Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the City Projects topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Petoskey manager updates Howard Street rebuild, announces Winter Sports Park open house and festival; council raises budget questions
Summary
City Manager Horn updated council on Howard Street reconstruction and associated schedule risks, announced a Winter Sports Park open house and the Water Is Life Festival, and staff answered council questions about the July 2025 revenue and expenditure report and downtown parking fund.
City Manager Horn briefed the Petoskey City Council on Aug. 18 about ongoing projects, community meetings and near-term events, and answered council questions about the city's July 2025 revenue and expenditure report.
Horn said the Howard Street reconstruction (Grove to Fulton) has the base layer of asphalt and newly planted street trees; work continues on a critical stretch (Jennings to Sheridan) and staff are tracking a tight schedule ahead of the school year. "If there's just not a lot of flex in this schedule, we're going to get potentially an inch of rain tomorrow that would throw our schedule off," Horn said, noting a worst-case plan would leave sections graveled and finish work in spring.
Horn also announced a drop-in community open house on Winter Sports Park concept plans (between 4:00 and 6:30 p.m.) with concept boards in the community room and online participation to be provided. He highlighted a community festival (referred to as "Water Is Life Festival") planned at Festival Place with activities, music and kayak rental opportunities on a weekend day later this month.
On the July revenue-and-expenditure report, Councilmember Walker asked about timing of revenue receipts and whether some lines should be expended roughly half by midyear. Staff explained property-tax receipts and grant timing cause month-to-month variation; Walker followed with itemized questions. Walker noted an economic development line on page 25 budgeted at 1,400,000 with 255,000 expended; staff said they would provide a breakdown. She also flagged the downtown parking fund and an economic-enhancement line budgeted at $60,000 with minimal expenditures recorded; staff will follow up with details and an explanation of the downtown assessment invoicing schedule.
Horn said staff will post open-house materials online for those who cannot attend in person and will publish final project updates in upcoming packets.
Council took no formal votes on projects at the meeting; staff was directed to follow up with detailed budget breakdowns and to post engagement materials for Winter Sports Park online.
