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Votes at a glance: key Dearborn Heights City Council actions on July 22, 2025
Summary
A quick list of formal votes and outcomes from the Dearborn Heights City Council meeting of July 22, 2025, including awards, grants and administrative approvals.
Here are the formal actions recorded at the Dearborn Heights City Council meeting on July 22, 2025. Items include awards, grant acceptances, insurance renewal and administrative votes. Numbers below match the roll‑call tallies recorded in the meeting transcript.
- Agenda approval (motion to approve meeting agenda as amended, removal of 9F): Motion by Councilman Hassan Ahmad, seconded by Councilwoman Nancy Bridal. Roll call: carried 6–1 (No: Tom Wenzel).
- Assessor bid award (item 7A): Council rescinded prior altered motion and awarded the commercial appraisal services bid to Judean Associates. Motion made by Councilwoman Nancy Bridal; seconded by Councilman Robert Constant. Roll call: carried 5–2 (No: Tom Wenzel, Denise Malinowski Maxwell).
- Warren Valley Golf Course parking lot (item 7B): Council referred the $1M+ reconstruction bid back to administration to reissue bids for a two‑inch overlay and other lower‑cost alternates. Motion to refer made by Councilman Robert Constant; seconded by Councilman Hassan Saab. Roll call: carried 5–2 (No: Nancy Bridal, Tom Wenzel).
- MMRMA (Michigan Municipal Risk Management Authority) renewal and net asset distribution (item 9A): Council approved renewal of the city’s MMRMA property and liability coverage and authorized payment and related actions. Motion by Councilwoman Nancy Bridal; seconded by Councilman Hassan Saab. Roll call: carried (vote recorded by clerk as ayes have it).
- Drinking Water and Clean Water State Revolving Fund contract authority (item 9B): Council authorized mayor and controller or clerk to sign necessary warrants and for the treasurer to issue payments tied to those projects. Motion carried by voice vote.
- MDOT Safe Routes to School grant (Beach‑Davie/Lawrence crosswalk; item 9C): Council authorized acceptance of MDOT grant and necessary signatures; motion carried unanimously by voice vote.
- New water billing supervisor position (item 9D): Motion to add a water billing supervisor (funded from water fund) failed on roll call after debate. Vote recorded: motion defeated (no final majority).
- Intergovernmental agreement with Garden City Family Resource Center (item 9E): Council voted to refer the draft IGA back for final review and asked administration/counsel to present a corrected contract; council will consider the updated agreement at the next meeting.
- Senior center restricted donation account (item 9G): Council approved creating a restricted account for senior‑center donations with disbursement authority defined in the motion; motion carried by voice vote.
- Richard A. Young Center coordinator reclassification (item 9H): Council approved reclassifying the position to a 40‑hour, exempt coordinator; motion carried by voice vote.
- Treasurer resolution (charter §8.9 disbursement of funds; item 11A): Treasurer presented a resolution reaffirming authority to review and reject warrants for exhausted GLs. Council debated and asked for a study session; treasurer agreed to refile a clarified resolution. No final adoption recorded at this meeting.
The council also approved a set of minutes, routine claims and several temporary vendor and business license renewals; details of those items appear in the official meeting packet and in the clerk’s record of votes.
