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Votes at a glance: Key Dearborn City Council actions and outcomes
Summary
Summary of resolution and ordinance votes, contract awards and appointments taken during the meeting.
The Dearborn City Council recorded roll-call votes and formal approvals on a range of items during the meeting. Below are the principal actions the council voted on and their outcomes as stated on the record. Where a proposer was recorded the motion authorship is listed; vote tallies are included when the clerk announced them.
- Consent agenda (Item 8): Motion by Councilwoman Herrick, supported by Councilman Enos; approved by unanimous roll call.
- Minutes approval (Item 18): Resolution by Council members Enos and Abraham approving minutes of the previous regular meeting (4/08/2025); approved (no roll-call opposition announced).
- Ordinance 25-1839 (Item 19): Amend zoning code to permit food-truck parks in BC and IA districts with special land-use approval and related changes; final reading passed, effective 09/01/2025. Roll call: 7 yeas, no nays.
- Ordinance 25-1840 (Item 20): Amend licenses and business regulations (Article 7 — street vendors) to clarify multi-vendor licensing and vendor-stand rules on public property; final reading passed. Roll call: yays recorded, 1 member absent (Al Sawafi absent); ordinance passes.
- Contract award — Lead water service replacement, Contract 3 (Item 21): Resolution by Council members Enos and Abraham awarding contract to C & P Construction Co., Inc. in the amount of $1,864,750 with $90,000 contingency; approved and immediate effect requested.
- Contract/Procurement — FUSIS real-time public-safety platform (Item 22): Resolution by Council members Herrick and Hamoud authorizing a five-year cooperative contract with Axon via Sourcewell for up to $720,301 and appropriating $133,000 from federal drug-forfeiture funds to support the purchase; approved by roll-call vote (7 yeas, no nays).
- Contract — Smoke detectors (Item 23): Resolution awarding a purchase to Elite Textile Trading LLC in the amount of $42,120 for long-life smoke detectors for fire department installs; approved.
- Contract renewal — Tree planting services (Item 24): One-year renewal with Cremboli Nursery Inc. in the amount of $298,000 (first renewal option); approved.
- Donations acknowledged (Items 25 & 26): $20,000 donation from the University of Michigan–Dearborn (Item 25) and $20,000 donation from Henry Ford (Item 26) to assist FUSIS implementation; both recognized and appropriated to police administration donation accounts.
- Camp Dearborn fireworks (Item 27): Resolution authorizing three fireworks displays during the 2025 camping season (May 24, July 5, Aug. 30) with rain dates; total requested $24,000; approved.
- Property purchase (Item 28): Resolution authorizing purchase of 13717 Haggerty from ILC Dearborn LLC for $360,000 for fire-department parking and storage; approved with closing expected within 90 days.
- Dues and appointments (Items 29–32): Renewal of Downriver Community Conference membership ($21,419.71) approved; appointments to commissions approved (Parks & Recreation and Library Commission appointments, with terms cited in the meeting).
