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Votes at a glance: Ferndale council clears consent items, extends IT contract and approves land‑use and grant reallocations
Summary
Council approved the consent agenda of administrative contracts and purchases, extended MacroConnect’s IT contract for roughly one additional year, and approved the McDermott special land use and the CDBG reprogramming described above.
At its March 13 meeting Ferndale City Council approved a package of consent items, extended its IT services contract with MacroConnect for approximately one year, and recorded the outcomes of the previously described public‑hearing actions.
Key votes and outcomes:
- Consent agenda (Item 7, approved as presented): Approvals included meeting minutes (02/24/2025); resolutions to support matching applications to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources for grants up to $150,000 (match not to exceed $150,000 total); a two‑year contract with Hydrocor Inc. for cross‑connection control ($50,816.40 charged to the water sewer fund); purchase of replacement laptops ($32,135.40); extension to planning/design contract with Transportation Engineering Design; authority for Ferndale Police Department to auction lost/abandoned property; municipal and community credit contract with SMART; annual SMART specialized services third‑party contract; a compensation‑study contract not to exceed $10,000; Granicus contract renewal with closed‑captioning ($39,397.18); purchase of an all‑materials locator ($8,250); door and lock hardware replacement at DPW not to exceed $5,690; and approval of bills and payrolls. These items were approved by roll call.
- MacroConnect IT contract extension (Item 8b): Council approved a one‑year extension with MacroConnect for information technology services, with a staff expectation to begin evaluation for an RFP later in the year and to consider in‑house options. The extension included a temporary reduction of embedded technician days from five to four per week and waiving the contractor’s normal annual price increase for the extension period.
- Special land use for McDermott (1401 Farrell): Approved (see separate article). The approval limited activity to handling and storing hazardous chemicals in closed containers and prohibited manufacturing on site.
- CDBG reprogramming from yard services to code enforcement: Approved (see separate article). Council reallocated $12,691 from prior‑year yard‑services CDBG allocations to code enforcement; an ARPA award to the city will provide expanded yard‑service funding for approximately 40 residents.
How council voted: The record shows roll‑call affirmatives from councilmembers present on the listed items; individual roll‑call names were recorded on the audio/transcript for each vote (see provenance).
