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MINUTES OF REGULAR ROMULUS CITY COUNCIL MEETING
June 13, 2016
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.
1.
Moved
by Crout,
seconded by
Roscoe,
to accept the agenda as presented.
Motion Carried Unanimously.
16-271 2A.
Moved by
Wadsworth,
seconded by
Roscoe,
to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of the
Romulus City Council held on June 6, 2016.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
3A. Petitioner: None.
4. Chairperson’s Report:
Mayor Pro-Tem Barden announced that there were three special meetings earlier this evening: a closed session
at 6:00 pm for a legal opinion, a study session at 6:15 pm to discuss the 34 th District Court project, and a study
session at 7:15 pm to discuss the City’s third quarter report. Mr. Barden asked Tim Keyes, Economic
Development Director, to give an update on the projects going on in the city.
16-272 4A.
Moved by
Choate,
seconded by
Wadsworth,
to adopt a memorial resolution for the family of Ineace
Truitt.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
16-273 4B.
Moved by
Crout
, seconded by
Wadsworth,
to adopt a memorial resolution for the family of Monika
Johnson.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
16-274 4C.
Moved by
Wadsworth,
seconded by
Crout,
to adopt a resolution to sign a release and settlement
agreement with Protective Insurance Company.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
4.
Moved by
Roscoe,
seconded by
Choate,
to accept the Chairperson’s report.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
5. Mayor’s Report:
Mayor Burcroff presented a video about upcoming events in the City. The mayor announced that President
Obama directed to have the American Flag at half-staff in memory of the shooting victims in Orlando, Florida.
Mayor Burcroff asked for a moment of silence for the victims and their families and friends. The mayor apolo-
gized for the errors in the City newsletter that were made by the printer and assured residents that the printer will
make the necessary corrections. The mayor commented that the first Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast went well and he
thanked everyone who participated in the event. He added that the money raised ($500.00) will be donated to
the Mayor’s Drug Task Force Scholarship fund.
16-275 5A1.
Moved by
Wadsworth,
seconded by
Crout,
to concur with the administration and adopt a resolu-
tion in support of the application with the State of Michigan for the 2016 fireworks event.
Motion Carried
Unanimously
.
16-276 5A2.
Moved by
Choate,
seconded by
Roscoe,
to concur with the administration and authorize a no-fee
permit for the 2016 Romulus fireworks on city property south of Ecorse Road, no-fee permits for two food trail-
ers and one glow product tent on the school property, as well as one glow product tent in Elmer Johnson Park,
and approval of the closure of Ozga between Tyler and Wick between 9:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. to expedite the
flow of traffic when the fireworks are complete.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
16-277 5B.
Moved by
Choate,
seconded by
Crout,
to concur with the administration and award RFP 15/16-23,
for the design, manufacture and installation of a decorative metal gate and arch to be located outside the City of
Romulus Memorial Cemetery, for the City of Romulus Clerk’s office, to the lowest bidder, American Fence, in
the amount of $23,310.00
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
16-278 5C.
Moved by
Wadsworth,
seconded by
Crout,
to concur with the administration and award Bid ITB
15/16-35 to the lowest bidder, Osborne Concrete, for the as-needed purchase of concrete at the bid prices for
2016 and 2017.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
16-279 5D.
Moved by
Roscoe,
seconded by
Choate,
to increase the cost recovery contractual cost with offset-
ting revenues. (Introduction of Budget Amendment 15/16-20, general fund.)
FUND/DEPT.
CURRENT
AMENDED
ACCOUNT NO.
ACCOUNT NAME
BUDGET AMENDMENT BUDGET
General Fund
Revenue
101-336-679.000
Fire Dept Cost Recovery
40,000 5,000 45,000
Expense
101-336-818.000
Fire Dept Contractual Services 15,000 5,000 20,000
To increase the cost recovery contractual cost with offsetting revenues. Note: This has no effect on the
General Fund’s fund balance.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
16-280 5E.
Moved by
Roscoe,
seconded by
Wadsworth,
to move unused funding from the 15/16 fiscal year (in
retained
earnings) to the capital outlay budget to complete the up fitting of the purchased Fire Department vehicles.
(Introduction of Budget Amendment 16/17-2, motor vehicle fund.)
FUND/DEPT.
CURRENT
AMENDED
ACCOUNT NO.
ACCOUNT NAME
BUDGET AMENDMENT BUDGET
Motor Vehicle Fund
Expense
661-258-970.138 Capital Outlay - M & E - Motor Vehicle 98,500
12,360 110,860
Fund Balance
661-000-395.000 Retained Earnings - Motor Vehicle
2,226,390 (12,360) 214,030
To move unused funding from the 15/16 fiscal year (in retained earnings) to the capital outlay budget to com-
plete the up fitting of the purchased Fire Department vehicles.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
6A. Clerk’s Report:
City Clerk Ellen Bragg reminded everyone of the Primary Election on August 2nd, and that the last day to reg-
ister to vote for the Primary is July 5 th . She also commented that Election information is included in the
City newsletter and also posted on the City website. Clerk Bragg and the city clerk from Inkster went to Romulus
High School to register graduating seniors to vote. They were able to register about one third of the senior class
and the administration invited the clerks back next year to register the graduating seniors of 2017.
16-281 6A1.
Moved by
Roscoe,
seconded by
Choate,
to approve second reading and final adoption of Budget
Amendment 16/17-1, cemetery fund, which was introduced at the Council meeting of June 6, 2016
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
16-282 6A2.
Moved by
Roscoe,
seconded by
Wadsworth,
to concur with the recommendation of the Property
Disposition Committee and authorize Tim Keyes, Economic Development Director, and Kevin Krause, Deputy
Fire Chief, to enter into negotiations with West Short Services, Inc. to lease 37230 Northline (Fire Station #1)
with the condition to leave the name of Joseph Crova on the building.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
6B. Treasurer’s Report:
Treasurer Paige gave a review of the study session held at 7:15 on the third quarter city investments. She report-
ed that the City’s investments are doing well and are slightly above the benchmark set by Meryl Lynch.
7. Public Comment: None
8. Unfinished Business:
Councilman Wadsworth commented that he received compliments from two residents regarding the City
Newsletter. He asked Mayor Burcroff about the possibility of security cameras at the Animal Shelter and also
commented that funds are available in the Animal Shelter donations account. Mayor Burcroff agreed to look
into the matter.
9. New Business
10. Communication
16-283 11.
Moved by
Choate,
seconded by
Crout
to pay Warrant 16-11 in the amount of $956,995.57.
Motion
Carried Unanimously
12.
Moved by
Wadsworth,
seconded by
Roscoe,
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 June 13, 2016.
RM070716-0071 2.5 x 12.418
LEGAL NOTICE
1954 PA 188 PROCEEDINGS
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT HEARING
Charter Township of Plymouth
Wayne County, Michigan
TO:
THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF PLYMOUTH, WAYNE
COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS:
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that as a result of Petitions of property owners within the Township signed by the record
owners of land whose front footage constitutes more than 50% of the total front footage of the hereinafter described Special
Assessment District and the Township Board of the Charter Township of Plymouth proposes a road pavement rehabilitation proj-
ect in the Hunters Creek Subdivision and to create a Special Assessment for the recovery of the cost thereof by Special
Assessment against the properties benefited therein.
Notice is hereby given to all persons interested, that the Board of Trustees of the Charter Township of Plymouth has
tentatively declared its intention to make the hereinafter described improvement:
The proposed improvements to the existing two-lane concrete roadway with integral curb and gutter shall con-
sist of complete and/or partial pavement and curb replacement, sub-base and subgrade preparation, and miscel-
laneous driveway work, sidewalk ramp, drainage structure modification or subgrade underdrain installation,
which may be needed to facilitate the replacement of concrete road pavement only, or as required by County of
Wayne. It is understood that this is primarily a road maintenance project and therefore any drainage problems
existing prior to the project will not be corrected except where said modification is necessary to protect the life
of the road pavement. Existing water problems, such as standing water, etc., outside of the roadway will not be
resolved by this program. It is further understood that this alternate, if permitted by the County of Wayne, could
be subject to special conditions dependent upon the findings of the soils investigation report, existing subsur-
face conditions, etc. The project commences at the north right-of-way line of Powell Road, and proceeds
northerly and then westerly along Hunters Creek Drive approximately 2,200 feet to the west limit of SAD (west
limit of Lot 14). The project also includes Hunters Creek Court commencing at the intersection of Hunters
Creek Drive and proceeding westerly approximately 450 feet to its point of termination.
That it has further been tentatively determined that the following described lots and parcels of land will specially benefit from
said improvements and will constitute a Special Assessment District against which the cost of said improvement shall be
assessed:
The district limits for frontage along Hunters Creek Drive and Hunters Creek Court consists of Lots 1 through
10 and Lots 12 through 28 of Hunters Creek Subdivision, all located in the Southeast ¼ of Section 29, T.1S,
R.8E, of Plymouth Township, Wayne County, Michigan.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Board of Trustees of the Charter Township of Plymouth shall meet on
Tuesday,
July 19, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. at the Plymouth Township Hall, 9955 N. Haggerty Rd, Plymouth, Michigan 48170
, for the pur-
pose of reviewing said proposed Special Assessment District, and hearing objections to the improvement, creation of the Special
Assessment District, and the assessment thereon. All persons may then and there appear and make any objections they may have
to such improvement and assessment. Appearance and protest at the hearing is required in order to appeal the amount, if any, of
the special assessment to the state tax tribunal. An owner or party in interest, or agent thereof, may appear in person at the hear-
ing, or may file an appearance or protest by letter. All parties or agents appearing in person at the hearing for purposes of protest
should request the appearance be entered into the record of the meeting.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the estimate of cost and recommendations of the engineer for said pro-
posed Special Assessment District have been filed with the Township and are available for public examination at the office of the
Township Clerk. The estimate of cost of such project is in the approximate amount of $268,635.00, which may be updated at
the above noted hearing.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that periodic redetermination of costs for the proposed Special Assessment
District may be necessary and may be made without further notice to the record owners or parties in interest in the property.
___________________________
Nancy Conzelman
Charter Township of Plymouth
9955 North Haggerty Road
Plymouth, Michigan 48170
(734) 354-3224
Publish:
July 7, 2016
July 14, 2016
PT070716-0068 2.5 x 7.479
PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP WATER QUALITY REPORT
Plymouth Township's Annual Water Quality Report is now available. The report describes the source and quality of your
drinking water.
The annual report has been required by law since the U.S. Congress passed the 1996 Safe Drinking Act Amendments.
Most of the Detroit metro area, including Plymouth Township, receives its drinking water from the Detroit River. The Great
Lakes Water Authority (formerly Detroit Water and Sewerage Department) operates the water treatment facilities and pumping
stations that supply water to the Township, which operates the pipeline infrastructure and acts as the retailer to area businesses
and residents.
The report is available at
.
To receive a paper copy in the mail, please contact us at (734) 354-3270 x 5.
PT070716-0067 2.5 x 2.092
Superintendent contract OK’d
District supports millage
Youth theatre classes set
Aplan to explore the possibili-
ty to lease a Romulus fire station
for other uses is on hold-at least
for now.
Members of the city council
rescinded a resolution to explore
the possibility of leasing out Fire
Station #1 until they could
attend a study session to look at
the pros and cons of the concept.
Councilman
William
Wadsworth, who voted in favor of
exploring the option two weeks
ago, said he had reconsidered
and was concerned about fire
coverage on the west side of the
city. He said it was clearly a safe-
ty issue and he had some con-
cerns about the welfare of resi-
dents.
“If you live on the west side of
the airport, you have to depend
on the same truck to come out of
the Eureka station and in a per-
fect scenario, without a train
coming, it'll probably get to your
house in seven or eight minutes,”
he said. “I think that's unaccept-
able.”
City Clerk Ellen Craig Bragg,
who sits on the city property dis-
position committee, said the idea
had been raised and the commit-
teemembers just wanted to solic-
it council approval before the
concept went any further.
“Nothing was concrete.
Someone had expressed an
interest, and before they even
discussed it they wanted to make
sure that it came through the
council first,” she said. “Nothing
has been decided. They're just
talking about it.”
Mayor Leroy Burcroff said the
city had good fire protection
through its own department as
well as three different mutual
aid agreements with the down-
river communities, western
Wayne and the airport authority.
Fire Station 1 was manned by
paid on-call firefighters; they
would respond to the station and
thenhead out to the scene.
“We an actually respond with
full-time, 24-hour service from
Eureka Road and service those
calls better,” he said. It's difficult
to recruit paid on-call firefight-
ers, he added.
Councilwoman Kathy Abdo
said she had received calls from
concerned residents, too.
“The railroad tracks are what
people are worried about,” she
said. “Daily, they're blocked.
Sometimes those tracks are
blocked from downtown
Romulus to PennsylvaniaRoad. I
think there's a need for some
type of fire protection on the
west side of town.”
Burcroff said the city would
schedule a study session on the
topic in the future.
Wadsworth reiterated later
than he wanted to ensure that
the safety of residents was
ensured and that the proposal
could not jeopardize fire or
emergency medical services for
the community.
Members of the Van Buren Schools
Board of Education unanimously
approved a three-year contract for new
Superintendent of Schools Peter Kudlak
on June 13.
Kudlak's base salarywill be $130,000.
According to Trustee Sherry Frazier,
Kudlak has already visited every school
in the district and also visited and talked
withpersonnel at the district office.
After the unanimous vote, Kudlak
received a round of applause from the
assembled audience at the regular board
meeting.
Kudlak said that this was exciting for
him and explained that he used the hour-
long closed session prior to themeeting to
talk to parents and teachers in the build-
ing, along with teachers and others in
attendance at themeeting.
Following the vote, Frazier suggested
that the district end the consulting agree-
ment with former superintendent
Michael Van Tassel who was fired in
February. She said she thought that
Kudlak was more than capable of han-
dling the administration of the district
and that the funds the district was paying
VanTassel as part of his separation agree-
ment could be returned to the budget.
She asked for a report on the amount
being paid to Van Tassel and how much
and with whom consulting is actually tak-
ing place.
The
Romulus
Recreation
Department is sponsoring a Youth
Theatre Class from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
throughAug. 11.
The classes, designed for young
thespians from 6-12 years of age will
take place at the Romulus Senior
Center and tuition is $50 for Romulus
residents and $55 for non residents.
The course is designed to encourage
young people become comfortable
with a theatrical performance while
leaning basic terms and expectations
of theater. Special focus will be on
basic stage directions, staying present;
line memorization skills and emoting
with the dialogue.
Students will also have a part in cre-
ating the performance, as well as craft-
ing elements of their costumes, organ-
izers said.
Registration is available at Romulus
City Hall in the mayor’s office, 1111
WayneRoad inRomulus.
For more information, call (734) 941-
8665.
Members of the Van Buren Public
Schools Board of Education have unani-
mously supported a 6-year, 2-mill Nov. 8
ballot question.
Voters in Wayne County will be asked
to approve an additional 2 mill levy for
2016 through 2021 to support local
school districts which comprise the
Regional Education Service Agency
(RESA). The district does not include
Detroit.
State law allows the levy of an
"enhancement" property tax by an inter-
mediate school district of up to 3 mills, if
approved by a majority of the electors.
The purpose of the funding is to aug-
ment other state and local taxes which
fund school operating costs.
If approved, the tax would be collect-
ed by the county and then distributed to
each of the 33 members of RESA on a
student populationbasis.
Officials estimate that, if approved,
the millage would generate about $2.8
million in tax revenue for RESA from
the Van Buren School District. Based on
the per-pupil formula, about $1.878
would be returned to the local district
general fund which could be used for
any operational or educational purpose.
If you live on the west side of the airport,
you have to depend on the same
truck to come out of the Eureka station...
”
Safety concerns halt fire station lease
