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Waterford trustees approve light-pole repairs, broadcast support, park funding transfer and ACH payments policy
Summary
At its April 27 meeting, the board authorized $48,730 to replace corroded light poles at police headquarters, renewed broadcast support ($7,899), approved a $20,000 CD withdrawal for the Drayton Plains Nature Center and adopted an ACH payments policy to expand electronic vendor payments.
The Waterford Township Board of Trustees on April 27 approved multiple routine but budgeted items spanning facilities, parks, broadcasting and finance.
Police headquarters light poles: Police Chief Underwood described corrosion that caused three of 13 sidewalk poles to fall. The township requested Hutchinson's Electric replace the remaining 11 poles at a cost of $48,730 and to effect a budget amendment moving $48,730 from a police facilities improvement account into police capital improvements. Trustees authorized Hutchinson's Electric to perform the work and approved the budget amendment unanimously.
Broadcasting and on-demand support: Communications Director Gary Allison brought a Cable Commission recommendation to renew CASTUS services and video-on-demand cloud support with Advanced Lighting and Sound for $7,899 for one year of C8 Support and Video On-Demand Support; the trustees approved the renewal by roll call vote.
Drayton Plains Nature Center CD withdrawal: Parks and Recreation Director Alison Swanson requested withdrawing $20,000 from a CD maturing June 4, 2026 to support invasive-species removal at the Drayton Plains Nature Center ($10,000 in 2026 and $10,000 in 2027). Swanson said prior county grant support had been paused and that the Friends of DPNC supported the withdrawal. Trustees approved the withdrawal and the transfer into the designated account unanimously.
ACH payments policy: Clerk Kimberly Markee described the township’s expanded Automated Clearing House (ACH) vendor-payment capability, citing per-check savings (roughly $3.75 per paper check versus $0.625 per ACH) and internal controls such as penny tests, segregation of duties and clerk review of warrants. Trustees voted to adopt the Electronic Payments Policy and authorize ACH payments for vendors.
All motions passed by roll call vote with unanimous support. Trustees said these items will be implemented through the respective departments with standard reporting and accounting controls.
