Saline City Council voted 4-3 to approve the purchase of the Davenport House/Curtiss Mansion for $3 million. Councillor Dean Girbach made the motion, seconded by Councillor Janet Dillon, which was supported by Mayor Brian Marl and Councillor Jim Dell’Orco. Councillors Tramane Halsch, Nicole Rice and Jenn Harmount voted against the measure.
Part of the motion includes striking a work group to evaluate uses for the property. A clause of the motion states that if the city cannot find funding to properly maintain the property, a corrective action plan, including the sale of the property, will be developed.
The decision was made after more than an hour of public comment. Most of the speakers and writers opposed the purchase, but it also had many supporters…