By Barb Pert Templeton
The Marine City Commission meeting on June 18 included a crowded agenda and lasted an hour and 18 minutes. All seven members of the commission were in attendance and former city manager Scott Adkins returned to that seat at the board table after signing a 90-day contract to fill the post this summer.
Here are some highlights:
Storm damage addressed by city manager
City Manager Scott Adkins used his time during his department head report to the commission to talk about a storm in the city on June 11. He said it hit a three by ten block section of the city leaving two homes uninhabitable and a half dozen others with significant damage. “I want to thank the department of public works, of course the fire department and the police department that were out at 2:30 a.m. in the morning dealing with this,” Adkins said. “Thankfully no one was injured, it could have been more devastating.”
He also thanked the residents for their assistance with clean-up and their patience while the city responded and made the storm cleanup a priority.
Fresh website design for city
A new city website was launched on June 16 and City Clerk Jason Bell said users should see some changes and better functionality with it soon. He asks that users be patient as the changes are put in place and converting some items is taking a minute. “We’ll get there and get those corrections made,” Bell said.
Special meeting on June 25
The commission will meet on Thursday, June 25 at 5:30 p.m. regarding the Clean Water State Revolving Fund Grant from the state. Bids for the project are being received and opened by June 23 and they have to be approved and to the state by July 7 and the city won’t be meeting again until July 16. Commissioners Trish May and Sean O’Brien said they are unavailable for the meeting. Attorney Robert Davis said he wanted to underscore the importance of having the meeting and not letting the state funds slip away. Even with the two commissioners absent the remaining officials said they could attend the June 25 meeting as they will have a quorum.
The mural will include landscape, sky and a beach ball with the words “Have fun at Marine City Beach” written in black. The people will be excluded from the image.
Special event for Marine City Homecoming approved
On Sunday, Oct. 11 the Marine City High School Homecoming Parade will begin lining up at the South Water Street Beach Pavillion at 12:15 p.m. Units will lineup continuing down Pearl Street to North Market. The parade will step off at 1 p.m. traveling down South Water Street and concluding in the parking lot at Holy Cross Church. There will be a road closure from Market to
Pearl Street beginning at 12:15 for all the streets connected to Water Street. The commission approved the parade application.
Mural for the beach approved
A local art group, Artisans Mixed Media Art (AMMA) Local Art Group, made a request to paint a mural on the exterior of the restroom building at the city’s beach. City Manager Scott Adkins said the mural would be like a postcard image with a beach ball and beach water front that visitors could stand in front of for photographs. “Given the opportunity to create this mural will showcase Marine City and bring more positive exposure to the community through the Arts,” AMMA Art Group Coordinator Mauri Sutton wrote in a letter to the commission in the meeting packet.
Several board appointments okayed
The city planning commission currently had two vacancies and current Board Chairman Graham Allan applied to continue with a term ending in June 2029. The Marine City Area Fire Authority had one vacancy and one applicant, Justin McCartney, and he was appointed to a term that will end on June 30, 2027. The commission also approved to applications for the city’s library board. Shannon Mrowiec and Mary Rawding were appointed to terms ending June 30, 2029.
