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Votes at a glance: Warren City Council approves demolition, 911 upgrade funding, ordinance first reading and multiple appointments
Summary
At its Feb. 11 meeting the Warren City Council approved a nuisance abatement demolition, multiple budget and contract items for a countywide 911 upgrade, first reading of a parking-lot maintenance ordinance, several license extensions and a series of appointments and appropriations.
The Warren City Council on Feb. 11 approved a series of motions and resolutions including a nuisance-abatement demolition, police 911 system upgrades and related funding agreements, the first reading of a parking-lot maintenance ordinance, 60-day license extensions for two adult-use marijuana businesses, and multiple appointments and appropriations.
The council voted unanimously to adopt the consent agenda and the meeting agenda early in the session. It then approved routine finance items — bills for the general fund and the water and sewer fund — and received and filed the general fund revenue and expenditure reports.
Key formal actions approved by the council included: a nuisance-abatement resolution authorizing demolition of a house at 23814 Willard; a wastewater bypass agreement with the city of Centerline; 60-day license extensions for Lisonbee/Mac Farms and ET4 Corp; appointment of John Green to the Zoning Board of Appeals; a request that the mayor send an appropriation to advance $25,000 to the Land Bank Authority; and passage of multiple police-related funding and contract items tied to Macomb County’s ATOS 911 call-handling upgrade.
Police and public-safety actions included a resolution to increase the police department’s appropriations by $197,793 to cover the city’s share of installation costs for an ATOS 9-1-1 call‑handling upgrade, approval of a funding agreement with Macomb County for shared upgrades to backup dispatch centers (adopted with an amendment requiring additional contract provisions requested by the Warren city attorney), and a budget amendment increasing the ATOS line from $218,051 to $450,844 for one-time installation and recurring service costs.
The council approved an amendment to DDA capital purchases to fund repairs and improvements to the Warren Police Department exterior plaza ($290,960) and advanced the first reading of a proposed ordinance amendment, chapter 9 §9-17.12, requiring permits for parking-lot maintenance and restriping — a measure council members said is intended to improve ADA compliance and ensure striping matches approved site plans.
Other approvals included a request to issue an RFP for administration of a home‑repair/down‑payment-assistance program tied to ARPA funds and appointment of the council representative to that appropriation committee, and a wastewater bypass agreement with Centerline.
Votes shown in the meeting transcript are recorded as roll-call confirmations during each item (the chair called the question and individual council members responded “yes” on all listed motions). Where roll‑call names were read the transcript lists the presiding member and council members responding affirmative.
