Big Rapids Commissioners will meet this coming Monday, July 6, to vote on multiple resolutions and hear from notable individuals.

A main event on the meeting's agenda will be a "State of the City" address from Big Rapids Mayor, Fred Guenther. This will include status updates on the city's finances, developments, infrastructure, and other notable future initiatives. 

The meeting will the introduction of new firefighter captain Bethany Hamilton and new firefighter Cooper Thomas. There will also be a proclamation honoring Big Rapids Lumber & Hardware for the 2026 Beacon Award for best new store.

Other agenda items include:

• Authorizing the lease of the Old Jail Apartment to Grant Newhall

• Authorizing an Application to the Michigan State Housing Development Authority-MI Neighborhood Community Development Block Grant Funding Program

• Awarding a bid for tree trimming, tree removal, and stump removal services to Krisch Tree Removal

• Awarding a bid for ling of sanitary sewer mains (cured-in place) to GFL Environmental Services

• Accepting a proposal from Peerless Midwest Inc. to pull and overhaul two wells for the Water Treatment Plant

• Approving a change order from Grand Traverse Construction for grit valves, digester blower electrical, enviromix electrical, aeration tank do probe, and controller replacement, digester compressor and receiver tank location, grit system changes, headworks lighting, grease/grit building lighting, and RAS VFD’s

• Accepting the 2027 Emergency Commercial and Industrial Demand
  Response Customer Agreement with Consumers Energy

All City Commission meetings are open to the public and streamed live on the City of Big Rapids YouTube channel. The meeting is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m.