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Key approved items (motions passed by voice or roll call at the meeting):

- Approval of the minutes of the regular meeting of May 15, 2025, and the special meeting of May 22, 2025.

- Approval of the 2024 Planning Commission annual report and work plan (submitted under the Michigan Planning Enabling Act, PA 33 of 2008).

- Award a three-year banking services contract to FirstBank (staff said FirstBank’s proposal generated the highest interest earnings after fees and was the only proposal without fees).

- Approval of excess workers’ compensation insurance from Midwest for a two-year policy term; transcript lists a total premium of $154,312 for the two years, payable in two installments of $77,156; staff said the premium is approximately 1% higher (roughly $800) than the current agreement.

- Approval of special-event applications: Labor Day celebration (Sept. 1, 2025, with a parade and beer tent), RRN Radio block party (July 25–26, 2025), and Northtown block party (July 19, 2025).

- Approval of social-district applications: Resolution 25-10 for LMCC Brewpub, LLC (624 Ludington Street, identified as Hartford and Hops) and Resolution 25-11 for Lee’s Garden Winery.

- Opt-in to the Michigan Public Power Agency Energy Waste Reduction program (see separate article for details).

- Approval to purchase 34 Glock 9mm pistols (optic-ready), applying an $8,980 trade-in credit and using $15,908 from forfeiture funds.

- Approval to enter a three-year, $10,692 subscription for TIP 4 1 1 using opioid grant funds from Delta County (see separate article for details).

- Appointment of Stacy Lake to the Planning Commission and multiple notices about vacancies on local boards and commissions; council also approved cancelling the July 3 meeting by motion.

Most motions were introduced and seconded on the floor; the meeting record shows roll-call confirmations and affirmative votes for the listed items. Specific mover/second names and vote tallies were not consistently named in the transcript; the meeting record indicates the motions carried as presented.

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Shelby Walker, the city’s planning and zoning administrator, presented the report and said it documents permit activity, member activity and actions on site plans during the year. Walker referenced the Michigan Planning Enabling Act (PA 33 of 2008) as the statutory framework under which the Planning Commission submitted the report to council.

Walker and another staff member said the commission has been reviewing draft chapters of the master plan and recently held a charette. Attendance at the charette was lower than hoped but the comments were constructive; staff members are summarizing the input.

Staff and a planning presenter described vacancies and attendance changes on the Planning Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals: several commissioners had resigned or been removed in the prior period; new applicants have begun training and an appointment was made at the meeting (Stacy Lake). Walker said the commission expects to resume training and onboarding when the summer docket eases.

A motion to approve the annual report and work plan passed on roll call.

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The department will trade in existing Glock pistols and apply a trade-in credit of $8,980 toward the purchase; the purchase price after trade-in is $15,908. City staff said the purchase will be funded from forfeiture funds.

Public Safety Director Goodwill explained the operational reason: the newer Glocks have a factory-installed mounting system that allows an optic (a red-dot sight) to be mounted at the Glock factory; the optic permits both eyes open shooting and is intended to improve accuracy. Goodwill said the change aligns with a trend in law enforcement and noted other agencies have adopted optics on duty pistols.

Councilors asked technical questions about the sight; Goodwill clarified it is a red dot in a small window and does not project onto the target. He described the feature as an “AimPoint sight” installed at the factory.

A motion to approve the purchase and to use forfeiture funds passed on a roll call vote.

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Why it matters: Police officials said anonymous tips can yield information not otherwise reported and that anonymity concerns have limited reporting related to drug activity. The app also can publish community alerts and resources, officials said.

At the meeting Public Safety Director Goodwill (identified in the meeting as the presenter) told council members the app is widely used by law enforcement and is designed to preserve anonymity when residents submit tips. “There’s no way if they wanna be anonymous, they send a text and it’s sent,” Goodwill said. He said the city received Delta County grant funding that covers the three-year subscription and that the department would assign supervisors and detectives to monitor submissions so tips are actionable.

Goodwill described additional uses for the platform beyond anonymous tips: public alerts about road closures and information about local resources such as a drug take-back box and Narcan dispenser at the police department. He said his office and partner organizations could post resource links and outreach information through the app.

Councilors asked about oversight. Goodwill said supervisors and detectives would be tied to the account and monitor tips; not every officer would have full access. Goodwill said the grant covers the three-year cost and that the subscription term is 36 months.

The council moved and approved the subscription using the awarded opioid grant funds; a roll call recorded affirmative votes.

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The MPPA option is projected to add about a 2.3% surcharge to electricity revenue collections for customers, compared with an estimated 3.4% under the state-run option; council members were told the change would appear as a separate line item on electric bills and is expected to begin in January 2026.

Why it matters: Public Act 229 (referred to in the meeting as “public act 2 29”), passed in 2023, requires utilities to run an EWR program and to achieve energy savings targets. City staff described MPPA’s proposal as having lower administrative cost and estimated the program would be roughly $120,000 less per year than the state program the council could have selected.

At the city meeting, a staff presenter said MPPA solicited proposals from program providers and recommended Franklin Energy as the vendor. Jerry Percola, who described the program details, said Franklin Energy’s proposal is similar to programs the city has run previously and includes required low-income measures: refrigerator replacement, LED kits and customer education. Percola said the MPPA option would include both residential and commercial measures and local outreach through the vendor.

Percola answered council questions about customer access and timing. He said: “We’ll have the link on our website. We’ll put it on social media. You know, we can put it, you know, like, on the radio, different ways, wherever we can advertise.” On cost he said: “We’re guessing based on my preliminary calculations about 2.3%,” and that the surcharge would be a small fraction of current per-kilowatt-hour rates.

Council was told the deadline to join the state program was July 1; by opting into MPPA now, staff will work with MPPA to prepare a required EWR plan that the council will review and approve later (targeted around August). The city indicated the EWR charge will start on bills in January 2026.

The council voted to approve the opt-in. The motion noted the program is budgeted for the 2025–26 fiscal year and that the city’s electrical advisory committee recommended MPPA’s program.

Looking ahead: If the council had not chosen MPPA, it would have needed to join the state program before the July deadline; council members and staff said the MPPA route reduces administrative cost and will return with a formal plan for council approval.

","City council voted to join the Michigan Public Power Agency program to meet the state Energy Waste Reduction requirement; officials estimate a roughly 2.3% surcharge on electric bills beginning January 2026 and said a detailed plan will return for council approval.","actionData","errors"]

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