Votes at a glance: Wayne City Council actions on contracts, rates, bids and policies

At its April 1 meeting the Wayne City Council approved a slate of routine and substantive items. The following is a summary of motions taken by the council and their outcomes as recorded in the meeting.

Bid awards and contracts - Median mowing contract (Item 4a): Council approved awarding the Michigan Avenue median mowing contract to Highland Landscape and Snow of Northville, Michigan, low bidder at $7,500, to be paid from the Michigan Avenue Maintenance Fund. - 2025 concrete repair and traffic barrier removal (Item 4b): Council approved the low bid from Dominic Gaglio of Huron Township, Michigan, in the amount of $460,172.50 to be paid from the local road fund. - Parking structure demolition and parking lot project (Item 4c): Council approved Hamrich of Carlton, Michigan, low bid $687,472.50 plus a $10,312 permit fee (total $697,784.50) to be paid from Community Development Block Grant funds (see separate article).

Operations and equipment - Approval of annual audit contract (Item 6a): Council approved a three-year contract with Allen C. Young and Associates for annual financial audits; staff noted the firm has not increased rates since 2018 and the contract includes a 10% increase. - Police radios purchase (Item 6d): Council approved the purchase of three Motorola APX 6500 mobile radios for $20,384 to be paid from the police communications budget; radios will require programming with the State of Michigan at a $250 per-radio cost.

Personnel and policies - Employment agreements for youth services (Item 6b): Council approved employment agreements for youth services staff (chief administrator, case manager supervisor and office manager). (See separate article for program detail.) - Revision of city manager contract (Item 6c): Council approved a revision to the city manager’s contract changing salary increases to July to match other employees, reflecting recent PTO policy changes for department heads, and including an immediate wage increase to $126,000.

Rates and intergovernmental agreements - Water and sewer rates (Item 6e): Council approved combined increases of $0.32 per unit for water and $0.34 per unit for sewer (a combined $0.66 per unit), effective July 1, 2025. Staff said the combined increase will generate approximately $430,000 for the water and sewer fund; a “unit” equals 1,000 gallons. - MDOT resurfacing agreement (Item 6f): Council approved a $28,950 agreement for the westbound US-12 (Michigan Avenue) resurfacing project; the work covers westbound limits from House Street to just west of Pershing Street, and staff requested authority to allow limited night and Sunday work with written approval of the city engineer.

Licenses, policies and proclamations - Licensing agreement with MPC LLC (Item 6g): Council approved a licensing agreement to use the parking lot east of the parking structure for equipment staging during demolition; the city will repair asphalt damage as specified. - Cash-handling, petty cash and gift card policies (Items 6h–6j): The council approved a new cash handling policy, petty cash policy, and a new gift card policy for incentive programs. - Proclamations (Items 6k–6m): Council approved proclamations for Arbor Day (April 25 tree planting with Taft Elementary), Volunteer Appreciation Month (April 2025) and Autism Awareness Month (April 2025).

How votes were recorded Most items were approved on voice votes with the council indicating “Aye” and the mayor declaring the motion carried. Where roll calls occurred (for the agenda amendment at the start of the meeting), all council members present voted in the affirmative.

Items approved at this meeting will proceed to implementation steps according to department schedules and contract requirements; staff indicated several items require follow-up tasks such as contract signatures, insurance and coordination with external agencies.