REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL

OF THE CITY OF LANSING, MICHIGAN

CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 10TH FLOOR
LANSING CITY HALL
124 W. MICHIGAN AVENUE

AGENDA FOR JANUARY 6, 2011

TO THE HON. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL:

The following items were listed on the agenda in the City Clerk's Office by 12:00 p.m. on
Monday, January 3, 2011, in accordance with Section 3-103(2) of the City Charter and will
be ready for your consideration at the regular meeting of the City Council on Thursday,
January 6, 2011 at 2:30 p.m. at the Council Chambers, 10th Floor, City Hall.
I. ROLL CALL

II. MEDITATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

Election of City Council President and Vice President for the Year 2011

III. READING AND APPROVAL OF PRINTED COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS

Approval of the Printed Council Proceedings of December 6, 13 and 20, 2010

IV. CONSIDERATION OF LATE ITEMS (Suspension of Council Rule # 9 is needed to
allow consideration of late items. Late items will be considered as part of the regular
portion of the meeting to which they relate.)
V. TABLED ITEMS (Tabled items, if removed from the table, will be considered as part
of the regular portion of the meeting to which they relate.)
VI. SPECIAL CEREMONIES

VII. COMMENTS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY CLERK

VIII. COMMUNITY EVENT ANNOUNCEMENTS (Time, place, purpose, or definition of

event – 1 minute limit)
IX. SPEAKER REGISTRATION FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON LEGISLATIVE MATTERS

X. MAYOR’S COMMENTS

XI. SHOW CAUSE HEARINGS

XII. PUBLIC COMMENT ON LEGISLATIVE MATTERS (Legislative matters consist of the

following items on the agenda: public hearings, resolutions, ordinances for
introduction, and ordinances for passage. The public may comment for up to three
minutes. Speakers must sign up on white form.)
XIII. COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATIVE MATTERS

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 A. REFERRAL OF PUBLIC HEARINGS

B. CONSENT AGENDA

1. BY THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

a. Election of President and Vice President of City Council for the
Year 2011
C. RESOLUTIONS FOR ACTION

D. REPORTS FROM COUNCIL COMMITTEES

E. ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION and Setting of Public Hearings

F. ORDINANCES FOR PASSAGE

XIV. SPEAKER REGISTRATION FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON CITY GOVERNMENT

RELATED MATTERS

XV. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICERS, BOARDS, AND COMMISSIONS; COMMUNICATIONS

AND PETITIONS; AND OTHER CITY RELATED MATTERS (Motion that all items be
considered as being read in full and that the proper referrals be made by the
President)
1. REPORTS FROM CITY OFFICERS, BOARDS, AND COMMISSIONS

a. Letter from the City Clerk providing notice of the placement on file of
the City of Lansing’s 2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for
Fiscal Year ended June 30, 2010
b. Letter from the Mayor re:
i. Board of Public Service Budget Priorities for Fiscal Year 2012
2. COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS, AND OTHER CITY RELATED MATTERS

a. Annual Summer Tax Resolution submitted by Okemos Public Schools

XVI. MOTION OF EXCUSED ABSENCE

XVII. REMARKS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS

XVIII. REMARKS BY THE MAYOR OR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

XIX. PUBLIC COMMENT ON CITY GOVERNMENT RELATED MATTERS (City government

related matters are issues or topics relevant to the operation or governance of the
city. The public may comment for up to three minutes. Speakers must sign up on
yellow form.)

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XX. ADJOURNMENT

CHRIS SWOPE, CITY CLERK

Persons with disabilities who need an accommodation to fully participate in this meeting should contact the
City Clerk’s Office at (517) 483-4131 (TDD (517) 483-4479). 24 hour notice may be needed for certain
accommodations. An attempt will be made to grant all reasonable accommodation requests.

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 Chris Swope
Lansing City Clerk

January 3, 2011

City Council President and Lansing City Council Members

10th Floor City Hall
Lansing, MI 48933

Dear President and Council Members:

On December 29, 2010 my office received and placed on file the following:

City of Lansing's2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for Fiscal Year

ended June 30, 2010

This document is available for review at the office of the City Clerk and on the City Clerk's
website (www.lansingmi.gov/clerk).

Sincerely,

/V v
.firis Swope, CMC
Lansing City Clerk

Lansing City Clerk's Office

Ninth Floor, City Hall, 124 W. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48933-1695
517-483-4131 • TDD 517-483-4479 . 517-377-0068 FAX
www.lansingmi.gov/clerk • clerk@lansingmi.gov
 OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
9th Floor, City Hall
124 W. Michigan Avenue
Lansing, Michigan 48933-1694
(517) 483-4141 (voice)
(517) 483-4479 (TDD)
(517) 483-6066 (Fax)

Virg Bernero, Mayor

TO: City Council President A'Lynne Robinson and Council Members

FROM: Mayor Virg Bernero

DATE: January 3, 2011

RE: Resolution-Board of Public Service Budget Priorities Resolution-FY 2012

The attached correspondence is forwarded for your review and appropriate action.

VB/rh
Attachment

"Equal Opportunity Employer"

 BOARD OF PUBLIC SERVICE
732 City Hall
124 West Michigan Avenue
Lansing, Michigan 48933
. . '.(517) 483-4455
. FAX: (517) 483-6082
http://publicserviCe.cityoflansingmi.com

TO: Virg Bernero, Mayor

FROM: Janette Tate

Secretary to the Board of Public Service

DATE: December 13, 2010

SUBJECT: Board of Public Service Budget Priorities Resolution: FY 2012

The attached resolution was adopted at the Board of Public Service meeting held
December 9, 2010.

Please forward this information to the City Clerk for placement on the Council Agenda
for January 3, 2011.

Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you.

cc: Chris Swope, City Clerk

Honorable Mayor and City Council President,

WHEREAS, safety and the adequate maintenance of and improvements to the

City's infrastructure is of critical importance to its citizens, and

WHEREAS, the .Board of Public Service is generally aware of the limited

available funds. due.to decreasing revenues,

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED, that the Board of Public Service supports and

recommends the following budget priorities to the City Council for consideration with the

Council's Budget Policies and Priorities for the Fiscal Year 2011-2012.

1. The Board supports the use of an asset management plan which helps

identify maintenance and repair priorities for the City's Street System. Funding levels

should be increased to improve the implementation of local street maintenance, repair

and reconstruction, including consideration of additional funding mechanisms such as a

millage specifically devoted to local street maintenance and repair.

2. The Board supports the adequate funding for maintenance of the entire

public rights-of-way, including removal of snow and debris from non-motorized traffic

lanes; and adequate funding of the sidewalk gap closure program and sidewalk repairs

consistent with keeping safety a first priority.

 The., Board supports. the continuation and increased use of the Single

Stream Recycling Program by. funding additional community-wide education awareness

efforts.

4. As the Public Service Department generates savings through improved

efficiencies in service delivery, and. other areas, the savings would' be maintained within

the Department of Public Service. These savings should then be allocated among the

highest priority projects of the Department. In addition, the Public Service Board

recommends that additional savings, or portions thereof, within the City be considered

.for the highest priority projects identified by the Public Service Department.

APPROVED AND ADOPTED this Day of `D,EGe-lit,do ZO(O

BOARD OF PUBLIC SERVICE

 Annual Summer Tax Resolution
Okemos Public Schools
A regular meeting of the Board of Education of the Okemos Public Schools, Okemos,
Michigan, was held in the Community Conference Room of the administration building on 13th
day of December 2010 at seven (7:00) o'clock in the evening (P.M.).

The meeting was called to order at 7:14 in the evening (P.M.) by President Ronald Styka.

Present: Deborah Baughman Amy Crites, Melanie Lynn, Andrew Saultz, Ronald Styka, Jeffrey
Theuer and Peter Trezise
Absent:

The following preamble and resolution were offered by member Peter Trezise and

supported by member Deborah Baughman.

WHEREAS, this board of education by resolution of December 13, 2010 determined tonpose
a summer property tax levy to collect one-half of school property taxes, including 'debt servides
and sinking funds, upon property located within the school district, beginning with 1983 aiidl
continuing from year to year until specifically revoked by the Okemos Board of Edu aion _

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

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1. This Board of Education, pursuant to 1976 PA 452, as amended, hereby invokes for 2011
its previously adopted ongoing resolution imposing a summer tax levy of one-half of
school property taxes, including debt service and sinking funds, beginning with 1983 and
continue from year to year until specifically revoked by this board of education, and
requests each city and/or township in which this district is located (and in which a local
school district or city is concurrently imposing a summer tax levy) to collect those summer
taxes.

2. The Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent, or designee is authorized and directed to for-

ward to the governing body of each city and township in which this district is located (and
in which a local school district or city is concurrently imposing a summer tax levy) a copy
of this board's resolution imposing a summer property tax levy on an ongoing basis and a
copy of this resolution requesting that each such city and/or township agree to collect the
summer tax levy for 2011 in the amounts specified in this resolution. Said resolution and
the request to collect the summer tax levy shall be forwarded so that they are received by
the appropriate governing bodies before January 1, 2.012.
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3. The Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent, or designee is authorized and directed to

negotiate on behalf of this district with the governing body of each city and/or township in
which the district is located for the reasonable expenses for collection of this district's
summer tax levy that the city and/or township may bill under IVI .CL 380.1611 or MCL
380.1612. Any such proposed agreement shall be brought before this board of its approval
or disapproval.

4. All resolutions and parts of resolutions insofar as they conflict with the provisions of this
resolution are hereby rescinded.

Ayes: Members
Deborah Baughman, Amy Crites, Melanie Lynn, Andrew Saultz, Ron
Styka, Jeff Theuer and Peter Trezise
Nays: Members

Resolution declared adopted.

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The undersigned, duly qualified and acting Secretary of the Board of Education of the
Okemos Public School District, hereby certifies that the foregoing constitutes a true and
complete copy of a resolution adopted by said board of education at a regular meeting held on
December 13, 2010, the original of which is part of, the board's minutes. The undersigned
further certifies that notice of the meeting was given to the public pursuant to the provisions of
the "Open Meetings Act" (1976 PA 267, as ar tended).

Andrew Saultz, Secretary

Okemos Board of Educat

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