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Reed City Council adopts wage changes, approves contracts and $2.12M in payments
Summary
At its Aug. 11 meeting the Reed City Council adopted Resolution 2025-16 on wages and salaries, approved contract changes and capital purchases, authorized budget amendments totaling $13,800, and approved paying $2,120,943.47 in bills.
The Reed City Council met Aug. 11, 2025, in Council Chambers and approved a series of personnel, contract and budget actions, including adoption of a wage-and-salary resolution and authorization to pay bills totaling $2,120,943.47.
Council adopted Resolution 2025-16, effective Aug. 11, 2025, which sets the city’s wage and salary rates across listed positions. The resolution as recorded includes a multi-step pay table for positions such as City Clerk/Treasurer, Chief of Police, DPW superintendent and WWTP superintendent. The meeting record also notes the council did not make provisions in the resolution for an automatic annual step increase tied to the rate of inflation.
Votes at a glance: • Bills: approved payment of $2,120,943.47. Roll call yes votes: Charles L. Lupo, Roger Meinert, Brad Nixon and Nate Bailey (SEG 001). • Resolution 2025-16 (Wage and Salary): adopted by roll call (SEG 004–SEG 005). • Resolution 2025-17 (Write off delinquent account): approved to write off $439.24 for 206 W Fifth Ave (John & Barbara Young); council noted the property is going to auction and collection is unlikely (SEG 005–SEG 006). • Change Order #06 (DWSRF FY24 Contract 855455-1): approved (net decrease $7,311.25) (SEG 004). • Change Order #08 (EGLE FY23 Contract 855450-3): approved ($7,390.00) (SEG 004). • WWTP pickup truck purchase via MiDEAL: approved for $37,982 (SEG 006). • Budget amendments: approved $13,800 total (POLICE: $8,100; DPW: $5,700), with the police adjustment noted as a TransCanada grant for Kenwood 800 radio upgrades (SEG 007). • Fire Department Apron: concrete bid awarded to Gerber Construction for $69,829 including mesh and topsoil/seed (SEG 007).
Council also approved several administrative items by motion or voice vote, including contract changes with Consumers Energy, a policy authorizing payments prior to full council approval, a 2025 fireworks permit for homecoming, the DDA bylaws, and a five-year flexible street-closure variance for RC Brewing’s Oktoberfest subject to DPW and police approval (SEG 004).
Procedural notes: department head reports from Fire Chief Jeffrey Stein, Police Chief Christopher Lockhart, DPW superintendent Rich Rehkopf and WWTP superintendent Curt Brackenrich were filed and accepted. The meeting record shows all roll-call votes called out councilmembers Lupo, Meinert, Nixon and Bailey as voting yes where recorded. No dissenting yes/no tallies beyond those recorded were included in the minutes.
What’s next: Resolutions and purchases approved at the meeting are effective as recorded; the wage-and-salary schedule is dated to Aug. 11, 2025. The city clerk’s minutes and the posted resolution text serve as the official record for implementation details and the specific pay tables.
