Village of Vicksburg Village Council Regular Agenda 7 p.m. Monday September 19, 2022 South County EMS Building 13318 North Boulevard Vicksburg, MI 49097

AGENDA

1. Call to Order
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Moment of Silence
4. Roll Call
5. Approval of Agenda
6. Scheduled Appearances – Mike Fredrick Completion of Sunset Lake, Clark Park, and pond gazebo Projects
7. Public Official Appearances
8. Citizen’s Comments for agenda items only (3 min limit)

 

9. Approval of General Consent Agenda
   1. Minutes of the Regular Council Meeting: August 15 2022
   2. Warrant Reports: Total $ 630,267.18
   3. Event Requests –
      1. Kickoff to Celebrating 150 Years of Village Activities and Friendships Event: October 15^th, 2022 Close Main St. (Prairie to Washington) and Prairie St. (Michigan to Kalamazoo) Food Trucks, Magical Displays, Old Tractors, Farmers Market Booths, etc. 3:00 pm – 8:30 pm.
      2. Ice-Burg Festival. Closing of Main St (Washington – Prairie) and Prairie St (Michigan Ave – Kalamazoo) from 11 am – 8 pm to re-establish the Ice-Burg Festival with all day family activities. Chamber of Commerce.

• Historic Village Pavilion: June 3, 2023: Barton Graduation Party 12p – 6p

 

1. Correspondence – None

 

10. Village Council Action Items

 

800. West Prairie Street Bridge Repairs: Fredrick’s Construction being Construction Manager. $7,800.00 *See Attachment. Staff recommends a motion, support and approval to allow the Village Manager to enter into a contract with Fredrick’s Construction to be the construction manager reference the repairs to the West Prairie Street Bridge.
801. Village Manager Presentation: Water System Improvements Water Main and Lead-Line Replacements: Contract with Prein&Newhof for engineering services amount not to exceed $104,800.00. Staff recommends a motion, support and approval for the Village Manager to enter into a contract with Prein&Newhof for Water-Main and Lead-Line replacements on the following streets: State, Division, Vine, Rose, Wilson, Elm, and Pearl.
802. Playground Mulch for under children’s playground structures at Sunset Lake Beach Park and Clark Park. Labor included. Superior Ground Cover $6,400.00.  Staff recommends a motion, support and approval to allow the Village Manager to enter into a contract with Superior Ground Cover to place playground mulch under the children’s play structures within Sunset Lake Beach Park and Clark Park.
803. Pavement Stripping: Contract with PK Contracting to pavement strip multiple crosswalks, Streets, and parking stripping in Sunset Lake Park. $5,627.08. Staff recommends a motion, support, and approval to allow the Village Manager to enter into a contract with PK Contracting to not exceed $5,627.08.
804. DPW Building Fence: Farm & Garden $12,400.00 to construct remove and dispose of existing wood fence, furnish and install Trimax II Vinyl fence and gate.
805. Village Manager Presentation: Social District Improvements on hours, boundary, and ability of non-alcoholic stores to allow social district cups inside their businesses.
806. Village Manager Presentation: Planning Commission/DDA Property Improvement Grant Program Approval. Staff recommends a motion, support, and approval to implement the Property Improvement Grant Program. *See Attachment

 

11. Village Manager Report (Mallery)
    1. Grant Awards of Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners
       1. $1.2M for water-main and lead-line replacements
       2. $2.5M Awarded to Drain Commissioner Jason Wiersma Office for improvements to Sunset Lake Dam.

• Should know by end of October on our $500K grant request on low-income housing improvements.

12. Committee Reports
    1. Tree
    2. Parks and Rec
    3. KATS
    4. Planning Commission
    5. SKCSA – Sewer
    6. SKCFA – Fire
       1. Fire Authority DRAFT Audit Results

 

13. Citizen’s Comments for non-agenda items only (3 min limit)
14. Village Trustee’s Time
15. Village President’s Time
16. Adjournment

 

 

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