Wayne County Public Services Committee approves 14 contracts and capital actions, including sewer work and MDOT road projects

The Wayne County Commission Public Services Committee on Oct. 27 approved 14 agenda items in a single omnibus motion, authorizing contracts, intergovernmental agreements and amendments for public works, parks and wastewater programs.

Committee members approved continuing a four-year sole-source contract with VersaLift Midwest for parts, repairs and inspections for aerial platform equipment and a three-year contract (with options) with RTI Laboratories for water sampling and laboratory services linked to the Rouge Valley sewage disposal system and combined sewer overflow (CSO) basins. The committee also approved Comcast to provide Ethernet and dedicated internet transport for supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems at environmental services facilities; staff said the contract will replace a previous AT&T arrangement and that a temporary radio/hotspot system will remain as a backup.

The committee approved amendments to existing janitorial contracts, including a name-change update to an addendum for Clean Tech Services (continuing interim janitorial coverage while a new contract is bid) and an amendment to retain Master Maintenance Corporation for janitorial and window cleaning at the Central Maintenance Yard building complex.

Members reviewed a revised fiscal 2025 capital improvement plan (CIP). Assistant Division Director of Engineering Alan Koh said the revision removed about 20 projects completed last year and the Allen Road grade-separation bridge project (a bridge item the staff said should not have been in the CIP), reducing the FY 2025–26 program from about $57 million to roughly $47 million. Koh said the Allen Road bridge removal…