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Votes at a glance: Farmington Hills council actions on Feb. 24, 2025
Summary
A summary of the meeting's formal actions: appointment of police chief, Fire Station No. 5 contract award, consent agenda awards and several commission appointments; one consent item (Heritage Park petition language) was pulled for revision and postponed.
At its Feb. 24, 2025 regular meeting, the Farmington Hills City Council recorded the following formal outcomes:
- Police chief appointment: Approval of appointment of John Pigott as police chief (vote recorded as 5–1 in favor). (See separate article.)
- Fire Station No. 5: Award of general contractor to Midwest Contracting Company LLC for the Fire Station No. 5 addition and renovation in the amount of $1,959,766.52 (includes 5% contingency). Motion passed on council voice vote; contractor to begin work planned for April. (See separate article.)
- Consent agenda (items 7–13): Council approved awards and contracts and meeting minutes as read. Items included: gravel and aggregate materials award to Ellsworth Industries (annual not-to-exceed amount per budget, up to 4 years with extensions); transit mixed concrete award to Mercedes Concrete (annual budgeted amount, up to 4 years); Wood Creek Hills subdivision road construction award to Florence Cement Company ($3,518,903.93); Farm Bridal and Camelot Court subdivision concrete reconstruction Phase 1 award to Hard Rock Concrete Inc. ($3,516,829.80); Cyncicola Court road construction award to Hard Rock Concrete Inc. ($965,402.71); and approval of meeting minutes for Feb. 10, 2025 study session and regular session.
- Postponement: A proposed amendment to rules governing petition signature collection in Heritage Park (consent item 6) was pulled from the consent agenda and postponed to the council’s first March meeting so staff can clarify and simplify the ordinance language. Council members said the language as amended appeared confusing and they wanted clearer wording for residents.
- Commission appointments: Council approved appointments to the Innovation, Energy and Environmental Sustainability Commission (listed names and term lengths below).
Votes and procedural notes: where roll-call tallies were read aloud, the meeting record reflected outcomes (for some items, voice roll calls were used). For items where individual yes/no roll-call names were not read into the public record at the time of vote, the outcome was recorded as passed or postponed in the meeting minutes.
Appointments approved (Innovation, Energy and Environmental Sustainability Commission): Tony Reeves (term to 02/01/2028), Chandra Koganti (term to 02/01/2028), Taymor Khan (term to 02/01/2027), Ken Snodgrass (term to 02/01/2027), Bernard Hooper (term to 02/01/2026), Elliot Zelta (term to 02/01/2026).
Additional public notices presented: Oakland County Treasurer Robert Wittenberg’s foreclosure-prevention notice (tax foreclosure deadline for 2022 and prior years: March 31, 2025) was read into the record; residents were given the Treasurer’s contact number and website for assistance. Emergency preparedness commissioners announced free monthly CPR/AED/Stop the Bleed classes offered at Fire Station No. 4 with registration details provided.
Meeting follow-up: the Heritage Park petition-language revision will return to the council’s March meeting; staff will schedule contractor start and relocation tasks for the Fire Station No. 5 project; HR and the city manager completed the police chief selection process and council confirmed the appointment.
