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Milan council completes routine business, sets next meeting and records personnel recognitions
Summary
Councilmembers approved the agenda, minutes and consent items, heard staff reports and set the next meeting for Feb. 6; bills payable and payroll totaling $534,521.97 were approved and oaths of office were listed on the agenda.
The Milan City Council completed routine business at its Jan. 16 meeting, approving the meeting agenda and December 19, 2023 minutes and passing consent agenda items including building and code-enforcement reports and 2024 mayoral appointments. Motions to approve the agenda and minutes were made by Councilmember Kofflin and Councilmember Stafford, respectively, and carried unanimously.
The agenda included a special-item listing for oaths of office to be conducted by Hon. Carol Kuhnke of the Washtenaw County Probate Court for Mayor Edward Kolar and councilmembers Mary Kerkes, Dave Snyder and Matthew Stafford, and the minutes record a farewell to former councilmembers Dave Baldwin and Jesse Nie. The minutes also note that Councilmember Kerkes was marked as excused in the attendance roll; the agenda item lists Kerkes for an oath despite that excused notation in the attendance list. The transcript does not resolve that discrepancy.
Council approved bills payable and payroll totaling $534,521.97 on a motion by Councilmember Kofflin, seconded by Councilmember Thompson. No roll-call vote tallies appear in the minutes beyond the notation that motions carried unanimously. The council set the next regular meeting for Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024 (agenda item submissions due Jan. 31) and adjourned at 8:08 p.m.; the adjournment motion was made by Councilmember Dave Snyder and seconded by Pro-Tem Kevin Wayne.
Several staff and council members offered brief remarks: City Administrator Jim Lancaster thanked outgoing members and welcomed new councilmembers; Community Engagement Director Jill Tewsley described recent 'Letters to Santa' archiving and upcoming events; and several councilmembers expressed thanks to outgoing members. Resident Jesse Nie is recorded as speaking during the early citizens’ matters portion of the meeting, but the transcript does not provide the content of his remarks.
