August Council Meeting Summary

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There were quite a few important items on our August agenda. Below is a quick rundown of a few items. The above link is to the entire meeting.

City council held their regular August meeting Tuesday night. Here are a few highlights:

Sunset Street Wide Sidewalk Project

City Engineer Josiah Bilskemper reported that all the paving is done for the project, there will be some grading yet to be completed this week and removal of equipment. The last two portions of the project won't happen until later this fall. Sodding will take place in September, and new tree planting will occur in October. I had the pleasure of walking along the sidewalk with Josiah tonight before the council meeting and enjoyed it greatly.

Financial History

Zoning commission chair Pat Bauer reported again regarding city finances over the past 10 years. Originally Pat had met with Councilor Jim Lane, finance chair, and city accountant Steve Kuhl to go over historical data. Bauer presented those statistics to council last month and came back this month to correct erroneous information. I expressed my displeasure with his presenting  derived information, presented on his own, that turned out to be quite inaccurate, and that he did it during committee time rather than as an individual citizen during open comment.

Community Forum Meeting

Councilor Jan Leff and I met with MPOjc staff and developer Jeff Maxwell and his architect, Kevin Monson to plan for a community forum meeting to react to possible development proposals for the St. Andrew Church site. We will have three alternatives to present to the community, and will ask for specific feedback on each. That meeting is TENTATIVELY set for September 18th.

City Election 2013 Information

All 5 city council seats and the mayor's seat are up for election in 2013

Nomination information can be found here:

University Heights Election 2013

Deadline for application forms is August 29th at 5:00 PM in the city office.

For more information about the entire meeting, view the PDF of the Agenda and attached materials.

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It is a great honor to serve as your city councilor, if you have any questions or comments I look forward to hearing from you.

-Mike Haverkamp

 315 Golfview Ave.