The Riverview City Council on July 17 voted to establish Dec. 31, 2032, as the closure date for the Riverview Land Reserve and authorized the city manager to prepare shovel‑ready designs, plans and specifications for a leachate treatment plant. The actions followed a closed‑session meeting called to obtain an opinion of legal counsel under state statute citations noted on the record.

The council recessed into closed session at 6:01 p.m., citing MCL 15.268(h) and MCL 15.2431(g) to discuss the opinion of legal counsel; the motion to recess was moved by Councilman O'Neil and supported by Councilman Pray, and the roll call recorded affirmative votes from members present. The council reconvened at 7:51 p.m. and immediately took the two substantive actions.

By motion — supported on the record by Councilman Ganaga and Councilman Pray — the council adopted a closure date of Dec. 31, 2032, for the Riverview Land Reserve. The council then voted to authorize the city manager to prepare shovel‑ready designs, plans and specifications for a leachate treatment plant; that motion was recorded as moved by Councilman Price and seconded by Councilman O'Neil, and passed on roll call.

All roll calls on the recorded motions reflected affirmative votes from council members present; Councilman Robins was recorded as excused earlier in the meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 7:53 p.m.

Why it matters: setting a formal closure date fixes a timeline for the city’s handling of the Land Reserve and signals next steps toward technical design work for leachate management. The authorized designer work — described in the motion as "shovel‑ready design, plans, and specifications" — is preparatory and does not itself approve construction, contracts, or funding; the transcript contains no timetable or funding source for later construction or operation of a treatment plant.

What remained unsaid: the council did not specify a budget, funding source, or construction schedule for a leachate treatment plant during the recorded motions, nor did the record include technical design parameters or preferred technologies. The transcript does not identify whether subsequent approvals (for example, procurement or permitting) will be required before any plant construction.

Meeting chronology and procedure: the council convened, recessed into closed session under the cited MCL provisions, reconvened, adopted the closure date, authorized the manager to prepare designs, and adjourned within a short timeframe; public comment was noted as none for this special meeting.