Commission authorizes $4 million well sale and directs attorney to draft city manager contract language

After returning from closed session, the Mount Clemens City Commission authorized the sale of a city-owned well for $4,000,000 and directed the city attorney to draft contract language addressing reimbursement for city-related activities for the city manager.

City manager Shipman, speaking after closed session, presented terms of the purchase agreement and advised the commission to consider a motion authorizing the sale "consistent with the terms and condition in the purchase agreement that you presented this evening." The commission moved, supported and approved the sale by roll call. The record shows the motion to authorize the sale was moved and supported and that a roll call vote approved the action.

Separately, the commission moved to direct the city attorney to prepare proposed contract language concerning reimbursement for city-related activities for the city manager; that motion was supported and approved. The commission did not move into additional public detail about closed-session deliberations during the open meeting; the actions recorded in the public minutes were the authorization to sell the property and the direction to the attorney.

Because deliberations on personnel and property sale terms occurred in closed session, the commission’s public disclosure is limited to the motions and roll-call outcomes approved in open session.