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Minutes of the Council Meeting September 24, 2007 Page 16 First Reading of Resolution No. 2007-16, entitled "A resolution authorizing the Mayor to seek financial assistance from the State Issue I infrastructure bond program for funding of the reconstruction of the Thornapple pump station, the reconstruction of Seneca Drive and the reconstruction and realignment of Beta and Raleigh Drives and Wilson Mills Road and declaring an emergency. " Introduced by Mayor Rinker and Council as a Whole. Mr. Saponaro, seconded by Mrs. Mills, made a motion to adopt Resolution No. 2007-16. ROLL CALL: AYES: All NAYS: None Motion Carried Resolution Adopted Council President Buckholtz asked if there was any discussion. There were no comments. CLOSING COMMENTS Council President Buckholtz asked if there were any additional comments. With regard to the Senior Snow Plow Program, Mr. Marquardt read Jeff's memorandum and suggests that we prepare a procedure to handle the big snowstorms when we are expecting that the drives are being plowed. There is a lot of bad information about snow plow operators who plow driveways and it has drifted in. Mr. Marquardt got a lot of complaints on Metro Park. Those driveways were not touched. You can tell when something drifts in. But Mr. Maxquardt does not think anyone checked. They relied on the snowplow contractors. We need to inspect, not just accept the word of the plow guys that the drives are being cleaxed. Mrs. Cinco said what was also discussed in Safety and Service was the possibility of next year indicating that we have 7 sections and providing an amount that is expected, for example, $200.00 for so many sections. There are so many different prices depending upon the amount of sections. Hopefully it will be a better year. Mayor Rinker stated that he knows there were calls. We should definitely look at it. However, in terms of inspections, Mayor Rinker thought the police department and service department did check when they received a complaint that drives were not being cleared. Mr. Marquardt indicated that this was the big storm. He got complaints. He drove down there. He was told they were plowed. They were not touched. Mr. Metzung recalls that last storm. It may have been a case that had the contractor gotten to that home early in the storm, the first two inches per se, they got that off. They move on. The next couple hours the snow could hit hard. They only have to plow once every 12 hours. Mayor Rinker stated that the problem is we spec this so that they only have to come twice. The problem there.is that in those instances do we have to prepare almost like a change order indicating they have to go out again beyond the two. Mayor Rinker added that when Mr. Marquardt called, he made sure Mr. Metzung looked at it. Police officers reported back. It did not go by unnoticed. The question is to what extent can we