Canton Board approves multiple contracts and equipment purchases, with recusals noted
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Summary
Trustees approved a series of purchase orders and contracts including an increased PO for Western Wayne Building design, Spalding DeDecker road engineering, an AECOM SS4A planning contract ($496,800 total), a $794,750 residential road PO, a $60,321 mobile shoot house for police training, and furniture and training-room purchases; two recusals were recorded where board members had potential conflicts.
At its Nov. 18 meeting the Canton Township Board of Trustees approved a bundled set of capital contracts and equipment purchases spanning building renovations, transportation engineering, planning support and police training.
Western Wayne Building: The board approved an increase to the purchase order with Partners in Architecture to cover expanded scope tied to GrowthWorks occupancy at 44582 Gettys Road. A trustee who serves on GrowthWorks asked to recuse from the item; the board approved that recusal before proceeding.
Transportation and roads: The board approved a $145,150 increase to Mannix and Smith (design and consulting) to complete additional roundabout design work at Sheldon and Palmer (gabion wall replacement, guardrail, permit-related work). Separately, the board approved a $794,750 purchase order to Spalding DeDecker for design and construction engineering services for the 2026 residential road improvement program; staff said the CMAC grant will cover 100% of construction costs and pushed construction to 2027.
Planning/SS4A: Canton accepted a federal SS4A planning grant award and approved contracting AECOM to develop a Safe Streets for All action plan; the grant award cited $396,800 federal funds plus $100,000 local match for a total eligible cost of $496,800.
Public safety and facilities: The board approved purchase of a mobile modular shoot house from Contec Industries for $60,321.13 (training range upgrade funded by a Michigan continuing professional education pilot program). The board also approved a furniture purchase not to exceed $71,601 for the Cherry Hill Village factory building and a training-room equipment purchase not to exceed $27,000 for the ITI training room.
Motions to waive bidding where noted were approved by the board. Where trustees had potential conflicts (GrowthWorks, Partnership for the Arts), motions to recuse were made and approved in open session.
The actions were approved by voice vote; some items included supporting budget amendments.
