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Troy City Council approves consent agenda, schedules closed session under MCL 15.268(h)
Summary
At its March 17 meeting the Troy City Council unanimously approved the consent agenda—including a 5.5‑mile neighborhood milling and resurfacing program, purchase of about 16 picnic tables and recognition of Ukrainian Children's Aid and Relief Effort (UCare)—and voted to meet in closed session under MCL 15.268(h).
The Troy City Council on March 17 voted unanimously to approve the consent agenda and to meet in closed session later that evening under MCL 15.268(h).
The consent agenda included a neighborhood road program described as about 5½ miles of local roads to be milled and resurfaced. Council member Hamilton said that resurfacing five miles this year would cost about $1,600,000 while fully rebuilding a mile of road could cost about $3,300,000, a comparison the council used to explain why milling and resurfacing extends pavement life without the higher cost of full reconstruction. Hamilton said the work will occur in neighborhoods west of Livernois, south of Square Lake, north of Long Lake and east of I‑75, and in the Evanswood area on the city’s east side.
The consent agenda also included the purchase of about 16 new picnic tables for city parks. Council member Chanda asked for confirmation of how many tables would be replaced and how many are new; staff said the packet listed about 16 new tables and that administration would supply any further specifics.
Council member Chamberlain Cranga asked the council to note item J6, a recognition for a nonprofit, Ukrainian Children’s Aid and Relief Effort (UCare). Chamberlain Cranga said UCare was started by a local resident, Vera Petrucha, and described prior community donations that supported the organization’s work sending clothing and baby items to mothers and orphanages in Ukraine.
The council also approved a separate motion to meet in closed session, as printed on the agenda, moved by the chair and supported by Council member Chamberlain Cranga. The roll-call votes for both the closed-session request and the consent agenda were recorded as unanimous (yes votes from Mayor Baker and council members Brooks, Chamberlain Cranga, Chanda, Mayor Pro Tem Gunn, Hamilton and Hodorick).
No public hearings or carryover items were on the agenda. Council members noted there were few substantive regular-business items, and the meeting proceeded through public comment and routine approvals before recessing to the boardroom for the closed session.
