Grand Traverse County Board of Commissioners - 3/30/2016

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Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting

Wednesday, March 30, 2016 6:00 PM

Agenda

1. OPENING CEREMONIES OR EXERCISES

(Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance)

2. ROLL CALL

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (Reading aloud is waived as long as the Board has been furnished a copy in the packet prior to the meeting)

a. February 24, 2016 (Regular Session)

b. March 16, 2016 (Special Session)

4. FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT

Any person shall be permitted to address a meeting of the Board of Commissioners which is required to be open to the public under the provision of the Michigan Open Meetings Act. Public Comment shall be carried out in accordance with the following Board Rules and Procedures:

Any person wishing to address the Board shall state his or her name and address.

No person shall be allowed to speak more than once on the same matter, excluding time needed to answer Commissioners™ questions, if any. The Chairperson shall control the amount of time each person shall be allowed to speak, which shall not exceed three (3) minutes. The Chairperson may, at his or her discretion, extend the amount of time any person is allowed to speak.

Public comment will be solicited during the two public comment periods noted in Rule 5.4, Order of Business. However, public comment will generally be received at any time during the meeting regarding a specific topic currently under discussion by the board. Members of the public wishing to comment should raise their hand or pass a note to the clerk in order to be recognized, and shall not address the board until called upon by the chairperson.

5. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

6. CONSENT CALENDAR:

The purpose of the Consent Calendar is to expedite business by grouping non-controversial items together to be dealt with by one Commission motion without discussion. Any member of the Commission, staff or the public may ask that any item on the Consent Calendar be removed and placed elsewhere on the agenda for full discussion. Such requests will be automatically respected.

If any item is not removed from the consent calendar, the action noted (receive & file or approval) is approved by a single Commission action adopting the consent calendar.

All Information identified on the Consent Calendar can be viewed in it™s entirety at www.grandtraverse.org.

a. Receive and File:

1) Support SB 703 to remove restriction on communicating with constituents

about local ballot questions (Antrim County)

2) Resolutions regarding transparency (Antrim and Marquette Counties)

3) Resolution opposing section 298 of the Executive Budget proposal for 2017

(Bay County)

4) Behavioral Health (Huron County)

5) Resolution opposing legislation to amend the Michigan local historic districts

act (Lake County)

6) Community Corrections minutes of 9-22-15

7) Land Bank Authority minutes of 12-9-15

8) Board of Public Works minutes of 1-14-16

9) Planning Commission minutes of 1-19-16

10) Northwest Michigan Community Action Agency minutes of 1-21-16

11) Airport Commission organizational minutes of 1-26-16

12) Northwestern Regional Airport Commission minutes of 1-26-16

13) Brownfield Redevelopment Authority minutes of 1-27-16

14) Department of Health & Human Services Board minutes of 1-29-16

15) Board of Public Works " Finance Committee minutes of 2-3-16

16) Board of Public Works minutes of 2-11-16

17) Commission on Aging minutes of 2-16-16

18) Northwest Michigan Community Action Agency minutes of 2-18-16

19) Northern Lakes CMH minutes of 2-18-16

b. Approvals:

The Public Health & Safety Committee recommends approval of the following:

20) Construction Code " Vehicle Purchase

The Resource Management & Administration Committee

Recommends Approval of the Following:

21) Proclamation of April 2016 as Social Host Awareness Month

22) Resource Recovery " 2016 Hauler Licenses

23) Road Millage Renewal Approved for the November 2016 Ballot

24) Resolution Approving the Amendment to Contract for the East Bay Charter Township Water System Improvement Project

25) Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) for use of 700 MHz frequencies

The Way & Means Committee recommends approval of the following:

26) Audit Engagement Letter

27) Budget Adjustments

28) Google Apps Contract Renewal through Onix Networking

29) Rotary Grant Application " Parks & Recreation

30) Sheriff™s Office " Approval to Purchase Vehicles

31) Employee Purchase of Years of Service

32) Policy Updates " Purchasing, Travel and Procurement

33) Commissioner Compensation

34) Northern Lakes Community Mental Health Board Appointments

c. Action:

7. SPECIAL ORDERS OF BUSINESS:

8. ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR

9. DEPARTMENT ACTION ITEMS

a. ADMINISTRATION/FINANCE:

1) March Claims Summary (handout)

2) Approval of Revised Board Rules

10. OLD/UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

11. NEW BUSINESS:

12. SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT (Refer to Rules under Public Comment/Input above.)

13. COMMISSIONER REPORTS

14. NOTICES

15. CLOSED SESSION (IF REQUIRED)

16. ADJOURNMENT