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Greenville council approves contracts, festival request, trail grant and vendor permits; holds closed session
Summary
At its June 6 meeting the Greenville City Council awarded a boiler installation contract, approved a path bid and an $8,000 trail-seal grant, authorized two temporary food-vendor permits and approved the Danish Festival breakfast event, then met in closed session to review a written legal opinion.
The Greenville City Council on June 6 approved a series of routine municipal actions including contracts, a grant, event authorization and temporary vendor permits, and then held an executive session to consider a written legal opinion.
Councilperson Johnson moved and Councilperson Barrus seconded awarding a contract to Northwest Kent Mechanical Company of Cedar Springs for installation of a boiler at the city Wastewater Treatment Plant in an amount not to exceed $36,915; the motion was adopted unanimously. The council also awarded a bid to North Land Excavating, LLC of Greenville to prepare a path to Central Bark Park not to exceed $10,000, and accepted an $8,000 grant from the Fred and Lena Meijer Foundation through the Greenville Area Community Foundation to seal coat a portion of the Fred Meijer Flat River Trail; both motions were adopted unanimously.
The council approved an event request from the Danish Festival for an Open-Air Breakfast on July 21, 2023. It also approved a food truck permit for Tucker Haynes of The Drift Snow Co. to operate at 313 S. Lafayette Street on Wednesdays from June 7 through Oct. 30, 2023, subject to conditions (no traffic impediment, health-department compliance, payment of the city vendor fee and suspension during the Danish Festival Aug. 17–20). The council approved a separate permit for Hannah Bliss to distribute boxed lunches at Veteran’s Park on June 22, 2023, with a waiver of the food-vendor license fee and a requirement to avoid traffic backups on West Washington Street.
Later in the meeting Councilperson Moss moved to go into closed session under Section 8(h) of the Michigan Open Meetings Act to discuss a written legal opinion exempt from public disclosure; Councilperson Lehman seconded, the motion passed unanimously, and the council entered executive session at 8:56 p.m. Councilmembers returned to the regular meeting at 9:30 p.m. and adjourned shortly thereafter.
The minutes record the motions, seconders and outcomes for each vote; the meeting packet and Williams & Works reports were incorporated by reference for planning matters discussed earlier in the agenda.
