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Committee advances $500,000 Sherwin‑Williams blight‑paint contract after questions on prison sales
Summary
The Neighborhood, Community Services Standing Committee moved a three‑year, $500,000 Sherwin‑Williams contract for blight paint and repair services to formal session with a recommendation for approval after staff described how the funds will be used and said the vendor disclosed past sales to prison facilities but not an ongoing prison contract.
The Detroit City Council Neighborhood, Community Services Standing Committee moved a $500,000 contract with Sherwin‑Williams Company to formal session with a recommendation for approval after staff explained how the city will use the blight funds and answered questions about whether the vendor has supplied paint to prisons.
The paint, supplies and repair‑services contract is funded from blight remediation dollars and is intended to cover exterior work on private properties cited for blight, General Services Department assistant director Alex Weatherup told the committee. "This is blight funding ... it's primarily to cover up buildings that have been cited for blight and have gone through the BCED and DAH process," Weatherup said. He added the city attempts to recoup those costs through a Law…
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