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Committee approves or advances multiple contracts, schedules follow‑ups on demolitions, stormwater and sidewalks
Summary
The committee approved several contracts and sent many items to formal or new business: emergency demolition work, ARPA amendments, sidewalk replacement services (sent to formal without recommendation), stormwater infrastructure management contract was discussed and set for additional review; law department referrals and correction letters were requested for several items.
The Detroit Public Health & Safety Committee on June 16 reviewed dozens of procurement items and took votes to approve or advance many contracts to formal session or new business while scheduling multiple follow‑ups.
Key approvals and referrals: the committee approved emergency demolition contract 3084267 (7.1) and multiple ARPA‑funded extensions for demolition and construction work (7.3, 7.4, 7.5). Contract 6007080, a stormwater infrastructure‑management contract funded by DWSD capital dollars and intended to support compliance with the state EGLE National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit in the Upper Rouge tributary and near East Side, was discussed and returned for further consideration alongside an upcoming resolution of necessity for property acquisition.
Member Waters secured motions to bring several items back for additional information. The sidewalk replacement contract (7.6) was discussed at length — OCP confirmed a $2,800,000 performance bond for the major contracting vendor, and the committee voted to send 7.6 to formal session without recommendation. Several transportation contracts — including remanufactured bus engines, CDL/tow training and a $1,550,000 MDOT‑funded accessible autonomous shuttle pilot (7.19) — were advanced to new business with recommendations to approve.
On procedural and corrective matters, staff and LPD were asked to circulate correction letters and updated committee reports where agenda amounts or dates were inconsistent in the tier reports. The Law Department was asked to review blight‑handling procedures and return in three weeks.
What happens next: multiple items will appear at the council’s formal session or in new business with the corrected numbers and, where requested, additional documentation (tax clearances, bonds, correction letters). Dangerous‑buildings hearings were scheduled to resume at 1:30 p.m.
