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Council seeks MDOT help, orders crossing flags and previews Dec. 14 Christmas Market; Quisenberry offers to draft conduct policy
Summary
Council discussed pedestrian safety on Main Street and requested staff prepare resolutions to ask MDOT for assistance and to purchase crossing flags at M‑15 and Depot/E. Church. Councilmember Laura Rodgers updated plans for the Dec. 14 Christmas Market; Ted Quisenberry volunteered to begin a Code of Conduct draft.
The City of the Village of Clarkston City Council on Oct. 28 discussed pedestrian-safety improvements on Main Street and asked staff to prepare formal resolutions to seek Michigan Department of Transportation assistance and to acquire crossing flags for use at the M‑15 and Depot/E. Church intersection.
The council’s discussion did not include a formal vote but resulted in direction to prepare resolutions for consideration at the next meeting. The stated objectives were to improve pedestrian safety along Main Street and to provide a low-cost, immediate measure (crossing flags) at a known crossing point.
Councilmember Laura Rodgers gave an update on plans for the 2024 Christmas Market and Holiday Parade, scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024; minutes record the event date and that logistics were being advanced but do not transcribe further details. Separately, Councilmember Ted Quisenberry expressed interest in developing a Code of Conduct policy for councilmembers, board members, commissioners and appointed officials and volunteered to begin drafting by reviewing existing charter language and model policies.
No formal motions or funding allocations for the pedestrian-safety items or the market were recorded at the meeting; council direction was to return with formal resolutions and proposals for consideration.
