Dearborn City Council Meeting originally aired live on February 08, 2022.

At its February 8, 2022 regular meeting, the Dearborn City Council approved multiple procurement and infrastructure items. It awarded Spalding DeDecker Associates $158,673.33 for construction-engineering services on the Schaefer Road project and approved an MDOT agreement with an estimated city share of $223,962 for resurfacing work. Other approved purchases included G&J Services’ $33,600 contract for ADA restroom renovations at Hubbard Manor East and West; Dinges Fire Company’s $51,119.29 award for fire nozzles and saw accessories, funded 90% by an Assistance to Firefighters grant; and DTEK International USA’s $38,235 smart-locker system for the Henry Ford Centennial Library, funded through ARPA, with annual maintenance estimated at $1,500. The council also approved a $175,000 renewal with Professional Services Industries for geotechnical and pavement investigations, $101,673.71 for Toro grounds equipment at Mystic Creek Golf Course, a $46,975 transfer for emergency sanitary-line repairs at police headquarters and the 19th District Court, and a $350,000 sewer-fund appropriation for additional repairs and maintenance. The salary-and-benefits appropriation of $237,236 for newly appointed directors passed 5–2; the other listed awards and appropriations were advanced without recorded opposition in the transcript.

The mayor said the administration would seek council feedback on a sewer-repair RFP before issuing it. Council members also discussed the city’s $21 million GFL waste-hauling contract, due to expire in June 2022, including service and vehicle-performance concerns and the need for future review. The council passed an ordinance updating business-licensing fees and regulations and another removing the annual sunset review of the city’s opt-out from recreational-marijuana licensing; a post-budget study session on the ordinance’s fiscal impact was planned. Camp Dearborn tent removals and possible future electrical upgrades were discussed, but no related contract award was made at this meeting.