Council - Regular Meeting

Mics are live. Excellent. Okay. So, we're Yeah. Good. Okay. Okay. We're going to call the meeting to order. First order. Pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance 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. Could I have a roll call, please? Abbott here. Kadu here. Johnson here. Roenba here. Tapasi. Vanlu and Vega here. And President Powers is absent.

Okay. Do I have a motion to excuse any absent members? Motion to excuse absent members. Second. Second. All in favor? I. Okay. Uh all had a chance to look at the agenda. I trust. Um do I have a motion to approve the agenda for tonight? Motion to approve the agenda. Second. Okay. All in favor? I I

Okay. Next order of business is the consent agenda. Okay. We've got a few things here. Consideration of a motion approving the payments of the bills checks numbered 64395 to 64437 and electronic payments 650 to 660 in the amount of $831,00054758. Uh B is consideration of a motion to approve the minutes for the January 12th, 2026 work session and January 21st, 2026 special meeting. C is consideration of a motion to approve the February 2026 budget adjustments for fiscal year 2025 to 2026. D is consideration of a motion to approve more bruins. DWSRF project plan proposal for a cost not to exceed $15,000. E. Consideration of a motion to award the bid for the North Division Street Infrastructure Project to Jackson Murky contractors in the amount not to exceed 1,59 990,000 and um 5 cents. Did I even say that right? Okay. Not sure how to say that number. and to authorize the village manager not to and to authorize the village manager to execute the contract. F. Consideration of a motion to award the bid for the Grand River Greenway Trail to Site Works Solutions for an amount not to exceed $453,000 and to authorize the village manager to execute the contract. G. consideration of a motion to approve the addendum to agreement for the public works director and personnel and authorize the village manager to sign the addendum. A council member may now make a motion to approve

the consent agenda and of course any member can ask the item be removed from the can consent agenda if desired and such item would then be discussed and voted on separately later in the meeting if you like. Do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda as written? Motion to approve the consent agenda as written. Second. Second. And do we need a roll call vote for that? Okay. Council person Kadu. Yes. Council person Rogenva. Yes. Council person Johnson. Yes. Council person Abbott. Yes. Acting President Vanlu. Vanllean Vega.

Yes. Okay. Next order of business is a public hearing reszoning the central business district to community commercial. Uh the subject is uh the village council will hold a public hearing here to review an amended zoning map which will reszone two blocks on the northern side of Savage Street between Cutler and Chrisman Street from Central Business District or CBD to Community Commercial. C. Uh we're going to move to open the public hearing and uh consider all public comments. Council welcomes and encourages the public to speak during public hearing portions of the agenda. Those members wishing to speak should wait to be recognized by uh the acting president and uh all comments should be limited to three minutes and will be entered into the permanent record minutes of the meeting. And if you come up to the podium, please um state your name and address when doing so. And do I actually have to move to

You just have to declare the public hearing open. Okay. So, it's open if anybody has anything to say about changing the business district. No. If not, I move you do need a motion to close. Oh, do I need a motion to motion to close public hearing? Second. Okay. All in favor? I Okay. Public portion closed. So, do we now discuss it here? Or do we just usually we get a chance to chat about it if anybody has anything to say? Send anybody. Then you have a new motion to adopt ordinance number 401 approving the resoning of those partials. Oh, so I have to move it and then then we chat about it.

Right. Somebody need to make that motion.

And I see that if I just read the next page of the book that is tonight's meeting. Um, consideration of a motion to adopt ordinance number 401 approving the resoning of the parcels listed below from central business zoning district to com community commercial zoning district. And I'm going to read these parcels. Uh 116 Chrisman Street 70-3-16-450-00006 510 Liberty Street 70-3-15-351-00003 601 West Savage Street 70-3-15-354-006 57 South Savage Street 70-3-15-355-00002. I should have just said at the beginning that these were all going to start with the 70. Um, next one. 600 Liberty Street, 70-3-15-351-004. 708 Liberty Street 70-3-16-450-00009 721 West Savage Street 70-3-16-450-004 710 Liberty Street 70-3-16-450--00002 uh the vacant lot on Rex Avenue 70-3-50 15-354-004. Another lot on Rex Avenue, um 70-3-16-450--10. The vacant lot on Savage Street, 70-3-16-450-008.

And finally, the vacant lot on Christmas Street, 70-3-16-450--00007. Council discussion. If anybody has You probably should have a motion. Do I have to move to You should have a motion in support and then you would have Do I have a motion to support? Yes. Motion to support adopting ordinance number 401. Second. Okay. Now, do I have to say I We don't say all in favor until we Any discussion? Yep.

Anything to say? Okay. If there isn't anything else, um, do I have a motion? Okay. You've already moved to approve and it was seconded. Now we just have to do a roll call vote. Council person Rogenva, yes. Council person Abbott, yes. Council person Kadu, yes. Council person Johnson, yes. Acting President Vanluen Vanluen Vega, yes.

Okay. Next on the agenda is a public hearing for the proposed text amendments. The village council will hold a public hearing to review zoning text amendments as recommended by the village planning commission. Uh first we'd like to um open a public hearing. No, let's see. Do I need a motion to do that? I'm just saying that. Open the public hearing, consider all public comments, and again, we welcome and encourage the public to speak. If you have anything to say, uh, please state your name and address for the record and we ask that you limit your comments to three minutes. Okay. Open. Yeah. Okay. I'll give it a bang just for just for kicks.

My name is Alan Lissawitz. I live in the township, but I run Bear Boot Works at 821 West Savage. Uh, we're the squeaky wheel on the amendment there about the marina. Um, we've been working with the village for a few years now. We go back three village managers on a plan to build a new building, have a new development. Um, there's a lot of moving pieces with that and we appreciate you keeping us as a special land use. We app we support the big picture idea of what the village wants to do with the resoning, but we appreciate the extra time to get what we need to do before we get reszoned. Um, I think public here with some big plans and I think everyone we want to work with the village. I think it can uh really beautify an important area and uh I appreciate the village continue.

Okay. Thank you. Was there anybody else? If not, could I have a motion to um close the public portion of the meeting of the motion to close the public? Second. Second. All in favor? I I Okay, so it's closed. Uh Let's see. Do I have a motion to approve ordinance number 400 dated January 9th, 2026 as amended to provide that marinas shall remain in a special land use in the CBD district? I have a motion. Motion to approve the ordinance 400. Second. January 9th. Yep. I second.

Okay. All in favor? Oh, no. No, we can't can't do that. Yep. It's killing me. Okay. Council person Abbott, it needs discussion first. What's that? You should ask if there's any discussion. Just doing that. Marvin was just village, doesn't it? Okay. Yes. Mr. Abbott, did you have anything to add? I have nothing further to add. Okay. Jen, anything? No. Nothing further? and I do not either. So then we just need a roll call vote it sounds like. Council person Abbott, yes. Council person Rogenba,

yes. Council person Kadu, yes. Council person Johnson, yes. Acting President Vanluen Vega, yes. Okay. C. Public hearing for the petal pub ordinance. Uh we are holding a public hearing to review ordinance number 402, pedal pub ordinance. And once again, public hearing. Um, we will consider all public comments. We hope that you will keep your comments to three minutes and give your name and address if you wish to speak. Um, public hearing is open.

Yeah. Um, I'm Gabe Melching, 115 West Anne, just couple blocks behind here. Yep. Um, I brought the kind of concept of a idea of a pedal pub to Brady probably, I don't know, close to a year ago, maybe at this point. Um, but I do think it's something that's, um, you know, could be a benefit to the community. Um, I live right in town, so I obviously want it to be um, successful, but also not um, you know, I want it to be something that uh, benefits the entire community. Um, which I I do think it could be. Um, so yeah, I just uh thank you guys for um taking the time to uh think about it.

You if there's nobody else, we move to um close the public portion of the meeting. Motion to close. Second. Okay. All in favor? I Okay, public portion closed. So I ask then consideration of a motion to approve the pub the proposed pedal pub ordinance ordinance number 402 with a draft date of November 18th 2025. Do I have a motion to approve? Motion to approve proposed pedal probe ordinance number 402. A second. Second.

Okay. Does anybody have anything to add to this? We could add start at you. Looking forward to it. Yeah. the first customer. Me, too. Okay. I think we discussed maybe getting like a a bulk rate here. Anything? No, we're good. Okay, then it sounds like we need a roll call vote for that. Council person Abbott, yes. Council person Kadoo, yes. Council person Rogen, yes. Council person Johnson, yes. President Vanluen Vega, yes. Okay. And then D. Lily Mansion bed and breakfast liquor license classification transfer.

But if I may before we get started, Patrick would have to recuse himself and in I was just gonna ask if he needed to. Okay. You would actually say this? Yes, I myself. Yeah. Then you just take a seat for this one. Okay. Consideration of a motion to adopt resolution 2026-02 recommending the Michigan Liquor Control Commission approve the transfer of the existing tavern license to a class C license for Lily Mansion Bed and Breakfast LLC. And do we have some information on this? Do we need to talk about what what changed? Yeah. And so this was um

I got an email actually prior to the work session but it got lost in my email so we were unable to talk about at the work session. Uh my understanding of the um the change it's they still have their liquor license but the the difference between the classification is right now they are able uh to serve liquor with um as a mixed drink but not just the spirit itself. So this change would be to allow for for that and this the first step in that process is always local government approval. So the resolution in front of you tonight is to have them get the local government approval.

Okay. And then it gets submitted to the liquor control commission. I have a quick question. Um in historically I had heard that there was a finite amount of these licenses when it is transferred into sort of a different version does a new is that actually like a new license or is it just sort of morphing into a different classification? I mean that's not actually a a new license that had to be applied for. It's just changed. Okay. I don't know.

I am not sure. Okay. But it doesn't necessarily preclude another business in the area, something being able to get a liquor license. I mean, it doesn't sound like it used to be that there was, you know, a certain cash of them available and once they were gone, nobody else could apply for one. So, this is

my understanding would be they still have their liquor license. are changing a classification within that liquid license. Yeah. Okay. So, uh do I have a motion to approve resolution 20262? To approve resolution 20262. Second. And is that a roll call vote as well or is it just a just a voice vote? All in favor? I. Any opposed?

Okay. And I was an I too even though I didn't say I. Okay. Um, okay. Come on back. Okay. Um, next, uh, department reports, village manager. I have nothing further to add from my report unless there's any questions. Okay. Assistant to the manager is not present. Let's see. Uh, clerk, treasure, finance director. Nothing to add.

Okay. Uh, communications, right? Uh, DDA, that would be me. I don't know. We did, we didn't have a meeting yet this month, so I have nothing new to report. Um, uh, let's see. I'm going through everything else here. He doesn't usually go through this. Okay. Uh, and usually I thought he asked the village attorney before he says old and new business. But it's doesn't matter. Older old business and reports by the village council. Anybody got anything? New business. And now we get to hear from Bob.

Nothing to add. And finally, uh, statements of citizens, uh, open to the public if anybody's got anything to add. Doesn't look like it. No. Okay. Well, if that's it, then, um, move to adjurnn. Motion to adjurnn. Second.