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Key votes (roll-call outcomes follow each item):

- Attorney billing (Odette): Motion approved (unanimous roll-call yes).

- Attorney billing (Miller Johnson): Motion approved (unanimous roll-call yes).

- Weston Subdivision No. 2 and No. 3 road resurfaces (Special Assessment District SAD 24-010-P): Motion approved (unanimous roll-call yes).

- Memorandum of Understanding with Teamsters Local (labor MOU): Motion approved (unanimous roll-call yes).

- Professional engineering (phase 1) for health endowment grant: Council approved contract authorization with Orchard, Hilton, and McClinton (as spoken in the meeting); motion approved (unanimous roll-call yes).

- Budget amendment: senior citizens center fund: Motion approved (unanimous roll-call yes).

- Budget amendment: general operating fund (zoning department legal) — increase legal line to $10,000: Motion approved (unanimous roll-call yes).

- Budget amendment: veteran honor run fund: Motion approved (unanimous roll-call yes).

- First reading: Ordinance 30.03 amendment (increase salary of the city fire chief): Council approved first reading; discussion reserved for second reading (unanimous roll-call yes).

Several items were moved and supported by councilmembers during the action-items segment. Roll calls recorded “yes” votes from the councilmembers present for each item; the meeting transcript recorded the roll-call responses as yes for each item and the chair declared motions carried.

These votes were taken during the council-action portion of the agenda and were routine in form; several items (for example, the engineering contract and the SAD resurfacing) included brief council discussion but no extended debate. The street-sweeping contract (separately covered) generated extended discussion and a separate award motion.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City Council\tFebruary 17, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","At its regular meeting, Burton City Council approved attorney billings, a Teamsters memorandum of understanding, a subdivision road resurfacing SAD, engineering for a health-endowment grant, multiple budget amendments and held the first reading of an ordinance to raise the fire chief’s salary.","taxTitle","Burton, Genesee County, Michigan","taxId",55651,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6323706,"Burton council awards street-sweeping contract to Curbco, approves $124,964.36 bid",595,2373000,2968000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2341786-72bb0d72b758c15c79ccd9a836cbd783&start=2373&end=2968","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2341786-72bb0d72b758c15c79ccd9a836cbd783/thumbnail_2373000.jpg","/articles/6323706/Burton/Genesee-County/Michigan/Burton-council-awards-street-sweeping-contract-to-Curbco-approves-12496436-bid","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6323706-53fc0ce83821a6a675665eb5e4ca458e/orig.mp4?Expires=1775090444&Signature=GqCI4dRxc5eAg8~dEyojrT1tGaHUWmK-SGf7ygx3IwYGpXz8xWvZ4ZZdEDYrD6wYbEW0Ogk1Faj6hWxnh5PXu5Ln7kiz4xFamxAKnX-trfmNUjOUdGyCY3jhJCqJqnfQrfGikDKFCXJ~fGDtoyXnilea66p0NeQTWTcy2xuPWKQeTO0j5uHx1MXGEXWGKLCJCzOpRkXHbvkbClw3YRrEaackb5dT7sZwHGj9ZrBHPgB9zc~FT1EhYJEr5NesSodFwm8jcrOPjKF64NIi62XpbxYt5Uma3m72w7damxU~onnDoiKpgHADUALhGoJJjwdbmdsUkQfNKiAeGgDp9pJVYg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Burton City Council voted to award the city’s street-sweeping contract to Curbco for $124,964.36 after an extended discussion about service quality, procurement history and the costs of doing the work in-house.

Councilmember Heffner moved to award the contract to Curbco; Councilman Smith supported the motion. On roll call the council recorded unanimous yes votes and the motion carried.

The item generated lengthy council comments. Several council members described recurring quality problems with previous contractors — insufficient use of water, leftover debris in curb pans and the need to repeatedly call contractors back to re-sweep. Staff told council the low bidder had repeatedly produced substandard work and that the bid from Curbco was higher than other respondents but might yield better performance. City staff also advised that buying a municipal sweeper would carry additional costs: equipment purchase, staffing, maintenance and regulated disposal of sweepings and fluids; staff cautioned those lifecycle and environmental-disposal costs could make in-house sweeping more expensive than it initially appears.

Council members discussed the city’s budget for sweeping (discussion referenced a current budget line in the $80,000–$88,000 range) and said they would use a transfer if necessary to cover the contract. A councilmember argued the city should pay more for reliable service rather than accept poor performance to save money.

Motion: award street-sweeping contract to Curbco in the amount of $124,964.36. The council asked administration to return with details on the transfer or budget amendment required to fund the contract.

The vote and the direction to come back with funding details took place during the council’s action items segment; staff agreed to present the required transfer at a subsequent meeting.","After extended debate about service quality and costs, Burton City Council voted to award the 2025 street-sweeping contract to Curbco for $124,964.36; council members discussed prior substandard performance by other vendors and whether to purchase equipment in-house.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6323711,"Burton council directs staff to seek bids for mosquito-control pilot after company outlines one-year plan",641,584000,1225000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2341786-72bb0d72b758c15c79ccd9a836cbd783&start=584&end=1225","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2341786-72bb0d72b758c15c79ccd9a836cbd783/thumbnail_584000.jpg","/articles/6323711/Burton/Genesee-County/Michigan/Burton-council-directs-staff-to-seek-bids-for-mosquito-control-pilot-after-company-outlines-one-year-plan","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6323711-7fc6ad874c1fd4c842d0ad3c24d12a31/orig.mp4?Expires=1775090444&Signature=UvF-X~uh0WOpcUIzJK-oWqqP3JQEiYZJ1Cw-u1DQ2IEq9Msfk5qj3D7xqvZRwguUDn4h3dGO3NoHBL3QqRSPyVDFuWnRjwvhoX1LOumKYayK-T8pRPL4Mz9cUvg3T6xf-TyLvjmsC2qGSzXSlWyWjBokh4dALmcH1QUIoSO31xIebuLhd1suJXrQN86n8~9AJ-wit9g6njZCQPdh~Q~iedmEaPFLCGt8MqHamTpv1oDsIj9jpbGeOOTLRU1yFguoyPGFknPAgeUWMoZifWIoFvULGCWieBlX6t1wHBvLGQjDVc2cNKBuiXkI4MGJVYhq5IPJ47u2Eg6Ev6SZkUMHCQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Burton City Council members agreed to open a bid process for a one-year mosquito-control pilot after Ben Sego, general manager of APM Mosquito Control, outlined a phased approach emphasizing disease surveillance and targeted standing-water treatments.

City officials said they want staff to draft specifications that would allow multiple vendors to bid on the basic public-health scope — disease testing, standing-water treatment and targeted spraying in parks and other high-traffic public-use areas — rather than immediately adopting a higher-cost, “Cadillac” program.

The move follows a presentation by Sego describing how APM would structure a first-year contract to gather baseline data: unit pricing (per spray mile, per acre treated, per catch-basin treatment, per disease pool sampled), disease sampling for West Nile virus, and targeted truck spraying of about 100 miles per week. Sego estimated the city’s likely program costs would be in the six-figure range if it attempted comprehensive spraying citywide; he said many programs start smaller to gather a year of data before expanding. Sego also offered to provide material for DPW to treat catch basins at APM cost but said exact quantities depend on the city’s number of catch basins.

Council members asked about timing and the state approval process. Sego said outreach plans and prior-notification procedures must be submitted to the Michigan Department of Agriculture (referred to in the meeting as the Michigan Department of Ag) and that approvals typically take about a week once the application is complete. He recommended starting standing-water treatments in April and having outreach and approvals in place by early March if the city wanted spray operations to begin in spring.

Council discussion focused on (1) whether to purchase a one-year contract from a single provider to “kick-start” the program or (2) use that provider’s work to help develop a bid specification to be issued to the market. Council members repeatedly emphasized fairness to companies that help draft bid specs; one council member proposed offering a modest preferential consideration (a 5% local preference) if the company that assisted with specifications later submitted a competitive bid.

Administrators and council members discussed funding options. Sego cited comparable municipal programs: Fenton Township’s program budget of about $160,000 and Montrose Township’s budget near $89,000. He estimated main cost drivers would be spray miles (about $45 per mile) and catch-basin materials (cases of briquettes he described as roughly $1,200 per case). City staff said the general fund could likely cover an initial one-year pilot and that later funding options could include a resident fee or a millage vote.

Council direction was to have staff prepare bid specifications keyed to basic public-health objectives, invite competitive bids, and return to council with parameters and ballpark estimates for first-year costs. Council members also asked staff to consider a one-year general-fund appropriation to cover an initial pilot while data are gathered.

Sego said his company would not demand a consulting fee for preparing bid parameters but would be willing to help prepare specifications. Council members asked the administration and the city attorney to advise on any compensation or procurement issues if a company assists with bid specification work.

Council president and administration said staff would bring a draft specification and budget estimate back to a future meeting so the council could authorize a formal bid and meet the state-notification timeline.

The discussion took place during the meeting’s administrative report and audience-participation segments and drew extensive council back-and-forth before a consensus directive to prepare a bid specification for a limited health-focused program.","After a presentation from APM Mosquito Control, Burton City Council agreed to open a bid process for a limited mosquito-control program this year and to seek specifications that prioritize disease surveillance, standing-water treatment and targeted spraying.","actionData","errors"]

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