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Votes at a glance: Eastpointe council approves contracts, grants and special events; schedules manager-search meeting

June 18, 2025 | Eastpointe City, Macomb County, Michigan


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Votes at a glance: Eastpointe council approves contracts, grants and special events; schedules manager-search meeting
The Eastpointe City Council on June 17, 2025, approved several routine but consequential items in a series of roll-call votes, including contract awards for street and park work, a $100,000 community energy management agreement, multiple special-event permits, and the payment of city bills. Council also scheduled a special meeting to review proposals for the city manager search.

Major contract and grant votes
• Wilmot Avenue reconstruction: Council awarded the Wilmot Avenue reconstruction contract to Florence Cement Company (address read into the record) for a sum read into the record and authorized the city manager to execute necessary documents. The roll call was unanimous in favor.
• Kennedy Park splash pad: The council awarded the Kennedy Park splash pad contract to DMC Consultants, Inc. for $2,561,047.42 and authorized the city manager to sign necessary documents; the measure passed by roll call vote.
• Community Energy Management Agreement: Council approved a $100,000 Community Energy Management Grant agreement with the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) and authorized the city manager to sign documents; councilors asked that energy-efficiency considerations be included in future public-building planning.

Special-event permits and administration
• Juneteenth (ACDC): The council approved the Arts & Cultural Diversity Commission’s Juneteenth event planned for June 19, 2025, contingent on food-truck inspections and vendor licensing being completed at least five business days beforehand.
• Little Leaders Early Learning Center grand opening and Back-to-School Community Fair: Council approved both event permits with standard conditions for food trucks, vendor licenses and permits for bounce houses and tents.

Other procedural votes
• Reschedule second reading of ordinance 25-1249 (annual appropriations and tax levies): Council moved the ordinance’s second reading to the July 1, 2025, regular meeting.
• Payroll and bills: Council approved payment of bills in the amount of $2,263,497.71.
• City manager search: Council scheduled a special meeting for June 24 at 5:30 p.m. to review proposals and select up to four search firms to interview.

Most of these items passed on unanimous or near-unanimous roll-call votes with little substantive discussion beyond staff presentations and brief clarifying questions; the council reserved longer deliberation for the special land-use item elsewhere on the agenda.

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