Coldwater council approves consent agenda, bills payment and Church Street closure for April egg hunt

The Coldwater City Council approved a series of routine items and one special-event street closure at its Feb. 24 meeting.

By voice vote, the council approved a consent agenda that included the council regular minutes of Feb. 10, 2025, closed-session minutes of Feb. 10, 2025, and the Historic District Commission regular minutes of Dec. 11, 2024. Later the council voted to pay bills; the staff summary noted several large items on the claims list including quarterly health-insurance premiums, a pass-through grant from EGLE for environmental work at the Coldwater Villas senior apartment project (described in staff briefing as "just under a $179,000 grant") and a facade grant for Jeanne's Diner. The cemetery budget included the purchase of a vault trailer to transport and lower vaults for funerals.

The council approved the city manager's report, during which Keith Baker, city manager, reminded residents that utilities disconnects for nonpayment may resume in April under state law and directed customers seeking assistance to contact city customer service or the 211 community resource line.

The council adopted Resolution 25-09 to close Church Street on Saturday, April 19, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. for a community egg hunt scheduled 9 a.m. to noon; the request was made by the United Methodist Church on behalf of St. Mark's Episcopal Church and First Presbyterian Church. Keith Baker summarized the request: "The actual time in which it would be closed would be 8AM to 1PM, and the event, for a community, egg hunt would be, from 9AM to 12PM." The resolution was approved by voice vote.

All motions recorded in the meeting were carried by voice vote; specific roll-call tallies or named mover/second details were not provided in the public transcript.

Ending: The votes completed routine business and allowed scheduled community activities; no contested roll-call votes were recorded in the meeting transcript.