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Trenton council approves 5-year $220,000/year dispatch contract and a set of public-works and equipment contracts

Trenton City Council · March 3, 2026
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Summary

The council authorized a five-year interlocal agreement to join Downriver Mutual Aid centralized 911 dispatch at $220,000 per year, approved fencing for police evidence storage, extended a parks mowing contract, authorized a bridge‑fund application engineer, and approved mower purchases at this meeting.

The Trenton City Council on March 2 approved a packet of operational contracts and funding-authority actions spanning public safety and public works.

Interlocal 911 dispatch: Police Chief Jake Hawkins presented a new interlocal agreement to move Trenton's emergency dispatch to the Downriver Mutual Aid 911 center, a partnership previously approved with Brownstown and other local agencies. The contract presented to the council showed a recommended cost-share totaling $220,000 per year for five years. The council moved, supported and approved the interlocal agreement; the transcript records the approval as unanimously ordered but does not list individual roll-call votes.

Police facility fencing: The police department sought a secure, fenced area inside the police…

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