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St. James Township authorizes Spicer Group review, approves $1,000 for advance work
Summary
The board authorized the Supervisor to negotiate a contract with Spicer Group (Petoskey office) for geotechnical review and design of a drawdown slope repair and approved up to $1,000 for advance field review and records work.
The board considered a proposal to engage an engineering firm to investigate and design repairs for a slope failure in the township's drawdown system.
Cole moved and Peirano seconded a motion "to authorize the Supervisor to negotiate a contract with the Spicer Group (Petoskey Office), to perform geotechnical review of the drawdown system’s slope failure and prepare a contract to design the repair work, subject to the board’s review and approval." The board additionally authorized expending up to $1,000 for advance work to field review the site and related township records. Roll call recorded Cole, Gillespie, Peirano and Welke voting yes; the motion carried.
The motion directs the Supervisor to negotiate terms with Spicer Group and return any final contract to the board for approval. The transcript records the authorization of up to $1,000 for preliminary field review but does not record a full design budget or contract value; those details are to be determined through negotiation and subsequent board action.
No public testimony was recorded on this item at the meeting.
