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MINUTES OF REGULAR ROMULUS CITY COUNCIL MEETING
May 13, 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 LeRoy Burcroff.
Present:
John Barden, LeRoy Burcroff, Linda Choate, William Crova, Celeste Roscoe,
William Wadsworth, Eva Webb.
Administrative Officials in Attendance:
Alan R. Lambert, Mayor
Ellen L. Craig-Bragg, Clerk
Stacy Paige, Treasurer
1.
Moved by Barden, seconded by Roscoe to accept the agenda as presented.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
– Barden,
Burcroff, Choate, Crova, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
– None.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
13-145 2A.
Moved by Wadsworth, seconded by Webb to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of the Romulus
City Council held May 6, 2013.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
– Barden, Burcroff, Choate, Crova, Roscoe, Wadsworth,
Webb.
Nays
– None.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
13-146 4A.
Moved by Wadsworth, seconded by Roscoe to remove two tabled items (6C1 and 6C2) from the
May 6, 2013 regular Council meeting regarding the Downriver Community Conference (DCC) and Downriver
Mutual Aid (DMA) Bylaws.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
– Barden, Burcroff, Choate, Crova, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
– None.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
13-147 4B.
Moved by Wadsworth, seconded by Choate to adopt a resolution adopting an amendment to the bylaws
of the Downriver Community Conference to provide for its ability to borrow funds.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
– Barden,
Burcroff, Choate, Crova, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
– None.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
13-148 4C.
Moved by Wadsworth, seconded by Roscoe to adopt a resolution adopting an amendment to the bylaws
of the Downriver Mutual Aid to provide for its ability to borrow funds.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
– Barden, Burcroff,
Choate, Crova, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
– None.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
13-149 4D.
Moved by Wadsworth, seconded by Roscoe to authorize the mayor and clerk to enter into the Master
Acknowledgement and Consent Agreement for the DCC/DMA.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
– Barden, Burcroff, Choate,
Crova, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
– None.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
13-150 4E.
Moved by Crova, seconded by Wadsworth to adopt a memorial resolution for the family of Brian
Woehlke.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
– Barden, Burcroff, Choate, Crova, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
– None.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
13-151 4F.
Moved by Wadsworth, seconded by Roscoe to adopt a resolution recognizing Bill Crane, of Crane
Funeral Home, on his thirty years of conducting business in Romulus.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
– Barden, Burcroff,
Choate, Crova, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
– None.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
4.
Moved by Crova, seconded by Choate to accept the chairperson’s report.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
– Barden,
Burcroff, Choate, Crova, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
– None
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
13-152 5A.
Moved by Choate, seconded by Wadsworth to adopt the General Appropriations Act for FY 2013/2014
as prepared by the Finance Department and submitted by Mayor Lambert.
CITY OF ROMULUS
GENERALAND SPECIALAPPROPRIATIONS ACT
A resolution to provide for the adoption of a budget proposed by the Mayor containing estimates of proposed rev-
enues and expenditures for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013 and ending June 30, 2014 and millage
rates to support this budget.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROMULUS:
SECTION 1.
That for the expenditures of the City Government and its activities for the fiscal year, beginning
July 1, 2013 and ending June 30, 2014, the amounts in the following sections are hereby
appropriated.
SECTION 2.
That for the said fiscal year there is hereby appropriated out of the General Fund on an activity
basis, the following:
COUNCIL
77,488
MAYOR
383,509
LEGAL
330,000
COMMUNITY SERVICE
3,000
PUBLIC RELATIONS
500
CLERK
363,323
ELECTIONS
162,809
TREASURER
420,181
ASSESSOR
307,526
BOARD OF REVIEW
1,454
CITY OWNED PROPERTY
14,250
COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
11,508
FINANCE
635,696
HUMAN RESOURCES
250,914
UNALLOCATED
486,774
TRANSFERS TO OTHER FUNDS
283,835
POLICE
8,572,225
ORDINANCE
285,949
ANIMAL SHELTER
307,423
FIRE
2,027,838
PLANNING & ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
144,375
BUILDING
918,013
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
133,637
DRAINS-AT-LARGE
68,500
BUILDING & GROUNDS
1,871,669
CEMETERY
114,986
HISTORICAL COMMISSION
300
SENIOR SERVICES
170,140
UNRESOLVED CLAIMS
100,000
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
18,447,822
CONTINGENCIES
649,657
TOTAL EXPENDITURES & CONTINGENCIES
19,097,479
REVENUES TAXES
7,914,625
LICENSES & PERMITS
789,500
FEDERAL SOURCES
79,698
INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUES
3,808,891
CHARGES FOR SERVICES
2,286,435
MISCELLANEOUS
277,762
FINES & FORFEITS
3,000,000
TOTAL REVENUES
18,156,911
APPROPRIATED SURPLUS
940,568
TOTAL REVENUES & APPROPRIATED SURPLUS
19,097,479
SECTION 3.
That for the said fiscal year there is hereby appropriated out of the Major Roads Fund on an
activity basis, the following:
MAJOR ROADS FUND EXPENDITURES
1,449,605
TRANSFER TO BEVERLY ROAD
157,070
TRANSFER TO LOCAL STREETS
250,000
TOTAL EXPENDITURES & CONTINGENCIES
1,856,675
REVENUES
1,153,454
APPROPRIATED SURPLUS
703,221
TOTAL REVENUES & APPROPRIATED SURPLUS
1,856,675
SECTION 4.
That for the said fiscal year there is hereby appropriated out of the Local Streets Fund on an
activity basis, the following:
LOCAL STREETS FUND
771,031
REVENUES
696,545
APPROPRIATED SURPLUS
74,486
TOTAL REVENUES & APPROPRIATED SURPLUS
771,031
SECTION 5.
That for the said fiscal year there is hereby appropriated out of the Romulus Athletic Center Fund
on an activity basis, the following:
ROMULUS ATHLETIC CENTER
1,951,242
REVENUES
2,301,844
SECTION 6.
That for the said fiscal year there is hereby appropriated out of the Cemetery Perpetuation Fund
on an activity basis, the following:
CEMETERY PERPETUATION FUND
0
REVENUES
1,505
SECTION 7.
That for the said fiscal year there is hereby appropriated out of the Cable Television Fund on an
activity basis, the following:
CABLE TELEVISION
350,632
REVENUES
341,200
APPROPRIATED SURPLUS
9,432
TOTAL REVENUES & APPROPRIATED SURPLUS
350,632
SECTION 8.
That for the said fiscal year there is hereby appropriated out of the Merriman Road Special
Assessment Fund on an activity basis, the following:
MERRIMAN RD SPECIALASSESSMENT
87,500
REVENUES
78,817
APPROPRIATED SURPLUS
8,683
TOTAL REVENUES & APPROPRIATED SURPLUS
87,500
SECTION 9.
That for the said fiscal year there is hereby appropriated out of the Street Lighting Fund on an
activity basis, the following:
STREET LIGHTING
559,520
REVENUES
618,632
SECTION 10.
That for the said fiscal year there is hereby appropriated out of the Sanitation Fund on an
activity basis, the following:
SANITATION
1,094,055
REVENUES
1,269,285
SECTION 11.
That for the said fiscal year there is hereby appropriated out of the Community Development
Grants Fund on an activity basis, the following:
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
476,863
REVENUES
476,863
SECTION 12.
That for the said fiscal year there is hereby appropriated out of the 9 1 1 Fund on an activity
basis, the following:
9 1 1 FUND
222,345
REVENUES
154,300
APPROPRIATED SURPLUS
68,045
TOTAL REVENUES & APPROPRIATED SURPLUS
222,345
SECTION 13.
That for the said fiscal year there is hereby appropriated out of the Federal Law Enforcement
Fund on an activity basis, the following:
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
105,000
REVENUES
315,350
SECTION 14.
That for the said fiscal year there is hereby appropriated out of the State Law Enforcement Fund
on an activity basis, the following:
STATE FORFEITURE
512,360
REVENUES
330,900
APPROPRIATED SURPLUS
181,460
TOTAL REVENUES & APPROPRIATED SURPLUS
512,360
SECTION 15.
That for the said fiscal year there is hereby appropriated out of the Municipal Library Fund on
an activity basis, the following:
MUNICIPAL LIBRARY
366,001
REVENUES
342,771
APPROPRIATED SURPLUS
23,230
TOTAL REVENUES & APPROPRIATED SURPLUS
366,001
SECTION 16.
That for the said fiscal year there is hereby appropriated out of the Special Assessment -
Beverly Road Fund on an activity basis, the following:
SPECIALASSESSMENT - BEVERLY ROAD
277,301
REVENUES
276,586
APPROPRIATED SURPLUS
715
TOTAL REVENUES & APPROPRIATED SURPLUS
277,301
SECTION 17.
That for the said fiscal year there is hereby appropriated out of the Building Authority Debt
Service Fund on an activity basis, the following:
BUILDINGAUTHORITY DEBT SERVICE
275,113
REVENUES
275,086
APPROPRIATED SURPLUS
27
TOTAL REVENUES & APPROPRIATED SURPLUS
275,113
SECTION 18.
That for the said fiscal year there is hereby appropriated out of the Sewer Debt Service Fund on
an activity basis, the following:
SEWER DEBT SERVICE
0
REVENUES
14,000
SECTION 19.
That for the said fiscal year there is hereby appropriated out of the Water Debt Service Fund
on an activity basis, the following:
WATER DEBT SERVICE
132,455
REVENUES
7,550
APPROPRIATED SURPLUS
124,905
TOTAL REVENUES & APPROPRIATED SURPLUS
132,455
SECTION 20.
That for the said fiscal year there is hereby appropriated out of the Senior Center Construction
Fund on an activity basis, the following:
SENIOR CENTER CONSTRUCTION
395,648
REVENUES
395,423
APPROPRIATED SURPLUS
225
TOTAL REVENUES & APPROPRIATED SURPLUS
395,648
SECTION 21.
That for the said fiscal year there is hereby appropriated out of the Sewer and Water Fund on
an activity basis, the following:
SEWER AND WATER
16,194,016
REVENUES
14,630,047
APPROPRIATED SURPLUS
1,563,969
TOTAL REVENUES & APPROPRIATED SURPLUS
16,194,016
SECTION 22.
That for the said fiscal year there is hereby appropriated out of the Vehicle and Equipment Fund
on an activity basis, the following:
VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT
1,859,164
REVENUES
1,781,821
APPROPRIATED SURPLUS
77,343
TOTAL REVENUES & APPROPRIATED SURPLUS
1,859,164
SECTION 23.
That for the said fiscal year there is hereby appropriated out of the Technology Services Fund on
an activity basis, the following:
TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
562,122
REVENUES
370,036
APPROPRIATED SURPLUS
192,086
TOTAL REVENUES & APPROPRIATED SURPLUS
562,122
SECTION 24.
That for the said fiscal year there is hereby appropriated out of the Retirement Insurance Benefit
Fund on an activity basis, the following:
RETIREE INSURANCE BENEFITS
2,753,291
REVENUES
3,096,889
SECTION 25.
That for the said fiscal year there is hereby appropriated out of the Property and Liability Self-
Insurance Fund on an activity basis, the following:
PROPERTY AND LIABILITY SELF INSURANCE
561,830
REVENUES
544,847
APPROPRIATED SURPLUS
16,983
TOTAL REVENUES & APPROPRIATED SURPLUS
561,830
SECTION 26.
That for the said fiscal year there is hereby appropriated out of the Long Term Disability Self-
Insurance Fund on an activity basis, the following:
LONG-TERM DISABILITY SELF-INSURANCE
15,000
REVENUES
15,050
SECTION 27.
That for the said fiscal year there is hereby appropriated out of the Downtown Development
Authority Special Revenue Fund on an activity basis, the following:
DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY -
698,444
REVENUES
646,723
APPROPRIATED SURPLUS
51,721
TOTAL REVENUES & APPROPRIATED SURPLUS
698,444
SECTION 28.
That for the said fiscal year there is hereby appropriated out of the Tax Increment Finance
Authority Funds on an activity basis, the following:
TIFA DISTRICT II -
2,877,050
REVENUES
2,977,122
SECTION 29.
That for the said fiscal year there is hereby appropriated the following Capital Budget
expenditures:
CAPITAL BUDGET
4,509,834
SECTION 30.
That amounts budgeted for specific items or purposes and not required to be utilized for such
items or purposes may be spent by the Mayor for other items or purposes within the same
activity for which such allocations are made.
SECTION 31.
Be it further resolved that the following millage rates as provided by charter or statute be
assessed:
OPERATING MILLAGE
9.4063
LIBRARY MILLAGE
0.3000
SANITATION MILLAGE
1.5500
EPA LEVY MILLAGE
1.8217
SECTION 32.
Be it further resolved that the Property Tax Administration Fee and any type of late penalty
charge as provided for by charter or statute be assessed.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROMULUS:
That for the expenditures of the
34 th District Court
and its activities for the fiscal year beginning July
1, 2013 and ending June 30, 2014, the following amount is hereby appropriated.
OPERATING EXPENDITURES
$3,880,172
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
– Barden, Burcroff, Choate, Crova, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
– None
Motion
Carried Unanimously
.
13-153 5B.
Moved by Barden, seconded by Roscoe to extend Bid Award 12/13-02 through the end of 2014 for
pavement marking for the City of Romulus, Department of Public Works to R. S. Contracting, Inc.
Roll Call Vote
:
Ayes
– Barden, Burcroff, Choate, Crova, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
– None
Motion Carried
Unanimously
.
13-154 5C.
Moved by Wadsworth, seconded by Barden to authorize the extension of Bid Award 10/11-16 to pur-
chase road salt for the 2013-2014 winter road maintenance season under the MITN Bid from the lowest bidder,
Detroit Salt Company, at a per-ton price of $46.09 for purchases.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
– Barden, Burcroff, Choate,
Crova, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
– None
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
13-155 5D(1).
Moved by Roscoe, seconded by Webb to concur with the administration and adopt a resolution
accepting long-term maintenance of storm water management systems within the City of Romulus.
Roll Call Vote:
Ayes
– Barden, Burcroff, Choate, Crova, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
– None
Motion Carried
Unanimously
.
13-156 5D(2).
Moved by Roscoe, seconded by Webb to authorize Tom Wilson, DPW Director and Roberto
Scappaticci, Assistant DPW Director, to execute long-term maintenance permits on behalf of the City of Romulus.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
– Barden, Burcroff, Choate, Crova, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
– None
Motion
Carried Unanimously.
13-157 5E.
Moved by Crova, seconded by Wadsworth to authorize the purchase of a 2013 Ford Utility Demo
Model from Gorno Ford at a cost of $30,067 and additional emergency equipment up-fitting by Priority One at a
cost of $4,901.00 for a total replacement cost of $34,805.00.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
– Barden, Burcroff, Choate,
Crova, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
– None
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
13-158 6A1.
Moved by Webb, seconded by Choate to introduce amended City Ordinance, Chapter 38, Romulus
Employees Pension Plan.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
– Barden, Burcroff, Choate, Crova, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
– None
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
13-159 10.
Moved by Wadsworth, seconded by Webb to adopt a memorial resolution for the family of Agnes
Wilson.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
– Barden, Burcroff, Choate, Crova, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
– None
Motion Carried Unanimously.
13-160 11.
Moved by Barden, seconded by Choate to authorize the city treasurer to disburse funds as listed
in Warrant 13-09 in the amount of One Million, One Hundred Fourteen Thousand, Five Hundred Seventy-Four
Dollars and Eighty-Five Cents. ($1,114,574.85)
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
– Barden, Burcroff, Choate, Roscoe,
Wadsworth.
Nays
– Webb.
Abstain
-Crova
Motion Carried
.
12.
Moved by Wadsworth, seconded by Roscoe to adjourn the regular meeting of the Romulus City Council.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
– Barden, Burcroff, Choate, Crova, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
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 May 13, 2013.
Publish:
June 6, 2013
Public Notice - Request for Proposals
Proposals will be received in the office of the Romulus Housing Commission, located at
34200 Beverly Road, Romulus, Michigan, on June 10, 2013, until 11:00 a.m. local time.
The scope of work is for pest control services for 101 dwelling units of public housing and
office buildings. Plans and specifications may be obtained from the Housing Commission
office building on or after May 30, 2013.
Publish: May 30, 2013
June 6, 2013
Public Notice - Request for Proposals
Proposals will be received in the office of the Romulus Housing Commission, located at
34200 Beverly Road, Romulus, Michigan, on June 10, 2013, until 11:00 a.m. local time.
The scope of work is for plumbing services for 101 dwelling units of public housing and
office buildings with related repairs. Plans and specifications may be obtained from the
Housing Commission office building on or after May 30, 2013.
Publish: May 30, 2013
June 6, 2013