HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – At first glance, Wednesday night’s Holland City Council meeting looks to be routine in nature.
Before the 7 PM session, council members will huddle behind closed doors with City Attorney Ron Vander Veen “to review legal opinions and discuss a property acquisition.” Such matters are allowed to be confidential in nature through the state’s Open Meetings Act.
Once the formal business meeting takes place in Chambers at Holland City Hall, matters such as a request to put stop signs at the corner of Haymarket and Wellington in the Holland Heights district will be addressed. A resident had asked City Hall for such traffic control, since that intersection has no signage at the present time, even though City Manager Keith Van Beek says that, “Although there have not been any incidents at this location, the (Traffic) Committee agrees that installing stop signs for north and southbound traffic on Haymarket Road can be very effective.”
Also on Wednesday night, Council will be asked to approve the purchase of two 2020 Chevrolet four-wheel drive Tahoes at a cost of nearly 36 thousand dollars each. The vehicles will not be bought from the local Chevrolet dealer, but from a Grand Rapids-based retailer. The Holland Department of Public Safety is also looking to buy a couple of four-wheel drive Ford Explorers to compare which type of vehicle would best meet the department’s needs in the future. The money comes from a 140 thousand-dollar allocation for four replacement police vehicles in the Fiscal 2020 budget.
A link to the City Council’s meeting agenda and supporting documents is here.
