COMMON COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA

TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2006 AT 7:00 P.M.

OAK CREEK CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
8640 S. HOWELL AVE.

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Call Meeting to Order

Pledge of Allegiance

Approval of Minutes: 1/3/06 and 1/5/06, as published

Public Hearings (beginning at 7:00 p.m.) Citizen input, comments and suggestions are requested on the specific item(s) identified below.  Action by the Council may occur at the same meeting if so included in the agenda.

            None.

Old Business

            None.

Action Presentations

Mayor and Council

  1. Resolution:  Consider resolution No. 10583-011706, commendation to Marvin G. Hunt, retiring Equipment Operator (by Committee of the Whole).
  2. Resolution:  Consider resolution No. 10589-011706, commendation to Bruce A. Brossman, retiring Fire Fighter (by Committee of the Whole).
  3. Resolution:  Consider resolution No. 10590-011706, commendation to Gerard R. Hammernik, retiring Fire Chief (by Committee of the Whole).
  4. Resolution:  Consider resolution No. 10591-011706, commendation to Guy G. Kovales, retiring Fire Fighter (by Committee of the Whole).
  5. Resolution:  Consider resolution No. 10592-011706, commendation to Phillip W. Sodemann, retiring Fire Fighter Paramedic (by Committee of the Whole).
  6. Resolution:  Consider resolution No. 10593-011706, appreciation to William M. Bauer, retiring Police Officer (by Committee of the Whole).
  7. Motion: Consider a motion to approve the Vendor Summary Report in the amount of $866,061.29 (by Committee of the Whole).
  8. Discussion:  To provide direction for various elements of the programming study for the Street Department facility; and
  9. Motion:  Consider a motion to authorize proceeding with the Street Department facility programming study with the following criteria:
    1. Concur with staff recommendation to include all street lighting activities in the Street Department facility design;
    2. Concur with staff recommendation to plan for continued fire vehicle maintenance at the Street Department garage, but not to include funding for additional square footage for maintenance of the fire ladder truck;
    3. Concur with staff recommendation to plan for an area for two mechanics and additional work bays, but not for permanent relocation of remote site mechanics;
    4. Concur with staff recommendation to provide review of garage space for city hall vehicles in the event the civic center complex relocates in the Street Department vicinity;
    5. Concur with one of the following suggested options for Parks, Recreation and Forestry (PR&F) needs:
      1. Keep the current PR&F facilities in their current use; share new cold storage Building No. 4, scheduled to be constructed this year, with Street Department;
      2. Add space to the Street facility to partially integrate PR&F functions and facilities, such as lunch room, lockers/showers, offices, some vehicle storage, etc., into the Street Department garage; maintain current PR&F operations and storage in Building No. 3, and share new cold storage Building No. 4 with Street Department;
      3. Add space to the Street facility to completely integrate PR&F functions and operations into the Street Department garage; keep Building No. 3 for PR&F miscellaneous operations and storage; share new cold storage Building No. 4 with Street Department.
  10. Motion:  Consider a motion to award the Street Department garage groundwater monitoring and free product evaluation to METCO, the lowest bidder from the Wisconsin Department of Commerce (Project No. 96018) (by Committee of the Whole).
  11. Motion:  Consider a motion to authorize expanding the Dust and Noise Abatement program related to the WE Energies Power Plant Project to Areas B and C of the plan, approved per Resolution No. 10532-071905 (by Committee of the Whole).
  12. Motion:  Consider a motion to authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to renew the contract with CPR, Inc., for BLS ambulance billing for the year 2006 (by Committee of the Whole).

    13. License Committee

  13. Motion: Consider a motion to take action on the various license requests as listed on the attached report (by Committee of the Whole).

    14. Streets

  14. Motion:  Consider a motion to concur with the recommendation of the Street Superintendent and approve the low bid from Western Culverts for corrugated metal and A-2000 pipe for the year 2006 in the amount of $23,649.42 (by Committee of the Whole).

    15. Parks, Recreation & Forestry

  15. Motion:  Consider a motion to award the bid for the purchase and construction of a cold storage building on the Street Department grounds to Lester Buildings, Inc., in the amount of $98,805.00, and to award the bid for purchase and installation of a dry sprinkling fire protection system to Quality Fire Protection, Inc., in the amount of $16,260.00 (by Committee of the Whole).

    16. Engineering

  16. Motion:  Consider a motion to authorize payment of the contract progress payments for various projects as listed on the attached summary report (citywide).

    17. Miscellaneous

  17. Motion:  Consider a motion to convene into Executive Session immediately following the conclusion of the Common Council meeting, pursuant to Wisconsin State Statutes, Section 19.85(1)(c)(e) to review applications and qualifications of candidates for the position of City Administrator and to discuss the terms of the contract with a candidate for the position of City Administrator.
  18. Motion:  Consider a motion to reconvene into Open Session.
  19. Motion:  Consider a motion to take action, if required.
  20. Ordinance:  Consider ordinance No. 2390, setting the salary and benefits for the City Administrator (by Committee of the Whole).
  21. Informational:  Review of the final RFP for the redevelopment of the property at 8640 S. Howell Ave. prior to issuance (as approved by the Council on 1/12/06) (by Committee of the Whole).

Adjournment.

Public Notice

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