Votes at a glance: Lincoln Park council approves manager agreement, precinct relocations, ambulance contract and zoning moratorium
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Summary
At its March 23 meeting the Lincoln Park City Council approved the city manager employment agreement, temporary precinct relocations for the August election, a three-year ambulance transport contract with AmeriPro EMS, three MDOT bridge grant submissions, reinstated a planning commissioner, appointed a new planning commissioner, and adopted a six-month moratorium on certain used-auto business applications.
Lincoln Park's City Council approved a package of administrative and policy actions during its March 23 meeting, including employment, contract and election logistics decisions.
The council voted to approve the city manager employment agreement and authorized the mayor and city clerk to execute the contract on the city's behalf. Mayor Tobin introduced the resolution and council members asked about the timing and history of manager evaluations before the measure passed on a roll call vote.
Council approved a resolution temporarily relocating precincts that normally use elementary schools to the Kennedy Memorial Building (the band shell location cited by staff) for the August 4, 2026 election because of summer maintenance; voters will return to their regular precincts for the November 3 general election.
Fire Chief Michael Prince recommended awarding the city—s ambulance transport services contract to AmeriPro EMS for a three-year term beginning June 1, 2026. Prince told council that AmeriPro was judged the most responsive and responsible proposer; council approved the award after brief questions about the provider—s planned local office.
The council also approved the submission of three MDOT local critical bridge grant applications for bridge replacements at Howard Street (Structure 12501), Frank Street (Structure 12502) and Porter Street (Structure 12503), per a staff request.
On personnel matters, the council rescinded Resolution 12-26-71 and reinstated Rosalindo Dilucube as a planning commissioner, and appointed Joseph Kaiser Jr. to the planning commission with a term through May 1, 2028.
Finally, the council adopted a six-month suspension on accepting new business applications for activities regulated under zoning chapters 886 and 888 (used auto dealer and related repair facilities) while staff and the planning consultant work on zoning-code updates; the city attorney said current licensees are unaffected.
All listed motions were adopted by roll call vote.
