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Votes at a glance: Lincoln Park council approves SRF plan, vehicle buys, traffic-signal design and playground purchase
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Summary
Council approved the 2027 SRF project plan, purchased three DPS vehicles, authorized traffic-signal design at two Champagne Road intersections funded by the school district, and approved a playground replacement at VFW Park; roll calls were recorded for each motion.
The Lincoln Park mayor and council voted on multiple routine and capital items during the April 13 meeting. Major outcomes included adoption of the SRF project plan, approval of DPS vehicle purchases, authorization of traffic-signal design work near schools and approval of a playground replacement at VFW Park.
What the council approved (outcomes and key details):
- SRF project-plan adoption: Council adopted the drinking-water and clean-water SRF project plan and designated the DPS director as the authorized representative to submit the application to Michigan EGLE (roll call showed unanimous support).
- DPS vehicle purchases: Council approved the purchase of three Department of Public Services vehicles via MiDEAL contracts — a 2026 Ford Transit equipped with an InvisoSight Rover sewer camera, a 2027 work truck on a Freightliner chassis for water-main repairs, and a 2024 Vactor sewer truck — with the resolution listing a net total of $1,220,618 after a trade-in (roll call recorded unanimous approval).
- Traffic-signal design: Council approved Hennessy Engineers (with Michael Baker International) to prepare detailed traffic-signal design at Champaign Road & Howard and Champaign Road & Lafayette for up to $80,000, to be funded by the Lincoln Park Public School System; council questioned whether police traffic studies had been completed, and presenters said the design follows a prior traffic study (approved unanimously by roll call).
- VFW Park playground: Council authorized a $65,847.25 purchase from Standard Recreation for a new playground at VFW Park; $49,278 will come from the capital improvement budget and $16,567.25 from CDBG funds (approved by roll call).
Other votes: the council approved a budget amendment for major roads (increasing a contractual-services line), a quitclaim sale of a tax-reverted property to a prior occupant, multiple reappointments to boards and commissions, and adoption of a road bond ordinance (all recorded by roll call during the meeting).
An example roll-call excerpt (as recorded during the meeting): the clerk asked each councilperson by name (Ross, Dupree, Behr, Nichols, Salcedo, Zohr) and Mayor Tobin; each responded in the affirmative on the listed resolutions.
