Code shall be construed as if they amend or refer to like provisions of the Code.

Section 7. This Ordinance shall be given a first reading on December 2, 2013, shall be enacted on

December 9, 2013 and shall be published on or before January 2, 2014 and shall be effective

January 2, 2014.

ADOPTED, APPROVED, AND PASSED

by the City Council of the City of Romulus this 9th

day of December, 2013.

LeRoy D. Burcroff, Mayor

Ellen Craig-Bragg, City Clerk

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Ordinance as passed by the City

Council of the City of Romulus at a regular Council Meeting held in the City Council Room at

City Hall in the City of Romulus on the 9 th day of December, 2013.

Ellen Craig-Bragg, City Clerk

I further certify that the foregoing was published in the Romulus Roman, a newspaper print-

ed in the City of Romulus, on the 2nd day of January 2014.

Ellen Craig-Bragg, City Clerk

INTRODUCED:

12-02-13

ADOPTED:

12-09-13

PUBLISHED:

01-02-14

Within forty-five (45) days after the publication of any ordinance duly passed by the Council, a

petition may be presented to the Council protesting against such ordinance continuing in effect.

Said petition shall contain the text of such ordinance and shall be signed by not less than six (6%)

of the registered electors registered at the last preceding election at which a Mayor of the City was

elected. Said ordinance shall thereupon and thereby by suspended from operation and the Council

shall immediately reconsider such ordinance.

CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON

ACCESS TO PUBLIC MEETINGS

The Charter Township of Canton will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired

and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon two

weeks notice to the Charter Township of Canton. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the

Charter Township of Canton by writing or calling the following:

Gwyn Belcher, ADA Coordinator

Charter Township of Canton, 1150 S. Canton Center Road

Canton, MI 48188

(734) 394-5260

Published: January 2, 2014

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C

ANTON

- W

ESTLAND

Simply the best

Neil Diamond tribute performance

will benefit 3 civic organizations

Traffic accident disrupts power

When Westland Community

Foundation founder and board

member Glenn Shaw was search-

ing for a fundraiser for the group

this year, he had one main criteria:

Hewanted it to be the best.

Added to that was his desire to

bring people from Westland into

The Village Theater in Canton, a

facility he and his wife, Pattie, sup-

port through the Canton

Partnership for the Arts and

Humanities. He contacted Jill

Engel, the executive director of the

Canton arts group and the pair

began to research available acts

that might have the appeal to draw

a crowd large enough to fill The

Village Theater and provide an

evening of entertainment that the

audiencewouldn't soon forget.

They think they found just the

guy in Brian La Blanc, who will

bring his Simply Diamond, show to

Canton for two shows Jan. 18. La

Blanc has been called “the best

Neil Diamond tribute act out

there,” by none other than leg-

endary bandleader and musician

Paul Shaffer, who performs nightly

on The David Letterman Show. It

was Shaffer who prompted La

Blanc to continue his Simply

Diamond show.

“His voice sounds like the real

deal,” Shaffer said. “I've seen four

of the biggest Neil Diamond trib-

ute acts and this guy blows themall

away.”

Radio host Joey Reynolds,

another music legend, who worked

with Neil Diamond and intro-

duced many of Diamond's hits on

the radio, said, “I can't tell the dif-

ference between Brian and

Neil…if I closed my eyes, I'd swear

that Neil is here with me in the

room.”

Tickets for the 2 p.m. show are

priced at $25 per person for gener-

al admission seats and can be pur-

chased through The Village

Theater website, www.cantonvil-

lagetheater.org or by calling (734)

394-5460. All proceeds from both

shows will benefit The Westland

Community Foundation, the

Canton Partnership for the Arts

and Humanities and the Westland

Chamber of Commerce.

The second show will begin

with a 90-minute reception from

6:30-8 p.m. and will include a

strolling dinner from la Bistecca

Italian Grille, The Sardine Room,

Antonio's Cucina Italiana,

Courthouse Grill andHayden's Bar

& Grill. The evening show recep-

tion will include an open bar and

valet parking and tickets are

priced at $75 per person.

Tickets and information are

available at The Westland

Community Foundation at (734)

595-7727, Canton Partnership for

the Arts and Humanities (734) 765-

7061 and the Westland Chamber of

Commerce (734)326-7222.

The Village Theater at Cherry

Hill is located at 50400 Cherry Hill

Road in Canton. The evening is