new year and if you're wondering what i'm talking about it's the sort of the city's fiscal year july one so we welcome you to a new year but of course to our regular scheduled meeting of the holland city council for the month of july we begin tonight meeting making sure we have cormier right thank you very much we begin tonight meeting as we begin all of our meetings with two items first will have a prayer which this evening will be led by our colleague house member david hookes truck of the sixth ward and immediately thereafter we will say the pledge of allegiance to the flag of this country and if you're in chambers i would invite you to rise and join us in both of these items lord we approach you before we do much else here grateful for a season that brings a recreation a community that reflects a variety creativity possibility and compassion and folks who serve and protect in many different capacities values service to others over services so that we celebrate our country's independence this week let us be mindful of the sacrifices made to ensure freedom and help us remember your instruction that much is given much is you david there are copies of this evening's agenda in paper copies in the rear of the room if you'd like to grab a one of those if you're in chambers tonight's edition only whether you're in chambers or watching at home you can find not only a copy of this  also all of the background material that council has reviewed in preparation for this evening's meeting you can find that by going to city of holland dot com the easiest way though it may not seem that easiest to go to the calendar page today's date you'll see this meeting click on it and you'll find all the information about today at tonight's meeting that information usually is set forth of the friday or the monday before the meeting starts so you can see what it is that we can see in order for action on these items tonight and every week you'll note as you look at the agenda there are a variety of items that have been asterix next to them these are the items that are on the consent agenda and that means that our intention is to handle them collectively with one motion and one vote because we believe that they're relatively routine or have been previously further instruction before we actually take a motion and a vote on those items in case anybody would like to handle them individually with that which you please and let us know what is on the consent agenda at the moment i am fine to approve the minutes of the special clothes and  eighteenth two thousand and fourteen item fourteen the one to be for a claim filed against the city to the city's insurance carrier and city attorney first consideration i don't fourteen d two to approve a new second hand business license for carriage roses  see located at two o three east eight street item fourteen these three to accept and adapt a resolution to place on the two thousand and fourteen winter tax bill bill's delinquent utility invoices of which remain on pa and three month period as of july one two thousand and fourteen and that the deputy clerk published the required notice item fourteen each one point one to approve to approve mechanical and electrical inspection support from  in the city of zealand staff for fiscal year two thousand and fifteen item fourteen one point two two adopt a resolution and schedule a public hearing for july sixteenth for the property located at three seventy nine central avenue as a public nuisance and to direct the deputy clerk to give notice of the hearing to the property owner i don't fortini one point three to approve a grant agreement with mr in support of a target market analysis for housing with a city matching the amount of fifteen thousand sixteenth street way really to quarterly quarter line road resurfacing project and to authorize the mayor and deputy clerk to sign an agreement i don't fortini two point two to table the traffic committee's request until the july sixteenth council meeting to and to authorize the deputy clerk to notify adjacent property owners of the proposed installation of a four way stop sign at the intersection of country club road in regent park drive item fourteen eat two point three two approve the g m b concept study in the amount of twenty thousand dollars for the civic center building renovations and i don't fourteen eve five point two two accept a recommendation for the city clerk administrative plan adopt a resolution for the appointment of finance director a city clerk an additional hours and part time staff as indicated in the report all right thank you and that is what is presently going to be handled with one motion and one vote unless anyone from the audience would care to remove an item from the consent agenda so that we can handle it were ordinarily shows up in an individual capacity if anyone would care to remove any of those items that we previously talked about here's your chance to take it off of the consent agenda and you may do so by stepping forward to the microphone a lot of us know which one you'd like seeing no one from the audience would any any member of council care to remove one or more items from the consent agenda mr cotton just a clarification the item ten into the administrative plan  takes the item eight a which is the special order of the day a tax abatement public act one ninety eight for true form tool and engineering which is that nine sixty productions court initially were having a report from staff which i believe as of today is going to be handled by mr cotton thank you mr mayor members of the city council you see on your screen the lot where a proposed new building is to be constructed twenty two thousand five hundred square feet by true form we have with us today mr harold jordan who may wish to speak to this matter if you have any questions but the request is for a total of two point five million of land and building in machinery and equipment improvements as noted in your packet at this location and this fully complies with our existing one nine hundred policy i'm sure would not be before us correct the deputy city clerk has reviewed that as well as the finance director and it's prepared a resolution approving this for your consideration excellent before we can act on and we do require a public hearing on this particular item and anyone from the audience who would like to address counsel on this matter and certainly a member of the representative of the company would be most welcome to also make comments and to do that all we ask is you step forward to the podium and microphones that we all may hear what you have to say state your name and residential address for the record and council rules permit up to five minutes to address coun a microphone and public hearing is  screen is a picture to the west of the building that they have been occupying the business has grown is growing and the opportunity to construct a new new  part of i don't know if you recall i was here representing j m s a few months ago true form is a supplier of tools to jam master stamping company but we are e a smaller customer true form is providing tools for other stampers in the area other metalworking companies back five years ago with the the slowdown and in manufacturing the opportunity to start a tool shop to pick up some more and has been growing ever since great thank you very much any questions for the apple comes from a book strictly by mr jordan it's almost becoming a routine for me to ask this question for folks who idea what the pay scale of pairings for those positions might be the the three positions are consistent what with growth that we've seen in our tool shop or at our stamping company we also build tools that are stamping company so we we have a track record of knowing when when the tooling business grows what kinds of needs there are there's jobs to be created from more machinists particularly c n c machine is those  are are our good paying jobs but we also see an opportunity to grow or have a need for engineering tool designers people who support that true form is a tool and die the business will design a tool in the machine as will build a tool and then tool makers will assemble the tool in any one of those job categories there could be a need created in the next couple years and at the creating those kinds of positions that allow a living wage and above for folks who are able to fulfill those positions i just think it's a good i know when companies are able to provide those kinds of positions of those kinds of wages just to say we go result in a company in the wage or the benefits we're in a highly competitive industry we have the stamping or the tool and die business and and you're not going to attract good people to the business without offering those wages and really the benefits to well thank you for doing that thank you any other questions for applicant tonight yes mr see truly first ward mr jordan are you it says it's going to be a separate operation or separate location are you looking to abandon the existing or are you going to run both location we are moving out of the existing here and actually have a verbal agreement with a neighbor to us to rent that building from us ok so it's not going to be empty it's no t let me just on behalf of us all express appreciation to you sir and your business partners and employees for this great news it's a nice problem to have that you have to build the space because you've outgrown other space especially as you noted that through and die industry starting up a few years ago seemed perhaps not the the most sane of i don't want to do is as we know that industry was especially heavy hit in the great recession but that's the nature of risk right is that you use hopefully secret rewards and what you're proposing here that would seem to me to be an indication of a good reward for for risk taken and obviously to survive in this market you do good work so well i'm pleased to be  place mall part in your new project and wish you all the best and we do hope to see you again because that means you'll have a need for some new equipment that you'd like a basement on and be happy to see you back with that please call the again then we go down to item number ten which is adoption of ordinances we're looking at potentially adopting a change to section twenty two dash ten dealing with the service of alcohol in certain public facilities mr c or two so i will do the honors of presenting this report but i want to you know the work has been done by many what you see before you is an ordinance second reading that would enable alcohol to be served at up to twelve events in the next year at the civic center this service would come with a number of regulations there's a policy attached the ordinance also contains provisions first of all the permit you need to be filed that permit would be reviewed by the chief of police community or its services and approved by the city manager or disapproved secondly there is a step or have insurance that is required there needs to be paid both for the use of alcohol as well as  deposits there is a limitation that this would sunset after one year for the council it would simply not to be permitted anymore unless council took over action it would not apply to any youth recreational events or use events i should say and on the screen is the definition of youth events anything it related to recreation sporting high school plus any other programs or events or programs or permit really targeting the age of twenty one and under any use has to end by eleven thirty p m at night and then there's a host of other usual protections that one would see in all types of public events so with that we recommend that city council consider approval second meeting of this ordinance and allow or serving alcohol at the civic center and till july thirtieth of two thousand and fifteen limited to twelve or any questions for staff for we have the public hearing of th rights then as an ordinance adoption this does require a public hearing and again this similar rules apply which is that we invite those who would wish to make public comment on this item step forward of the podium of microphones that everyone can hear what you have to say state your name  residential address for the record and the council rules allow it to five minutes to address council and you'll when you begin speaking on the right beneath me on the on the dyess here there is a green light which will turn yellow at the one minute mark and when it turns red you five minutes have expired and with that i will declare the public hearing to be open minded easing him a little to his i live at thirteen seventy four east point ridge a little further towards healing but you know i'm still a part of holland and i feel the basis of the whole issue that was brought up was very well covered you know including sure and you know making sure that i guess if something were to go wrong in that instance nobody gets hurt you know i guess it's just good to see that you guys are taking initiative and viewing it as a whole so i just kept i guess i really agree with what you're good evening mr houston welcome thank you ralph used and sixteen eleven highland avenue i have this sheet and front of me here and i just list the personal cost of alcohol it's a major disrupter of the family behavior with the assaults rapes and homicides the majority involve alcohol the united nations rated alcohol as the most dangerous drug in the world half of the people who are in federal penitentiaries in the united states are serving time for crimes committed while intoxicated and then down to paragraph three some factors in teenage drinking and i was happy to see that sort of not included over the page you have the word peace or they have the pressure of associates and escape then availability and curiosity i believe in holland the schools and  law enforcement officers and hospitals do an excellent job of warning against public alcoholic beverages more liquor licenses in the community work against the message in the work of the schools on the police and other public servants plus the taxpayers and may continue to the fifth generation and the results of drinking drinking goes up with the places of vailable to purchase drains so the more bars or whatever the more people will drink we cannot predict how a person will react to his first drink or how many drinks make a person drunk or violent he may become drunk or violent after its first drink there is no food value an alcoholic beverages but some harmful chemicals that have been classified as poison the government is a volved and poison control not involved in poison distribution government or america must survive any financial impact of a drop in the liquor business and the other sin taxes the profit isn't worth the cost the government must operate without depending on liquor revenues alcohol doesn't pay its way and the negative results of drinking alcohol cost the taxpayer more money to deal with the problems caused by alcohol and what others are saying about alcohol you can look at there's an interesting statement here that we find at the bottom of page two said by a woman twenty years before she recorded the date of one nine hundred ninety six i hesitate to read it's kind of a bear saying but i believe it's true she wrote assuming that the society on earth if our democratic form of government continues for another two decades to fail in the discharge of this responsibility it is bound to collapse and our people bound to turn to some other form of government that offers the promise every storing order form of government we will turn to is almost to be fascism or national socialism or communism these are the modern forms of government associated with the restoration of order to disintegrating an unstable societies there are also the very systems we fought so long and hard against in the one nine hundred forty s and fifty's and precisely because they restored order at the price of justice and liberty she wrote the american tragedy is our democracy having grown too soft on crime and corruption will be forced to avoid anarchy by yielding to a system that will be brutally hard on justice and liberty the letter l historian arnold toynbee identified alcohol as a major force in the destruction of in one thousand civilizations preceding america and yet we love our alcohol and have a bunch of bible vers and i conclude with this you can see what can i do to reduce under age drinking as was done by some of the counties below thirty second street the lutheran catechism says you shall not murder we should fear and love god so that we do not hurt or harm our neighbor in his body but help and support him in every physical need god forbid that take the life of another person by murder abortion euthanasia or only if god forbids us to hurt or harm our neighbor physically to do or say anything which may destroy shorten or make his or her life better and so we should avoid and assist our neighbor in avoiding the abuse of drugs and the use of any substance that harms the body and the mind thank you thank you  microphone is opened still in this item all right we will close the public hearing then and we have the recommendation before us and i would entertain a motion at this time to get our discussion going move to council member birch i said or at the last time we had this question before us under first review i mentioned how i i supported this i think  there are safeguards in place to prevent the complete decay of our social order and i think we have responsible people and responsible citizens in our city and responsible people who  behave accordingly according to today's conventional standards i'm excited to have the option for some organizations to serve alcohol on the city property i think it's a long time coming and i think it will help bring additional events and opportunities to the building itself and perhaps make it more useful more parts other discussion any other discussion truly from the first ward please and brian i'm sure you're right that there are responsible adults and this comes down to personal choices some people just don't know how to handle those choices is one of the reasons why i have been pretty starch in saying that the city should not have a part in that attitude we're all big boys and girls and hopefully everybody can behave themselves but we know by law that they can't i don't want to be part of a group that helps manifest that behavior or have the city be part of that liability whatever you want the social ills that come along with it the word we're going to agree to disagree on that so and pleasantly do that so my stance won't change former member of this merry band from a more than a few years ago and this particular person is someone who does not ordinarily pipe up on matters anymore regarding city politics or policies his view is that  you know he he served his time and and trust in the best possible way to say that and trust us in many ways but he did want to reveal in share his opinion with me and he was not in favor of this and i certainly  respect this person with great intensity and i do you know want him to know and those perhaps like mr through he who fall differently on the answer to that than what i do to understand that you know i certainly understand their concerns and recognize that reasonable minds can differ on this particular item but i do believe that the safeguards in place no youth advance limited in number of types of events and the insurance requirements and all the and if we want it to retain some of its or enough functionality as an attractive venue for those kinds of activities for certain adult oriented activities that are not your youth sports programs or those kinds of things but but other kinds of things that perhaps in this day and age we expect that there would be the potential for alcoholic beverages served then i think we we ought to at least give it a try so i'll be voting yes in this particular item but certainly understand how reasonable people could could choose to go a different way with that place called the world beaters yes birch yes and i see yes might mean no extra that brings us to item twelve which is communications from the audience this is the opportunity for members of the audience to address council on matters that do not otherwise appear on this evening's agenda normal rules of counsel apply and we would certainly welcome any communications or comments from the audience at this time i don't know those kinds of things that you know not high school sports not college sports not wreck program types of things but so so events like that folks that put that on it did they approach the city on best yeah we've had them and and receptions of various kinds ever sections of various kinds so that we've had over the years you know since i've been mayor roughly four and a half years probably half a dozen or more or more times have people approach me directly on that very question in michigan much of the actual service and regulation of alcohol goes to the michigan liquor control commission so in order to be someone who has a license to to sell that type of product you have to first of all get a license second have the proper training in place by the m l c sea and the only thing that we have control over since is public washington with and with but in this instance our control is that this is public property so we're choosing whether or not to authorize the service of alcohol  in a city facility much like we've done in the past that when no island in the pavilion or other spots in the city but thanks thank you gentlemen i saw you looking at each other right to go ok should we or should we i think you should you came out tonight i'm going to help myself but good night now i do have a question now as the policy stands from what i read online you know with the policy on site alcohol is not allowed to be served in the building proper is now is that changing at all with this with certain events i'm not sure if this pertains or otherwise it would have to be a special event now you would already clear by this is a certain number events but i would this change any existing in that sense by changing that rule does they have to change the process of how any sort of like if you want to host an event there and you go to the city does that change any of the process in and of itself or is it just what it does is it now you know before you would fill up the proper he would go talk to some of the clerks office helpful and friendly and you would say i'd like to host an event and i thought what do i need to do to be able to serve alcohol in actually location right and you want to host your event in city hall and i'd like to have alcohol served and someone of the clerk's office would say sorry you can't do it in city hall it's not we're done authorized place to do it now up until a few minutes ago if you had done the same thing and said like to do that in the civic center your answer would have been the same sorry you can't do in the civic center right now the answer you would get would be perhaps you could if you forgot the right paperwork right it was not over the twelve and those kinds of things me some position like that is more dangerous than a bar because the children see it it's highly respectable and you see the adults doing it but that's another comment i have is about the sign coming into holland i would prefer to not be up there s un i like best oh and there's a baptist church in fennville that has when you're in the dark seek the sun and it was spelled as a land sea and if you look at the history of religions and i came across a gain substituting a few weeks ago all about them all the sun gods and goddess's really that's paganism and then i think it's sort of like a trojan horse because the wording of unity in diversity i've heard in this room many times about equal rights and so forth and i don't think that should be used i don't think it should be up and then i think a doctor brownson statement in the sentinel a few weeks ago now that with regard to the statement that you can see right by the pool on his tombstone and he says on the thirty fifth anniversary of holland he says lest we forget this land was given to us by almighty god as a training ground and preparation for eternity and if we mess it up we lose it but later on he left and started a colony on the east coast because of the civil war and things so i just thought i'd throw those in thanks for tolerating i will not say anything even if something good comes to my mind give the same friend some responsibility anyway as anyone else of us so please anytime you feel like you'd like to comment we appreciate you doing so anyone else care to address council ok we've move on expeditiously down to gifts oh no i'm sorry we took the one item removed removed my apologies fourteen eat two point three the parks and recreation more civic center discussion and i would you know us are you read that already for us so ryan i guess that's you thank you mr mayor this is a opportunity to compensate t m b for the services rendered over the last two and a half years associated with the civic center feasibility and various options reports on how the recreation center and event center could be renovated to accomplish we heard tonight about air conditioning as well as a multitude of other goals those goals in total would be eleven million dollars as you know during the budget process we are theme was capital reinvestment and we during a series of conversations and reports received from the image group and from various community members including stakeholders christian the symphony and others  it is my recommendation to you that we not proceed at this time but rather separate out the recreation center functions from the civic center event functions and so that we no longer have one use complicating the other use so with that g m b who had intended to roll the this conversation into the services to renovate the civic center it would be needed their professional services instead has chosen to discount the bill from whatever might have been and to seek reimbursement from the city at this time this needs to be on the record that g m b has performed other services like this in the past and and including related civic center in two thousand and seven for which no compensation was received so i feel it's very fair and this work was done well on time and complete and  we believe that they deserve compensation and therefore i recommend payment to you this amount is in the budget we had this amount in the number in the budget for consideration should we need it if we were to go forward with any major changes so it is available to you any questions for staff on the site and then a motion at this point please where proof by hoekstra support supported by the mayor pro tem now any discussion that anyone would care to have what we ultimately might do with it and to highlight things that ryan has spoken of the fact that they've been engaged in this process in this community for a long long time and the amount that thank you david anyone else i've just echo those comments you know it's always that fine line to draw a g m b and companies like it provide helpful services to us yet they're in the business of surviving making profits so that they can survive and pay their employees and all these kinds of things and you know we don't want to be in the business of overdoing the the sort of gratis help that companies and people give to us so while we certainly are appreciative and we love the public spiritedness of g m t and they're great people very talented doing work across the country we also recognize that that they deserve to be compensated so this strikes a nice balance between this my hunch is this doesn't come close to covering their market rates for all the time and effort that they've put into this project over the years but at the same point i certainly recognize the fact that they deserve some compensation for it and i area chamber of commerce received five thousand dollars but what is the and i mean donation and also an anonymous donor in the amount five thousand dollars for the how a new connections program to graft nature center received several land improvement the amount of two hundred and sally john trust in the amount of one thousand dollars for the digraph nature center the trail project also received a thousand dollars from johnson controls william windmill island gardens received for the does one cash donations in the amount of seventy dollars and twenty five cents and also from marlene and darlene model school in memory of call christopher a middle school in the amount of one hundred dollars and council received for clarity charity for clarity option that was held on march twenty ninth for the registrations in the amount of two thousand one hundred and forty two dollars and ninety five cents it is recommended that these donations be accepted with appreciation and expression of gratitude be forwarded to the donors thank you what is the pleasure of counsel please motion to accept the  then brings us to item fifteen communications from the city manager this evening thank you mr mayor i am happy to announce that the government finance officer socialization is recognizing the city of holland's finance zero five to you and about that report it is something that they have achieved before and i think is especially commendable now that we understand we know that people are doing more or they're least doing what they need to do with less and still maintaining  certifications secondly they just want to say that we're getting compliments on our way about escape ministries and specifically the holland youth connection program three this week  i was pleasantly surprised and love that my request was handled so promptly keep up the good job they did an awesome job they were focused respectful got the job done and we appreciate the youth and their hard work to really make a difference over here so  glad to see those those comments and our strength to them thank you ryan communications from me this evening couple of  items first of all of course the standard reminder that you can find information about the city hall in the city of holland dot com information about members of council senior staff ways to get a hold of us obviously information about various meetings that we have but also  information about permits or ordinances or meetings or events we try and shove as much information as we possibly can on to that website so that you can find it whenever wherever you are and you're not required to come into city hall though of course we like it when you do speaking of which when you do come into city hall especially if you come in the back door which is frankly the way most people come in because it's jason to the parking lot you'll note that we i have a table set up now in the lobby that is sort of our attempt doing a pilot project on a kind of a welcome and help kiosk sometimes and you come into a building like this you look around and say boy this is really neat i have no idea where i'm supposed to go so the hope is that we'll have a city employee right there ready to greet you help you look if you don't exactly know where you're headed ask them the question they'll either take care of the issue right then and there with you or they'll point you in the right direction so that hopefully you can get in and out of here in as easy and on  also talk briefly about the weekend obviously it's a great weekend in the history of this nation it is the weekend when we do celebrate our freedom and we give thanks for it and we note that you know memorial day comes first because we know that freedom isn't free but we certainly also remember that there's great to celebrate the birthday of our great country and we're thrilled to be able to do so fireworks this year as always or on the fourth of july in the evening probably beginning around ten thirty or so when it gets dark after a full day's worth of activities a column park so everyone is invited to attend those events should be a lot of fun the weather looks absolutely outstanding one of our local papers in the area noted that this could well be the best weather for a fourth of july weekend that they have ever seen so no hyperbole there anyway so it should be a great weekend one of the things we should mention and that is the fact that fireworks are alive and well as many in our community know for a fact friends keep in mind that in the city of holland absent the days governed by federal holidays which i'll talk about in just a second under state law fireworks are illegal in the city so that means all the stuff you can buy now at these tents and stores around the area most of the time those things cannot be lit in the city of holland even if you're doing it you know on your own driveway they they're fun they're wonderful but they also have adverse effects on neighborhoods especially when done late at night and in this part of the world when the sun sets at ten o'clock that tends to be late at night they're destructive to children to people trying to get a sleep for work the next day and to animals so with that please keep in mind that fireworks are not allowed in the city except under state law the day before a federal holiday the federal holiday and the day after so beginning tomorrow july third fire will be legal with the exception of those those book and times but otherwise they are not so we wish everyone a very very happy and safe and meaningful independence day holiday and independence day weekend i do eyes and has agreed to serve out the balance of that term so he would serve until june thirtieth two thousand and fifteen i ask you considering approve the resignation of wendy willoughby as well as the appointment of greg open her eyes into that position please large have a conversation with one of the youth connections people that have been working and their community in their bright yellow shirts yellow green shirts and he mentioned working out at the outdoor discovery center and he said that a lady came up to him and said we saw you guys on t v and what you're doing and how you're helping the community and she said that it's just so great and we just really appreciate that and you could just see in his demeanor and on his face how much that meant to him is that he's lives with his grandfather and has been in trouble in all different ways but to have as it is interaction with the community and someone he didn't even know to see him in a positive light like that meant so much to him so as you see these kids out in the community working hard i do know we can't you know mob them with attention there they are trying to get a job done but when you can get an opportunity to encourage any of them and a personal level i think it means so much and can be such a life changing experience for them and the fact that they're earning their own paycheck and are tired at the end of the day because they worked hard to help the community it is just so heart warming and engaging and and hopeful for all of us it's it is just hard not to be emotional talking to him to them because of how how it is affecting them and i think it's just huge potential for the community and for story he's fed their future children throughout the community cell and she's really struck by that and i hope that we can multiply that the  the continent continental congress actually agreed to declare independence from britain it was on this day which is great john adams had this to say the second day of july seven hundred seventy six we the most memorable epic in the history of america i am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival held to be commemorate d as a day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to god almighty it ought to be solemn ised with pomp and parade with the shoes and games sports guns bells bonfires illuminations from one end of this continent to the other from this time forward for evermore you will think me transported with enthusiasm i am not i am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure that it will cost us to maintain this declaration and support and defend absolutely brian with that are you suggesting that we declare this july second and eleventh national holiday here in michigan for the sake of illumination but i i think john adams would have expected that i'm asking you very specific mayor it is for another reason an eventful evening here because for the first time in quite a while a regular attender many significant projects and events led the dva office through the whole streetscape and snow melt installation for many many years he at west michigan region regional airport including the runway expansions and the tunnel and everything that went into that served numerous years on the planning commission and also participated and labor negotiations in his tenure and did a fantastic job in all of those and and much more and so even though he didn't want a lot of glory pointed at him or a lot of fanfare of his departure we nevertheless felt it was important that that service not pass unrecognized in some official way so we have a resolution before us this evening that chronicles many of those events and i won't read the whole thing but i think significantly i'll just read the last couple of paragraphs that follow that list of accomplishments that says now therefore be it resolved that the entire city council of the city of holland michigan on behalf of the residents of the city does here by express its utmost respect gratefulness and appreciation to greg robinson for his three decades of leadership to the city of holland and be it further resolved that the city council also expresses heartfelt thanks to cathy his wife mathew benjamin michael and joseph his children for their countless moments of patience and support that assisted greg in many of his services to the citizens lastly resolved that this resolution of appreciation be spread upon the permanent records of the city of holland and i would offer that in the form of a motion and i will second that motion right th supported by peter's on favor please say i i pose the same that passes we stand adjourned happy fourth of july or thank you