The Petoskey City Council took the following formal actions on Jan. 6, 2025. All vote tallies and motions are recorded as read into the meeting transcript.

- Approval of consent agenda (motion: approve consent agenda). Mover: Mister Shields; second: Miss Walker. Vote: Shields — yes; Walker — yes; Damore — aye; Mayor Murphy — yes; (clerk recorded) Motion passes, 5–0. Items listed in the consent agenda included: Dec. 16, 2024 meeting minutes; authorization of contracts (Howard Street Improvements contract with Harbor Springs Excavating, Mount Thy Construction contract, Dunkel Excavating contract for Little Traverse Wheelway Arboretum, motor‑pool purchase under State MDL purchasing contract); adoption of resolution appointing authorized representatives to the Michigan Public Power Agency board; and other administrative transactions noted in the packet. (Specific consent-item contract amounts were read into the record: Howard Street improvements — $385,134.28; Mount Thy Construction — approximately $357,511.40 as read; Dunkel Excavating — $325,511.40.)

- Seville parking-lot improvements (award contract to Tri County Excavating, Harbor Springs) — motion by Mister Shields; second Miss Walker. Vote: yes — Shields, Walker, Moore, Mayor Murphy; tally 4–0 (one councilor absent from vote or recorded differently in roll); outcome: approved. Contract amount: $288,434.15.

- Adoption of updated Downtown Parking Services Authority resolution — motion by Mister Shields; second Miss Walker. Vote recorded: Shields — yes; Walker — yes; Moore — aye; Mayor Murphy — yes. Motion passes 4–0. Resolution updates a 1999 resolution and Exhibit A lists enforcement items; staff said 97% of citations in 2024 were for expired meters.

- Authorization to contract with Northwest Habitat for Humanity to provide third‑party grant administration for the CHIL program — motion by Miss Walker; second Mister Shields. Vote recorded: Walker — yes; Damore — aye; Shields — yes; Mayor Murphy — yes. Motion passes (4–0 recorded in roll). Contract terms described in staff report: roughly $1,200 per completed project; grant allows 18% administrative reimbursement; 15 applications currently on file.

- Appointments and nominations: The council reappointed Tina Damore as mayor pro tem (motion by Miss Walker, second by Mister Shields; roll: Walker yes, Damore aye, Shields yes, Murphy yes); the council appointed Kimberly Black to a board (nomination and second recorded); the council appointed Laura Dinan and Amy Jansens to the Petoskey Library Board (motions moved and seconded; roll recorded). Vote counts for appointments were recorded in the transcript as unanimous where recorded.

Notes and omitted details: Where the transcript did not provide a named mover/second or complete roll in the text for every item, this summary records the motions and roll results as announced in the meeting. If a contract amount or other numeric detail was not fully spelled out in the verbal record, the item is listed as “not specified” in the body of the council packet or minutes; the consent agenda packet included the full item descriptions.

Ending: The council closed the meeting after a planning and staff-updates agenda and public comment.