Votes at a glance: Hamtramck council approves multiple site plans, equipment purchases and awards; one site plan fails for lack of second

Hamtramck City Council recorded the following formal votes and outcomes on Aug. 26, 2025.

Summary of recorded votes and outcomes - Resolution 2025-101 and 2025-102 (consent agenda items): Approved. The consent agenda included approval of minutes for the Aug. 12 meeting, invoice registers, preapproved expenditures, a temporary closure for Shine Dental Community Appreciation Day, and action regarding Wayne County right-of-first-refusal properties. The consent agenda passed by a single motion with no discussion.

- Resolution 2025-94b (second reading/public hearing): Approved. The council approved a proposed amendment to parking provisions in the C-2 and CBD zoning districts after opening and closing the public hearing with no public speakers.

- Resolution 2025-103 (site plan for 9401 Conant): Approved. Staff presented a two-story mixed-use proposal with retail on the ground floor and three residential units above; the applicant said the parcel had been vacant and revised plans per staff feedback.

- Resolution 2025-104 (site plan for 9327 Gallagher): Approved. The council approved a two-story building for a medical clinic expansion, with the applicant indicating parking accommodations through a lease of nearby spaces.

- Resolution 2025-105 (purchase of four Dell in-car laptops for the police department): Approved. The council approved a purchase of approximately $16,000 to be paid from narcotics funds to upgrade in-car laptops to a compatible operating system.

- Resolution 2025-106 (award for Veteran Park parking lot and access road construction management to Hennessy Engineers): Approved. The item implements a previously approved project component and is funded through the referenced grant.

- Resolution 2025-107 (contract with MDIS for gate control and access system at city hall and police department): Approved. The contract authorizes an access-control system and card readers for the new parking area.

- Resolution 2025-108 (termination of city manager Max Garberino): Approved. See separate article on this action for fuller context.

- Resolution 2025-095 (site plan for 8760 Conant): Failed by lack of a second. No second was recorded when councilmember asked for one, so the motion did not advance.

Votes and roll calls were recorded on the meeting transcript in places where the clerk called each council member by name and members responded. For several items council approved by single-motion voice vote (consent agenda), and for the site-plan and contract items staff reported they recommended approval and council then voted “yes” in roll-call or voice votes recorded in the transcript.

Provenance (selected transcript excerpts): - Consent agenda and listed items: transcript block at s=8132.9497 (consent items enumerated and approved) - 2025-94b (parking amendment hearing): transcript block at s=8191.78–8217.67 - 9401 Conant site plan (2025-103): transcript block at s=8805.165–8949.279 - 9327 Gallagher site plan (2025-104): transcript block at s=8976.61–9206.439 - Dell laptops (2025-105): transcript block at s=9225.36–9289.17 - Hennessy engineers award (2025-106): transcript block at s=9290.43–9361.725 - MDIS contract (2025-107): transcript block at s=9365.62–9457.86 - 8760 Conant site plan failure (2025-095): transcript block at s=9469.54–9492.03

Ending Most development- and operations-related items on the Aug. 26 agenda moved forward. One site-plan item failed for lack of a second; the termination of the city manager (2025-108) is recorded separately and prompted extended public comment and council discussion.