Wyoming council approves multiple infrastructure, IT and policy items; rezoning and zoning text amendments advance

The Wyoming City Council on June 2 approved a series of resolutions and ordinances covering water and sewer equipment purchases, IT and library furnishings, a nonmotorized trail grant agreement, pavement preservation, a compensation study and zoning code changes.

Among the larger items, council members approved a change order and advance purchase for surge-suppression valves tied to the third water transmission main project, with staff stating the valve procurement would cost about $1,200,000 and be funded from bond proceeds for that project. A separate set of sanitary‑sewer lift station technical upgrades for 11 pump stations was approved, with an estimated cost of about $277,000.

Council also approved a Michigan Department of Transportation agreement to build a nonmotorized trail as part of the city‑center project, a roughly $1,400,000 project that includes a $746,000 federal grant; staff said the city’s share is about $650,000. The council authorized pavement-preservation work (cape‑seal with microsurfacing) estimated at about $300,000 on residential streets.

The council approved IT and hardware renewals and replacements, described by staff as annual license and maintenance agreements across city systems totaling just under $1,900,000, plus network-switch and computer replacements (about $61,000 and $60,000, respectively). A five‑year program of annual hose and aerial testing contracts, replacement of two boilers at the library (about $75,000), and laboratory testing supplies for…