Pres. Wolak called meeting to order at 7:00 PM. Pledge of Allegiance recited. Council members present at roll call: Ballard, Shall, Clark, Boelke, Wolak, Sledz. Absent: Coenen. Also present: Clerk Poulos, Treasurer Adair, Adriana Annoni, Stacy Sobotka, Rhosan Beatham Zebelian, and Kevin Grand.
COUNCIL ACTION: Unanimously approved Agenda as amended: Added: To Amend the Motion Made at the Regular Council Meeting of March 28, 2022, to Set the Fiscal Year 2022/2023 Proposed Tax Millage Rate as New Business Item C-1. Heard and/or received a DPW Report for June, 2022, the Treasurer’s and F & V Reports for May, 2022, a written report submitted and reviewed by Water Commissioner Boelke. Unanimously Approved the Consent Agenda as presented: RCM Minutes of 06/13/22 approved as presented; Payment of Bills totaling $47,287.48 as presented. Heard a brief report from Sewer Commissioner Clark. Unanimously Approved: to approve quote QT-61143 from Cummins Sales and Service of New Hudson, MI, dated June 20, 2022, in the amount of $23,922.54 to extend our current Planned Equipment Maintenance Agreement for 5 years. The total cost to the Village is $18,565.34 and the total cost to the Township is $5,357.20; to approve the quote from D.F. Best Company, dated June 5, 2022, in the not to exceed amount of $16,600.00 to replace the old mixer control panel a the WWTP; to amend the motion made at the March 28, 2022, Regular Meeting of Council to accept the recommendation by Treasurer Adair to propose the 2022 tax millage rate at the maximum allowable levy as permanently reduced by MCL 211.34d and authorized under Truth in Taxation, MCL.21124e, with full understanding that these requested tax levy rates will be reduced, if necessary, to comply with the state constitutional (Article 9 Section 31) MCL Sections 211.24e and 211.34. The following rates shall be proposed: General Fund 8.8199 mills, Municipal Streets Fund 3.5277 mills, PA 33 2.0000 mills for a total proposed millage rate of 14.3476 mills; to approve the millage rate to be levied by the Treasurer for tax year 2022 for operating the General Fund be levied at the reduced rate of 8.6877 mills in compliance with the Headlee 2022 reduction factor of 0.9850 Section MCL211.34d; to approve the millage rate to be levied by the Treasurer for tax year 2022 for operating the Municipal Street Fund be levied at the reduced rate of 3.4748 mills in compliance with the Headlee 2022 reduction factor of 0.9850 Section MCL211.34d; to approve the millage rate to be levied by the Treasurer for tax year 2022 Public Act 33 Special Assessment be levied at the Council electively reduced rate of 2.0000; to authorize the Clerk, President, and Treasurer to sign all warrants and forms related to the 2022 tax roll; to receive the signed agreement from the Armada Agricultural Society for a term ending February 28, 2023, and to allow the Village President and Clerk to sign on behalf of the Village. Unanimously approved to adjourn the meeting at 7:44 p.m. A Complete text of minutes is available for public inspection at the Clerk’s office during regular business hours.
Michelle Poulos, MiPMC, CMMC
Armada Village Clerk,
Publish: 7/6/22
