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MINUTES OF REGULAR ROMULUS CITY COUNCIL MEETING
January 9, 2017
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
Stacy Paige, Treasurer
Ellen L. Craig-Bragg, Clerk
1.
Moved by
Crout,
seconded by
Makowski
to accept the agenda as presented.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
17-008 2A.
Moved by
Wadsworth,
seconded by
Abdo
to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of the
Romulus City Council held on January 3, 2017.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
3. Petitioner:
Thom Dumond, Boss Engineering, presented information regarding the special land use request.
17-009 3A.
Moved by
Wadsworth,
seconded by
Crout,
to approve a special land use request, Gateway Park
Phase III, 8300 Merriman Rd. (Parcel ID #80-040-99-0003-722) for construction of a commercial building for
retail and a drive-thru restaurant.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
4. Chairperson’s Report:
Pamela Johnson, student at Wayne State University, received a scholarship of $2,450 toward a trip to Africa to
study abroad and to be part of an 18 month volunteer program. She is open to suggestions as to how she can
fund the remaining balance of $2,450 for her journey; perhaps through grants or scholarships. Her information
will be available on the government cable channel.
17-010 4A.
Moved by
Wadsworth,
seconded by
Makowski,
to adopt a memorial resolution for the family of
Petra Pratt.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
17-011 4B.
Moved by
Crout,
seconded by
Choate,
to adopt a memorial resolution for the family of Lnng
Coleman.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
4.
Moved by
Roscoe,
seconded by
Makowski
to accept the Chairperson’s Report.
Motion Carried
Unanimously
.
5. Mayor’s Report:
Mayor Burcroff presented a video of upcoming City events.
17-012 5A.
Moved by
Makowski,
seconded by
Wadsworth
to concur with the administration and re-appoint to
the Municipal Library Board, James Napiorkowski, with a term to expire on April 11, 2021, Debra Hoffman, with
a term to expire on April 11, 2020, and Midge Prybyla with a term to expire on April 11, 2018 and to recognize
Candace Myshock as the Huron Township liaison with a term to expire on April 11, 2019.
Motion Carried
Unanimously
.
6A. Clerk’s Report:
City Clerk, Ellen Craig-Bragg, announced the Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration to be held on Monday, January
16, 2017.
6B. Treasurer’s Report
7. Public Comment: None.
8. Unfinished Business
9. New Business:
Councilman Wadsworth recognized the Romulus Chamber of Commerce for utilizing Romulus Lanes for their
bowling tournament this year. Councilwoman Makowski announced upcoming Romulus Library events.
10. Communication:
17-013 11.
Moved by
Choate,
seconded by
Crout
to pay Warrant 17-01 in the amount of $654,829.42.
Motion
Carried Unanimously
.
12.
Moved by
Wadsworth,
seconded by
Makowski
to adjourn the regular meeting of the Romulus City Council.
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 January 9, 2017.
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CITY OF ROMULUS INVITATION TO BID
ITB 16/17-21 - Project #0155-11-0010 ECORSE CITY SUBDIVISION
& BIBBINS STREET WATER MAIN
The City of Romulus, is requesting sealed bids for the Ecorse City Subdivision & Bibbins Street
Water Main (ITB 16/17-21). The work includes replacement of 7,800 feet of existing water main
with new 8-inch PVC and 8-inch ductile iron pipe. Means of construction include static pipe burst-
ing, directional drill, and open trench methods within the Ecorse City Subdivision and along Bibbins
Street.
No pre-bid meeting is scheduled for this project.
Sealed bids will be received at the office of the City of Romulus Clerk until 2:00 PM local time, on
February 28, 2017. All bids should be clearly addressed:
ITB 16/17-21 - Project #0155-11-0010 Ecorse City Subdivision & Bibbins Street Water Main
City of Romulus Clerk's Office
11111 Wayne Road
Romulus, MI 48174
Contract documents for this project shall be on file on and after 2:00 PM, February 7, 2017, at the
City of Romulus Clerk's Office or may also be examined and/or purchased (prepaid, non-refundable
$55.00 for documents and additional $15.00 prepaid, non-refundable charge for mailing) from the
City's Engineer, OHM Advisors, 34000 Plymouth Road, Livonia, MI 48150 or can be downloaded
from the Michigan Inter-governmental Trade Network website:
. Bid security
in the form of a Certified or Cashier's Check or bid bond for a sum no less than five percent (5%) of
the amount of the bid will be required with each Bid. The City of Romulus reserves the right to
accept or reject any bid, or waive irregularities in bids. No bid may be withdrawn for a period of
ninety (90) calendar days after the scheduled closing time for receipt of the bids. Neither the sub-
mission of nor acceptance of any bid shall constitute a contract between any bidder and the City of
Romulus. No such contract shall exist unless and until all required bonds and proof of insurances
and copies of endorsements have been received by the City and an agreement is signed by author-
ized representatives of the City of Romulus and the successful bidder. Questions regarding the proj-
ect or the ITB documents should be directed to Marcus McNamara of OHM Advisors at 734-522-
6711 or
Publish: February 2, 2017
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CITY OF ROMULUS INVITATION TO BID
ITB 16/17-19 THREE (3) 2017 GMC SIERRA 1500 4WD DBL CAB PICK-UP
TRUCKS FOR DPW W/OPTION TO FINANCE
ITB 16/17-17 2017 FORD TRANSIT 250 MR VAN
The City of Romulus, Michigan is seeking bids from qualified companies for the acquisition of three
(3) 2017 GMC Sierra 1500 4WD, 143.5" Double Cab Pick-Up Trucks as specified in the ITB doc-
uments (ITB 16/17-19) with option to finance for 48 months and bids for one (1) 2017 Ford Transit
Van with all options as specified in the ITB documents (ITB 16/17-17). Bids for alternate vehicles
meeting the minimum specifications will be considered.
(1) Qualified individuals and firms wishing to submit a bid
must use the forms provided by the City.
Bid forms and specifications may be obtained from the MITN system @
/.
Bids may be rejected unless made on the forms included with the bidding documents.
(2) Clarifications, modifications, or amendments may be made to this solicitation at the discretion of
the City. Any and all addenda issued by the City will be posted on the MITN system. All inter-
ested parties are instructed to view the MITN website regularly for any issued addenda. It is the
responsibility of the bidder to obtain the any issued addenda and acknowledge any issued adden-
da by including a printed copy of the addendum as part of the required documents for this solic-
itation and list the addendum in the bid's Table of Contents if required.
(3) Two (2) copies of the bids must be submitted in a sealed envelope and returned to the
City Clerk's
Office
no later than 2:30 P.M., Wednesday,
February 22, 2017
. Bids should be submitted in a
sealed envelope and addressed using the Bid package label provided in the ITB documents.
(4) At approximately 2:45 p.m., local time all timely received bids are to be publicly opened and
read.
(5) The successful Bidder will be required to submit proof of all insurance required by the ITB doc-
uments and copies of all required endorsements.
(6) The City reserves the right to postpone the opening without notification and also reserves the
right to reject all bids and proposals and to waive any minor informality or irregularity in pro-
posals received.
(7) For additional information contact Lynn A, Conway, City of Romulus, Purchasing Director, by
calling (734) 955-4568 or by emailing
Publish: February 2, 2017
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QUALIFICATIONS for GENERAL CONTRACTOR SERVICES
The City of Westland is prequalifying Contractors for General Contractor services for the:
CONSTRUCTION / RENOVATION OF THE WILLIAM P. FAUST PUBLIC LIBRARY
Request for Qualifications are due by 2:00 p.m., local time, Friday, February 10, 2017. The RFQ document (and attachments)
must be emailed directly to
The City of Westland will not consider or accept qualifications after the date and time specified for submission in the advertise-
ment.
Qualifications shall be accompanied by a sworn and notarized statement disclosing any familial relationship that exists between
the owner and any employee of the company and the City of Westland.
The City of Westland will not consider or accept qualifications that does not include this sworn and notarized disclosure state-
ment
The City of Westland has adopted and implemented a local policy that gives a preference to a City of Westland-based business
in awarding a contract under this section. The policy may provide for a preference based on the status of the primary contractor
as a City of Westland-based business or based on the status of 1 or more subcontractors of the primary contractor as Westland-
based businesses, or both. A policy adopted under this subsection shall be consistent with federal statutes and regulations and
shall not be applied to a contract that is to be paid with federal funds.
The City of Westland may require this project to be Prevailing Wage. Please familiarize yourself with the Bid Specifications and
Prevailing Wage and Benefits section of the City of Westland’s Ordinance.
Request for Qualifications documents can be obtained by selecting the link below:
In order to be considered, construction firms must be able to meet the following minimum qualifications:
• Have completed at least (5) municipal projects in the past (10) ten years
• Have completed at least (2) renovation projects of at least $2,000,000 in the past (5) five years.
• Have an available single contract bonding capacity of at least $10,000,000
• Have been in business for at least (15) years
• Have an EMR less than 1.0
• Become familiar with the City of Westland’s Bid Specifications and Prevailing Wage Ordinance (attached as part of the RFQ)
• Have a proposed Project Superintendent with past experience of at (1) municipal renovation project
Qualifications must be submitted using the format and forms provided by Plante Moran Cresa for the
“Contractor Statement
of Qualification for City of Westland Robert P. Faust Public Library”
It is anticipated that formal Request for Proposals will be sent only to prequalified contractors in early March 2017.
The City of Westland reserves the right to reject any or all proposals in whole or in part and waive any irregularities therein.
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As the New Year continues,
the City of Romulus is ready for
development.
The city will host a public
hearing on its firstmajor develop-
ment of the year next month.
Daehan Solutions, MichiganLLC,
is requesting a 10-year tax abate-
ment for work planned at an
existing facility at 10401 Harrison
Road, according to Romulus
Clerk Ellen Craig Bragg. The
project, with an estimated cost of
more than $14 million, will bring
153 new jobs to the community,
she said. The hearing is sched-
uled for 7 p.m. Feb. 27.
City officials also hope to see
additional movement on a couple
of projects initiated or
announced last year.
First, a new partner will be
working with Paragon Outlets on
the proposed Outlets of Michigan
retail center. That project, initial-
ly slated to get under way in 2016,
has been pushed back to 2018,
according to the Paragon web
site.
“It's still a live project,” said
Romulus Mayor Leroy Burcroff.
“It's stillmoving forward.”
Billed as a 350,000-square-foot
regional outlet mall, it will be
constructed at the intersection of
I-94 andViningRoad. The project
has changed slightly since it was
first approved by Romulus plan-
ners. The food court, once a cen-
tral part of the design, has been
eliminated.
“They're going to submit a
revised site plan,” Burcroff said.
“That'll be the real significant
change in the site plan. The
design will stay the same, pretty
much and all the prior work with
tenants and so forth is carrying
over to the new company.”
Paragon has not yet announced
the anchor tenants.
Work is also under way on
Artisan's Reserve, Inc, a micro-
brewery approved by the council
last year. Burcroff said renova-
tions are taking place through a
Downtown
Development
Authority (DDA) grant.
City officials hope to spark
movement on another prominent
downtown vacancy: the old
Romulus Market grocery store.
The site has attracted some inter-
est, Burcroff said.
“We have a good shell of a
building. There's just a lot of work
inside that's deterred a lot of peo-
ple frommoving forward with it,”
he said.
Burcroff, Romulus Economic
Director Tim Keyes and others
recently went to Lansing to dis-
cuss the project with representa-
tives of the Michigan Economic
Development
Corporation
(MEDC). Through that meeting,
Burcroff said Romulus decided
to enter into the Development
Ready Certified Community
Program and have already put
some staff members through the
initial phases of training.
“What they'll do is help you
market your community, once you
go through this,” he said. “We've
learned a lot. It's a long process,
but in a nutshell what happens is
there are grants and low-interest
loans that people can get through
this development-ready commu-
nity program for projects like
this.
“Our commitment to the cur-
rent land owner is to help him or
whoever he opts to sell the prop-
erty to through this process to get
grants and other things.”
Wayne County Commissioner Glenn S.
Anderson will be hosting a Coffee Hour
from noon until 1 p.m. in Inkster with
elected officials from the State of
Michigan onMonday, Feb. 13. They will be
co-hosted with State Senator David
Knezek and State Representative Jewell
Jones at the Leanna Hicks Public Library,
located at 2005 InksterRoad.
Residents are encouraged to attend
and discuss issues of importance to them.
Citizens who have questions or concerns
in the meantime are encouraged to con-
tact any of the elected officials by mail,
telephone, or email:
Representative Jewell Jones
Mail: POBox 30014, Lansing, MI 48909
Phone: (517) 373-0849
Email:
SenatorDavidKnezek
Mail: POBox 30036, Lansing, MI 48909
Phone: (855) 347-8005
Email:
CommissionerGlennS. Anderson
Mail: 500 Griswold St., 7th Floor, Detroit,
MI 48226
Phone: (313) 224-8855
Email:
Our commitment to the current land
owner is to help him or whoever he
opts to sell the property to through
this process to get grants and other things.
”
Romulus prepared for new development, growth
Taking the oath
Erika Geiss, D Taylor, who is in her second term representing the 12th House
District was officially sworn in as a member of the House Democratic Caucus
last month. "I am excited to announce that I will serve on three House commit-
tees this term: Commerce and Trade, Michigan Competitiveness, and Workforce
and Talent Development. I would also like to thank House Speaker Tom Leonard
and Democratic Leader Sam Singh for naming me the Democratic vice chair-
woman of the Michigan Competitiveness Committee, Geiss said.
