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Council approves property donations, multiple MDOT contracts, infrastructure payments and sale of Hotel Hayes
Summary
Jackson City Council on Feb. 25 unanimously approved donations of vacant properties, identified CDBG and HOME allocations for 2025–26, authorized a series of MDOT bridge and roadway contracts, approved wastewater and water system payments and voted to sell the Hotel Hayes to Collier Gibson.
Jackson City Council unanimously approved a package of routine and development-related measures during its Feb. 25 meeting, including the acceptance of donated vacant residential properties, identification of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME projects for fiscal 2025–26, multiple Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) contracts for bridges and road work, a change order on wastewater culverts, payment for an emergency water transmission valve replacement, and the sale of the Hotel Hayes to Collier Gibson.
The actions were taken by voice vote after motions were moved and supported; the clerk confirmed unanimous approval on each item. The measures include both funding allocations and contract authorizations that the city manager and other designated officials were authorized to execute.
Votes at a glance (motions approved unanimously unless otherwise noted): - Accept donation of vacant residential property on Cooper and Detroit Street; approve donation agreement and quitclaim deed; authorize city manager and city attorney to make minor modifications and execute documents. (Passed) - Accept donation of vacant residential property on Cooper and Trail Streets; approve donation agreement and quitclaim deed; authorize city manager and city attorney to make minor modifications and execute documents. (Passed) - Identify Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships projects for fiscal years 2025 and 2026 and establish preliminary funding allocations for those projects; staff to incorporate these allocations into the annual action plan and five-year consolidated plan. (Passed) - Approve resolution to enter a contract with the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) for capital preventative maintenance on three bridges over the Grand River; authorize mayor and city clerk to execute documents. (Passed) - Approve resolution to apply for MDOT local bridge program funding and authorize city engineer to file an application for the Martin Luther King Jr. Drive bridge over the Grand River. The application is a funding request; construction, if funded, was discussed as likely in 2027. (Passed) - Approve resolution to enter a contract with MDOT for street reconstruction on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive from South Street to Morrell Street; authorize mayor and city clerk to execute documents. (Passed) - Approve resolution with MDOT for milling and resurfacing on Brown Street from Denton Road to High Street and roadway widening on Blackstone Street from Glick Highway to Van Buren Street; authorize mayor and city clerk to execute documents. (Passed) - Approve Change Order No. 1 to the wastewater treatment plant culverts No. 2 and No. 4 replacement contract with Bailey Excavating Inc., decreasing the contract by $63,602.34 to balance quantities placed in the field; authorize city manager and city engineer to execute documents. (Passed) - Authorize payment to Dunigan Brothers Inc. in the amount of $172,491.18 for replacement of a transmission main valve at the outlet from the high service pump station; authorize water treatment plant supervisor and city manager to execute documents. (Passed) - Approve sale of the Hotel Hayes at 228 W. Michigan Ave. to Collier Gibson; authorize city manager and city attorney to prepare and execute the purchase and development agreements and other necessary documents. (Passed)
Background and next steps: The CDBG and HOME allocations approved are preliminary and will be reflected in the city’s forthcoming annual action plan and five-year consolidated plan; staff will return with a draft in about 30 days. The MDOT applications and contracts authorize staff to proceed with the state-funded procurement and construction processes; officials noted prior unsuccessful applications for some bridge work and discussed a potential 2027 construction timeline if funding is awarded. The Hotel Hayes sale is expected to close later in the week following the council’s vote, and staff were authorized to negotiate a development agreement with the buyer.
Because the motions recorded were passed by unanimous voice vote, the clerk’s tally was displayed each time rather than an individual roll-call of yes/no votes.
