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Council approves consent agenda including equipment lease, cemetery deed and nonprofit recognition

Alpena City Council · May 4, 2026
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Summary

The council approved a consent agenda that authorized bills (transcript shows a typographical error in the amount), a temporary lease for a New Holland Boomer 55 at $200 per month, a cemetery deed conveying burial lots to David Bolinsky for $2,265, and recognition of Northeast Michigan TNR of Alpena County as a nonprofit for charitable gaming; Mayor Pro Walch moved the consent agenda and Council member Courier supported the motion.

At the meeting the Alpena City Council approved its consent agenda by motion. Mayor Pro Walch moved to accept the consent agenda and Council member Courier supported the motion; the chair reported the motion carried.

Items in the consent agenda recorded on the public record included bills “to be allowed” (the transcript contains a typographical error in the amount as read on the record), a lease agreement with Don’s Tractor and Equipment Sales for a New Holland Boomer 55 at a stated cost of $200 per month from May 1 to Nov. 1, 2026, and authorization for the mayor or clerk to sign the lease.

The council also approved a cemetery deed (recorded as deed number 0340) conveying block 40, lots 86 through 8 for perpetual-care burial use to David Bolinsky for $2,265 and authorized the mayor and clerk to sign. The council accepted the Park Family Foundation’s 2025 accounting of events and approved a request from Northeast Michigan TNR of Alpena County to be recognized as a nonprofit operating in the community for purposes of charitable gaming.

Council members did not debate these items on the record; the consent motion was made and supported and carried. The meeting proceeded to announcements and a proclamation for National Police Week.