Grand Traverse County Board of Public Works - 11/12/2020

Board of Public Works Regular meeting

Thursday, November 12, 2020 9:00 AM

Agenda

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

3. ROLL CALL

4. PUBLIC COMMENT

All cell phones shall be switched to silent mode or turned off.
Any person may make a video, audio or other record of this meeting. Standing equipment, cords, or portable microphones must be located so as not to block audience view.
Any person shall be permitted to address a meeting of the Board of Public Works which is required to be open to the public under the provision of the Michigan Open Meetings Act, as amended. (MCLA 15.261, et.seq.) Public Comment shall be carried out in accordance with the following Board Rules and Procedures:
1. Any person wishing to address the Board shall state his or her name and address.
2. No person shall be allowed to speak more than once on the same matter, excluding time needed to answer Board Member’s questions. The Chairperson shall control the amount of time each person shall be allowed to speak, which shall not exceed (3) minutes.

i. Chairperson may, at his or her discretion, extend the amount of time any person is allowed to speak.

ii. Whenever a group wishes to address the Board, the Chairperson may require that the group designate a spokesperson; the Chairperson shall control the amount of time the spokesperson shall be allowed to speak, which shall not exceed fifteen (15 minutes).

5. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

6. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES

Unless there are any objections, the meeting minutes of October 15, 2020 are approved1

7. REPORTS

a. STF Audit & Annual Report (Dean Bott)

b. Jacobs's Monthly Operating Report

c. Engineer of Record

d. Shop Manager

e. Director

i. Finance Committee

f. Board Members

8. CONSENT CALENDAR

The purpose of the Consent Calendar is to expedite business by grouping non-controversial items together to be dealt with by one Board motion without discussion. Any member of the Board, 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 following items are approved by a single Board action adopting the consent calendar with a MAJORITY ROLL CALL VOTE.

a. ITEMS Approved by Staff

i.DPW Budget Status & Budget Amendments

ii.(Claims and claims reports are available for review at any time upon request.)

iii.Jacobs's - Monthly Operations Invoice ($44,529.69)

iv.Wade Trim - Design Engineering - East Bay Pump Station #2 PO# 9416 ($1,040.68)

b. ITEMS TO BE PAID After Approval by Board

i.Olson, Bzdok & Howard ($29.00)

ii.Gourdie-Fraser

iii.City of Traverse City WWTP

iv.Water Invoice #99024-Elmwood Greilickville Township July-Sept ($13,435.51)

vi.Water Invoice #99022-Garfield Township July - Sept ($480,292.38)

vii.Water Invoice #99023-Peninsula Township July - Sept ($61,257.53)

ACTION REQUESTED-A Motion to approve the Consent Calendar with a Roll Call Vote

iv.City of Traverse City Water Supply

9. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

10. NEW BUSINESS

a. Timberlee VFD101

b. Fall Protection/Hoist106

c. Sewer Inspection - Camera112

11. PUBLIC COMMENT - Refer to Rules and Public Comment/Input

12. NOTICES: As listed

a. The next regular BPW Finance Committee Meeting will be held on December 2, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. in the Large Conference Room in the Public Services Building at 2650 LaFranier Rd.

b. The next regular meeting of the Board of Public Works will be held on December 10, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. in the Meeting room at GARFIELD TOWNSHIP HALL, 3848 Veterans Drive.

13. ADJOURNMENT

Link to website for agenda & packet

http://www.co.grand-traverse.mi.us/departments/public_works/Agenda_Packets.htm

You can find videos of the meetings at: http://upnorthmedia.org/watchgovtv.asp?SDBFid=2365