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Stockbridge council adopts ordinance to abandon alley and permit private sale
Summary
The Village of Stockbridge unanimously adopted a resolution and ordinance under MCL 67.13 to abandon a particular alley and amend the ordinance to allow the alley to be sold by private sale, with roll-call votes recorded in the minutes.
President Ogden presided over the Village of Stockbridge council meeting on Sept. 18, 2025, where the council adopted a resolution and an accompanying ordinance to abandon a specific alley and permit its sale by private sale.
Under Unfinished Business, Council Member Howlett moved, and Cattell seconded, to adopt the resolution to adopt a second ordinance pursuant to MCL 67.13 to abandon the alley referenced in the meeting materials. The motion passed on a roll-call vote with ayes recorded from Cattell, Morehouse, Fairbotham, Powers-Taylor, Howlett and Ogden; Good was absent. Howlett then moved, and Cattell seconded, to adopt an ordinance amending sections (1)(B), (C), (D) and (E) of Ordinance No. 2024-04-001.004 to allow the alley to be sold at a private sale; that motion also passed by roll call with the same recorded ayes and absence.
The minutes cite MCL 67.13 as the statutory basis cited during the motion to abandon the alley. The meeting record references Ordinance No. 2024-04-001.004 as the ordinance being amended; the minutes show a variant form of the ordinance number elsewhere in the record (see audit). The council did not record debate or any public comment on the alley item in the minutes provided.
No effective date or purchaser was specified in the minutes. The council recorded its votes in the minutes; the action passed unanimously among attending members. The council will need to complete any administrative steps required by MCL 67.13 and local ordinance procedures before the sale is finalized.
