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Alma City Commission votes: agenda, minutes, benefits exemption, street closure, grants and routine business
Summary
At its meeting the Alma City Commission approved routine minutes, exempted the city from PA 152 for the 2026 benefit year, authorized a street closure for a church picnic, amended an MDNR Trust Fund match for Riverside Park, approved an EGLE dam feasibility grant agreement, received multiple reports and approved payment of bills.
The Alma City Commission took a series of procedural and substantive votes at its meeting Tuesday. Actions included approval of minutes and standard reports, a benefits resolution under state law, a street closure for a church event, and several grant‑related approvals.
Key votes at a glance:
- Agenda: Motion to accept the agenda as presented — carried by voice vote.
- Minutes: Approved minutes of the Sept. 9, 2025 regular meeting and the Sept. 9, 2025 closed session — carried by voice vote.
- PA 152 exemption: Approved a resolution exempting the city from requirements of Public Act 152 of 2011 for the benefit plan year Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2026 — carried. (Staff described the exemption as a yearly practice that preserves benefit options and helps control health care costs.)
- Amy Street closure (Saint Mary’s/Nativity of the Lord fall picnic): Approved closure of Amy Street between Prospect Avenue and Park Avenue on Saturday, Sept. 27, from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m., to allow a tent, food trucks and to work with city staff on logistics; stipulation: no stakes driven into asphalt — carried.
- MDNR Trust Fund match increase (Riverside Park): Commission amended a match to 26 percent ($119,600) to improve application scoring and approved submitting the revised application — carried (amendment moved by Commissioner Roger).
- EGLE grant agreement (Alma State Street dam feasibility study): Approved grant agreement with Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy for a $236,100 feasibility study with $53,900 in‑kind match and authorized the city manager to execute the agreement — carried.
- Reports: Received Planning Commission draft minutes (09/08/2025), Alma Transit August 2025 report, Finance 2025 report, and the City Manager’s report — received.
- Appropriations: Approved payment of bills — carried.
Where the transcript records explicit recorded votes, the meeting proceeded by voice vote; no roll‑call tallies were recorded in the public transcript. The transcript does record at least one commissioner expressing opposition during a voice call for opposed votes, but the motions were carried and the commission moved on to subsequent business.
Staff and commissioners noted that some items required follow‑up (grant application submission, executing the EGLE agreement, engineering scopes for SRF projects) and asked staff to return with more detailed plans and financing options.
