# 10-21-26 City Council Meeting


**Body:** City of Holland
**Date:** October 20, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Construction & Infrastructure, Transportation, Physical Infrastructure, Grants & Funding


The City of Holland City Council meeting on October 21, 2026 approved its consent agenda, including a consulting-services proposal for the Holland Intermodal Port Improvements Project; a bid award and cost-sharing agreements for the 7th Street Snow Melt Improvement Project; a playground grant for Prospect Park; and a bid award for technology services related to remodeling the City offices, Council Chambers, and training room. Council also approved the FY2027 assessment rolls for Washington Square, the Principal Shopping District, downtown parking, and downtown snow-melt operations. The consent agenda passed unanimously; the transcript does not provide bid amounts or contractor names for the listed awards.

Council approved Act 381 brownfield plans for downtown redevelopment projects, including a $41.6 million investment expected to return up to $2.9 million to the City’s brownfield revolving fund after developer reimbursement, and a separate 62-unit housing project with a stated $15.3 million capital investment, a $6.2 million reimbursement request, and nearly $1 million projected for the local fund. Council also approved a 10-year Neighborhood Enterprise Zone certificate for the latter project; staff said a possible later extension to 15 years would require further process. In other capital-project updates, staff reported receiving 101 bids for the remaining recreation-center construction work, with bids millions of dollars below projections, and said the previously approved bond sale had favorable results; no construction award or exact totals were presented at this meeting. The City Manager also reported that an older City snowplow would be transferred to the airport for its operations.

**Source:** City of Holland