Wayne County public services committee approves series of contracts, grants and infrastructure work; accepts Prescott Road jurisdiction

The Wayne County Committee on Public Services on an omnibus motion approved a package of contract amendments, professional services agreements, grant acceptances and a lease extension covering parks, roads, sewer televising and pump-station work.

The approval came at the committee's regular meeting after staff presented details on ARPA-funded park improvements, an SRF-backed sewer televising loan, engineering extensions for bridge and road projects and a multi-year lease extension for county office space. Commissioner Kenlock moved the omnibus motion to "receive and file item 1 and approve items 2 through 20," and the motion passed on a roll-call vote with all commissioners present voting yes.

Why it matters: the items approved fund and extend work on county infrastructure that county staff said is ready to proceed or requires continued engineering and construction oversight. The matters affect parks in River Rouge and Westland, multiple road and bridge projects across townships and cities, county pump stations and the Rouge Valley sewer system.

Rouge Valley sewer televising and SRF loan

County staff said the contract with Pipeline Management Company LLC covers televising, inspection and structural evaluation of the Rouge Valley Sewage Disposal System as part of a state revolving fund (SRF) loan program intended to implement the long-term corrective action plan for that sewer system. "Yes. It's a loan. Yes. We have to pay it back," said Elizabeth Barrera, assistant division director for DPS Environmental Services, describing the SRF loan structure. Staff said this is the third SRF loan for the program and that a fourth loan is planned to close in fiscal year 2026.

Merriman Road bridge closeout work

The committee approved an amendment to extend construction engineering services with Waitram Associates Inc. for the Merriman Road rehabilitation project after construction that extended across two seasons. Staff said the contractor completed general traffic reopening last year but that remaining restoration and final closeout work require additional construction engineering; staff estimated the extra work was "a little over half million" but did not provide an exact amendment amount in the discussion.

Pump stations and Tetra Tech…