001Okay. Call this meeting to order. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance and the invocation following. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Dear God, please bless our elected officials. Grant them the wisdom to know and the courage to do what is right for all citizens. Amen. >> Amen. >> Roll call, please. >> Allan Lefor >> here. >> Mr. Ravich, >> here. >> Ricks, >> here. >> Schultz, >> here. >> Warren, >> here. >> Yellen, >> here. Uh a motion to excuse uh Emily Allen from tonight's uh meeting with uh notice. >> So moved. Support. >> Motion been made in support. Any discussion? >> All in favor say I. >>
002I. >> Against. Motion does pass. Move on to approval of minutes for the last regular city council meeting held on September 15th. Is there a motion? >> I'll make the motion. >> Support. What's been made and support? Is there any discussion on these minutes? >> All in favor say I. I >> against motion does pass. Audience participation on any non-aggenda items. I think we have people here for the agenda. We move on. Adoption agenda. Mr. City Manager. Any changes? >> No changes. >> City council. Any changes? >> Being not. A motion to accept the agenda as presented would be in order. >> I'll make the motion. >> Support. >> Motion made and support. Any discussion? >> Being not. All in favor of the motion signify by saying I. >> I. I. >> Against. Motion does
003pass. Do we have a motion for the consent agenda? >> Make a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented. >> Support. >> Motion been made in support according to our rules. There's no discussion on the motion. All in favor of the motion signify by saying I. >> I. >> Against. Motion does pass. We move on to items for consideration. We have six this evening. The first one being consideration of proposal from the Richmond Volunteer Fire Department tanker truck, otherwise known as water one. Mr. City Manager >> Council is scheduled to consider approving a proposal from Ple Fire Training to donate the fire department's tanker truck, Water One, to them for use with the Sinclair County Fire Academy. Uh Ple Fire Training owner Steve Meyer provided a proposal to Chief Reindell, and that proposal provides
004for roughly $5,500 worth of services in exchange for the truck. Uh this includes providing one free tuition for a Richmond fire student through the academy through the 2028 year academy year. the initial department onboarding into the smoke system uh including evaluation of training records for the current three-year compliance cycle ending October 1st and then al uh also uh one year of retained consulting services to assist the RVFD in meeting the Michigan firefighting firefighter training council uh training requirements. Uh we did get a a rough estimate uh for taking the truck to the uh Richmond Recycling. Uh that was in the neighborhood of $3,800. Uh again, the proposal is for $5,500 worth of services. Uh fire chief uh Rindell is here if you have any questions. >> Very good. Chief, did you want to add anything
005to this? >> Just here in case you guys had any questions. Um I know we've uh been working a lot with Steve. Um, in fact, he was up at our station last Monday getting us all uh signed in and on board already with these new requirements from the state, which was a huge help. Uh, he just taught a fire instructor class at our station that assistant uh Chief Yelanich and Lieutenant Dler uh took. So, uh he's already been a huge help. He did uh with our training burn we did back in August. So, uh very reliable. I think the last seven, eight years, our students have all been through his the academy through his uh teaching and instructing u through that pay and he's contracted again this year through the Chief Association St. Clair to
006host this next class. >> So, where is where's the Sinclair County? >> It kind of rotates um depending on size of students. Uh this year looks to be in Mary'sville. >> Okay. Um, and that what usually what would happen in the past is they would have to use an inservice truck for that the host department whether it's Mary'sville, us or whoever. By them having their own truck. Now they can actually host them at the college anywhere they need to have their own truck and they won't have to rely on departments in service truck to do the pump training, water shuttle, anything that they might want to do. >> Very good. Is there a motion? I'll make a motion to approve the proposal from Peele Fire Training to provide the old tanker truck to them in
007exchange for services valued at $5,500. >> Support. >> Motion made and supported. Any discussion? >> Yeah, I think this a great idea to get it to um the academy to train with. It can't be used any longer for service runs. Um and what better way to get the rest of the life out of it through training. I think it's a great idea. >> Mr. Mayor, I forgot what just um I I let John know um also just to give council an update speaking with Pierce uh sales rep, we are still online for December delivery of our new tanker. So, I just want to give give you guys a heads up on that. Everything's still online and a go. So, right, >> we're in good shape. So, >> great. Okay. Any other discussion? All in favor
008of the motion signify by saying I. I >> against. Motion does pass. Thanks, Rob. Item number two is consideration of bid award 2025 ashvalt repair contract. Mr. City Manager, >> asphalt patching is completed every year as needed for various reasons such as pavement failures, manhole and catch basin repair rebuilds, water and sewer repairs where we've had to cut into the road to repair a water mane or a sewer uh lead. Uh the public service director solicited quotes uh from I think roughly six companies. Uh we did receive quotes from James P and Peak. Uh we've worked with James P before and they are the low bidder. >> Thank you. Is there a motion before discussion? I'll make a motion to award the 2025 ashall repair contract 2025-SR-2 in the amount of $11,500 to James P
009contracting with the expenses charged to appropriate line items in the general major street local street sanitary and water funds >> support made and support. Any discussion on this item? The uh so that we all understand, excuse me, this is not anything to do with the uh event that we have going on right now with all the curb cuts and everything else that we've got going on. >> No, the contractor will be completely handling all that restoration road work. This is where DPWs had to go out. For example, the splash pad going in on Pool Drive. You know, we had to make that connection. There's a cut across Pool Drive. Uh just various locations throughout the city, our routine. Yep. >> Yep. I just want to clarify that. >> Absolutely. >> That's what this is. Any
010other discussion on the item? All in favor of the motion signify by saying I. >> I. >> Motion does pass. Item number three is consideration of amendment to the library board bylaws. Mr. City Manager >> Council is scheduled to consider approving amendments to the library board bylaws. At the September 20, 2025 library board meeting, the board reviewed their bylaws and approved the changes that are in front of council. Uh there's three main changes. Uh one is that uh the current bylaws call for the election of officers in uh I believe um >> July and then uh they don't normally meet in the summer, so they're moving it to September. Uh, another change is that currently officers aren't supposed to succeed themselves. So, if you have a chair that's good and everyone likes that person as
011chair, they're supposed to rotate out of the position. Uh, obviously as as uh library director Cameron wrote in her background brief, there's some people that I just have a better uh fit for certain positions. So, this will be helpful. And then the third uh is that currently it calls for uh evaluations of the library director twice a year. They'd be switching to once once a year. >> And library director Julianne Cameron is here if you have any questions. >> Anything you'd like to add, Julianne? >> Just really cleaning up some stuff that we've been doing for many years now. Uh the biggest change like um the city manager had mentioned is um taking out the officers can't succeed themselves. Um, we have a few that, you know, one's involved with the friends, so she never
012takes the chair position. So, we're kind of limited at some points and we do currently have someone who likes the position and is willing to do it again. So, they would be voted on every year. That wouldn't change, but it would give them the opportunity to do it again if they wanted. >> Very good. Is there a motion? >> I'll make a motion to approve the amendments to the library board bylaws. Support. >> Mot. Any discussion? pretty cut and dry. >> All in favor of the motion signify by saying I. >> I. >> Against. >> Motion does pass. Thank you. Item number four is consideration of special event request Broadway Connection debut for the 5K run. Mr. City Manager. >> Council is scheduled to consider a special event request from Broadway Connection debut for the
013St. Patrick's Day 5K runwalk held on Saturday, March 14th, 2026 in the Trail Head Park in Mcome Orchard Trail. Joselyn Mansa is the main event coordinator. Uh Broadway Connection debut is a nonprofit fundraising group that raises money to offset the expense of sending their uh children to the competitive dance team through the Leap of Faith Dance Studio. Uh and council has approved this I believe the previous four years. >> Very good. Thank you. Is there a motion? >> I'll make a motion to approve the special event application for Broadway Connection debut for the St. Patrick's Day 5K runwalk. It allow organizers to utilize the trail head park orchard trail from 6:30 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 14th, 2026. Support. >> Motion made and support. Any discussion on this item? >> We've never had
014any problem in the past with no >> anything. They do a good job. Yeah. Very good. Any other comments, questions? Being not. All in favor of the motion signify by saying I. I. >> Against. Motion does pass. Item number five is consideration of board appointment planning commission. Mr. City Manager. >> Council is scheduled to consider making an appointment to the planning commission due to a recent vacancy with the passing of planning commissioner Mike Kaminsky. Uh the planning commission is appointed by the mayor uh and confirmed by the council. >> Thank you. Um I would ask council to confirm the appointment to for Jen Holly. U she also uh as most of you know she uh sits on the board of zoning appeals and by law now we have to have one member of the planning
015commission also has to sit on the BZA and that's what Mike had uh done for us. She's already on the BZA, has been for probably a couple years maybe now. >> And uh when I called her uh she was on the golf car golf course and she said she'd be honored to be sitting on the planning commission. So um I'm looking forward to working with her on the planning commission with your uh confirmation. Is there a motion? I'll make a motion to confirm the mayor's appointment of Jennifer Holly to the planning commission for a three-year term with an expiration date of June 30th, 2028. >> Support those made and support. Any discussion, questions, comments? Another good addition. >> All in favor of the motion signify by saying I. >> I. >> Motion does pass. We
016thank Jen for doing that for us. Item number six is consideration of MS benefit plan amendment. Mr. City Manager, >> city council is scheduled to consider approving an addendum to the MS contract and the city of Richmond. The full-time patrol officers, command and dispatchers are all part of the same MS defined benefit program. Uh the recent contract negotiations with patrol resulted in uh the union and city agreeing to changes to the merger's contribution uh how they're funded in the split between the employee and the employer. Um much like we did the last time. Uh we will need to get uh letters of understanding from the other two unions. We have uh started to have those discussions with them. Uh we wouldn't make this change until we get those letters of understanding. But um I've already
017talked to them briefly about like the finances and and uh Detective Palmer, our union steward, have been letting them know uh what was happening. So uh I anticipate that that'll happen, but there's a timing issue with how MS works. So we need to actually appro them approved minutes. So, by having this approved at tonight's meeting, it could as long as we get those letters of understanding in the next couple weeks, it could go uh very >> at the next council meeting. >> Is there a motion? >> I'll make a motion to approve the mayor's defined benefit plan adoption agreement addendum for the city of Richmond and authorize a city manager to sign on behalf of the city of Richmond. support >> most been made and supported. Council had gone over this extensively. I believe a
018big move for the city council to uh and administration to uh do this um for their retirement purposes. Uh and we planned our budget around it basically um so that we could do this. Um, so is there any other discussion on this subject? Being not, all in favor of the motion signify by saying I. >> I. >> Against. Motion does pass. Miscellaneous matters from the city manager. Sir, >> uh, nothing tonight. >> Okay. Wow. Really, >> Michael? Uh, >> nothing. Thank you. >> Nothing. What's that, >> John? Nothing. Jimmy, >> just what a beautiful day it was uh yesterday for the 100th and a birthday for the 1925 American France at the fire hall. >> Yep. It was great day. Great day. Good attendance and everything. It was good to see a lot of people
019that I haven't seen in a long time that were there uh that made the uh made the uh truck what it is today still. Um it's almost it's very iconic piece of equipment for for uh the city. Something to be very proud of. Um we we also will be was that was uh filmed also. So that will be on uh our uh >> channel 6 and on our YouTube >> and YouTube eventually it will be on. So, >> and I did mail or email him the uh photos uh that were taken uh after the event and so he'll be also putting those on the slideshow on channel 6 in between program. >> Okay, great. Great. Great. No, they put on a nice uh the fire department put on a nice open house afterwards also. So,
020it was very nice nice day. Um we go to the calendar today, October, excuse me, October 6th. Uh tomorrow is a walkth through for the uh parks and recreation department. Uh we'll be going through uh some of the buildings tomorrow uh that the city has uh for parks and wreck. Plan commission will be meeting at 7:00 on the 9th right here at city hall. The library board will be meeting at 5:30 on the 13th. That's next Monday, which is also Columbus Day. Cable Commission will be meeting at 6:30 on the 14th again here at city hall at uh two weeks from tonight will be a workshop starting at 5:30 for the city council in administration and the regular meeting of the city council will be held at 7:00 if necessary. After the regular meeting of
021the city council is over with, we will go back into the workshop if necessary. So, a little reminder here. Uh, the city of Richmond will be having its Halloween no tricks only treats. It will be held at the m municipal parking lot on the north end of town next to Maniachi's Hall. Same times from 6:00 to 8. And um we're looking forward to a great evening there. This is new. Uh it was held at the fire department. Um this way uh it's being held in uh the the uh social district area. Um and uh we hope that uh it's as successful as it's been uh when it's been held at the fire department all these years. Is there anything else that we need to add to the calendar at this time? >> I would just
022add uh many people start looking for the scarecrows. Uh we did have 57 people register to do the scarecrow which is I think about 17 to 20 more than in the past. >> That's great. So >> that is great. >> Y >> um I do have a couple announcements here. Uh Friday, October 17th at the Odd on Main Street. It's called Color Your Fall with Goodness. It's uh giving blood. It's American Red Cross. If you'd like to uh give uh to schedule an appointment with Red Cross, uh the number is 8007332767. That's 8007332767. You can give them a call and schedule that uh that uh blood drive at the odd on Friday, October 17th. There's going to be a pickle ball Halloween costume party at the odd also on October 29th. It's going to be
023from 9:00 a.m. to noon. Uh it says come dressed up in your best costume and play some pickle ball at the odd. $4 per person, punch cards available. Um and they are also accepting silver sneakers and one pass patrons. Um I'm a silver sneaker user and it's it's it's a great thing to have. I have not started my pickle ball yet. I'm hoping this winter, but um uh one of the places that I work out at in town um accepts the uh silver sneakers program and it's great. It's a huge savings. Uh so anybody who has access to the silver sneakers or this one pass um that can be used at the odd. Starting Sunday, October 12th, that's this coming Sunday, it's going to be teen open gym at the odd. that is held from
0242 to 4:00. It's $3 a person and it will be every single Sunday. Uh also they are going to open the adult open gym at the odd. That's going to be held from 5 to 7 and that will be also on Sundays. So you've got the teens from 2 to 4 on Sunday and the adult open gym at the odd from 5 to 7 also on those Sunday. The odd again is located on uh uh basically uh division in Main Street. Uh and that is all we have for now. Is there any uh other business of the city council this evening? If not, motion to adjurnn will be in order. >> I'll make a motion to adjurnn. >> Motion's been made and supported. There is no discussion on the motion. All in favor of the
025motion signify by saying I. I. >> Against. Motion does pass. Thanks for being with us.