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Committee discusses demolition contracting, approves bundled demolition contracts
Summary
Detroit City Council Public Health and Safety Committee approved a set of demolition contracts and discussed why the city bundles properties into larger packages, citing contractor capacity, city standards and a trial program for new firms.
Council Member Mary Waters, chair of the Detroit City Council Public Health and Safety Committee, chaired discussion and approval of multiple demolition contracts and pressed city staff for clarity on why demolition work is issued in bundled packages rather than smaller lots.
The committee approved unfinished business items 5.1 through 5.4, which are various demolition contracts, by motion and "hearing no objections," sending the items to formal session with a recommendation to approve. After the motion, members questioned staff about the…
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