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Votes at a glance: Waterford trustees approve early voting license, landscaping contract, depository addition, meter service and other routine items
Summary
At its March 10 meeting the Waterford Township Board of Trustees voted on a package of routine and substantive items, approving an early-voting license at the library, awarding a $7,550 landscaping contract for the Riverwalk grant project, adding Michigan CLASS to its depository list, renewing annual metering services, authorizing sewer-pump replacements, declaring a surplus parcel for sale, and passing a bond-reimbursement resolution.
At its March 10 meeting the Waterford Township Board of Trustees acted on a series of agenda items. The list below summarizes motions, vote tallies, and key details as recorded on the public meeting record.
Votes at a glance
- Early voting facility license agreement with Oakland County (agenda item 10.1): Approved. Motion to approve the license agreement allowing Oakland County to use the township library as an early voting center; the township receives $100 for the facility. Vote: 7-0 (Bartolotta, Gilbert, Harris, Houseworth, Marquis, Thomas, Wall — all yes).
- Bidder selection for American in Bloom / Riverwalk landscaping (precision landscaping): Approved. Board approved selecting Precision Landscaping (Chesco/Chasco Michigan referenced in memo) to complete grant-funded Riverwalk landscaping work for $7,550; the contract to be reimbursed by the American in Bloom grant. Vote: 7-0.
- Add Michigan CLASS to township depository list: Approved. Trustees added Michigan CLASS as an approved depository option; no investment commitment was made. Vote: 7-0.
- Neptune (meter-reading/cloud service) annual renewal (Ferguson invoice): Approved. Town staff presented the annual renewal for Neptune cloud-based meter-reading service (used with approximately 29,000 meters) and the board approved payment ($57,743.12), charged to the enterprise fund budgeted line. Vote: 7-0.
- Release of up to $900,000 for first Pierce fire engine: Approved. (See separate article for details). Vote: 7-0.
- Budget amendment / transfer up to $900,000 from Capital 330 fund to purchase a second Pierce engine: Approved. Vote: 7-0.
- Saginaw Trail sewer lift station pumps: Approved. Authorization to purchase pumps and relays for the Saginaw Trail lift station in the amount of $52,660; funds moved from contingency line (590-448-5600) to capital improvement line (59055-97000). Vote: 7-0.
- Surplus property declaration and sale resolution (127 N. Josephine, parcel 13-25-401-031): Approved. Board declared the parcel surplus, authorized the supervisor to sign an exclusive listing contract with Real Broker LLC and to sign sale documents on an as-is, cash-only basis; roll-call recorded one no vote by Trustee Harris, motion carried 6-1.
- Resolution authorizing reimbursement of prior expenditures from bond proceeds for the Community Center project: Approved. Motion to accept the attached resolution authorizing reimbursement from future bond proceeds; roll-call vote 7-0.
- Grayson Elementary PTO nonprofit recognition (charitable gaming license support): Approved. Board recognized Grayson Elementary PTO as a nonprofit for charitable gaming license purposes to allow raffle and auction fundraising; roll-call vote 7-0.
Context and notes
Several items were routine, budgeted, or grant-funded; the Riverwalk landscaping contract is covered by the American in Bloom grant and the Neptune meter service renewal was budgeted in the enterprise fund. The Josephine surplus-property resolution prompted discussion about listing and broker selection; the resolution authorizes the supervisor to enter an exclusive listing contract and sign sale documents subject to the board-approved conditions. The fire-engine purchases and the related budget transfer were discussed separately; those items are recorded in full in the meeting minutes.
Quoted materials and exact vote counts below reflect the public roll-call recorded in the March 10 meeting minutes.
