MINUTES

Ways and Means

Monday, December 7, 2009 – 1:30 p.m.
10th Floor, Conference Room
City Hall

CALL TO ORDER

The meeting called to order at 1:39 p.m.

ROLL CALL

Councilmember Carol Wood, Chair

Councilmember Tim Kaltenbach, Vice Chair
Council President Derrick Quinney, Member – Excused Absence

OTHERS PRESENT

Terese Horn, Council Staff

Angela Bennett, Budget
Sara Sturing, Law
Alec Malvetis, Public Service
Ann Fillingham, Dykama
Paul Stokes, Public Service
Carl Calille, Employee
Neal McNamara, City Pulse
Arnie Yerxa, Internal Audit

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

COUNCILMEMBER KALTENBACH MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE

MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER 14, OCTOBER 12, 26, NOVEMBER 9, 13,
AND 23, 2009 COMMITTEE MEETINGS AS SUBMITTED. MOTION
CARRIED, 2-0.

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PUBLIC COMMENT

Public Comment was taken at the time of each issue.

ACTION/DISCUSSION

Issuance of Bonds for 2010 Wastewater Treatment Plant

Improvements

Alec Malvetis provided an overview of the issuance of bonds. The issuance of

up to $15,000,000 of combined sewer overflow bonds to finance wastewater
treatment plant and combined sewer separation improvements associated
with the Lansing Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvement project. In
particular, it will support upgrading of the process at the Waste Water
Treatment Plant that works in cooperation with the CSO program. The loan
will be issued for the entire project with a 40% adjustment from Stimulus
funds. The project will be constructed by a Lansing company as the low
bidder, and they are looking at Lansing first for workers.

He reported the projects not being completed include the following:

Washington Ave downtown, Ottawa Street between Capitol and Grand, 34C
(Bradley, Mt. Hope, MLK, and Sparrow Ave.). These will be shelved for about
a year until there is funding. Projects still to be worked on include: 34-B,
trunk sewer, corridor on Saginaw Street, Washington Ave. from Mt. Hope to
Holmes. This will require deep ditches and the street will need to be cut off.
They will have way-finding signs pushing people in the appropriate direction
for the hospital.

Councilmember Wood stated it was her understanding that the next phase of
compliance was 2014 when six (6) regulators would be required to come off-
line in order to meet our State timeline. Also that the DEQ was expecting a
report by July 1, 2010 with a plan on how to incorporate the CSO and SSO
work in the City.

Mr. Malvetis stated that was correct.

COUNCILMEMBER KALTENBACH MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE

ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR 2010 WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
IMPROVEMENT. MOTION CARRIED, 2-0.

Budget Transfer – Revenues Estimated from State Justice Training

Fund for Sworn for Law Enforcement Officer Training

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Ms. Bennett state that this is Public Act 302 monies for sworn law
enforcement officer training.

COUNCILMEMBER KALTENBACH MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE

BUDGET TRANSFER FOR THE REVENUES ESTIMATED FROM STATE
JUSTICE TRAINING FUND FOR SWORN FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER TRAINING. MOTION CARRIED, 2-0.

Parking Revenues & Expenditures

Pending Bob Johnson’s report.

General Fund Status Report for 1st Quarter FY 2010

Contracts

Ms. Bennett reported, as indicated at the last meeting, due to the variety of
expertise needed, it is more cost effective to contract out than it is to use
employees in-house. The 2009 contractual report as requested in the budget
will not be ready until January. She provided a chart dated 2007 on what was
spent for engineering and designs for the CSO work compared to what it
would have costs for the City to provide said service.

Councilmember Wood expressed concern about not receiving the report on

contractual help. This was requested for last year, and the Committee did
not receive on then. She requested that the Committee have the 2008 report
provided at the next meeting if the 2009 is not be ready.

Also at the next meeting, Finance was requested to report on the interest
earned on investments and what investments have been made.

Pending until next week.

Pedway

Pending for Bob Johnson’s report.

ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 2:05 p.m.
Terese Horn
Recording Secretary
Lansing City Council
Approved by the Committee on __________________.
Appropriate documents attached to original set of minutes.