A2Council Meeting Summaries

Month: June 2020

Ann Arbor City Council Special Session: June 29, 2020

This was a special session originally planned as a closed session for City legal staff to advise Council on issues relating to the Gelman Plume consent judgement. This meeting was held online via the Zoom application.

CM Ackerman was absent
CM Smith was absent

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APPROVED: Resolution to Approve City Administrator Search (Legistar)

  • The Council Administrative committee has approved a job description to be posted, a rubric for assessment of candidates, a timeline and interviewers for the position of City Administrator. The job will be posted and promoted June 30 through July 26. The Council Administrative committee would select finalists on August 10, whose information would be publicized on August 11. Council, staff, and community members would participate in scheduled interviews so that feedback could be provided by August 21. Council would determine next steps (including negotiation with a preferred candidate) as soon as August 24.

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Ann Arbor City Council Voting Chart for June 29, 2020

Ann Arbor City Council: June 15, 2020

This was the sixth regular Ann Arbor City Council meeting since Governor Whitmer declared a state of emergency and stay-at-home order due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This meeting was held online via the Zoom application.

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APPROVED: $1,247,529 Coordinated Funding allocations to Non-Profit Entities for Human Services (through June 30, 2021) (Legistar)

APPROVED: $399,080 to purchase hot mix asphalt for street and path maintenance. (Legistar)

APPROVED: $861,457.60 for 2020 Utility Improvements: Sewer (John Street), Water Main (South Blvd),  Storm Sewer (Huron) (Legistar)

APPROVED: $3,642,400 for Street Preventative Maintenance Project, FY2021, which includes: cape sealing pavement preservation (on eight major and 26 local streets) and crack sealing on 24 miles of major streets and 18 miles of local streets. (Legistar)

APPROVED: Ann Arbor officially recognizes the month of June as Pride Month (Legistar)

Three sidewalk plans were tabled/postponed until after the November 2020 Sidewalk Millage vote:

  • TABLED: Sidewalk Gap Special Assessment District: Jackson Avenue (Westover to Park Lake) (Legistar)

  • POSTPONED to December 7: Sidewalk Gap Special Assessment District: Barton Drive (Brede Place to Pontiac Trail)  (Legistar)

    • This was previously approved on May 4, 2020 and brought back at this meeting for reconsideration

  • POSTPONED to December 7: Sidewalk Gap Special Assessment District: Nixon/Traver Sidewalk Gap Project  (Legistar)

    • This was previously approved on May 4, 2020 and brought back at this meeting for reconsideration

APPROVED: $10,000 is approved to contract with Sam Schwartz, a PE with Vision Zero expertise, to review a sample of the city’s pedestrian crossings. These funds are available in the Alternative Transportation Fund. (Legistar)

DEFEATED: Resolution to override the Mayor’s partial veto of the approved resolution that allowed unrestricted rebate funds from the County Mental Health and Public Safety millage to enter our budget as uncommitted, general fund dollars. (Legistar)

Two resolutions related to the Independent Community Police Oversight Commission (ICPOC)

APPROVED: The local state of emergency (declared on March 17, 2020) is lifted. (Legistar)

A2ELNEL Voting Chart

Ann Arbor City Council Voting Chart for June 15, 2020 Part 1
Ann Arbor City Council Voting Chart for June 15, 2020 Part 2
Ann Arbor City Council Voting Chart for June 15, 2020 Part 3
Ann Arbor City Council Voting Chart for June 15, 2020 Part 4
Ann Arbor City Council Voting Chart for June 15, 2020 Part 5

Ann Arbor City Council: June 1, 2020

This was the fifth regular Ann Arbor City Council meeting since Governor Whitmer declared a state of emergency and stay-at-home order due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This meeting was held online via the Zoom application.

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Note: An agenda item to approve the collective bargaining agreement between the City of Ann Arbor and the Ann Arbor Police Officers Association was pulled from the agenda before the meeting started.

APPROVED: A2Zero Ann Arbor Carbon Neutrality Plan passed unanimously (Legistar)

APPROVED: $35,000 Fair Food grant for Double Up Food Bucks program at the Ann Arbor Farmers Market for SNAP recipients (Legistar)

APPROVED: $145,000 for Gallup Vehicle Bridge Improvement Project (Legistar)

APPROVED: $830,620 for bulk chemical purchases, Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant (Legistar)

APPROVED: Direction to prepare ballot language for a Street, Bridge, and Sidewalk Millage (Legistar)

  • Renewal of 2.125 from 2016
  • Additional .20 mil for construction of new sidewalks

APPROVED: Preparation of plans and specifications for Boardwalk Drive Sidewalk Gap Project (Legistar)

APPROVED: Resolution deferring water rate increases for six months for internal re-assessment of tiering and cost-of-service charges. (Legistar)

APPROVED: Resolution for Downtown Street Closures for weekend hours during pandemic period as requested by merchant/business associations. Beginning as soon as 6/12/20 and ending 8/23/20 (Legistar)

APPROVED: Expansion of local liquor license service areas to include outdoor, adjacent property (including the street) where license holders have proper permission from the State. (Legistar)

A2ELNEL Voting Chart

Ann Arbor City Council Voting Chart for June 1, 2020 Part 1
Ann Arbor City Council Voting Chart for June 1, 2020 Part 2

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