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Votes at a glance: Allegan City Council approves routine contracts, POs and financial items
Summary
At its July 28 meeting the Allegan City Council approved several purchase orders and routine items including sewer televising (PO26-0827), accounts payable/payroll, parking lot signage (PO26-0828), a realtor contract, surplus declarations, a lot split, and adoption of Resolution 25.24 amending the city manager contract.
The City of Allegan City Council completed a number of routine approvals during its July 28, 2025 meeting. Key actions taken by voice vote included:
- Approval of purchase order PO26‑0827 in the amount of $47,786.25 to Waste Recovery Systems for televising and potential cleaning of sanitary sewer mains in the Grand Street, Water Street and Rossman Park neighborhoods. Staff described televising as a diagnostic step to evaluate lining versus replacement; council discussed staffing and equipment considerations before approving the PO.
- Approval of accounts payable totaling $825,364.40 and payroll totaling $148,625.43 for combined disbursements of $973,989.83.
- Acceptance of the May 2025 revenue and expenditure report (informational acceptance; no separate appropriation) after staff indicated no items of immediate concern and noted routine year‑end adjustments.
- Declaration of various city equipment as surplus (DPW items, a sewer push camera and multifunction printers) for sale at auction.
- Approval of a two‑year realtor services contract as presented in the packet (staff packet and audio contained inconsistent vendor name spellings across the record; packet materials recommended the lower‑cost local bidder). Council approved the motion to enter a realtor contract by voice vote.
- Approval of PO26‑0828 in the amount of $30,225 to Sign Art (bid listed as Synart/Sign Art) for 12 parking lot identification signs as part of the city’s wayfinding program; staff judged an alternate lower bid incomplete and recommended award to Sign Art; the PO was approved by voice vote.
- Approval of a lot split for parcel 03‑51‑130‑001‑02 to complete a previously authorized property sale.
- Adoption of Resolution 25.24 amending the city manager contract to implement a 4% wage increase following the manager’s evaluation (average score reported as 1.55 where 1 is best). One councilmember noted the manager had foregone a raise earlier in the year.
Most votes were recorded as voice votes; individual roll‑call tallies were not provided in the meeting record for the listed items.
