Mount Clemens commission approves routine business, authorizes MML trustee vote and downtown teal ribbons

The Mount Clemens City Commission met in regular session and approved a series of routine business items, including authorizing the city's vote for the Michigan Municipal League (MML) Workers' Compensation Fund trustee and permitting volunteers to tie teal ribbons downtown in September for ovarian cancer awareness.

During general business the commission voted to authorize the city's ballot in the MML trusteeship election for the incumbent, Lee Kilborn, for a four‑year term beginning Oct. 1, 2022. City staff said Kilborn agreed to seek re‑election and there were no other candidates. "As a member of the Michigan Municipal League ... the City of Mount Clemens has the authority to cast a vote for one trustee during the fund trustee election," a staff presenter said.

The commission also approved a request by the Tie Michigan Teal campaign, sponsored by the Michigan Ovarian Cancer Alliance, to allow volunteers to tie teal ribbons on lamp posts, benches and businesses in downtown Mount Clemens during September (National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month). City staff said there would be no cost to the city and that ribbons would be removed at month's end.

Other routine business approved by roll call included purchases and payment of invoices (during which a commissioner noted an $8,000 trade‑in allowance and a $3,000 discount secured on equipment), approval of the consent agenda and minutes from the July 5, 2022 meeting.

Late in the meeting the commission approved a motion to convene a closed session to discuss attorney‑client privileged correspondence. The body recessed and then adjourned following the closed‑session motion.

The actions taken were procedural and administrative; no ordinance adoptions or budget appropriations were recorded in the meeting minutes presented.