# Tuesday Morning Committee Meetings - October 27, 2026

The City of Grand Rapids’ Tuesday committee meetings on October 27, 2026, included several fiscal and procurement actions. The Fiscal Committee approved a $25,269.59 state traffic-enforcement grant for wages and equipment, a $12,000 Voters Not Politicians grant for election communications, a contract amendment of up to $225,000 with the Healthy Homes Coalition for lead-awareness outreach and filter distribution, and a memorandum of understanding for the United Response Fund, seeded with $100,000 from the FY27 budget in partnership with Heart of West Michigan United Way. The committee also approved the Govstack website platform agreement with GHD Services/GHD Digital, including tools to support upcoming web-accessibility requirements; the amount was not stated. It approved design-phase services with Tetra Tech of Michigan for the water resource recovery facility’s renewable natural gas system ($210,000, not to exceed $230,000), a $75,000 increase for pedestrian rapid-flashing beacons (revised total not to exceed $1,550,845), and a $548,997 increase for the Grand River Trails East project (revised total not to exceed approximately $6.1 million). A further $236,885 project increase was approved for a design/coordination change involving Fishbeck. Budget substitutions were approved for a water-resource-recovery-facility substation replacement ($541,755) and other infrastructure work. Bridge-inspection agreements were extended, including a $25,000 increase to Scott Civil Engineering, bringing its total to $90,900.

The committee rejected bids for a water-resource-recovery-facility project after the low bid came in at about $500,000 against a $140,000 engineer’s estimate; staff said the work would be reconsidered and rebid in spring. It also approved a salary-scale adjustment affecting two emergency communications operators, estimated at about $4,000 annually per employee. In a separate budget follow-up, commissioners discussed whether to continue funding four positions/programs—including youth services, minority- and women-owned business capacity-building, sustainability work, and Seaffort PR communications—at an estimated $283,000 for six months; the transcript records discussion but no final vote. The commission also advanced the five-year parks master plan to a December 1 public hearing and set November 10 for consideration of a zoning amendment that would prohibit new self-storage uses in the Grand River Overlay District. Other appointment and permit actions were taken, but no additional procurement awards were identified there.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Construction & Infrastructure, Energy & Utilities
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure, Grants & Funding
**Published:** October 27, 2026

### Sources
- [Tuesday Morning Committee Meetings - October 27, 2026](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcAZaJfqcpA) - The City of Grand Rapids