City Council Proceedings

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE ROGERS CITY CITY COUNCIL

HELD IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON MARCH 16, 2016

Mayor Sobeck presided and called the meeting to order at 7 p.m.

PRESENT –Adair, Bielas, McLennan, Nowak, and Sobeck.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Nowak/Bielas, that the minutes of the Regular Council Meeting of March 1, 2016 be approved as written.

ROLL CALL: Ayes – All, the motion carried.

CITY CLERK’S REPORT:

CHECK AND INVOICE APPROVAL:

McLennan/Adair, that the following total fund expenditures be recognized as payments made and payments to be made, in the amount of $228,646.17 and the Mayor is authorized to sign the check register.

ROLL CALL: Ayes – All, the motion carried.

NEW BUSINESS:

COMPREHENSIVE FEE, RATE AND SERVICE SCHEDULE

RESOLUTION NO. 2016-32

Nowak/McLennan to approve the FY2016/2017 Comprehensive Fee, Rate and Service Schedule as presented.  ROLL CALL: Ayes – All, the motion carried.

SUSTAINABLE SMALL HARBOR MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

RESOLUTION 2016-33   

McLennan/Adair, to approve Rogers City’s participation with the case study for the “Sustainable Small Harbor Management Strategy” Project.  ROLL CALL:  Ayes – All, the motion carried.

RESOLUTION TO OPPOSE SECTION S98 OF STATE BUDGET PROPOSAL

RESOLUTION 2016-34   

Nowak/Bielas,

WHEREAS, Northeast Michigan Community Mental Health Authority has served for more than 45 years as the public mental health and developmental disabilities services provider for this community, serving over 2,000 residents of Alcona, Alpena, Montmorency and Presque Isle Counties each year; and

WHEREAS, Northeast Michigan Community Mental Health Authority was created by the Alcona, Alpena, Montmorency and Presque Isle County Boards of Commissioners as duly authorized under 330.1205 of the Michigan Mental Health Code; and

WHEREAS, Northeast Michigan Community Mental Health Authority and other community mental health service programs representing 21 counties created a regional entity to manage Medicaid specialty services as duly authorized under 330.1204b of the Michigan Mental Health Code; and

WHEREAS, Northeast Michigan Community Mental Health Authority includes persons and family members of persons receiving mental health and disability services on the Board of Directors as required under 330.1222 of the Michigan mental Health Code; and

WHEREAS, Northeast Michigan Community Mental Health Authority and 4 other community mental health service programs representing 21 counties have required representation from local communities and persons and/or family members of persons receiving mental health and disability services be included on the regional entity Board of Directors managing Medicaid specialty services; and

WHEREAS, Section 298 of the Executive Budget recommendation for 2017 effectively nullifies the duly authorized actions taken by Northeast Michigan Community Mental Health Authority and the 4 other community mental health service programs to recreate a regional entity under section 330.204b of the Michigan Mental Health Code; and

WHEREAS, Section 298 of the Executive Budget recommendation for 2017 transfers all Medicaid and Healthy Michigan funding for specialty services to private entities with no accountability to the Alcona, Alpena, Montmorency and Presque Isle County Boards of Commissioners; and

WHEREAS, Section 298 of the Executive Budget recommendation for 2017 transfers all Medicaid and Healthy Michigan funding for specialty services to private entities with no accountability to persons and/or family members of persons receiving mental health and disability services from Northeast Michigan Community Health Authority; and

WHEREAS, Section 298 of the Executive Budget recommendation for 2017 will result in the elimination of specialty mental health services that are accountable to the communities of persons residing in Alcona, Alpena, Montmorency and Presque Isle Counties;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Rogers City City Council opposed Section 298 of the Executive Budget recommendati

on for 2017 and encourages the Governor, State Senate, and State House of Representatives to prevent it from becoming law.

ROLL CALL:  Ayes – All, the motion carried.

TRANSFER STATION MAINTENANCE

RESOLUTION NO. 2016-35    

Adair/McLennan, to approve the agreement between Speed-Tech Equipment and the City of Rogers City for an annual inspection of the transfer station compactor.  ROLL CALL: Ayes – All, the motion carried.

ADJOURNMENT:

Mayor Sobeck declared the meeting adjourned at 7:24 p.m.

Terri Koss, City Clerk/Treasurer

Condensed version, complete minutes are available at City Hall.