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Pinckney council approves 2027 special-event fee schedule, signs police labor contract and rejects $300 Putnam Township request
Summary
At its Jan. 26 meeting, the Village of Pinckney council approved a special-event fee schedule effective for the 2027 season (4–1), unanimously rejected a Putnam Township request for an extra $300 toward Cleanup Day, approved the consent agenda and President J. Buerman signed the police labor contract.
The Village of Pinckney council on Jan. 26 approved a Special Event fee schedule to take effect in 2027, signed a police labor contract and rejected a Putnam Township request for an additional $300 toward the township’s Cleanup Day.
Jo Self moved to approve the consent agenda; Coppersmith seconded and the consent agenda passed on a unanimous roll call vote. Later in the meeting, Self moved to adopt the Special Event fee schedule with enforcement beginning in 2027 “in the interest of fairness to all who already submitted applications for the 2026 season,” and Bierman seconded. Councilmembers Coppersmith, Kane, Self and Bierman voted Yes; Village President J. Buerman voted No. The motion carried, 4–1.
Village President J. Buerman officially signed the police labor contract during the meeting; the minutes record the signature but do not include a roll-call vote for adoption of that contract at this meeting.
Putnam Township officials asked the Village to contribute an additional $300 toward the township’s Cleanup Day. Bierman moved to approve the payment, seconded by Coppersmith; the council recorded a unanimous NO vote and the motion did not pass. At the meeting several councilmembers and others characterized an extra village payment as duplicative because Village residents are also Putnam Township taxpayers.
The meeting included routine municipal updates: President Buerman reported Grant’s Place has applied for a land split, Pinckney Chrysler plans to remodel, the Planning Commission approved Mugg Et Bopps’s final site plan, the Downtown Development Authority will have two seats opening soon, and Cemetery Clean Up is scheduled for March 21, 2026. The minutes also note 54 homes in the village sold last year.
Council reviewed an upcoming police millage ballot proposal; Putnam Township Clerk Val Niemiec suggested collaborating with Village leadership on the millage figures during public comment. No vote on a millage was recorded at the meeting.
With no further business, President Buerman adjourned the meeting at 8:15 p.m.
