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Milan City Council unanimously approves deficit plan, water-project invoices, bond-refunding ordinance and fee schedule
Summary
At its Feb. 14 meeting the City of Milan Council unanimously approved a revised Deficit Elimination Plan, MDOT invoices totaling $352,365.87 for a water project, Ordinance 2022-02 to refund water and sewer revenue bonds, Resolution 2022-02 updating the fee schedule, and engineering-design services for street and water-main work; bills totaling $499,828.38 were also approved.
The Milan City Council on Feb. 14 unanimously approved a package of fiscal and infrastructure measures, including a revised Deficit Elimination Plan to be submitted to the State of Michigan and MDOT invoices tied to a water project with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Councilmember Kenneth Nie moved to approve the Deficit Elimination Plan; Councilmember Brian Baldwin seconded and the motion passed on a 7-0 roll-call vote. The council then approved MDOT invoices totaling $352,365.87 related to the City of Milan MDOT Water Project with the USDA after a motion by Councilmember Baldwin, seconded by Councilmember Kofflin.
Also during the business portion, the council approved Ordinance 2022-02, described in the meeting minutes as an ordinance to provide for refunding outstanding water supply and sanitary sewer revenue bonds and to repeal prior related ordinances. Councilmember Kerkes moved to approve the ordinance; Councilmember Thompson seconded and the vote was 7-0.
Councilmember Nie moved, and Councilmember Thompson seconded, to adopt Resolution 2022-02, which the minutes record as a revised official fee schedule pursuant to section 2-74 of the Milan City Code of Ordinances; that motion carried unanimously.
Councilmember Baldwin then moved, and Councilmember Kerkes seconded, to approve a proposal for County Street Reconstruction and Water Main Replacement engineering design services; the motion passed on a 7-0 roll-call vote. Council also voted to pay bills and payroll totaling $499,828.38 on a motion by Councilmember Thompson, seconded by Councilmember Nie.
All formal actions recorded in the minutes were carried by unanimous votes. The meeting record does not indicate dissenting statements, abstentions, or split ballots. No public commenters spoke during the meeting’s two public-comment periods.
Next steps: the minutes show the Deficit Elimination Plan will be submitted to the State of Michigan; the engineering-design services approval indicates staff will proceed with contracted design work (the minutes do not specify a contractor or schedule).
