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Votes at a glance: Waterford Township Board actions, Feb. 10, 2025
Summary
A summary of formal actions taken by the Waterford Township Board of Trustees on Feb. 10, including rezoning approvals, capital and maintenance contracts, salary adjustments, equipment payments and other administrative motions. Vote tallies are included where recorded in the public meeting transcript.
The Waterford Township Board of Trustees took a series of formal actions on Feb. 10, 2025. Below are vote-by-vote summaries of items recorded on the public transcript.
Votes at a glance
- Zoning: Case 2025-Z-005 — Rezoning of 2135 Dixie Highway (C-2 to C-3). Motion to adopt passed on roll call; board members recorded yes votes in the transcript and the measure was adopted.
- Zoning: Case 2025-Z-006 — Rezoning of 2252 Dixie Highway (C-2 to C-3). Motion to adopt passed on roll call; recorded as approved by the board.
- Zoning: Case 2025-Z-007 — Rezoning of 4220 Farner (C-2 to RM-1). Motion to adopt passed on roll call; recorded as approved by the board.
- Department-wide emergency-response training. Motion to approve $40,000 from the drug forfeiture account for a two-day active-threat training for about 60 sworn officers. Passed by roll call with all voting members recorded as yes.
- MCD Architects (single-source vendor) — Library concept design. Motion to authorize concept work up to $6,000 using library donation account funds (account number recorded in meeting packet). Passed by roll call (yes votes recorded in transcript).
- Final payment for fire engine ordered Dec. 2021. Motion to approve final payment in the amount of $671,364.45 (funded from the 2022-approved budget / encumbrance). Passed by roll call (yes votes recorded in transcript).
- Peerless Midwest — Annual well maintenance and pump/motor work. The board authorized Peerless Midwest to complete proposed work not to exceed $308,942 and approved a budget amendment of $83,942 to account 5904192230. Passed by roll call (yes votes recorded in transcript).
- Pedestrian bridge replacement — Engineering services assigned to DLC Engineering. Motion to accept engineering-service proposal for $148,400 (to prepare plans/ grant-readiness). Passed by roll call (yes votes recorded in transcript).
- Resolution to increase elected officials’ salaries, 2.25% retroactive to Jan. 1, 2025. Motion adopted by roll call. Roll-call votes recorded in the transcript: Supervisor Bartolotta — yes; Trustee Gilbert — yes; Trustee Harris — no; Trustee Houseworth — yes; Trustee Marquis — yes; Trustee Thomas — yes; Trustee Wall — yes. Motion passed (6–1). The resolution cited MCL 41.95 and MCL 42.6 as authority for board-determined salaries.
- Appoint Shelley Shots as deputy supervisor. Motion to appoint the existing executive-assistant employee to deputy supervisor, with the board approving a grade/salary change (discussed during the meeting). Roll-call votes recorded: Thomas — yes; Marquis — yes; Wall — yes; Houseworth — yes; Harris — no; Gilbert — yes; Bartolotta — yes. Motion passed 6–1. Trustees discussed the long-standing need for a deputy supervisor in a large charter township and internal promotion rather than hiring externally.
- Deputy treasurer grade increase (Anne Brzezinski). Motion to approve upgrade from grade 6 step 5 to grade 7 step 5 for deputy treasurer; seconded and approved by roll call.
- Add Community Unity Bank of Birmingham to the township’s list of approved depositories for 2025. Motion passed by roll call.
- Tyler Technologies (Munis) annual support renewal. Motion to approve annual maintenance/support renewal for the Munis (Tyler) system in the amount of $95,521.41. Passed by roll call; staff confirmed the expense was budgeted for 2025.
- Peddler license revocation: Motion to revoke Jaylen Brown’s peddler license (Spire Limits). Following a public hearing and staff reports of multiple complaints between Dec. 18, 2024 and Jan. 16, 2025, the board revoked the license by roll-call vote: Thomas yes; Houseworth yes; Marquis yes; Wall yes; Harris no; Gilbert yes; Bartolotta yes (6–1).
Notes on voting records: Where the transcript provided name-by-name roll calls, that roll-call text is summarized above. In other approvals the transcript recorded roll calls with unanimous yes votes; in items where the transcript did not list a full roll call in-line, the packet motion and subsequent “approved” notation in the meeting record indicate passage.
Ending: The board closed the meeting after a public-comment period and recessed for a closed session to discuss settlement strategy under MCL 15.268(1)(e).
