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Votes at a glance: Allegan council approves rezoning, grant resolutions, payroll and fee changes
Summary
The Allegan City Council on Nov. 10 approved Ordinance 532 (rezoning of the former Girl Scout property), adopted resolutions 25.34 and 25.35 related to MDOT grants/contracts, approved $397,503.47 in disbursements, adopted the Public Participation Plan, and approved an amendment creating a Griswold Auditorium holiday rental rate.
At its Nov. 10 meeting the Allegan City Council recorded a series of procedural votes and adopted several items on the consent and regular agendas.
Key votes and outcomes
- Ordinance 532 (rezoning of former Girl Scout property to Planned Unit Development): Motion made by Council member (speaker 4) and supported by Supporter (speaker 10); council adopted the ordinance on second reading by voice vote.
- Resolution 25.34 (accept Michigan Department of Transportation TEDF grant; appoint city manager as authorized representative): Motion made by Council member (speaker 6), seconded by Council member (speaker 3); adopted by voice vote.
- Resolution 25.35 (appoint city manager as authorized signatory for MDOT aeronautics contracts): Motion made by Council member (speaker 12) and supported; adopted by voice vote.
- Accounts payable and payroll: Council approved accounts payable of $284,327.36 and payroll of $113,176.11 for a total disbursement of $397,503.47 after a motion and support; council discussed grant-billing timing for the Booker/leak-service program and reimbursement schedules.
- Public Participation Plan: Council adopted the city’s Public Participation Plan (required for Redevelopment Ready Community recertification) after a staff presentation; changes were limited to a hospital-name update and text-alert details.
- Griswold Auditorium fee schedule amendment (holiday rate): Council approved establishing a holiday rate (proposed examples shown: $150 per hour or $750 for six hours on weekdays; $200 per hour or $900 for six hours on weekends; overtime hourly rates and a $200 per day sound/lighting operator fee were discussed).
Most actions were approved by voice vote with motions and seconds recorded in the meeting transcript. Where motions were recorded, the mover and supporter were as stated above; vote tallies were not recorded numerically in the transcript beyond the clerk’s paper-ballot tallies for mayor/mayor pro tem.
