§ 10.5-3-4. Compliance reports.

(a)

The mayor shall prepare, with the assistance of relevant city agencies, periodic reports regarding each casino operator's compliance with its certified development agreement.

(1)

Each report shall explain the mayor's determination as to the casino operator's compliance with its certified development agreement.

(2)

Compliance with a certified development agreement shall be determined in the manner specified and in accordance with the provisions of that agreement. The mayor shall submit a report regarding each casino operator's compliance no later than one hundred eighty (180) days after that casino operator's development agreement has been approved by the city council and every (6) months thereafter until the casino operator submits its first compliance report pursuant to subsection (b). Thereafter, the mayor's report must be submitted annually no later than (15) days after receipt of the casino operator's compliance report.

(b)

Each casino operator shall submit to the city council and to the mayor compliance reports no later than ninety (90) days after the end of the casino operator's fiscal year, commencing in the fiscal year in which the closing date (as defined in the certified development agreement) shall occur.

(1)

The compliance reports must include information and documentation as to the casino operators compliance with its certified development agreement or, in the event of noncompliance reasons for noncompliance and an explanation of efforts to comply.

(2)

A casino operator may satisfy the requirements of subsection (b)(1) by submitting the reports required by its certified development agreement to both the city council and the mayor.

(c)

Consistent with the Michigan Freedom of Information Act, MCL 15.231, et seq., the Michigan Gaming Control and Revenue Act, MCL 432.201, et seq., and other applicable laws, the city clerk shall mail a copy of the mayor's report to the casino operator by first-class mail within five (5) business days of its submission to the city council. Within five (5) business days of such mailing, the casino operator may file a written response to the mayor's report with the city clerk for submission to the city council.

(d)

With reasonable notice to the casino operator, the city council may hold a hearing to review a casino operator's compliance with its certified development agreement.

(Ord. No. 13-98, § 1, 6-17-98)