Introduction:
Though public comments can sometimes irritate the city council, there is value to both the council and the public in hearing them. While they can’t eliminate public comments entirely without violating the Open Meetings Act, your city council has decided not to acknowledge public comments during a city council meeting unless the person submitting the comments also appears at the meeting (in-person or electronically) to personally read them, but this is a rule that they occasionally adhere to (or not). Mayor Eric Haven has also cut people off for exceeding the city council’s arbitrary three-minute time limit (it’s arbitrary because no time limits are required by the Open Meetings Act), another rule that they occasionally adhere to (or not).
If your public comments were submitted to the council but not read, or if you tried to make public comments but your comments were cut short by the mayor, please email them to clarkstonsunshine@gmail.com and I will include them in my informal meeting summaries either under public comments or under the specific agenda item that you want to speak to.
Links to the video recording and the council packet can be found at the bottom of this post. Please note any errors or omissions in the comments. Anything noted between brackets was inserted by Clarkston Sunshine.
Agenda Item #1, Call to Order
There was no formal call to order. Haven said good evening and noted that it was 7:00.
Agenda Item #2, Pledge of Allegiance (Video time mark 0:00:06):
Pledge said.
Agenda Item #3, Roll Call (Video time mark 0:00:23):
Haven welcomed everyone and asked Karen [DeLorge, clerk] to please take the roll.
Gary Casey, Mark Lamphier, Amanda Forte, Sue Wylie, Laura Rodgers, Bruce Fuller, and Eric Haven were present.
Haven said all right, we’re all here. It’s great.
Agenda Item #4, Approval of Agenda (Video time mark 0:00:46):
Haven said he would entertain a motion to approve the agenda as it has been presented to them.
Motion by Wylie, second Rodgers.
Haven said OK, Amanda [Forte] and was corrected by Wylie as Rodgers had seconded the motion. Haven apologized; Rodgers said it was OK. Haven said his peripheral vision isn’t what it used to be. OK, so it’s Rodgers.
Haven said all right, they had a motion and a second to approve the agenda as it has been given to them and asked if there was any discussion about it.
No discussion.
The motion to approve the agenda passed by unanimous voice vote. Haven said motion carries.
Agenda Item #5, Public Comments (Video time mark 0:01:16):
Haven read the rules for public comments.
Haven asked if anyone would like to address council today.
No response.
Haven asked Smith if anyone was online today. Smith said that Chet [Pardee] is online, but he’s on mute. Smith asked Pardee if he could hear them and if he had any comments.
No response.
Haven said OK, hearing none – (interrupting Haven), Wylie said Smith said he’d sent them, and he’s on mute. Fuller said they aren’t up to date; this is 3/13 comments.
Smith asked Pardee if he could hear Smith.
Casey said can you hear me now. (Muted laughter.)
Haven said OK, anyone in the audience?
No response.
Haven said OK, hearing none, let’s move on to Item #6.
Agenda Item #6, FYI, Friends of the Clarkston Independence District Library – Spring Book Sale April 25th – April 29th (Video time mark 0:02:09):
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- Flyer, Friends of the Clarkston Independence District Library Spring Book Sale (page 3/44 of the council packet)
Haven said it’s time for the Spring Book Sale at the Clarkston Independence District Library, and it’s always a good time. Lots of good reading material there, so he would recommend you check that out at the library between April 25th and April 29th.
Haven said he didn’t have any other For Your Information items and asked if anyone else had an announcement they would like to make.
Agenda Item #7, Sheriff Report for March 2023 (Video time mark 0:02:36; page 4/44 of the council packet):
Haven said they would move on to the Sheriff’s Report. Sergeant Ashley is not here tonight, but we have a report in our packet.
Haven asked if there were any comments or thoughts from council or anyone who has looked at the packet about this report through March.
Rodgers said she was going to ask him about that sign, that lawyer’s sign. [This is the sign in front of the house next to the Washington and Main parking lot, formerly Robert Kostin’s office. It was defaced with spray paint.] Haven asked if Smith knew anything about that. Smith said that they don’t know who did it, but you know, there’s been no renters in that house/office building for years. (Rodgers made an unintelligible comment due to crosstalk.) Smith (unintelligible) a year and a half or so. It’s been vacant for a while, so, Smith thinks that Jennifer [unknown last name] left the sign up because she wanted to replace it with the new renter whenever that happens. But it’s not Kostin. He’s not in the building. Smith isn’t sure who wrote that. There are no renters in the building right now.
Haven said it’s private property, so she has the right to pull it out or not if she wants to.
Haven asked if there were any other thoughts about our Sheriff’s report?
No comments.
Agenda Item #8, City Manager Report (Video time mark 0:3:59; page 5/44 of the council packet):
Haven said we have our city manager’s report in our packet and there are three items on here.
Notification of the NoHaz collection event on April 29th. Smith has put out a schedule on these. Haven asked Smith if the dates are on the website now. Smith asked DeLorge who said that everything is on the website, even what they take. A full list. Haven said that’s nice. DeLorge said everything that they will accept and won’t accept. Haven asked about charges, the $15. DeLorge said the first, the closest one, is at Pine Knob. Haven said there’s four of them, right? Smith said April 29th, that’s at Pine Knob. DeLorge agreed. Haven said OK.
Haven said and then spring Depot Park work. Reconstruction of the original Depot Park rain garden has been scheduled for May. Haven said he doesn’t think that there is a date on that and asked Smith if that was correct. Smith said they are targeting May 3rd.
Casey asked Smith what the hours are for the HazMat collection. Smith said he believes that it’s 10:00-4:00 but he will have to verify that. [The hours are 8:00 am to 2:00 pm, per the Oakland County web site and the city’s web site.] Haven said they have it on a previous agenda.
Haven said the third item on Smith’s report, other upcoming spring work, pothole patching, street sweeping, crosswalk repainting, stump grinding, sidewalk replacement proposal. Haven asked if that was the small squares [the driveway aprons along Main Street where the brick pavers are deteriorating], and Smith said yes. Haven said road repair proposal, removal of tree damaged in winter storm, and installation of three EV [electric vehicle] charging stations. So, indefinite timing on that, but at least upcoming.
Forte asked where the stumps are being ground. Smith said so, we took down five trees last winter and there was an additional one that came out over winter on its own decision. So those are the stumps. They are all in easements. So, there’s like one at Clarkston Road. Forte said it’s huge. Smith said there’s one by Sharron’s [Catallo’s] house. But they’re all in the easement. Forte agreed.
Fuller said the one on Clarkston Road got tired of being hit by trucks. It gave up. Forte said it’s a huge tree. Fuller said a Silver Maple.
Haven asked if there were any other comments about the city manager’s report and asked Smith if he wanted to add anything.
Smith said just to mention the Depot Park work he mentioned, we are adding some dirt to the park. We’ve been planning this for almost a year. This is about the time of year when we can do this, a window of opportunity to bring in the dirt and get grass growing before concerts start. They looked at doing it last fall, we had Art in the Village [a large fundraiser put on by the Clarkston Historical Society – Smith is president, and his wife is the sole employee], and we had a Christmas Market, and we didn’t want a big mucky field out there, so Smith feels this is the window. They have mid-April to mid-June before the first concert, so Jimi [Turner, Department of Public Works supervisor] is going to bring in some dirt. The idea is the ice rink that we put in that location over there is on sloped ground, so at one end, there’s only about 2” of water and at the other end, there’s a foot of water. Haven agreed. Smith said it’s just not really conducive for the ice rink. Assuming we are going to do the ice rink every year, assuming we have winters that get cold enough to freeze, so we want to get this fixed and level it off so there’s a good spot for the ice rink.
Haven asked Smith if seed would grow in that amount of time. Smith said yes. (Haven made an unintelligible comment.) Smith said that they have done hydroseeding, it’s not that expensive, they will probably hydroseed it. Haven said OK.
Haven asked if there were any other comments about the city manager’s report.
No additional comments.
Agenda Item #9 – Motion: Acceptance of the Consent Agenda as Presented (Video time mark 0:08:22):
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- 03-27-2023 Draft Minutes (page 6/44 of the council packet)
- 03-13-2023 Final Minutes (page 9/44 of the council packet)
- 04-10-2023 Treasurer’s Report (page 12/44 of the council packet)
- 04-04-2023 Check Disbursement Report. 03-01-2023 – 03-31-2023 (page 13/44 of the council packet)
- Hubbell, Roth & Clark, January/February 2023 invoices (page 23/44 of the council packet)
- Thomas J. Ryan, P.C., March 2023 invoices (page 35/44 of the council packet)
Haven said he would entertain a motion to adopt the consent agenda or accept the consent agenda as it has been given to them. This is the final minutes from 03-13, the draft minutes from 03-27, and the treasurer’s report dated 04-10-2023.
Haven asked who would like to move that they accept the consent agenda.
Motion by Casey; second Fuller.
Haven said there is a motion and second and asked if there was any discussion.
No discussion.
Motion to accept the consent agenda passed by unanimous voice vote. Haven said the motion carries.
Agenda Item #10, Old Business – None (Video time mark 0:09:02):
Haven said there was no old business.
Agenda Item #11, New Business (Video time mark 0:09:05):
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- Resolution – Depot Park Playground (page 38/44 of the council packet)
- Resolution – City Hall Signage (page 39/44 of the council packet)
- ASI Signage Innovations, Invoice (page 40/44 of the council packet)
- ASI Signage Innovations, Blueprints (page 41/44 of the council packet)
Haven said there is a resolution in the packet which he’s kind of bringing himself. Haven said he really feels there’s a lot of history here and feelings of affirmation for the Optimist Club.
Haven said he wanted to read the resolution and then he would just make a couple of comments, but before he did that, he wanted to ask for a motion to adopt this resolution, he would take a motion and second, and then they’ll vote on it afterward. Haven asked who would like to.
Haven said he would move and asked if anyone would second. Second, Wylie.
Haven said here is the resolution. (Haven read from the resolution with minor comment.)
Haven said he’s had a lot of personal involvement with a lot of people in the Optimist Club over the last, since 2017, and beyond since we formed the Friends [of Depot Park]. Tom Lowrie, Jim Brueck, Steve Wyckoff, John MacDonald, Michelle Carson, the current president, Jim Evans, Bruce Marcado, Rob Whitcomb, Ken Armor, Tom and Cathy Middleton, and Al Clark just to name a few have been very much involved with not only contribution but sweat equity in this park. [Note: name spelling was not provided.] So, it’s just an overwhelming contribution they’ve made to our city, and Haven thinks it’s really in keeping with our ongoing relationship and really sending the right message to this organization and others that care so much about our city that we adopt this resolution. It’s not a costly thing for us, he thinks maybe a few dollars on the sign just to put the name on, but beyond that, it carries huge impact and import for them and a nice gesture from the city to really recognize a whole lot of work that’s been going on over the years.
Haven said there is a motion by him and a second by Wylie and asked if there was any discussion about the resolution.
Forte said yeah, so she walked around the park today, and there’s an existing sign that’s says in appreciation, the Clarkston Optimist Club and many individual donors, we thank you for funding the enhancements of the Depot Park playground to provide recreation for the children of the Clarkston area. And then there’s a list of like play smart rules and warnings, and it says like adult supervision is recommended, so like obviously, this group has done amazing things for Clarkston, that goes without saying, but Forte wondered if this is redundant because we already have a sign there. Forte said she means, she’s just bringing this up because we already have a sign in (unintelligible) park that says the exact, literally, we thank you for funding and enhancing the Depot Park playground like as you walk into the park. So, what is this adding?
Haven said this is, a lot of good will for one thing, but that sign was put in after the playscape funding, one of their iterations, you know. Again, it just again underscores the fact that we’ve been sort of negligent in not recognizing them as of late. This is just like a one-time contribution at that point we recognized. But this will be, and it’s in conjunction with adding the location sign for Depot Park overall and city hall on a sign. He saw that before and thought we ought to consider this before we move forward in naming the playground in their name, because most of the equipment and so on that’s in that park right now was put there by the Optimists and their funders. So that’s a token one, but again, it just underscores what they are trying to do with the naming.
Wylie said she thinks naming is a whole other step further. Forte agreed. Wylie said that maps might say that, Optimist Playground, people at some point perhaps will know it as the Optimist Playground. That will be a hard change to make as people are so used to saying, “let’s go to Depot Park.” Forte agreed. Wylie said it’s still Depot Park, it’s classified the Optimist Playground. Wylie thinks it’s a very meaningful gesture.
Forte said she thinks it is too. Normally, when you do a naming thing, at least in her professional opinion, there’s an endowment tied to it, which she knows we are a small community, but a lot of the things we keep putting into the park end up having maintenance costs, so she’s just going to bring that up. From her professional point of view, to like, we’re giving this to them. Wylie said it’s a good point. Forte said she thinks they’ve earned it with sweat equity and the financial contributions they’ve given but she does think that it’s something that has value, especially in such a small community that only has one large park. So, she’s just bringing that up because she thinks once we give it away, it’s done, like we’re not going to be doing this, ever, hopefully.
Haven said it’s kind of an endowment in retrospect because the money has already been given, you know, in that – (interrupting Haven), Forte said but it’s not an endowment that’s been given. Haven said it’s, Forte is right, it’s contributions. Forte agreed. Haven said endowments are a whole different animal, for sure. Forte agreed. Haven said they don’t have to be conjoined to naming. We are really recognizing, basically, that’s what’s going on here. Forte said she gets that.
Haven asked if anyone else had any comments.
Fuller said he was approached one time by a person who suggested that we name it after a prominent benefactor, and in thinking about that, and that sounds real nice and everything, but not everybody views benefactors the same way. Fuller knows with his children who’ve gone through the public schools in the area that Optimists do a lot beyond Depot Park. Forte agreed. Fuller said they do a lot throughout the community. The other part of this is, when he first heard about this, he thought, you know, it’s not like we’re always in competition with the Township, but the Township has a lot of places where they would like to see a group like the Optimists come in and enhance it with their time and money and so forth, and if they’re willing to commit to our community and continue to commit like they have, then let’s lock them in if we can to get them staying interested here. Forte said yeah, she gets that, that’s a great point. (Fuller made an unintelligible comment.)
Haven said we have two other grant applications into them right now. They’re in their grant cycle, so again, this is forward leaning for sure. And they know that. Their board has seen this, and they acknowledged it.
Casey said his understanding is that we will be referring to the playground as a subset of the park, not the whole park. Haven said yes, exactly, two different (unintelligible), subset. Casey said OK.
Rodgers said the name of it is Optimist Playground, not Optimist Park. Haven agreed. That’s part of the resolution.
Haven asked if there was any other discussion.
No discussion.
Haven asked DeLorge to take the roll.
Haven recognized Cara Catallo.
Catallo said she just wanted to say this as a resident whose been here a long time and maybe make the suggestion that when you get a large donation, see if it is tied to having something named after you, because that could sort of start something like that, because she can’t help but think that the other people who donated their time and sweat equity and like huge financial amounts to like put in bridges and things, she just thinks once you start to open up naming things like the gazebo and everything, that is a whole, it just sort of changes the scope of everything, and she means, her first thought was like did the Optimists ask for this, or you know, she just feels like, again, having something, like are they going to maintain it, or once you said like, like this will be under their belt, maybe they’ll work on having the Optimist park somewhere else, and again, the Optimists are great and they’ve done great work and they’ve done a ton of work and purchased a lot of that equipment, but some of the equipment was there and it just to her feels like it’s sort of overlooking some of the other people who’ve done a huge amount for this park, like, you know, Gar Wilson. We wouldn’t have a park if Gar Wilson hadn’t started this. So, it just to her seems like, you know, obviously, they deserve all the credit and applause, and she hopes that they keep, you know, making efforts to maintain it, but she worries a little bit that now that it’s a name that maybe somebody won’t donate a new structure to the park because this already belongs to the Optimists and it just feels like it’s been the Depot Park playground for as long as it’s existed. It just seems a little bit sad to her that it just sort of, you know, just give it to the outside name. And she also thinks that because you’re going to be talking about the sign next, it’s not like you can’t find it, you just turn your head and there’s the playground, like the playground’s obviously in the park, it just seems to her like a very grand gesture, and again, she’s sure most of the committee members are optimists, and it’s a great organization. It just to her seems like a huge leap that you know, could be questionable in the future. Just, you know, are we going to start putting like the bridge names on the sign, you know, and if we’re going, if it’s so important to show this kind of gratitude it seems like we’re going to have to show it for the other people who’ve also done large donations.
Haven said he agreed with Catallo. We’ve been lacking in showing recognition he thinks for people who care about our city, our village, and really want to, they prove it by their actions, you know. So, he thinks we need to do more of this, not less of it. You know, we can recognize people in his opinion, but again, this one is a magnanimous one, for sure.
Fuller said all those trees that get planted, they have markers on them. For $300. You know, it seems like a memorial park sometimes. Haven said commemoration is one of the things here, that’s true.
An unidentified person said the playground has a sign. Fuller said it has been there for years, he knows. People that donated and so forth. He doesn’t think it’s a problem. He thinks of the Schultz’s who paid for the bridge. Would it be such a problem to name it the Ginnie Schultz bridge or whatever. (Catallo made an unintelligible comment.) Haven said there’s a plaque up there. Fuller said they paid for it. The point is that it wouldn’t be a bad thing to call it the Daisy Donalan (spelling?) bridge. Haven said Bart Clark and Diane built the other one at the other end, so this is not unprecedented where we are and where we need to go. We really want to enhance and bring in enhancements, assets, to the village and the park.
Rodgers said the political aspect of this aside, when she first heard this was coming up, she didn’t really think about the Optimists as a club. She thought about it as optimistic kids kind of thing, like an optimist playground. Truly. And it was only after that she connected the Optimist Club with it. Maybe if their club name was, you know, something horrible or whatever, it would be something to be – (interrupting Rodgers), Fuller said like the Pessimist Club? Rodgers said, like the Pessimist Club, or like I Don’t Give a Crap Club, something like that, you know. She thinks Optimist Playground is kind of a cute name for kids. Casey said Hells Angels Club. Rodgers said yes, Hells Angels Club. That’s just political stuff aside.
Haven said anyway, it’s (unintelligible) so it deserves this discussion.
Haven asked if anyone else wanted to say anything.
No further discussion.
Haven asked DeLorge to take the roll.
Casey, Fuller, Haven, Wylie, Rodgers, and Lamphier voted yes. Forte voted no.
Haven said the resolution passes.
Haven said all right, there is sort of a contiguous resolution also in the packet. This one is relative to the sign they discussed. Haven said Smith had a picture there in the packet.
(Haven read from the resolution, with minor comment, including noting that the sign is up on Main Street.) [The proposal is for a sign by the Depot Road parking lot, not on Main Street. It is to help the people who see the sign on Main Street, turn down Depot Road, and then can’t find the village hall.]
Haven said so there’s the resolution, and he guesses he should have asked for a motion to adopt this resolution. He asked who would like to move.
Motion by Rodgers; second Fuller.
Haven asked if there was any discussion.
Rodgers asked if this sign is going up anyhow, like we wanted this to be up regardless of what happened with the playground being (unintelligible) or whatever. Haven said right, we just held it up for the consideration. Rodgers asked if there is money in the budget for it, that kind of thing. Smith said yes. Haven agreed.
Forte said her only note is that we should make sure that the footing is held at least eight inches below grade. It’s not called out. Smith said eight inches wide, they need to go down at least thirty-six inches. Forte said no (interrupting Forte), Fuller asked why eight inches below grade. Forte said just so we don’t see the top. Fuller asked if we would want to grade it appropriately so it drains water away from the – (interrupting Fuller), Forte said yeah, but that would be subgrade, so yeah, the footing of course would be graded away. But she’s saying she doesn’t want it to pop up, so it looks flush. Fuller said it wouldn’t pop up if you go below the frost line (unintelligible). Forte said no, she’s not saying that’s a total depth, she’s saying the footing would start eight inches below. Fuller agreed. He said he understood what Forte was saying but he never heard that kind of a recommendation before. Wylie said Forte should be a little bit clearer on what she was saying.
Forte said so they do that a lot of times, but she didn’t see it, that’s all. Rodgers said see the base of it, like is it like a square plate? Forte said yeah, you know, the plate’s at grade. (Unintelligible crosstalk.) Forte said yeah, you don’t want to see that. Rodgers said the center. Forte said yeah, you grade the soil up so the grass would grow on top of that. Holding up a photo, Wylie said so, this section right here. Forte said it’s just an aesthetic thing. Haven said he knew what she was talking about. Fuller said interesting idea. Forte said it shows that basically in this construction drawing. Haven said he was trying to find the cross-section. Forte said yeah. Haven said he’s not seeing it. Casey said it’s above the concrete. (Forte made an unintelligible comment.) Haven said again, it’s (interrupting Haven). Fuller said no, we’re good. (Unintelligible crosstalk.) Rogers said they’re good-looking signs, and it would look better if the grass was – (interrupting Rodgers), Fuller asked if that’s a standard that other communities adhere to or whatever in Forte’s professional life. Forte said yes, that’s how we spec it, it looks a little bit better, a little cleaner.
Wylie asked Smith who is going to install the sign, will it be the DPW workers? Smith said yes. Wylie said OK.
Haven said the sign design and the quality of these is really attributable to Cara Catallo here and her team. She put these together for the whole village.
Smith said it is required that you have breakaway bolts. Forte agreed. Smith said this drawing has the breakaway bolts and they do stick up above the concrete. If a car were to hit this, they would just shear off. Forte nodded. Haven said we had that happen too, didn’t we, on Clarkston Road? Smith said it didn’t shear off the whole thing. Fuller said it just twisted it. Haven said really, he saw removed, he didn’t see what happened. Smith said yes.
Wylie said she had a minor question. Two different drawings. One says “city hall” on both sides, and one says “village hall.” Which is it going to say? Smith said well, we want to be consistent with the ones up on Main Street. So, the one up on Main Street says Parking, Village Hall, and Depot Park, and it’s directing people down. Once they get down to the bottom of the hill, the idea is that we have this sign. (Holding up a piece of paper), Haven said this is “city hall.” (Holding up a piece of paper), Wylie said this is “city hall,” yes. Haven said so what you’re referring to is a consistency in the one we’re holding. Wylie said it says Depot Park, City Hall, and Parking. Smith agreed. Haven said so what changes on this quote. Smith said it changes at the “city hall.” Wylie said OK. Smith said it does need to be changed at the “city hall.” Wylie said OK. Haven told Wylie it was a good catch.
Smith said he actually has to work with them on changing the direction of the sign, because he doesn’t want the post out by the road. Haven said right. Smith said he would want the post back away from the road and then this sign arm, if you will, coming out. And this is showing the reverse. We’ll get that all changed. Wylie said OK.
Haven said OK, so we have a resolution and some discussion here. We have a motion by Rodgers and a second by Fuller to adopt this resolution. Any further discussion?
Wylie said she just had one more thing. In this, in the budget, this professional and contractual services budget, is that going to leave not enough money if we need for something else that was planned. Smith said no. Wylie said OK.
Haven said OK and asked if there were any other questions or thoughts.
No more discussion.
Haven asked DeLorge to take the roll on the resolution.
Casey, Wylie, Rodgers, Lamphier, Forte, Fuller, and Haven voted yes. DeLorge said the resolution is adopted. Haven said excellent.
Agenda Item #12 – Resolution to Enter into Closed session (Video time mark 0:31:19):
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- Resolution to Go into Closed Session to Discuss Specific Pending Litigation, Susan Bisio v City of the Village of Clarkston City Clerk Karen A. DeLorge (page 43/44 of the council packet):
[See Clarkston Sunshine comment.]
Haven said the next item on the agenda is we’re going to go into closed session. He’s going to read a resolution, going into closed session, Item #12.
(Haven read from the resolution.)
Haven said OK, we are going to need someone to resolve.
Motion to resolve by Casey; second Rodgers.
(Haven continued to read from the resolution.)
Haven noted the time at 7:32.
(Haven continued to read from the resolution.)
Haven asked if anyone wanted to discuss this, or should we just call for – (interrupting Haven), city attorney Tom Ryan said they will need a two-thirds vote. Haven said OK, a two-thirds vote.
Haven asked DeLorge to take the roll.
Rodgers, Forte, Wylie, Haven, Casey, Fuller, and Lamphier voted yes.
Haven said OK, all right, he guesses then they adjourn the public meeting and go into closed session.
Haven asked Ryan if he did that properly. (No apparent response.)
Haven asked everyone to please leave, and they will go back into open session when they’re done with closed session to adjourn the regular meeting.
(Closed session began; recording stopped.)
(Recording resumed.)
Haven said in open session.
Agenda Item #13, Adjourn (Video time mark 0:34:46):
Haven said he would entertain a motion to adjourn.
Motion by Forte; second Wylie.
Haven asked if there was any discussion.
No discussion.
Motion to adjourn by unanimous voice vote. Haven said motion carries, we are adjourned.
Resources:
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- Link to video recording:
http://216.11.46.126/CablecastPublicSite/show/4100?site=1 - 04-10-2023 – City council packet
- Link to video recording:
The lawsuit is against the City of the Village of Clarkston, not Karen DeLorge, Clarkston Clerk, so the resolution to go into closed session was incorrect in that regard. DeLorge’s name was on the summons as part of the address for the process server to formally serve the papers, since the Michigan Court Rules require service on the city clerk.