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City manager announces early voting dates, July 31 recycling‑center closure and parks updates
Summary
City Manager Webb told council absentee ballots are available and early voting runs July 25–Aug 2 (8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.) in the police multipurpose room; he also announced the Wayne recycle center will close July 31 with battery‑collection boxes maintained at three locations and provided updates on parks and capital projects.
City Manager Webb reported several administrative and capital updates at the July 7 Wayne City Council meeting, including election logistics, a recycling‑center closure, parks work and union contract negotiations.
Webb said absentee ballots are now available over the counter and that early voting will run July 25–Aug. 2 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the police department multipurpose room; voters with absentee ballots may tabulate them in a tabulator either during early voting or on election day.
On solid‑waste operations, Webb told the council the Wayne recycle center will officially close July 31; the city will give residents a few weeks to adjust and said curbside recycling accepts many of the items previously collected at the center. The city will keep household battery collection boxes at City Hall, the DPW office and the library.
On capital projects Webb and DPW staff gave updates: Atwood Park tree removals are complete with remaining stump grinding and trimming to follow; bid opening for JC Park Pickleball is scheduled for July 16; Goudy Park Phase 1 contractors are addressing punch‑list items, Phase 2 concrete work is nearly complete, milling is scheduled July 16–17 and hot‑mix paving July 20–22; playground equipment has been ordered.
Webb also summarized labor contract negotiations and pension progress, saying four of six contracts have been settled and noting a modest MERS funding increase. He relayed police department statistics reported to him for Jan. 1–June 17, 2026.
Attorney Bosnick provided an explanation of Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act and the FOIA appeal process for council, noting the clerk serves as the FOIA coordinator and council hears appeals when requesters are unsatisfied with coordinator decisions.
