COLON VILLAGE COUNCIL Colon Village Hall REGULAR MEETING – February 11, 2014 Meeting Call to Order at 7:00 PM – Pledge of Allegiance was spoken. Present: Edith Doenges, Dick Delp, Ruth Ann Kuhlmann, Marilyn McManus, Nancy Percival, Sharon Craun, Tom Tenney. Also Present: Chief Brinkert, Julie Hollister, Jim Weinberg, Kurt Kuhlmann, Gula Carter TABLED: The Financial Report tabled from the Village Council meeting of 1/14 was presented. S. Craun made a motion to accept the Financial Report from the 1/14 meeting. RA Kuhlmann seconded. Motion carried. Consent Agenda: Approval of consent agenda. N. Percival made a motion to approve the minutes from 1/14/14 Regular Meeting with corrections as noted. S Craun seconded. Motion carried. As the “Aged Payables’ from January 10, 2014 were held because the financial report was tabled, President Tenney requested permission from the council to pay the “Aged Payables” after reviewing them with the office manager. In the future this would allow the village to pay “aged Payables” in the month that they are due and not to be held until the next council meeting. D. Delp made a motion to allow the Village President permission to pay “Aged Payables” after reviewing them with the office manager if the office manager is unable to be present the day of the council meeting or at the council meeting. S. Craun seconded. Motion carried. Public Comments a. None Monthly Reports: a. DPW – J. Weinberg presented a written report. i. Tree at the Maple Street Public access needs to be removed. G & J Tree Services submitted a bid of $800. S. Craun made a motion to allow expenditure. D. Delp seconded. Motion approved b. Police – Chief Brinkert presented a written report. No additional report i. Busy with the pharmacy case ii. Following up on recent day-time break in c. Fireboard – will meet 2/12. Budget is completed. d. Lake Board – Nothing to report e. Planning Commission – Continue to work the Master Plan – scheduled for meeting dates was presented. f. Colon Community Park Board – Nothing to report. Checking account for Community Park Board will be discussed under new business. g. DDA – Nothing to report. Next meeting is scheduled for 2/19 at 12:30 PM. h. Safe Walkway to School – Nothing to report. M. McManus made a motion to table Safe Walkway to School indefinitely. N. Percival second. Motion carried. i. Farmers Market – Nothing to report. j. Well Head Protection Program – Next meeting is scheduled for 2/18 at 3:00 PM. k. EDC – An activity report is available to review. The EDC would like to make some changes in funding. They are planning to reduce their contract fee to $250,000 with all funding coming from the county. EDC would also like to get big employers from the county involved and to form a not-for-profit 501-C3 organization. At this time there are no manufacturers on the board at this time. They will pursue new board members from county manufacturers such as American Axel and Ross Lab. l. Other Committee Reports – none Unfinished Business: a. Public Lake Access at S. Swan St. and South St. Mr. Parin has decided he will not to pursue acquisition of the public access through the courts. He decided to build a new home on Maple Street. b. SAW Grant – The Michigan Department of environmental Quality (DEQ) has backed up the “lottery” to sometime February and village officials should know in March the status of the grant. There may be a good chance that about 90% of applications received may be funded. c. Waste Disposal Bidding Process – work on the language for the bidding process is ongoing. E. Doenges will contract potential companies to inform them that the village will be seeking bids for water disposal. d. EVIP – All required information and forms for the EVIP Consolidation of Services were sent to Mr. Ryan Barr at the Michigan Department of Treasury on January 24, 2014. e. Supervisor Evaluations/Employee Evaluations – The supervisors need to give employee evaluations to T. Tenney as soon as possible. Personnel Committee has completed Supervisor Evaluations and T. Tenney will compile them and review them with Supervisors. New Business a. NPDES Permit Renewal (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) The village received a notice from DEQ to reapply for the Wastewater Stabilization Lagoon Permit. The NPDES permit was paid on February 7 at a cost of $75. b. Discussion on water and sewer rate – The council discussed the findings of the Water and Sewer Rate Evaluation for the village of Colon performed by Mr. Mike Engels, Water Circuit Rider for the Michigan Rural Water association. Mr. Engles conducted a four day evaluation of the water & sewer rates based on information provided by the village officials. Mr. Engels also held reviewing sessions of the findings with individual council members on February 10th. Council will further discuss the findings and recommendations at the next budget workshop on February 20th. c. Park Checking account suggestion – There is no need to open a new checking account when we have so many already. There are two accounts that could be combined into one, leaving an open account that the Parks could use (account # 14). N. Percival made a motion to allow the consolidation of accounts #13 & 14 to permit Parks to use account #14. RA Kuhlmann seconded. Motion approved. Public Comments - none Correspondence FYI next budget workshop – Thursday, February 20 at 6:00 pm/ Adjournment – Moved to adjourn by RA Kuhlmann. Seconded by N. Percival. Meeting adjourned at 8:09 PM. Respectfully Submitted, Kurt P. Kuhlmann, Clerk/Treasurer
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