Minutes Michigan Section Board Meeting

August 17, 2000

SME

Lansing, Michigan

Call to Order

The Meeting was called to order by President Don Mercer at 5:30 p.m.

In attendance; Don Mercer, President

Jim Hegarty, President-Elect

Richard Skalski, Vice-President

Steve Chizek, Secretary

Kamran Qadeer, Treasurer

Frank Meyers, Executive Secretary

Agenda

Mercer and Hegarty proposed revisions to the agenda including:

Add under Old Business the following items:

I. Opportunity Grant

Add under New Business the following items:

B. Airport Executives Request

C. New Treasurer

D. MI History Museum

Chizek moved to adopt the Agenda as amended.

Skalski Seconded.

Motion Passed

Meeting Minutes

The following amendments were proposed to the minutes:

Under Old Business- Top Ten Projects

Replace “Chizek agreed to talk with OHM and failing that MPS about use of marking department resources to do something that was illegible in his notes.”

With “Chizek agreed to talk with OHM and failing that MPS about use

marketing department resources to design a solicitation package

and logo for the Mackinac Bridge Scholarship Project

Under Old Business- Speakers Bureau Status

Delete “Lions and Kiwannis have requested more books. Meyers sent some.”

Under Old Business- Annual Meeting 2000

Add “South” in Front of “Western”, So that it reads: “South Western Michigan’s golf outing was discussed. It was a fantastic success raising $1400 for work with Western Michigan’s developing civil engineering program.”

Under Email List

Replace “skalski@ci.kalamazoo.mi.us”

With “skalskid@ci.kalamazoo.mi.us”

Hegarty moved to accept the minutes as amended.

Skalski Seconded

Motion Passed

Correspondence

Mercer produced some correspondence.

Correspondence was reviewed by the Board.

Treasurers Report

In Meyers delivered the treasurer’s report

Hegarty moved to accept the treasurers report.

Chizek Seconded.

Motion Passed

Old Business

Top Ten Projects

Mackinaw Bridge Presentation went very well. Mercer presented. Hegarty unveiled the scholarship program.

MDOT Interstate Freeway Presentation went well. Mercer presented.

Ludington Pumped Storage Facility. Hegarty Presented.

By next meeting Chizek will contact Ford Rouge facility and Detroit Wastewater Treatment plant. Qadeer will contact the Tunnel and the Bridge.

Annual Meeting 2000

Hegarty Moved to appropriate $1200 to have Guy Snyder write an article on the annual meeting conditional on the article showing up in Michigan Contractor and Builder.

Chizek Seconded

Motion Passed

Web Page

Material was passed to Chizek for incorporation, as appropriate, into the Web Page.

Public Affairs Grant

Will be a slide show with a tight focus on Western Michigan. Could be used as a template for other areas of the State.

Speakers Bureau Status

Chizek is scheduled to speak to McDonald Public Library.

Hegarty will send corrections to Meyers.

Meyers will send an electronic copy to Chizek for the Web Page.

Bruce Kuffer will take over as champion in the relatively near future.

Chizek suggested that the project should refocus on electronic media to save printing cost.

MDOT Membership

10 new members from MDOT, more to come.

MCE discussion

Meyers and Hegarty met prior to the regular Board meeting.

Hegarty will amend his study and deliver in the Spring.

Hegarty will investigate the cost of redesigning the template and having 3 good project profiles and 2 good people profiles. Pending general Board support.

There was general Board support.

150^th Celebration

Will be meeting the evening before our annual meeting.

Opportunity Grant

Reminder that Money will be obtained when report is submitted.

New Business

District 7 Meeting September 23- Livonia Michigan

District 7 Meeting will follow immediately after Annual Meeting.

Regular Board meeting will occur from 7:30-8:30 a.m. on Friday September 23 over Breakfast at the Dearborn Inn.

Airport Executives Request

Chizek Moved that the Michigan Section Board supports the concept of having 1 cent of the current 6 cent sales and use tax collected on aircraft sales, aircraft parts, aviation fuels and airport concessions be deposited in the aeronautics fund.

Skalski Supported.

MOTION PASSED

Michigan Historical Museum

Next Meeting Date

The date of the next meeting was set for September 22, 2000 at 7:30 a.m.

Adjournment

Skalski moved to Adjourn

Hegarty Seconded

Motion Passed

Email List

Don Mercer mercerd@mdot.state.mi.us

Steve Chizek chizek@ohm-eng.com

Frank Meyers meyersfc@ameritech.net

Jim Hegarty trendwatch@aol.com

Richard Skalski skalskid@ci.kalamazoo.mi.us

Kamran Qadeer kqadeer@pmgic.com