IRON MOUNTAIN — A half-dozen yield signs will be changed to stop signs in Iron Mountain after the city council approved a recommendation Monday from Director of Police and Fire Services Jeff Solka.

The affected traffic signs are on Hemlock Street, Carpenter Avenue, Pine Street, Kent Street and Lake Street.

In a memo, Solka said the changes are based on guidelines in the Michigan Manual for Uniform Traffic Control. These are the changes:

— On Hemlock Street, a yield sign for northbound traffic approaching West Brown Street will be changed to a stop sign. An engineering study would be needed to add a stop sign for Brown traffic approaching Hemlock, which would make the intersection a three-way stop, Solka said.

— On Hemlock Street, a yield sign for northbound traffic approaching Fairbanks Street will be changed to a stop sign.

— On Carpenter Avenue, a yield sign for northbound traffic approaching Fleshiem Street will be changed to a stop sign. Also, signs are needed to say that Fleshiem Street westbound traffic does not stop.

— On Pine Street, a yield sign for traffic approaching Ludington Street will be changed to a stop sign, due to the road grade as well as trees limiting vision.

— On Kent Street, a yield sign for southbound traffic approaching Carpenter Avenue and Fairbanks Street will be replaced with a stop sign.

— On Lake Street, a yield sign for southbound traffic approaching Fairbanks Street will be changed to a stop sign. Northbound traffic already has a stop sign, Solka noted.

Also, several changes will be recommended on the city’s north and east sides where there appears to be no reason for how stop and yield signs have been placed, Solka said. Some streets require a stop, while the next street over only requires a yield, he said. Vision obstructions will be considered as well throughout the city, he said.

In other action Monday, the city council:

— Accepted a grant of $17,900 from the Center for Tech and Civic Life to help meet election expenses, mainly for tabulation systems and electronic poll books. CTCL is a Chicago-based nonprofit organization founded in 2015. The money was awarded through its Rural and Nonmetro Election Infrastructure Grant program described as “nonpartisan and open to rural and nonmetro jurisdictions that can legally apply for and receive funding to conduct reliable and secure elections as outlined by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.”

— Heard City Manager Jordan Stanchina report that Payne and Dolan of Gladstone has completed paving on North Milwaukee Avenue and Division Street. Since the bid was under budget, an additional 100 feet was paved to the south and 18 inches was added to the shoulder width on each side. An epoxy snowmobile crossing was also included. A Small Urban Program grant funded more than 80% of a $232,000 contract awarded through the Michigan Department of Transportation.

— Approved payment of $8,546 to Bacco Construction Co. of Iron Mountain, an amount that had been withheld from a Tamarack Street paving project until a puddling problem was corrected.

— Learned that 25 deer had been harvested as of Friday during the city’s managed archery hunt, up from 22 at the same time a year ago.

— Noted that the compost site behind the public works building will remain open for leaves only. Updates on when it will close will be posted on the city’s Facebook page. Leaf collections, meanwhile, will continue under a schedule also on the Facebook page.

— Reappointed Joshua Isaac, district forester for the Dickinson-Iron Conservation District, to a three-year term on the Iron Mountain Tree Board.