At-a-glance: key votes from the Feb. 10 Warren City Council meeting
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Summary
Council carried routine and substantive measures including agenda adoption, receipt of the audit, approval of general and water/sewer bills, acceptance of Plant Moran audit materials, approval of several settlements, parks appropriation, police grants/training contracts, and tabling of a library appointment pending residency verification.
Below are the principal motions and recorded outcomes from the Warren City Council meeting on Feb. 10, 2026.
• Adoption of the agenda (as amended) — motion carried (unanimous yes).
• Receive and file calendar/pending matters — motion carried (voice vote).
• Approval of bills (general revenue fund) — motion carried (roll-call unanimous yes).
• Approval of bills (water and sewer systems) — motion carried (roll-call unanimous yes).
• Receive and file the Plant Moran audit presentation (ACFR) — motion carried.
• Resolution amending the financial statement audit contract with Plant Moran to account for services outside the original scope — motion carried.
• Resolution approving consulting services with Willis Towers Watson for actuarial reserve calculations for the city’s self-insured no-fault automobile liability — motion carried.
• Ordinance (first reading) to amend housing commission governance — first reading approved; employment/operations agreement tabled for later consideration.
• Approval of settlements discussed in closed session (Jerome Quinney v. City of Warren; Hardison; Hooks; Ford) — motions carried (roll-call yes); specific settlement terms not disclosed in open session.
• Request for sanitation purchase/replacement metrics — motion carried (information requested to be returned in two weeks).
• Appropriation of $1,663,500 from Recreational Capital Reserve for Helmut Park demolition and reconstruction — motion carried (roll-call yes).
• Acceptance of $217,000 MCOLES grant for police in-service training — motion carried.
• Waive bid and award $57,500 advanced vehicle-operations training to Oakland Community College — motion carried.
• Reappointment of Natalie Pernick to the Library Commission — motion to table prevailed pending residency verification; item remains tabled.
• Appointment of Anthony Conigliero as wastewater treatment plant sanitary engineer — received and filed.
All actions listed above are drawn from the meeting record; where roll-call votes were recorded the transcript shows unanimous or recorded tallies. Items tabled remain pending until council receives requested documentation or returns them to the agenda.
