Dearborn council approves grants, contracts and event permits including $550,000 cybersecurity grant
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Summary
The council approved a set of routine items: CDBG-funded landscaping and facade work, multiple contracts and event permits, and several grant acceptances — including a $164,128 SEMCOG safety grant for Shafer Road and a $550,000 state/local cybersecurity grant to migrate the city to a .gov domain.
On March 24 the Dearborn City Council approved a series of routine resolutions and contract awards spanning parks and downtown improvements, event permits, and grant acceptances.
The council voted to award a landscaping architectural services contract for the UAW Local 600 project in the amount of $68,518, using Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery funds. It also approved purchase of iron-sulfur filters for park comfort stations ($45,350) and the final renewal of a calendar-printing contract ($49,586).
Council authorized an additional $50,000 to retain outside counsel August Law PLLC for ongoing litigation and accepted a donation of four used Ford vehicles for police operations.
On grants, the council accepted $164,128 in Transportation Alternatives Program funding from SEMCOG for the Shafer Road safety project, with a local match of $41,032; the project targets a 1.5-mile corridor to improve pedestrian safety and is expected to begin construction May 1, 2027. The council also recognized a $55,000 award for a court-run Operation Drive program to help eligible defendants regain driver licensing and accepted a competitive state/local cybersecurity grant of $550,000 to support domain migration and infrastructure improvements at no required local match.
Event approvals included Green Brain Comics’ 25th annual Free Comic Book Day (May 2), the Friends of Animals Metro Detroit fundraiser Porcella (June 13), the Dearborn Decades 5K (Aug. 9), and the city’s 100th Memorial Day parade (May 25).
All of these items were presented for immediate effect and recorded as approved on the meeting’s roll calls; the transcript records unanimous or no-objection actions on the listed items.
