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Peck council approves budget resolution, fee increases and sends Bartlett Park to ballot
Summary
At its March 19 meeting the Village of Peck council adopted a budget appropriations resolution, approved a fee schedule raising monthly water/sewer readiness charges effective May 1, 2025, voted to study recreational marijuana dispensaries, and placed Bartlett Park on the ballot. A special assessment district for police was advanced to public hearings in July and August 2025.
At its March 19 regular meeting, the Village of Peck council approved Budget Appropriations Resolution 02-2025 and a set of other motions shaping local fees, public-safety funding and a ballot question for a village park.
The council voted to adopt Resolution 02-2025 to set budget appropriations for the fiscal period under review. The motion to approve the resolution was moved by Trustee Andrew Warren and seconded by Mayor Pro-Tem David Tyler; the vote was recorded as unanimous.
Council members next approved Fee Schedule Resolution 03-2025, which raises the combined monthly "water ready" and "sewer ready" charges by $20 total (an increase of $10 to each charge). The fee increase is scheduled to take effect May 1, 2025. The motion to approve the fee schedule was moved by Trustee Andrew Warren and seconded by Trustee Phronsie Warren; the measure passed 4–1, with Trustee Craig Wissel voting no.
Trustees also voted 4–1 to place the Bartlett Park property (the former Lions' field) on the ballot for residents to decide the property's future. That motion was moved by Trustee Phronsie Warren, seconded by Mayor Pro-Tem David Tyler; Trustee Wissel recorded the lone dissenting vote.
On public-safety funding, the council voted unanimously to move forward with creating a special assessment district for police and scheduled public hearings on the proposal for July and August 2025. Trustee Craig Wissel made the motion and Trustee Phronsie Warren seconded it.
The council directed staff to research recreational marijuana dispensaries after a motion from Mayor Pro-Tem Tyler, seconded by Trustee Phronsie Warren. That motion carried 4–1, with Trustee Wissel voting no.
Earlier in the meeting the board entered a brief public hearing to discuss an ordinance to reduce the number of trustees, budget appropriations and truth-in-taxation calculations; the operating charter was cited at 9.9544 mils and the street charter at 3.9815 mils. The hearing began at 6:39 p.m. and concluded at 6:46 p.m.
Other routine matters recorded in the minutes included a report from Sanilac County Commissioner Christine Lee, an incident report from Trustee Craig Wissel, a zoning-violations update and a note from Clerk Christine Risdon that no permits had been issued since the council's last meeting. The council adjourned at 7:36 p.m.
What happens next: officials scheduled public hearings in July and August on the proposed police special assessment district and will place the Bartlett Park question on the upcoming ballot as directed by the March 19 vote.
