Council approves multiple collective bargaining agreements and an endpoint security MOA for early-voting laptops

The Milan City Council on Feb. 20 approved several personnel- and election-related items, including a consent-agenda amendment to Article 11 of the collective bargaining agreement with the Command Officers Association of Milan, a memorandum of agreement for endpoint security services on early-voting election laptops, and negotiated agreements with the Milan Technical Professional Office Workers Association of Michigan and the Milan Supervisors Association.

Pro-Tem Wayne moved to adopt the consent agenda — which included the Article 11 change and the endpoint security MOA for early voting laptops — and Councilmember Stafford seconded. The consent agenda passed unanimously. Later in the meeting, Councilmember Stafford moved and Councilmember Thompson seconded approval of the collective bargaining agreements with the Milan Technical Professional Office Workers Association of Michigan and the Milan Supervisors Association; the council approved the motion unanimously and authorized the mayor, city administrator and city clerk to execute the agreements on the city's behalf.

The MOA for endpoint security is intended to provide security services for laptops used during early in-person voting; the meeting record does not specify the vendor, contract length, or cost for the MOA. The council approved the change to Article 11 of the Command Officers Association agreement as part of the consent package; the consent agenda motion text appears in the minutes but the minutes do not provide the substantive language of Article 11 or explain the operational effect.

The meeting minutes record unanimous votes on these items. The clerk noted that early in-person voting for the presidential primary runs through Feb. 25, 2024; the MOA approval occurred alongside that reminder.