VILLAGE OF BARODA

Council Minutes

Baroda Municipal Building

March 1, 2010

6:30 p.m.

Members Present: President Bob Getz; Trustees Claudia Brister, Larry Nye, Ed Rath, Milt Sluder, Mona Stankiewicz and Don Turney; Treasurer Amy Hemphill; Clerk Diane Mensinger

Guests: Pastor Kendall Holder and Chuck Eckenstahler

Council meeting called to order at 6:36 p.m.

I.       Audience Comments - none

II.      Reports

         A.     Village Engineer - none

         B.   Committees

                1.      Park – Larry Nye - none

                2.      Finance – Treasurer Hemphill - The B.S. & A. software has been installed and training will be held March 4, 2010.

        C.    Planning Commission – Ed Rath - The Planning Commission approved the Conditional Rezoning Agreement with Mark Rohm and Randy

                Forrester and recommends approval of the Conditional Rezoning Ordinance to the Village Council.

III.   Unfinished Business

        A.  Hills Rd/First St Intersection – President Getz - The electrical poles have been installed along Hills Road.

        B.  Revolving Loan Fund – Resolution 2009-2010 - #12 - Motion by Ed Rath, seconded by Milt Sluder to approve the Resolution

              2009-2010 - #12 to approve the Revolving Loan Fund loan to Demski Real Estate Investments, LLC in the amount of $55,000.

              Roll call vote  - Ayes - 7  Nays -  0            Motion carried.

        C.  Ordinance 168 - Trash Collection & Disposal - Motion by Don Turney, seconded by Mona Stankiewicz to amend Ordinance

              167 – Garbage Collection to change the word inhabited to inhabitable in Section 2, (b) in two places and in Section 4, (a).

              Roll call vote - Ayes - 7

              Nays - 0    Motion carried.

        D.  Miscellaneous – none

IV.   New Business

        A.  Ordinance 169 - Conditional Rezoning - Motion by Ed Rath, seconded by Larry Nye to approve Ordinance 169 - granting a Conditional

              Rezoning to Mark Rohm and Randy Forrester for their property at 9395 Cleveland Ave.  Ayes - 7  Nays - 0  Motion carried.

        B.  2010-2011 Budget – General Appropriations Act 2009-2010 - #13 - Motion by Larry Nye, second by Mona Stankiewicz to approve Resolution

              2009-2010 - #13 – General Appropriations Act for 2010-2011.  Roll Call Vote - Ayes - 7  Nays - 0  Motion carried.

        C.  Safe / Lock Box - It was a Council consensus to purchase a waterproof/fireproof safe to put in our vault rather than continuing to rent a safety

              deposit box at the bank.

        D.  Brush - It was a council consensus to have the Maint. Dept. continue picking up brush in large piles, however, if a professional tree trimmer cuts

              down a tree then they are responsible for removing the brush.

        E.   Bridge Inspections/Scour - Motion by Ed Rath, seconded by Larry Nye to contract with Wightman & Associates to conduct the bridge

              inspections and to prepare the scour plan for the Church Street Bridge. Motion carried, no nays.

        F.   Gerbel & Co. – Audit - Motion by Don Turney, seconded by Mona Stankiewicz to accept the Gerbel Audit Agreement in the amount of

               $11,742.  Motion carried, no nays.

        G.  Water Continuing Education Events - Leonard Krone requested that he and Matt Craig both attend two Michigan Rural Water               Association training events. It was Council consensus for both to attend.

        H.  Miscellaneous – none.

V.    Consent Agenda

        A.     Council Minutes

        B.     Treasurer’s Report

        C.     Paying of Bills and Transfers - $13,782.54

        D.  Correspondence

              Motion by Claudia Brister, seconded by Bob Getz to accept the consent agenda. Motion carried, no nays.

VI.   Council Comments

        A.     President Comments

              1.   President Getz and Brett Watson, Planning Commission Chairman have signed a letter to send to Jim Brow, Baroda Township Supervisor

                    stating that we approve of the Township Master Plan.

              2.   Cost Splitting – The Township would like to pay for the shoveling, landscape maintenance, and mowing of the Municipal Building and the

                    Village would pay for the snowplowing. The Township will take care of having the fire station plowed. It was a council consensus to go along

                    with this plan.

              3.   Reception for Bubber Krone – Bubber will have worked full-time for the Village for 25 years on April 20. It was a consensus to hold a

                    reception on April 5, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. and to purchase a plaque and gift.

        B.     Council Member’s Comments

              1.   No comments from Trustees Stankiewicz, Nye, Rath, Sluder and Brister.

              2.   Trustee Turney stated that there are some high snow banks along Church Street that is blocking the view at the cross streets and asked if the

                    maint. dept. could knock them down.

              3.   No comment from Treasurer Hemphill.

              4.   Clerk Mensinger stated that it is taking longer to recover from surgery than expected and will be working on a restricted base for a few more

                    weeks.

Meeting adjourned at 7:26 p.m.