Date & Time: January 2, 2018 6:00 pm | Location: City Hall Council Chambers

AGENDA

REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF BESSEMER
TO BE HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL,
ON MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2018, AT 6:00 P.M.

CALL TO ORDER

COUNCIL MEMBERS: Zak, Kryshak, Nelson, Coleman, Archie

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – ROLL CALL

AGENDA APPROVAL

PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS

CONSENT AGENDA
1) Approval of Minutes – Regular Meeting of December 18, 2017

CLAIMS
1) General Fund
2) Major Street Fund
3) Local Street Fund
4) Water Utility Fund
5) Sewer Utility Fund

DOCUMENTS AND CORRESPONDENCE
1) Correspondence from Senator Casperson RE: Ojibway Correctional Facility
2) Letter of Support – Michigan’s Western Gateway Trail Authority RE: Grant Applications with MI DNR Trust Fund and MI DOT TAP Fund
3) Correspondence from Robert M. Liuha RE: City Attorney

OLD BUSINESS
1) Rules of Order
2) Redevelopment Ready Community Joint Memorandum of Understanding

NEW BUSINESS
1) Gogebic Range Bank Brownfield – Resolution No. 2017-03
2) Schedule Brainstorming Workshop
3) Change Lease of Chamber garage to Fourth of July and Pumpkinfest Committees
4) Status of 300 Block of North Case Street
5) General Utility/Street Construction and Repair (GUS) Discussion
6) USDA-RD Application and Working with Gogebic Range Water Authority (GRWA) – Resolution No. 2017-02

REPORTS
1) City Manager Report
2) DPW Report

PUBLIC COMMENT

ADJOURN

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NOTE: All matters listed under the heading CONSENT AGENDA are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will not be separate discussion of these items. If discussion is desired, that item will be removed from the CONSENT AGENDA and considered separately under NEW BUSINESS.