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East Lansing City Council Meeting Recap 3/12/24

East Lansing City Council Meeting Recap 3/12/24


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The East Lansing City Council Recap is sent after regular, discussion-only and special City Council meetings. View the 2024 meeting schedule here (https://cityofeastlansing.com/DocumentCenter/View/14120/2024-City-Council-meeting-schedule-PDF) . Readers are encouraged to contact the East Lansing City Manager's Office with questions at (517) 319-6920.

The City of East Lansing occupies the ancestral, traditional and contemporary lands of the Anishinaabeg – Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi peoples land ceded in the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw.


** Highlights from the March 12 Meeting
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The East Lansing City Council met on Tuesday, March 12 at the East Lansing Hannah Community Center (ELHCC) for a discussion only meeting. Watch the meeting from the beginning (https://youtu.be/2-0cx3hkhTE?t=657) .

East Lansing Mayor Pro Tem Kerry Ebersole Singh was granted an excused absence.

During communications from Council, East Lansing City Councilmember Dana Watson read from Gov. Whitmer's proclamation for Equal Pay Day, including that based on today’s wage gap, a woman who works full-time, year-round could lose $399,600 over a 40-year career, a lifetime gap that only grows when examined by race and ethnicity; and, that the gender pay gap exists at all levels of work in almost every occupation, cutting across all education levels, age groups, and demographics, and widening significantly for women of color and women with disabilities. View the governor's proclamation (https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/news/proclamations/2024/03/12/march-12-2024-equal-pay-day) .

During his comments, East Lansing City Manager Robert Belleman announced that the East Lansing Family Aquatic Center is hiring lifeguards, slide operators and customer service associates. More information can be found at www.cityofeastlansing.com/jobs (https://www.cityofeastlansing.com/Jobs.aspx) under seasonal employment.


** 6.1 Municipal Employees' Retirement System Annual Actuarial Valuation Report as of Dec. 31, 2022
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Watch this part of the meeting (https://youtu.be/2-0cx3hkhTE?t=1435) . The Municipal Employees' Retirement System (MERS) administers the City's defined benefit, defined contribution and hybrid retirement pension plans. MERS presented to Council the annual Actuarial Valuation Report as of Dec. 31, 2022. The report calculates the Actuarial Required Contribution and also provides a synopsis of the plan's investment performance, annual payment to eligible retirees and determines funding levels based on current assets and projected liabilities View the agenda item report (https://cityofeastlansing.civicweb.net/document/374944/Municipal%20Employees_%20Retirement%20System%20(MERS)%20o.pdf?handle=F7FF6CCFFBB4430DB8733DE4679C0A09) .



** 6.2 City Council Strategic Priority Planning
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Watch this part of the meeting (https://youtu.be/2-0cx3hkhTE?t=4229) . Council commenced its strategic planning process at its Jan. 12 Discussion Only meeting when department heads shared their priorities for 2024-2025. Council next met on Saturday, Jan. 20 and Friday, Feb. 23. City staff has dove-tailed their departmental priorities as action items under the Council's strategic priorities. View the agenda item report (https://cityofeastlansing.civicweb.net/document/374999/City%20Council%20Strategic%20Planning.pdf?handle=39289CB34FA14B8282E5DA8069E91243) .



** 6.3 Short Term Rental Legislation
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Watch this part of the meeting (https://youtu.be/2-0cx3hkhTE?t=4367) . The City's lobbyist provided an update to Council on proposed legislation affecting short-term rental regulations, including a proposal to establish a registry database, an opt-in excise tax and automatic extension of the hotel tax to short-term rentals. View the agenda item report (https://cityofeastlansing.civicweb.net/document/375173/Short%20Term%20Rental%20Legislation.pdf?handle=242B5F2B9A8648C0A5C2E4E829C10E64) .

To learn more about all items discussed during the meeting, view the Agenda Packet (https://cityofeastlansing.civicweb.net/document/375178/) (109 pages) and the meeting synopsis (https://www.cityofeastlansing.com/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/2184) (PDF). The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m.

Next Meeting: Tuesday, March 19


** Additional Information
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East Lansing City Council meetings take place at the East Lansing Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road at 7 p.m. A remote option for viewing the meetings and providing public comment is offered via the City's public meeting portal (https://cityofeastlansing.civicweb.net/Portal/) . The number to call in for public comment is posted at the top of each meeting agenda.

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