1985th Regular Meeting Agenda of the Council of the City of Livonia

Monday, January 29, 2024

7:00 p.m. - City Hall Auditorium

33000 Civic Center Drive, Livonia, Michigan

CALL TO ORDER

INVOCATION/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL

PRESENTATION OF MINUTES –     Regular Meeting Minutes of January 17, 2024

AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION

REPORTS FROM THE MAYOR AND OTHER CITY OFFICIALS

a. Communication from the Office of the Mayor, dated January 19, 2024, re: forwarding the Annual Report for the Fiscal Year 2022-2023, reflecting the finances and administrative activities in the City.

b.  Communication from the Department of Parks and Recreation, dated December 13, 2023, re: fee changes approved by the Parks and Recreation Commission for the last two quarters of 2022 and 2023.

c. Communication from the Department of Finance, dated January 11, 2024, re: forwarding the Departmental Purchases Report, for the months ending November 30, 2023 and December 31, 2023.

CONSENT AGENDA

1.  REQUEST TO APPROVE LOCATION AND SCHEDULE OF DATES AND TIMES FOR THE 2024 BOARD OF REVIEW MEETINGS, AS WELL AS COMPENSATION RATES FOR MEMBERS: Department of Assessment, re: per the requirements of State of Michigan Statute MCL 211.30.

2.  REQUEST TO APPROVE HOURLY RATE INCREASES: Department of Civil Service, re: for the classifications of Highschool Co-Op, College Co-Op, and Seasonal Clerk.

3.  AWARD OF BID: Department of Community Resources, re: for the printing of the City of Livonia's 2024 Connections Magazine, from budgeted funds.

4. REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION TO WAIVE THE SEALED BID PROCESS AND PURCHASE FROM SOLE SOURCE PROVIDER: Department of Information Systems, re: for the purchase of ThinkGard Backup and Disaster Recovery Solution, for a period of three years, in an amount not to exceed $53,114.40 annually, from budgeted funds.

5.  AWARD OF BID: Department of Parks and Recreation, re: for purchase of Calcium Hypochlorite (chlorine) for the Kirksey Recreation Center pools, Botsford pool, Clement Circle Pools and Shelden pool, from budgeted funds.

6. REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION TO WAIVE THE SEALED BID PROCESS AND PURCHASE FROM SOLE SOURCE PROVIDER: Department of Parks and Recreation, re: for insecticide, fungicide, pesticide, herbicide and fertilizer needed for the 2024 golf season to maintain Fox Creek, Whispering Willows and Idyl Wyld golf courses, from budgeted funds.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

7.  REQUEST TO WAIVE THE DRIVEWAY ORDINANCE REQUIREMENT: Kunal Bindra, re: to waive City Ordinance 12.04.205 (1), Curb cuts, from a maximum of twenty-five (25) feet to twenty-seven (27) feet.

8.  ROLL CALL: Proposed Amendment to the Livonia Code of Ordinances, as amended: Department of Law, re: to Title 3, Chapter 04 (Financial Procedures), Section 200, to add per diem language.

First Reading given by Council Vice President Martha Ptashnik on January 17, 2024.

NEW BUSINESS

AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION

NOTICE(S)

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LORI L. MILLER, CITY CLERK