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Warren City Council: Key votes and approvals from Jan. 28 meeting
Summary
At its Jan. 28 meeting the Warren City Council approved routine consent items, several contracts and resolutions, appointments, and ordinances including an urban forestry ordinance and multiple license extensions. Items were approved unanimously unless noted.
Warren City Council on Jan. 28 approved a series of routine and substantive items, including budget adjustments, contracts, appointments and an ordinance establishing an urban forestry commission.
The council adopted the consent agenda and approved the meeting agenda (which added item 12D). Among individual approvals: consulting services with Willis Towers Watson for actuarial reserve calculations; a quick-claim deed to the Downtown Development Authority for property at 3637 Shaner; a $15,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) agreement with McCrest (see separate article); two 60-day license extensions (Mad House LLC and a cannabis license extension for Forest Brothers/Amber Trichome LLC with a compliance condition); appointment of Michael Assessor to the zoning board of appeals (alternate, term to Sept. 2027); an appointment of a council representative to assist on the ADA transition plan (Councilmember Michael Newnan); authorization to dismiss two local defendants without prejudice in the city’s opioid litigation (per trial counsel recommendation); an ordinance to establish an urban forestry commission and related planting/removal standards; and several parks/transportation-related budget actions and equipment awards.
Votes were recorded on the floor; the council called the question on most items after brief discussion. Motions listed below reflect the agenda item number where specified in the meeting packet and the vote outcome as entered in the minutes.
Votes at a glance (selected items) - Consent agenda (adopted) — outcome: approved (unanimous). - Agenda adoption (added item 12D) — outcome: approved (unanimous). - Willis Towers Watson consulting agreement (item 12A) — outcome: approved (unanimous); subject: actuarially required reserves calculation for self-insured no-fault automobile liability. - Quick claim deed to Warren Downtown Development Authority, 3637 Shaner, parcel ID 1311229038 (item 12B) — outcome: approved (unanimous). - McCrest CDBG agreement, $15,000 (item 12C) — outcome: approved (unanimous). See separate article for discussion and public comment. - 60-day license extension, Mad House LLC, 21445 Hoover Road, Suite 210 (added item 12D) — outcome: approved (unanimous). - Appointment: council representative to ADA transition plan — Michael Newnan (item 13A) — outcome: approved (unanimous). - Appointment: Michael Assessor to Zoning Board of Appeals (alternate, term to Sept. 2027) (item 13D) — outcome: approved (unanimous). - Opioid litigation recommendation: approve dismissal without prejudice for two local clinic defendants per trial counsel recommendation (item 13E) — outcome: approved (unanimous). - 60-day extension — Amber Trichome LLC d/b/a Forest Brothers (cannabis license) (item 13F) — outcome: approved (unanimous) with a council-added condition that all medical marijuana plants be harvested or destroyed within 60 days, or licenses would be suspended until compliance. - Ordinance to amend City Code, Chapter 38, to establish an urban forestry commission and give zoning authority to issue tickets for noncompliance (item 13G) — outcome: approved (unanimous). - Parks and Recreation budget increase, $47,358, and award to Oscar W. Larson Company (ITBW1415) for two fuel dispensers, not to exceed $29,382 (items 14A/14B) — outcome: approved (unanimous).
Formal vote records in the minutes show roll-call confirmations on each motion. For the items above the recorded floor votes in the transcript show consistent "yes" votes from the council members present.
Because many agenda items were routine and approved with no substantive debate, the council clerk and staff will post the adopted resolutions, contracts, and minutes to the city website and make related contract documents available through the clerk’s office as required.
