Agenda: Battle Creek City Commission

	Meeting Date:	Tue February 03, 2009 07:00 PM
	Location:	Commission Chambers City Hall
	Chair:	Mark Behnke - Mayor
	Title:	Michelle Redman - Secretary

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE




CHAIR NOTES ADDED OR DELETED RESOLUTIONS




PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING CONSENT AGENDA (LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL/PLEASE STAND SIX INCHES FROM MICROPHONE TO BE HEARD CLEARLY)




COMMISSION COMMENT REGARDING MEETING BUSINESS




CONSENT AGENDA Minutes: 1. January 20, 2009 Battle Creek City Commission Meeting Click for detail --> Petitions, Communications, Reports: 2. City Manager's February 3, 2009, Agenda Report Click for detail --> Resolutions: 58. A Resolution appointing members to the Planning Commission. Click for detail --> 59. A Resolution Approving the Battle Creek Downtown Development Authority Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2007-2008. Click for detail --> 60. A Resolution Approving The Battle Creek Tax Increment Finance Authority Annual Report For Fiscal Year 2007-2008. Click for detail --> 61. A Resolution approving FY 2008-2009 budget adjustment for the Battle Creek Downtown Development Authority (BCDDA). Click for detail --> 62. A Resolution setting a Public Hearing for Tuesday, February 17, 2009, at 7:00 P.M., to provide an opportunity for liquor establishments who are not in compliance with City Ordinance 831 to speak on their behalf. Click for detail --> 63. A Resolution setting a Public Hearing on March 3, 2009, at 7:00 p.m., for the purpose of receiving citizen input on the proposed budget for the City's 2009-10 Community Development Block Grant and HOME Programs. Click for detail --> 64. A resolution setting a public hearing for 7:00 PM, February 17, 2009 to approve revised costs for Industrial Facilities Tax Exemption Certificate Holder Advanced Special Tools, Inc., Certificate No. 2008-224 Click for detail --> 65. A resolution authorizing the City Manager to accept a grant in the amount of $29,907 from the U.S. Department of Justice, through Grand Valley State University and establish the appropriate budget. Click for detail -->




PETITIONS COMMUNICATIONS REPORTS




RESOLUTIONS 66. Resolution approving Fiscal Year 2008-2009 budget adjustments for the City's General Fund. Click for detail --> 67. A Resolution Approving an updated Deficit Reduction Plan for the Binder Park Golf Course Fund for the fiscal years 2008 through 2012. Click for detail --> 68. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to sign Contract #08-5487, Job #101243 with the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) for: Part A - reconstruction work along Emmett Street from Hazel Street to Fremont Street; including hot mix asphalt paving, storm sewer, concrete curb and gutter, concrete sidewalk, and traffic signal upgrading work; and Part B - watermain and sanitary sewer work along Emmett Street from Hazel Street to Fremont Street. Click for detail --> 69. Resolution pledging the City's Limited Tax Full Faith and Credit for TIFA Bonds Click for detail --> 70. Allocating Water and Sewer Fund dollars for design engineering on projects associated with proposed Federal Stimulus Programs. Click for detail --> 71. A Resolution urging Governor Granholm to call a special election to fill the vacant 19th District State Senate seat. Click for detail --> 72. A resolution establishing Industrial Development District No. 37. Click for detail --> 73. A Resolution supporting the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Click for detail -->




GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT (LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL/PLEASE STAND SIX INCHES FROM MICROPHONE TO BE HEARD CLEARLY)




COMMISSION COMMENTS

ADJOURNMENT

Citizens who wish to address a specific issue on the floor may do so at any time after being recognized by the Mayor or presiding Commission. At the time for public comments, after being properly recognized, citizens may address the commission on any subject. Citizens will be subject to the following limitations:

1. Citizen comments on any Resolution before the Commission may be made either before or after the Commissioners have had an opportunity to discuss the Resolution, at the discretion of the Chair;
2. Citizens wishing to speak to a particular Resolution should raise their hands and wait to be recognized before speaking;
3. Citizens will confine their remarks to matters currently pending on the floor, and be brief and concise in making their remarks;
4. If a citizen becomes repetitive or, in the opinion of the Chair, takes an inordinate amount of time in making comments, that citizen will be ruled out of order and the Commission will continue with its business;
5. Citizens should address all remarks to the Commission as a whole, and not to individual Commissioners.

These Rules will apply to comments by citizens during the Public Comment section of the Agenda.

The City of Battle Creek will provide necessary, reasonable, auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired, and audiotapes of printed materials being considered in the meeting, upon seven days' notice to the City of Battle Creek. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services, should contact the City of Battle Creek by writing or calling the following:

Deidre A. Laser
Office of the City Clerk
Post Office Box 1717
Battle Creek, Michigan 49016
269/966-3348 (Voice)
269/966-3348 (TDD)