Dearborn City Council Meeting originally aired live on January 11, 2022.

The January 11, 2022 Dearborn City Council meeting included several capital and infrastructure spending items. The council considered MDOT Contract 21-5424, with a city share estimated at $42,900 and a $60,000 Major Street Fund project budget for bridge-deck replacement at Ford Road and Hines Drive, and MDOT Contract 21-5426, with a $244,100 city share and a $275,000 budget for US-24 resurfacing. It also considered a $450,000 Major Street Fund project for sewer and drainage work along Michigan Avenue intended to reduce basement-flooding risk. The council approved a contract to Michigan Joint Sealing Inc. for $367,843 and considered water-main and road-resurfacing contracts, including work to replace lead service lines; the transcript garbles the other vendor names and contract amount. A separate item addressed replacing irrigation equipment at Mystic Creek Golf Course, without a stated cost in the available transcript. The meeting also recognized a $3,000 library foundation grant for children’s learning tablets and a $53,287 federal grant for the 19th District Court, with no local match required. Several items were recorded as receiving unanimous approval, though individual vote details are not consistently captured in the transcript.

The council considered selling 22190 Michigan Avenue to the Haidider development team for $400,000 for a proposed mixed-use project. Discussion addressed project floors, a 90-day closing period, removal of a 45-day due-diligence provision, and an 18-month construction period after permit approval; the transcript does not clearly capture the final vote. The mayor also said the administration planned to change the city’s RFP process so a rotating council member would participate as a voting member, a change intended to give the legislative body a role earlier in vendor/project evaluation. A proposed update to business-license fees, projected to raise about $68,000 in fiscal year 2023, was tabled pending more information on cost basis and comparisons with other cities.