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Votes at a glance: Commission approves consent contracts, property purchase and NEZ; schedules Oct. 20 hearings
Summary
The Kalamazoo City Commission approved its consent agenda of city contracts and purchases, authorized a property acquisition for a water station, and adopted the Porter Street NEZ. Item 20 was postponed to Oct. 20; the transformational Brownfield plan and related certificates will be considered at that meeting.
At its Oct. 6 meeting the Kalamazoo City Commission approved a broad consent agenda of routine contracts, purchase orders and staff recommendations and took several separate votes on capital and development items.
Consent agenda (items 1–19): The commission voted to approve items 1 through 19 as presented, and to postpone item 20 to the Oct. 20 meeting. The consent package included a range of water, wastewater and public-works contracts and purchases, among them:
- Liquid sodium bisulfate (PBS Chemical Solutions) — $110,124 - Design professional services for transmission loop project — $111,600 - 2025 tree planting contract (County Line Nurseries) — $115,250 - Liquid chlorine cylinders (Jones Chemical) — $151,000 - Wastewater rate development supplemental contract (Foster Group) — $180,000 - Primary settling roof and roof repairs (Division 7 Building Contractors) — $185,978 - Sodium…
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