I am now calling to order.
Oops, regular meeting of the city council.
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025 at 7:00 PM Please
stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.
I pledge alle allegiance to flag to the flag.
The United States of America. Of America, America.
And to the republic for which it stands. Stands.
One Nation under God, indivisible. Indivisible.
With Liberty. Liberty. With liberty and justice for all.
Roll call Madam Secretary. Thank you. Councilman Roy. Here.
Councilman Dwyer. Here. Councilwoman McGee. Here.
Councilman Nunan? Here. Councilman Lafferty. Here.
Councilwoman Moore is present. Mr. Bokey is absent.
Motion to excuse.
Support. Support.
Uh, all in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed?
Members excused.
Next item is for adoption of the agenda, consent agenda.
So moved. Support.
Support, Newnan. Any discussion? Uh,
Discussion? Mr.
Lafferty? Thank you.
Uh, Madam Chair, I'd like to remove item four E.
Four E. Mm-hmm.
Four. E as Edward, Edward, Edward, Edward. Yeah.
Any other discussion?
Okay, I will call the question. Ms. Moore? Yes. Mr.
Nunan? Yes. Ms. McGee? Sorry. Yes. Yes. Mr. Lafferty? Yes.
Mr. Dwyer? Yes. Uh, Rogan C is? Yes. Motion carries.
Next item. Next item is adoption of the agenda.
So moved with discussion. Please
Support Lafferty Uh, discussion Ms. Moore?
Yes. Uh, what was item four E will now be 13
F under, um, correspondence from the mayor
and, um, add as item 13 G.
Proposed second amendment resolution
to reschedule the ballot proposal to renew Levy.
And that will be item 13 G.
And, um, Madam, uh, chair, I would like
to move 13 G to directly
after audience participation
before announcements.
After announcements. Okay.
Thank you. No, yeah. Before announcements? Yes. Okay.
Okay. Okay.
Any other discussion? Hearing and seeing none?
I'll call the question. Ms. Moore? Yes. Mr. Lafferty? Yes.
Mr. Dwyer? Yes. Um, Mr. Nunan? Yes. Ms. McGee? Yes.
Rogan C is a yes. Motion carries. Next item.
Next item is six. A calendar of pending matters.
Motion to receive and file
Support Lafferty with discussion.
Discussion Mr. Lafferty?
Thank you. Uh, Madam Secretary, I'd like to remove item,
uh, added on February 25th, the website development item
that has been fulfilled as of our last meeting.
April eight.
Okay, We will remove that. Any other discussion?
Okay. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries.
Next item. Next item is seven a approval of the bills
of the General Revenue Fund. So moved.
Support Dwyer. Discussion.
Okay. Hearing and seeing none. I'll call the question.
Ms. Moore? Yes. Mr. Dwyer? Yes. Yes. Mr. Lafferty? Yes.
Mr. Nunan? Yes. Ms. McGee? Yes. Rogan C is? Yes.
Motion carries. Next item. Next item is seven B.
Approval of the bills of the water
and sewer system. So moved.
Support Dwyer. Discussion,
Hearing, And seeing none.
I'll call the question. Ms. Moore? Yes. Mr. Dwyer? Yes.
Uh, Mr. Lafferty? Yes. Mr. Nunan? Yes. Ms. McGee? Yes.
Rogan C is a yes. Motion carries. Next item.
Next item is approval
or is, uh, the general fund revenue report.
Motion to receive and file
Support. Lafferty,
Uh, discussion.
All the question. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed?
Next item, next item,
general fund expenditure report, receive and file.
So moved. Support Dwyer.
Any discussion, Hearing
And seeing none.
All in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries.
Next item. Next item is audience participation
for agenda items only members of the audience who would like
to address city council may do so
by filling out an audience form
on the right side of the stage.
You will have three minutes.
Uh, if you need a countdown, please let me know so
that I might, uh, bring it
to your attention when you have about a minute left.
Um, this is for general items?
No, sorry, this is for agenda items only.
First is Lori Harris.
You can skip me. Okay.
Nicole, is there any more for agenda?
Joel, if you're here,
you can come speak and then fill out the form.
Are you speaking on an agenda item? Yes. Okay.
Will do. Microphone just did. Go ahead. Mr. Vander. Lenin.
Hold on one second. Mr. Vander Lenin. Try it again.
Oh, try your button on there,
on the microphone. Nicole
I would, I think I got, oh,
There you go. Okay.
So let me restart your time. You ready?
Yeah. Okay, go ahead.
I'm here to talk about 10 a the agenda item about, uh,
the city budget.
I'm, uh, very confused
and perplexed over the, uh, budget
display that the mayor was supposed to talk about.
Uh, last Monday, she came up,
she spoke about a lot of things,
but the budget was not one of them.
There's very little information.
I was also upset that while she talked about
how the police department is
and the fire department make up 62% of the budget,
she failed to say how many officers were actually involved.
You know, if you're gonna have a budget
for the police, I hope it's over.
Uh, the minimum of 160 officers
should be more like 180 or so.
O And the next question comes to me is,
when are we gonna fill these positions?
Why are we waiting? Why it's been over a year now,
let's fill these positions.
Let's take care of these police officers.
I mean, we're so short on officers.
What do we do when they want to start taking vacations?
Uh, there also wasn't much information
in her speech about, uh, what each department is doing,
what the changes are for,
what the money's gonna be used for.
I thought it was really a poor, uh, display
by the mayor, and I was very disappointed.
And I hope the council can tell us more today so I know what
to expect in the city.
Thank you. Have a blessed day.
Thank you. Next is, uh, Gloria Sanker.
Good evening counsel. I'm here to talk on, uh,
your item 10, a public hearing water budget.
Uh, I hear we're getting a surprise in the mayor's budget.
Uh, she's asking for another water rate increase.
Uh, why do I say another?
Because we just got one some months ago in
the council budget.
Uh, now it's two water rate increases.
Both the council and mayor want a water rate increase.
Is there no creative thinking here?
It's just increase after increase.
We are told we are getting millions
of dollars from approving unlimited pot shops,
and yet we have to increase the water rates.
Why both the mayor and the council is out of touch.
If you think residents, especially seniors,
can keep getting gouged with water rate increases.
Many of our seniors can barely meet the necessities of food
and prescription drugs.
Many are living single due to the loss of their spouse
and are barely living on social security
that was established for them some 20 years ago or more.
So that many are living on less than $800 a month
by these multiple increases.
You are hurting so many people, especially
Ms. Sanker. Check
the button.
I think you might have hit the button on the microphone.
Check the button on the microphone.
I think you might have hit the button correct.
We can't hear you right now.
There's a Little green light. Okay. Thank you.
You're welcome. Thank you. I'm sorry.
And let me start again, please.
Uh, I I paused your time so you have a, a minute
and 22 seconds left.
Thank you so very much. You're welcome.
Anyway, I'm here because we understand that the,
there's going to be a water rate increase from the mayor's
budget, and she's asking for another water rate increase.
And the reason I say another is
because we just got one a few months ago that was proposed
by you, the city council.
Both the council and the mayor want a water rate increase.
We're told that we are getting millions
of dollars from approving unlimited pot shops,
and yet we have to increase water rates.
How come both the mayor and the council are out of reach?
If you are out of touch, if you think that residents,
especially seniors, can keep getting gouged
with water rate increases.
Many of our seniors can barely meet the necessities of food
and prescription drugs.
Many are living single due to loss of their spouse
and are barely living on social security
that was established for them some 20 years ago.
And so that many are living only on $800 a month
by these multiple increases.
You are hurting so many people
who are already living on low incomes.
It's hard for you to recognize their needs
because your needs are met so graciously
and with council's, water increased so much. You're
At time. Ms. Sanker. Pardon
me? Pardon me? You're at time.
Thank you. Well, I didn't know that I was not being heard.
You. We, I paused your time for your, when,
when you weren't heard, so that your time was preserved.
You've had your full three minutes.
Do I have any time left?
You do not. You've run outta time.
You can speak at the end of the meeting if you'd like
to speak under general audience.
Thank you. That is the end of audience.
The next item, Madam Chair, is 13 G
proposed second amended resolution
to reschedule the ballot proposal to renew Levy
of 4.6176 mills for police
and fire safety protection millage.
Um, motion to approve with discussion support Lafferty.
Discussion Ms. Moore? Thank you, Madam Chair. Um, Ms.
Michaels is in the audience
and perhaps she could give us just a brief, brief summary
of, um, what we're doing.
Thank you, Madam Secretary Counsel.
If I may, um, back in, well, it was April 8th
that the council approved a, uh, millage levy.
Actually, March 13th and April 8th, the police
and fire millage was approved for the, um, primary election
and council called a special election.
Well, we had an informal, informal review
with the attorney general office
and they didn't want to rush the formal process.
So encouraged us to move the election to November.
We still wanted to proceed with August at that time,
but that prompted us
to really take a good hard look at the two,
uh, two elections.
And it boiled down to cost in in August at the primary.
There's only one school election affecting I think
one district three schools.
If we have the MILAGE in August,
that makes it a citywide election.
So that obviously increases the cost
and the preparation, the staffing.
So the request is to, based on the cost move the election
to November, we anticipate other ballot proposals in
November that will be citywide.
This way. We're not duplicating costs,
we're not duplicating staffing resources.
It just may, it's an economical decision.
And I will say this, if you don't mind, if you don't mind.
The attorney general and the governor really stepped up
for warrant and they did expedite the review,
but it was just the fact that they were encouraging us.
They wanted more time for the formal review that prompted us
to take a good, the hard look and weigh the options.
And the op, we believe the better option is November
for economics of the city.
Thank you, Ms. Michael. Thank you.
Any additional questions?
Madam President? Mr. Lafferty? Thank
You Ms. Michaels.
Just one clarification.
The, in your, in your letter, you state
that there are no state election proposals
and you're asking whether or not November 4th qualifies
as a general state election, correct?
Yes. Alright. That, that is being reviewed by the state.
We don't believe that a special election has to be called
for November because there are no state questions, but
because there are no state questions, we just want
that confirmed and there's plenty of time
to call a special election if we need one.
Okay. So there still may be extra. Yes. One more step.
I doubt it, but Ms. BFA is helping me navigate
that question through, through the state.
Okay. Thank you. Thank
You Madam President. Oh,
Mr. Lafferty, please.
Uh, I am, I am done.
The, just the,
and perhaps Mr. Schroeder could look at the
initially portion of the proposal
or the, the resolution that we're saying
that it should be rescheduled to the state general election.
Is that being that specific, is that a, a potential issue?
God bless you,
Ms. Michaels.
Um, he is referencing the paragraph where it says,
rescheduling to the State General Election on
November 4th, 2025.
I believe we could just refer to that
as the general election.
Is that any objection from you for that, please? Thank you.
Thank you. So you would have a friendly amendment
to strike the word state
Madam Chair. I'll
make that amendment that in the third paragraph,
we strike the word state from suggested
that the charter proposal could be rescheduled
to the general election on November 4th.
Can we amend the, um, original motion?
Is that appropriate? No objection, Ms. Moore and Mr.
Laffer, you seconded it, so I assume you're good.
Thank you. Okay. Uh, Mr. Nunan?
Yes. Thank you. Um, Ms.
Michaels, um, how many ballot, uh,
proposals are we scheduling for the November election then?
I anticipate probably three. Okay.
There'll be one coming over from I believe Mayor Stone,
and I believe Council Legal Affairs
might have some proposals to introduce three.
Okay. So, um,
and the city is, is reckoning that we're gonna be able
to get the public to pass all of those. Correct?
That's, we always hope,
Because sometimes, um,
I've heard if you have more than one ballot proposal,
the public can get confused.
Councilman, there will not be another millage as far
as I know no other millage is in November,
but I understand what you're saying.
Oh, okay. And obviously there'll be coordination and
Okay.
Clarification for the public
Because Yeah. If,
if August was like not very expensive,
but it was more likely that our millage would pass,
then I think that would be great.
But I, I probably, I probably, this is in good hands and,
and, uh, November will work fine.
I'm happy to vote for it since you're asking us to. We
Can thank you. Alright.
Thank you. Any other, any other discussion?
Okay, I will call the question. Ms. Moore? Yes. Mr.
Lafferty? Yes. Mr. Dwyer? Yes. Uh, Mr. Nunan? Yes.
Ms. McGee? Yes. Rogan C is a yes. Motion carries. Next item.
Next item is announcements nine, A resolution in support
of Workers Memorial Day.
Madam Chair, I believe you requested this,
and I don't know if anybody is in the audience.
No. Just you wanna read, just want me to read it. Yeah.
Um, whereas on April 28th, 1971, the Occupational Safety
and Health Act went into effect promising every worker the
right to a safe job.
And whereas every year on April 28th, communities
and work sites around the world honor friends,
family members, and colleagues who have been killed
or injured on the job.
And whereas the US Department of Labor
and the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates
that Michiganders have died while on the job
at an average rate of 147 people per year
over the past decade.
And whereas the 2024 National Census
of Fatal Occupational Injuries found a worker died every 99
minutes from a work related injury.
And whereas it is appropriate to honor the memory
of the courageous
and dedicated members of Michigan's labor force
who have been injured or disabled,
or have died as a result of workplace accidents.
And whereas we remember those
who have died in workplace catastrophes,
suffered occupational related diseases,
or have been injured due to dangerous conditions.
And whereas recognition of the integrity
of Michigan's workforce
and its achievements on behalf of the economic growth
of our state is necessary.
And whereas the City Council of the City of Warren wishes
to pay tribute to the workers who have died or been injured
or disabled in workplace accidents,
we honor the contributions of Michigan's workforce
and call for increased workplace safety.
And whereas the City Council of the City
of Warren renews our efforts
to seek stronger workplace safety
and health protections, better standards and enforcement
and fair and just compensation,
and by rededicating ourselves to improving safety
and health in every city workplace.
Now therefore be it resolved by the Warren City Council,
that the members of this legislative body declare
April 28th, 2025 as Workers' Memorial Day motion
to approve Support Lafferty.
Support Lafferty. All in favor, a Aye. Any opposed?
Thank you. Any other announcements? Madam Chair, Ms. Moore?
I'd just like to, uh, recognize a, a few of our firefighters
who, uh, went to Northern Michigan to help, um,
during the ice storm.
Uh, those members
of the fire department were Captain Hans Seabert, um,
fire Equipment operator, Rick Bre, firefighter paramedic,
Christopher Lipka, firefighter paramedic Colvin Taylor,
and Probationary firefighter paramedic Anthony Bonnet.
Um, thank you so much for going above and beyond
and helping our friends in the North.
Um, today, um, I'm sure most of you are aware, there was a,
a pretty serious fire
and explosion that took place in, um,
Roseville just over our border.
Um, and, um, the
warn fire pipe department was called in to offer assistance.
I think it was a, uh, two, two alarm.
I don't know how many engines we sent.
But in addition to that,
our firefighters were covering EMS calls for Roseville,
and our PD was covering some of the, uh,
police calls in Roseville.
So, um, you know, when, when bad things happen,
everybody comes together.
And I think that's the, the beauty of being government
and having such fine first responders that were able
to not only help in our city and keep our people safe,
but to run whenever anybody else is in
danger and needs our help.
So thank you to everybody today. Everybody stepped up.
That put a, uh, a strain on our system, uh, as well.
And thank you, uh, everybody today.
Anything further announcements, Ms. Moore? I'm done.
Thank you. Okay, Ms. McGee?
Yes. Thank you.
On this coming Saturday, um, April the 26th,
there will be a breaking barrier building future,
a second chance, um, celebration that will be given
by Representative Donovan McKinney.
And we will be providing, um, resources, um,
hourly resources, employment opportunity,
mental health services, uh, some
of the skilled trades we'll be attending expungement
assistance and civic engagement and voter registration.
So that will be this upcoming SA Saturday,
April the 26th from 12:00 PM
until 3:00 PM There will be
a round table discussion featuring panel discussions
and there will be legal services there as well.
This will be located at the MRCC Union Hall,
2 3 4 0 1 Mound Road in Warren, Michigan. Thank you.
Thank you. Any other announcements,
Madam President through the year, Mr.
Dwyer?
Yeah. Also, um, this Saturday, the 26th from nine
to three, our very own animal welfare commission will be
putting on a low cost vaccination clinic.
Uh, and that'll be located at Warren DPW,
which is at 1 2 8 0 1 Stevens.
And what they'll be doing when I say local cost vaccines is
$10 vaccines for such things as rabies,
distemper and borella.
And that's one or three year.
Um, they will also be doing $10 microchips.
So I encourage everybody who is a dog
or a cat to try to make that again.
And that's says Saturday from nine
to three at the Warren DPW.
Thank you. That's it.
Any other announcements, Adam? Sure. Mr. Lafferty,
Thank you For anybody that enjoys watching large plants,
uh, devour human beings.
The Warren Civic Theater is producing Little Shop of Horrors
at the Owen Jacks Recreational Center.
I'm sure the, uh, humans involved will be just
fine afterwards.
Uh, they will be performing this Friday, Saturday,
and Sunday May 2nd through the fourth.
Uh, the Friday and Saturday shows are at 7:00 PM Sunday
shows are at three
and there will be a second week of, uh,
productions again the following week.
May 9th, 10th and 11th.
Again, Friday and Saturday, 7:00 PM Sunday.
Matinee at three tickets are $20 per person
and are available on warren civic.org.
The, uh, content is appropriate for ages 13
and older. Thank you.
Thank you, Ms. Moore. Madam Chair.
Um, I wanna tell everyone that if you're interested,
this Saturday, um, we will be conducting our, um,
budget workshop, um, from eight 30 in the morning until
three o'clock, four o'clock, five o'clock.
We'll be in conference room.
A additionally, we will have Zoom.
Um, if anyone is interested in appearing remotely,
I will put that link on the, um, council Facebook page.
So if you're interested in listening in,
that will be available to anyone.
Of course, if you're, welcome
to come in person if you'd like.
And then also we will be having hearings starting at six
o'clock on Monday.
And if we don't finish, we'll be doing Tuesday,
but hopefully we finish up on Monday.
Thank you. Any other announcements?
Okay, next item.
Next item is 10,
a public hearing fiscal year 20 25, 20 26, city
of Warren General Fund and water budget.
Uh, if someone from the administration can summarize Mr.
Naft, I don't think we No, you're not summarized.
You just maybe give us the process. Just Okay.
Hi, Mark Knapp sits in controller.
I wasn't prepared to do. It's okay.
Usually it's for just citizen comments. But Mark,
Could you speak into the microphone please?
Yeah, It's on, right? Yes. Yeah. Okay.
Okay. Um, the budget as prepared
by the administration was placed on the city website
on April the 14th, the same day
as the see the 14th or the 15th.
It was supposed to be done the same time
that the presentation was made by the mayor.
And the summary, I mean, other than telling you
that the general fund budget,
total general fund budget is 152 million
947 96,
and the budget of all funds is a four 403 million
308 4 16.
Thank you. You don't have to give us a
summary, but I appreciate that.
If I'd known I had to, I would've
Prepared something. It's not necessary.
You're all set. Thank
You. All right, thanks.
Okay. I will open the public hearing.
Is there anyone from the audience who wants
to speak on the matter?
Can we now talk about the water budget?
Ms. Sanker? You can. It's a public hearing. You can speak.
Thank you. Mm-hmm. Alright.
Well I'm here because we are getting
surprised in the mayor's budget.
She's asking for another water rate increase.
Why do I say another?
Because we just got one some months ago
in the council's budget.
Now it's two water rate increases.
Both the council and the mayor want a water rate increase.
Is there no creative thinking here? Is it just increase?
After increase? We are told we are getting millions
of dollars from approving unlimited pot shops,
and yet we have to increase water rates.
How come both the mayor and the council is out of reach?
If you think residents, especially seniors,
can keep getting gouged with water rate increases.
Many of our seniors can barely meet the necessities of food
and prescription drugs.
Many are living single due to loss of their spouse
and are barely living on social security
that was established for them some 20 years ago.
So that many are living on $800 a month
by these multiple increases.
You are hurting so many people that are on low income.
It's hard for you to recognize their needs
because your needs are met so generously
and with the counts as water increase.
Some months ago, I never heard one saying
a water rate increase would be a hardship on our seniors
who are in fixed income.
None of you. Not one sympathize
with our low income residents
by saying an increase will be a hardship on our seniors
who are already struggling with paying for groceries
and medicines that have greatly increased.
The seniors are your largest voting block
and the most reliable for voting.
Every time you increase the water rates,
the seniors get poor.
You take everything out of their reach.
Is it really necessary to increase the water rates
by either the council
or the mayor when all the millions
of dollars will be coming in from the unlimited pot houses
throughout our city?
Think about it.
Thank you. Good job, job. Any Mr. Vander?
Thank you. Mm-hmm.
I have some questions about the budget.
Uh, I was given a text that says
that there's 174 officers that are on the budget.
I figure right now we're somewhere
around 135 police officers working.
So what happens to the difference in the money
if we only have 135 police officers in our budget
that was approved for the police departments for 1 78?
Where's all that money going?
Is it going back to the general fund?
Is it going towards some socialist democratic fundraiser?
I mean, don't we have a right to know what's going on
with the money a buy, the money's not being spent.
Uh, the other thing about the budget is why don't we get
some more equipment?
We've talked about it many times.
So this room can be, uh, set up for people that are
unable to come, can call in or listen to the, uh, meeting
and, and participate like Mr. Baker and stuff.
I just think there was all the technology
and stuff we have going, we can think about the handicap,
or excuse me, the disabled, uh,
Americans who want to be part of the, uh, their society
wanna be part of this council and their city
and who are silent
and shut up by the mayor.
And the lack of resources
or the lack of technology being used.
There's many things we can do with some of this money
that's not being used.
Why don't you let us know where it's going
and why it's being used?
Maybe we can use some of that money to take care
of this water rate that Mrs.
Sinker is upset about. Thank you for your time again.
Have a blessed day.
Thank you. Any
Ms. Harris, you have the floor.
Hi. First I wanna mention Ulu must have forgotten
to take the signs down
after last Monday from the mayor's budget hearing.
'cause they're still on the, on the chairs.
But I did it for him.
Um, I am concerned about the budget and I apologized.
My neighbor fell and I had
to take care of her this afternoon.
So I didn't get to go through like I wanted to.
But the things that I did notice when I was looking at the
budget is, um, no offense to our newly hired,
um, HR person.
Um, I want to know why
the increase in the HR person's salary is in the budget.
Was that used to hire him? Uh, was he promised that?
So it has to be approved. So I'm interested in that.
I'm interested in, uh, for example, the Veterans Commission.
Last year, the budget had 40 some thousand
dollars given to it.
And we don't have an active Veterans Commission.
So that means that our veteran Memorial
site has not been cared for.
Right? Not right. Okay.
Well that's when, when I'm looking at it
as a, a homeowner
and a resident, I, I can't read anything more into
what I see than just the numbers.
Okay. I, I am aware that the fire department,
um, has had millions of dollars, uh,
removed from their budget.
And I believe one of the items was equipment.
And my understanding is it takes a long time
to get equipment for the fire department.
And my understanding about the fire department is
that we are still down firefighters,
even though someone might claim that we're fully staffed,
because I heard that there used to be four
firefighters on a truck and now there's only two.
So instead of sending just one truck with four firefighters,
they're sending two trucks.
So they have enough manpower at the scene.
Uh, the, the same with EMS, um, that
EMS and the trucks have to go, the engines have to go out.
We need better staffing and we need appropriate equipment.
Isn't gonna do any good
to have fire stations if we don't have the equipment
and the proper staffing.
The police department.
Um, I Why are they, why is their budget cut?
Those are the questions I want you to ask
and get answers for.
I I don't wanna, I want you to ask and,
and be satisfied with the answers you get
during these hearings.
And I know that, you know,
they're 15 minute sections of time.
Um, you don't get a lot of time to ask
and an, and get answers.
But I think that you need to do this.
I, I'd like to know why we aren't hiring enough police
and who is holding it back?
Who is preventing us from doing the right things to hire?
I'd also like to, um, in terms
of the HR department, I want to know, um,
I I, this is a little aside.
I want to encourage our new HR director to really push
for accessibility on the website for the city, uh, so
that the website and jobs
and applications are accessible by all people.
And that would be a great, uh, the great progress
for the HR department.
Um, I understand the water increase,
and it seems to me that a couple years ago we had a seven
more than a 7% increase.
And last year we had a 5% increase. Correct?
And this year, a 5%, um, it,
it's gonna add up pretty soon.
And for someone like me that doesn't use a lot of water
unless I have company, um,
because I don't always use two units, I still have to pay
for two units every month.
You realize that, right? Mm-hmm.
So the people that are living alone
and they're paying more money per unit than the people
that are using seven or eight units.
Um, I also found it interesting that the mayors, um,
chief assistant, I don't,
can't remember her job description,
that she's getting a raise.
I also find it a little bit disconcerting
that community outreach directors are, um,
getting $78,000 each a year in salary,
not including benefits.
Um, I'm wondering how much money there is in the library.
Like, are we going to, um,
will the millage stay the same for the library?
Um, because I, I'm under the impression she has a lot
of money set aside
and let's hope that we get
that new library going on the south end of the city.
Um, I think that's pretty much what I could look at.
Um, I understand.
I probably don't, I don't understand it the way
that you guys do, and I trust
that you will be looking very carefully
and I will see you on Saturday when you are hearing
from the department heads. Thank you.
Thank you, Ms. Harris. Anyone else wanna speak
on this item?
Okay. I will close the public hearing
and turn it over to counsel.
We don't take any action on this. Okay.
Thank you. Mm-hmm. Next item is 10 B,
which is a public hearing request
for standard rezoning located on the south side
of 12 Mile Road, approximately 120 feet
west of Van D**e Avenue.
From the present zoning classifications
of C one local business district, R one C one,
family residential district,
and R one P one, family residential
and parking district to R three,
multiple family dwelling district 76 0 2 12 mile road,
13 16, 226 0 1 9, 20 22, 26, 44, 45, 46, 47, 61, 63.
Section 16, Peter Snyder, Asad,
sole petitioner, someone from the city able
to summarize this matter.
Mr. Wirth, is this your item?
Oh, great. Let anybody,
Um, excuse me.
Thank you, uh, Madam President and Honorable Counsel.
My name is Ron Weir.
I'm the planning director
and I'm here representing the Planning Commission.
And, uh, just to summarize, basically what this is, is
a, uh, development multifamily, uh,
residential development, three buildings, uh,
two buildings with, uh, six units, one building with,
uh, four units.
That's 18 total that would be, uh, placed on that property,
uh, on the south side of 12 mile west of, uh, van D**e
and north of Stanley.
Um, there'll be, I mean, that,
those are the units in, in particular,
you've got variety of zonings, uh, that exist there.
Uh, they're going to, in our,
our three multiple family dwelling district, uh,
we looked at it and in the, uh,
master plan it lists that it is, uh,
traditional residential.
Uh, we felt that, um, the,
what was looked at in 2021 changed, uh, to an area
that hasn't had development in a long time.
Therefore, we call it a re a redevelopment site.
I wanted to mention that.
Uh, so when we get
to the amount of units, I said there would be,
they're proposing 18.
Uh, the zoning ordinance, uh,
Requirement is 13.
And so they're, they're a little higher than normal.
Uh, in that respect, when we get to parking, uh,
there would be 31 parking spaces, uh, as opposed
to 36 parking spaces.
So there's a, a difference there, um, that, uh,
could be workable from the planning department's, uh,
uh, position if approved, coming to us
for site plan approval, there are certain things
that, uh, we'd modify.
We did not spend time modifying this.
This is their concept plan to the planning commission.
Who recommended this for approval, uh, to you
and then to you?
Uh, we work with site plans all the time
and we try to help to reduce any, uh, uh, ZBA issues that,
that might, uh, be put together here.
Um, If you looked at the plan, uh,
there was one particular, uh, issue
that can be changed, I think easily.
And they show an access driveway to, uh,
Stanley, uh, avenue.
And we're not in favor of, uh,
traffic on that street coming from this, uh, 18,
uh, dwelling, uh, development.
So that can be changed, I think rather easily.
I've looked at the plan, uh, to make, uh,
two driveways coming in off of, uh, 12 mile.
So these are modifications,
but the bottom line here is the use of the property
that we're looking at,
and we definitely favor, uh,
what the proposal, uh, is.
Um, and then there's minor other things here.
Uh, there's also our recommendation.
It's, uh, A, B, CD,
and I call it, uh, D one, uh,
here that clearly indicates we favor this.
So, uh, unless you want me to read that, um, I think that
my opinion summarizes that.
If you have any questions, be glad to,
uh, try to answer them.
Thank you. If you could, um, stay close to the mic.
Alright, sir, is there anyone from
the petitioner here to speak?
Mr. Worth,
can you introduce yourself?
Good evening everyone.
Asad Soba on behalf of forward development.
Um, if there's anything you wanna share about the project?
I, I've had this property for a little over 10 years
and it's just literally been sitting there
and I'm, I was there cutting grass
today and I'm tired of it.
And we've thought of many things, just, it's just not, some
of it is for retail commercial, some of it is residential.
It's kind of hard to put anything in there
besides the three buildings that we are proposing.
I think it will compliment the site.
It's just been sitting there too long.
Vacant Land 12 and Van D**e is just a beautiful spot.
It really is. It's in the heart of Warren, I believe,
and it's too close to everything.
The tech center to your building, to everything.
And I think 18 units, we generate, uh, more residents,
we generate more taxes, would fill in that empty land
that's been sitting there for a while. And
That Thank you.
If you could, um, sit close, um, so
that if we have any questions, you
can come back up to the microphone.
Thank you. Um, I'm sorry it's so bright up here.
I know, it's terrible. Um,
so I'm gonna open the public hearing.
Is there anyone from the audience who would like
to speak on this matter?
Hearing and seeing none, I will close the public hearing
and turn it over to Council for action.
Madam Chair, Ms. Moore, motion to, uh, approve.
Um, I have a question. Support
Lafferty. Thank you
Madam Chair. Discussion? Discussion? Mm-hmm.
Just so I know where this is. Yes.
So I can orient my, tell me, tell me
what businesses. It's, it's near,
It's on the southwest corner of 12
and Vandyke right behind the gas station.
Plus where? Happy Pizza, city Burger
and the high sushi, that little building.
Okay. It's right across from the tech center.
Okay. Okay. I get it. Thank you. Any other discussion?
Madam President? Mr. Lafferty?
Thank you. Uh, first, first thought here.
Uh, Mr. Snyder, now I know where it's finally,
that's the word I have to describe this project
as finally. Okay.
Uh, I have lived in Warren now for nearly 47 years,
and it will be great to see something going in that's,
and I look forward to seeing the, the site plan eventually,
uh, and what you, what you plan to do with it.
I'm sure it will be marvelous.
We have not this council in particular,
but the previous council turned down two other
middle housing, missing middle housing developments due
to where they were, where they were situated.
This one is different characteristically from those
because it's, it's virtually on its own.
And, and it, it fronts 12
and Van D**e in that, in that particular area.
The, I I really believe
that this is a great spot for multifamily. Thank,
Thank you. And
so, but I, I do have a couple of questions.
And so the, and it may be for you or for Mr.
Wirth as well, you have to seek a variance from the ZBA
for the five parking space differential.
So if that is not granted, do you have,
what is your alternative for
amending the plan to accommodate?
Will you change the, the unit construction
so that you don't have the, the additional spaces required?
We're open-minded. I also own that building where
that little strip center is.
And with today's market as I also own a restaurant table 53,
barely anybody dines in anymore, everything's DoorDash
or ordered out,
even though there's 26, 28 parking spots there.
I assure you, most of the time it's half vacant.
So owning that
and having access to it from the alley, you know,
and we're gearing more toward, you know, either seniors,
someone that's gonna stay there a while,
and nowadays it,
you barely anybody has more than one car in a couple
or we, we are proposing, uh, eight units
that are one bedroom and one building.
So we're, we're shooting for that one person that
will occupy instead of, you know, two or three.
That's why we kept them at one bedroom.
We're also proposing a building with a, a two bedroom maybe
for a couple and, and being at 12
and Van D**e where that buses run all the time.
I am not a stranger in the community.
I, I own numerous condominiums and houses
and I, we valued it to where we think we have enough.
But I don't set the rules. You do.
And, and, uh, we're hoping we, we could meet
what we run into.
Okay. And given the context of the project, the ZBA, uh,
and I can't speak for them, uh, they're, you're contained
to the, the parking within the site.
I understand you might have overflow opportunity on property
you presently own.
That might abut it, but whether
or not they'll consider that is, is entirely up to them.
You know, the, our ordinances call for X number
of spots per site.
So you're, you're, uh, I, I'm glad to hear you're amenable.
I'm just looking forward to seeing if, you know,
if the ZBA isn't as favorable as, as you're hoping
that there's an alternative
and it doesn't slow down your progress.
We're hoping it doesn't.
I'm open-minded, and again, you'll be pleased.
I was in front of you about two years ago
regarding a property on Vermont.
Three beautiful houses, three new families,
and it just, it's, it'll be, it, it'd be, this is a property
where I will keep not to, you know, sell condominiums.
It's a, an apartment where I'll keep it.
Of course. It'll Be very well maintained.
The couple of other questions I have, you have, uh,
I see egress onto Stanley, but is there,
and if I'm reading this properly, it looks like
there are a couple of, of Pres present curbs, uh,
with egress onto 12 Mile.
Yes. And are you going
to have any egress onto 12 mile at all?
We are gonna work with Mr.
Wirth in the department very well.
Whatever they recommend we're able to do.
We are hoping not to do it on 12 Mile because of traffic.
I personally prefer coming in off of 12.
The, the spots are there,
but we were just hoping that whoever's backing up from there
with the traffic didn't slow it down.
So that's why we proposed it on Stanley.
But we are the engineer and the architect will work with Mr.
Rth to try to make this project it go
and no headache for any of the surrounding areas.
Okay. And I'm certain the, the planning commission will,
you know, engage Macomb County for a traffic study if,
if one needs to be conducted,
should there be egress onto 12 mile.
But I, I am concerned about egress onto Stanley
and the disruption to the neighborhood, uh,
in that particular area.
Granted, it's 36 31 spaces at present.
Uh, the number that may
or may not be coming out at, at various times may not be
that drastic, but, you know, perhaps, uh, no left turn,
no right turn through the neighborhood
and they have to, uh, only
a left turn out towards Van D**e may be, uh, a possibility.
But I'll leave that up to the planning commission.
I've met most of the neighbors not to interruption.
They've been wonderful to work with.
Last time there was a gentleman, he had some concerns.
We talked about it and he gave the blessing.
I, I keep up the property very well from
You do. Yeah.
So the neighbors are okay with it,
and they're kind of excited what'll kind
of enhance the neighborhood
and bring up their values a little bit
without affecting their taxes.
Alright. Thank you very much. Uh, thank you.
I I frequently go to Citi Burger. Happy Pizza.
I appreciate it. Uh, it's, it's good food.
And yeah, I see that, uh, that property quite often.
It's, it's in good shape.
Thank you. So
This, this will make it better.
I have no further questions. Okay.
Any other, any other discussion?
Hearing and seeing none, I will call the question.
Ms. Moore? Yes. Mr. Lafferty? Yes. Mr. Dwyer? Yes. Mr.
Nunan? Yes. Ms. McGee? Yes. Rogan C is a yes.
Motion carries. Next item.
Um, Madam Chair, I need some help, um, from our attorney.
Um, an item we sent out the agenda early. Thank you so much.
Thank you. This, um, year, this week, because Ms.
Camp was gone and subsequent to the
agenda being, um, posted, we were informed by
the administration to remove an item.
And I said I would remove it at the table,
and I failed to do that.
It is one of the items on the consent agenda. Um, Mr.
Schroder, if you could, do I make a motion to rescind or
There's rule, um, 14.1
of the council rules of procedure.
It's entitled rescind or repeal.
Um, so what you would have to do, uh,
it's a multi-step process.
The first step would be to amend the current agenda
and add a rescission of the particular item.
And then once that's added to the agenda, uh, you would move
to rescind that item and vote on the rescission.
Okay. Um, what Mr. Schroeder just said.
So I would make a motion to amend the agenda at this point
and put four Q
as the next item on the agenda, which would be,
um, we'll put 11.
A 11.
What do you suggest?
I, I would suggest you could make it item 13 G
because it was something that H
13. H
13 G.
Yeah. 13 H Um, since it came over from the mayor
and that's under correspondence from the mayor.
Okay. And h would be rescission of approval
of item four Q.
Okay. And then we'll deal with it at that point. Yeah.
Uh, Mr. Moore meet motion. Mr. Nand supports that.
Any additional discussion? Okay, I will call the question.
Ms. Moore. Yes. Mr. Newnan? Yes. Uh, Ms. McGee? Yes. Mr.
Lafferty? Yes. Mr. Dwyer? Yes. Rogan C is a yes.
Motion carries. Next item. My apologies to everyone.
Next item is 11.
A request to approve memorandum of understanding,
one consideration and adoption
of a resolution approving memorandum of understanding
regarding benefits and employment terms for
police commissioner, um, and two consideration
and adoption of a resolution approving memorandum
of understanding regarding benefits
and employment terms for deputy commissioner.
Motion to approve with discussion. Support. Support Ty.
Support Newnan. Discussion Ms. Moore. Uh, thank you.
Um, Madam Chair,
I only have a question about a discrepancy.
Um, in the letter of, in the memorandum
of understanding for the police commissioner, the
wage, the salary is listed
as $147,810, subject
to wage increases at the same percentages, percentage rates
and times as provided to the members
of the warrant command officers.
Okay, so we have 1 47 there, 1 47, 8 10.
Then in the 25,
um, budget adopted by counsel.
Well, first let's go to, uh, 2023.
That was 138,000 in 2023.
In 2024, that salary was 142,000
then adopted by council
for this year it was 150,381.
And now the proposed budget for
this year, 25 26,
shows the present rate
that the police commissioner is being paid is
$156,906.
And that is the rate the mayor is requesting.
So I don't understand how today, if we're approving
146,000, how that went from that
to a hundred and bypass the 150,000.
And now we're at presently 156,000.
That's a 10,000 do, uh, in difference.
I i does.
Is anybody have an answer to that? Ms. Michaels
Mm-hmm.
Chair, president, counsel, when I was given this figure,
I believe it was from HR at the time,
I believe the rate increase to not go into effect
because this was prepared back in December,
and I believe that's the rate I was given back in December.
Okay. So maybe with the percentage increase.
So now I don't know where we, we went.
The only thing I could Think of then we,
I guess then I don't know how we got from 150
because the 2025 budget that we proved
was 150,000.
And that would've been as of July 1st, 2025,
Which I believe is the max that,
that takes the base salary plus whatever percentage
increases that they'd be entitled
To throughout the year.
Okay. Okay.
So, and, and I think this is another thing.
I I'm conf you know, I'm not gonna stop this and No,
and everybody's doing a good job
and I'm not against any of this,
but you just said this was done back in December
and that's part of my concern.
What happened, and I'm glad, um, Mr.
Gaos is here to, to listen to this about some
of the problems that have happened in the past
that you need to know about.
When the police commissioner was brought in,
the new police commissioner, he was, as I understand,
given a car and other things
before he was ever appointed.
So we were well past the point where he was given
that given access to city email was on email chains
and everything, and found out he had never even been
appointed, had never been sworn in.
So that had to be done after all these things happened.
And, you know, my concern at the time was
if he had been driving a city car
and he wasn't an employee, who's liable for that?
You know, what if something had happened during that time?
Um, so then we rectified that.
He went, I think immediately then he was appointed.
But it was a long time after he had been brought in
because there was a, there was a period where he came in,
got a car, and there were a month maybe,
because I know he drove a city car while he was here from
out of town, um, for a while
after he had been announced he was appointed,
but he really wasn't appointed.
So, and so now we're, we've got confusion now
because these figures were back in December.
This is April. This understanding should have been put in
place in December when he started work.
And I assume he got a car and all those things.
Who approved that? Because counsel did not approve
that either verbal
or contract of those benefits of his employment
where counsel has to approve this.
Now we're like four months, five months
after that happened that we're approving
the contract we have.
So I, I think this is just, um, Mr.
Gaos, you can see the problem here.
We've gotta have some processes in place
where these things are done according to the charter.
According to the rules.
You know, we have liability issues in the city we have
to deal with.
So, you know, this is, I I guess we'll figure out
what he's being paid out.
Maybe I'll get a copy of his paycheck.
He'll send me his pay, his pay stub.
We'll figure, we'll figure it out.
'cause I don't know any other way to figure out
how much anybody's being paid unless we get their pay stub.
So because we're told, you know, we get a a, a rate
of pay that Oh no, that's the top of the scale.
Well now it says 50.
So is that the, apparently that's not the top of the scale
because he's gonna be paid.
It says he's being paid now 156,000.
So I don't know, maybe I can get an answer from payroll
how much he's actually, Mr. Knapp.
I'll have to look it up. Yeah, I mean, I'm sure we have
that information and I, I just, you know,
maybe we could have that by Saturday.
Absolutely. Because we would like to know
what people are actually being paid so
that we can make decisions on raises and things like that.
And there's gonna be a little bit of confusion
because we did get org charts from departments,
but many of them sent org charts on
what they want their organization to be, not
what it is presently.
So that's gonna be a little difficult for our hearings
that some of 'em are, tell us what, and that's what we want.
We wanna know how things exist now.
So it's gonna be a little confusing, I think,
but we'll, we'll get through it.
Okay. We're smart people.
We're, we're diligent. We'll figure it out.
Like I said, I'll, I'll get a clarification on that
For you. Okay, thank
you very much. That's all, that's all I had.
Any other discussion?
Madam Chair? Mr. Lafferty,
Uh, through the chair to, uh, secretary Moore,
and I'm not sure if you cited this or not.
Item three in the, in the MOU, the salary
of the police commissioner is 1 47, 8 10.
This actually specifies what the salary is. Yeah.
It, it says 1 4 7 8 10. But Ms.
Menkes just said that's not correct
because this was repaired in, in December.
Un Understood. So
Apparently you got a raise from that point
to this point. Mm-hmm.
So how can we vote on the memo
if it's, if it's not correct?
Well, we can, we could vote on it. Mm-hmm.
Subject to, subject to having
that correct number input in there.
I I think that'll be a matter of fact says that what it is.
Well, it's, It,
It's subject to here's Documents,
Wage increases at the same percentage rates
provided to police command.
But, but that's, those are the, the year over year
increases not the base rate of pay.
So if I, I think, well, we, and
and the same is for the police commissioner.
The police commissioner, according to the present rate in,
in the budget is 154 deputies
Or deputy, Or I'm sorry,
the Deputy police commissioner is 154,374
and the memo, uh, the MOU states 1 45 4 24.
Right. Right. So we have the same problem in both, both MOUs
and both resolutions.
So, so could we just approve those
contingent on putting the current exactly
what they're being paid as of today?
Would that be good with everybody?
I, I would be amenable to that. Okay.
Okay. And if that can, if that can be
provided to counsel prior to our, the expiration
of our reconsideration period
By Friday.
Okay, perfect. Okay, perfect. Fine. Thank you.
So the makers of this motion were,
uh, me and him.
Ms. Moore? Yeah. And Mr.
Nunan, are you comfortable with that amendment? Yes. Okay.
I had one, uh, observation if you're finished, Mr. Lafferty.
I'm, I'm done There.
In the MOUs it says
that the deputy commissioner has a dotted line.
I, I don't know the exact language,
but I think it's a dotted line reports both to the mayor
and the police commissioner, which may be typical police,
um, set up, but seemed a bit odd
to have one person reporting to both people.
So maybe during the budget hearings, as we go
through things, someone can explain, um, the setup.
Oh, it's in the charter. Oh, thank you Madam Chair.
I did ask, I clarified that, uh, today
and I did find actually Mr.
Um, Dwyer helped me with that.
He, he checks some PAC past practice for me
and that has been the practice.
Oh, okay. Correct.
Because it, I know it's difficult to serve two masters.
Correct. But that is apparently the way It's Okay.
Thank you. Uh, any other discussion?
Okay, hearing and seeing none, I will call the question.
Ms. Moore? Yes. Mr. Nunan? Yes. Uh, Mr. Lafferty?
Yes. Mr. Dwyer? Yes. Ms. McGee? Yes. Rogan C is? Yes.
Motion carries. Next item.
Next item is 11 B Amendments
to the 20 19, 20 20, 21, 22
and 2223.
Housing and Community Development Action
plans, home budget. So moved.
Support Lafferty
Discussion, hearing and seeing none.
I will call the question. Ms. Moore. Yes. Mr. Lafferty? Yes.
Mr. Dwyer? Yes. Uh, Mr. Noonan? Yes. Ms. McGee? Yes.
Rogan C is a yes. Motion carries. Next item.
Next item is 12 a Council secretary Mindy Moore.
Discussion in Ray Motor City Sports Bar
21 231 Mound Road.
So moved with discussion. Support
Lafferty. Discussion
Ms. Moore. Thank you Madam Chair.
So this, um, item has been a problem for
at least a year that I know about, that it first was brought
to my attention from residents around the Motor
City Sports Bar.
And this is on Mound,
but it affects other streets nearby.
I did get, um, some history there
and there have been 253 runs in three
years to the bar.
And that doesn't include other calls
that could be on the adjoining streets,
problems that are happening.
Um, um, Mr.
Conlin, you have some video that maybe we could play
to show what's going on over there.
And while he's bringing those up, I will tell you
that the police have done, they've had campaigns over there,
uh, with special forces.
Here's what we're dealing with.
This is in the parking lot
and are grounding outside of the bar. And the
Problems are not inside the Bar.
That's not where the calls are.
It's outside in the parking lot in the streets around it.
And the police have done targeted, um, many,
they've tried different things
and it's had no effect whatsoever.
You have enough? You have more. Patrick?
I think there's more.
There we go.
And you can see the problem is people
gathering outside the bar.
And I guess they're outside the bar drinking.
And if you know, we can hear this.
So, you know the neighbors,
the residents are hearing it at their homes.
There's A couple More.
Those are all cars. Mm-hmm.
It's a, it's a fairly small parking lot as I understand.
So that there's spillage out on to the residential.
You can see back there, all the cars everywhere.
Yeah. That backs up to Albany. Yeah.
It's one, one side of the street is homes.
The other, yeah, the other,
the other side doesn't have any homes. Yeah.
And Ezra, Elsa.
Elsa. Elsa is the other street that's affected.
And then Syracuse is behind it. But I dunno.
Any issues there?
There's one more.
And this is like two o'clock in the morning.
This is one o'clock. This is very late
or early in the morning.
Yeah,
I mean, it's just insane.
So, Um, this is a problem. This is a problem for our police.
This is a problem for the residents
and I think it's time that we take action
and declare this a public nuisance.
Um, I don't know what the answer is there.
The parking lot is just too small for that business.
And, um, you know, I don't know if we go
and put a, we, you know, you put no parking, it's not fair
to the residents who need to park there.
Um, so I think at this point that we, uh,
direct the city attorney's office to take action
to declare this a public nuisance and shut them down.
Support. I think I already did that. Okay. Ask questions.
So, uh, your updated motion is
to declare it a public nuisance.
Yes. Ms. Moore, you made that motion. Mr.
Lafferty, you supported that? I did. Okay. Uh, discussion?
Yes. Ms. McGee? Do
They, have they been given a warning already?
Madam Chair, I don't know if any
of the police here are familiar with that.
Mr. Captain Hodis?
I did talk to Deputy, um, rushed in and some,
and actually the police officers told, uh, the residents
to contact us.
That's correct. Yeah. Um,
I did not hear the original question though. The,
Um, had the, the owner of the Motor City Sports
Bar been given a warning about the people that are on the
outside in the parking lot to clear it up.
One of the problems that we run into, um,
the owner's responsible for what's going on, uh, inside
of the prop, uh, the property as well as the parking lot.
This is spilling over to Albany.
Um, Syracuse, as have been indicated earlier,
the owner has no responsibility over there.
The crowds still gather, uh,
it's like a tailgate or even pre-gaming.
Mm-hmm. Uh, for the people that are going in the bar, it,
it's a smaller venue.
Uh, the parking lot is too small for, uh, capacity.
Uh, and it's not in really good condition.
So you get a lot of the overflow of the parks in Albany,
which would be fine, except people don't leave their cars
when they're on Albany.
You're playing their music and it's only gonna get worse.
Um, but the owner is aware, uh, there's been a problem.
I know there was a, uh, liquor Control commission,
um, investigation that was done.
Um, I don't know the outcome of that.
I don't believe there, uh, if, if there are any sanctions
or anything like that, that were,
um, imposed on the business.
But I know the owner's aware that this is a nuisance.
So, so my next question is, if we declare a nuisance,
who would that go?
Through? The, the Boat City bar.
Mm-hmm. They would have to close down,
Even though they don't have control of what's,
They, they have control of their business.
They have control of their parking lot.
And just to give a little background,
there was another bar on Hoover.
Um, it's where em and m got in trouble. Oh.
Um, okay. Yeah. The old, uh, oh geez. Hot rock.
Hot. Yes. Okay. That was a big problem.
And we declared it a nuisance.
We were going to shut them down
and they changed their, um, the music they played,
they went from, I don't know what kind of music,
but they went to country music.
Yes. All the problems went away.
I was working on midnights at the time,
uh, as a patrol officer.
Right. I remember when they switched.
So that, that made a huge difference.
And I'm not saying there's never any problems.
Anytime people are drinking
and girls are involved, you know, there's gonna be
some guys fighting over 'em or something.
Right. Let show it's normal. Yeah.
And then we close down, um, arid and Hall. Mm-hmm.
Because of that was horrible.
What was going That was be, you probably remember Aaron
Rehashing my career, ma'am.
So I think the only thing we can do is
declare it a public nuisance.
Maybe the owner wants to change what sort of
music he plays, what kind of place it is, um,
to alleviate these problems.
If not, I think we have to shut 'em down.
'cause we just can't keep,
somebody's gonna get hurt really bad one of these days.
Somebody's gonna get run over or worse.
And so I think that this is the time for this.
Madam President, Ms. McGee. You, oh, sorry. Finished.
Oh, now, sorry. Mr. Nunez.
Yes. Um, Madam Secretary, uh,
I'm not familiar with what kind of process this would be
because, uh, nuisance of a, a house,
a nuisance house would get abated,
get torn down or something.
This doesn't get torn down.
Does the bar owner, um, come before us
and tell us what he is gonna do?
Or how do, how do, how do they respond to this so
that it's becomes complete?
Maybe Mr. Schroeder, Maybe Mr. Schroer
Better to answer that than me. S legal procedure.
I think the ultimate issue is with the public nuisance.
We talked about Chapter 21 public nuisances recently
with the, um, homeless shelter
that was not controlling the premises.
Um, and ultimately the counsel is gonna refer this
to the city attorney's office,
who then could file a nuisance action in Circuit Court
that would result in the business being closed.
And the attorney's office, we have to show
that there has been a public nuisance
as exhibits to that lawsuit.
They could use the 270 some police runs and the videos
and the testimony and affidavits of the police department.
Ultimately, you're getting the place closed
and padlocked because it's a nuisance.
And certainly just reading the definition of public nuisance
in, in the ordinances
and in common law, it certainly seems to fit.
Uh, Aden Hall was the one many years ago that Annette Gut,
Terry Ross, who's now the court administrator, brought
that lawsuit and succeeded in Circuit Court.
The place was shut down by the court.
Um, this does not stop with respect
to Councilman McGee's concern, um, you know,
there, there could be some negotiation here
with the ownership, uh, if they act fast and swiftly and,
and work with the city attorney's office,
and then maybe save the cost of litigation
and get this under control.
But you can't give them a long time to,
to get this under control.
So the idea would be to refer it
to the City Attorney's office, let Ms Michaels look at it,
and, um, start the process of what would be, uh,
public nuisance lawsuit.
In fact, the ordinance says you can refer it
to the city attorney
or the prosecuting attorney of Macomb County.
Um, I think council would wanna start
here with the city attorney.
Okay. So if the owner acts quickly,
they could avoid the lawsuit.
Who would, who would notify them?
Um, unless they're watching tonight.
So again, that would be through the city attorney.
Um, possibly sending a notice saying that, you know,
please contact us within 10 days
or pursuant to the order of the Council,
we will be filing a public nuisance action.
Uh, if you have a plan to abate this nuisance, um,
we're gonna have to act quickly
and we're gonna have to have proof that you're complying.
And maybe there's a compliance plan they, they could come up
with, and then the police could monitor
that over a period of time.
Uh, but that,
that would be generally how the process would go.
I think that's a splendid idea.
And I'm sure the neighbors would be very delighted.
'cause it sounds like it's been a nightmare. Thank you.
Any additional discussion? Madam President? Mr.
Lafferty? Listening to Mr. Schroeder gave me, uh,
one other item to think about.
If the owner does act quickly
and is able to, you know, adjust their business
and, you know, start to control the environment, there are,
I think there's maybe a, a second track we can take here
as well along Albany.
Again, there is no, there are no homes
on that side of Albany.
And when we had a particular business
of ill repute on the corner of Mound
and Martin, uh, there were no parking signs, uh, installed
from Mound all the way to, uh, global.
And in fact, they're still there.
Captain, uh, there's a Dairy Queen there. Now.
I'm not sure if they're necessary,
but, we'll, we'll take that up later. There was a no
Repute. It was a,
It, it was a John John.
It was John John's a certain style of business
that shall not be mentioned.
And but the, perhaps could we get traffic engineering
from PD to establish a no parking zone
along the, the,
what would That would be the east side of, of Albany?
Yes, sir. We can look at that.
Um, I believe there is no parking along in there.
One of the other problems, I think you may, uh,
and this may help the residents out, uh,
that's just a regular cyclone fence on the backside of,
or the west side of that property for Motor City.
Um, maybe entertain, you know, building some kind of a wall
so that, um, I'm sorry.
It may divert some of the noise from the
parking lot. Captain,
Can you speak up just a little bit? Oh,
I'm sorry. Yeah,
It's okay. Maybe,
uh, uh, motor City would be willing
to build some kind of a wall, uh,
along the west side of the parking lot.
Um, with it being a cyclone fence, that noise is able
to travel from the parking lot to those residents.
And also the people on Albany are able to talk back
and forth with the people in the parking lot.
You, you build a barrier there
and that may get people move along.
Okay. Just an option. Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm. Definitely thinking ahead there. Mm-hmm.
Uh, so let's, let's see what happens with, uh,
with the nuisance order.
I'm absolutely supportive of it.
And if we can, you know,
make some minor tweaks in the meantime, while that's all,
all taking place, uh, certainly,
certainly get that addressed.
Thank you.
What, what kind of feedback? Pardon me?
What, what kind of feedback will we get to know
that this has been accomplished?
Do we need to ask for the attorney's office
to tell us at the next meeting
how this is going or something?
Closed session. Closed session. Clo closed session. Mr.
We'll, we'll set a closed session. Oh, okay.
'cause it'll be a legal Oh, proceeded.
Thank you. Any other discussion?
Discussion? Okay. I will call the question. Ms. Moore? Yes.
Mr. Lty? Yes. Mr. Dwyer? Yes. Mr. Nunan?
Yes. Ms. McGee? Yes. Rogan C is a yes. Motion carries.
Next item. Next item is 13.
A consideration and adoption
of a resolution amending the ordinance
for Michigan Transportation Fund Bond series 2018.
First reading. So moved.
Support Lafferty.
Discussion, hearing, and scene. None.
I'll call the question. Ms. Moore. Yes. Mr. Lafferty? Yes.
Mr. Dwyer? Yes. Mr. Nunan? Yes. Ms. McGee? Yes.
Rogan C is a yes. Motion carries. Next item 13 B.
Requested the police department
for an increase in budgeted appropriations in the amount
of $107,451 to cover the costs
of purchasing additional police vehicles in the fiscal 2025
budget consideration and adoption of a resolution.
So moved with discussion support Dwyer,
uh, discussion Ms. Moore?
Yeah, I just, as I understand, um, you know, they're asking
for police cars before the budget process
because we need them,
and I'm sure you're aware some of these police cars get,
you know, 200, 250,000 miles on 'em
where they've had three transmissions replaced
and, you know, they just don't last.
Plus they get in accidents and all kinds of things.
And we go, we go through police cars. We do.
Um, so that's, that's why this is being, um,
brought before the budget.
Is there need at this moment, any other discussion,
hearing and, uh, Ms.
Be? I have a question. How often do we purchase cars?
How many have we purchased in the last year?
Captain, are you able to answer that?
What is the average of cars we purchase?
Are we talking about an actual patrol vehicle that's used?
Uh, on, on patrol?
They typically last three to four years, um,
about 25,000 miles a year.
And those are rough miles.
A lot of curbs and potholes and driving fast.
Um, they get beat up pretty good by
that third or the fourth year.
And I believe these vehicles
that are in question are actually, um, are used by our, uh,
our SID crew.
Um, and they've been in the shop more often
than on the road lately.
Uh, they are end of life and, and usability,
and I think they were due to be replaced
in July with the next budget.
I think it's just an acceleration of that.
So three years is the maximum times that
Three to four years.
Uh, the traffic vehicles last a little bit longer.
They're not driven 24 7.
But the actual patrol, uh, vehicles
that our officers drive in, um, they rarely get a break.
Uh, they maybe, um, they're on the road 36
of 48 hours if you look at it in a two day span.
Um,
If you don't, um, I do.
Madam President, Mr. Nunan, I, so I didn't,
you may have answered this question,
but most people are, I might have tinnitus interfering
with my hearing, but
unless people speak directly into the
microphone, I just don't hear them.
I, I hear like a mumbling, it's not good.
But, um, how many, uh,
cars have we been buying at police cars
that we've been buying every year
or like in the last year also?
Well, I apologize my first time in, uh,
my current position as the, uh, uh, patrol captain, uh,
typically we, we rotate about a quarter
of our fleet out every year.
Uh, so it'd be, uh, eight to 10 cars.
Um, I think this last year we replaced our
traffic vehicles, uh,
About eight, eight to 10 cars
a year is what we've been buying. Yeah.
Unfortunately, if, if one is total doubt, uh,
in an accident or something like that, yeah.
Um, we, we replace it sooner than anticipated. Okay.
Thank you.
Thank You much. Are they usually new cars or
Are what usually new cars When we purchase
Cars? Yes.
Yes. Um, we were lucky enough, uh, last year, uh,
DC Rush was able to, uh, get a pretty good deal on, um,
some Dodge Chargers that were, uh, replaced our, uh,
traffic fleet, uh, just the radar cars.
Um, those were a year older, but,
and that's why we was able to get a good deal.
So we were actually able to replace more vehicles
at a better price.
It doesn't come along often though.
Anything additional? I do. Okay.
Any additional discussion? Okay.
Hearing and seeing none, I'll call the question. Ms. Moore?
Yes. Mr. Dwyer? Yes. Mr. Lafferty? Yes. Uh, Mr. Newan? Yes.
Ms. McGee? Yes. Rogan C is a yes. Motion carries. Next item.
Next item. MS 13 C.
Request of the police department to award the purchase
and upfitting of two police vehicles in the total amount
of $107,450 32 cents through the State
of Michigan contract with LaFontaine Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram
of Lansing for the purchase of the vehicles.
And through Canfield Equipment Services, Inc.
For the Upfitting consideration
and adoption of a resolution.
So moved Support Dwyer, uh, discussion,
hearing and seeing none.
I'll call the question. Ms. Moore? Yes. Mr. Dwyer? Yes. Mr.
Lafferty? Yes. Mr. Noonan? Yes. Ms. McGee? Yes.
Rogan C is a yes. Motion carries. Next item.
Next item is 13 D.
Request for a line item transfer
between general fund ledger account numbers in the amount
of $313,985 to cover the unexpected
cost associated with replacing 20.
Is that 20, uh, sanitation truck floors
to cover the cost associated with the rehabilitation
of city owned property at 14,217 East nine Mile.
And to cover the cost associated
with temporary employee cost consideration
and adoption of a resolution. So moved.
Support Lafferty. Discussion.
Discussion Mr. Lafferty?
Thank you. The, the 20 sanitation truck floors.
I got caught up on that myself
and would like a little
clarification on that if I could please.
Good Evening, counsel. Scott Raydale,
superintendent at DPW.
Thank you, sir. Good evening. Good evening.
Could, could you explain exactly
what we're, what we're doing with
This? I can, basically, it's
a wear
and tear issue with the floors of the garbage truck.
They wear thin, the pushout blade goes back and forth on it
and it just wears out, gets rusty
and the floors actually buckle
and the truck won't operate properly.
So we had right way truck and trailer.
We contracted them to do the work.
We bought the parts and they basically cut the floors outta
all the garbage trucks and welded in new steel
for 2020 garbage trucks.
They're all purchased at the same time.
Okay. So this the, the container
for the, the garbage, correct?
Correct. Sits on top of
Yes, sir. The, the actual
truck body.
Okay. Yes. And that's what we're replacing. Correct?
That's what I needed to understand. That's it.
Thank you. No other questions?
Any additional discussion? Okay.
Hearing and seeing none, I will call. Thank you. Counsel.
Call the question. Ms. Moore? Yes. Mr. Lafferty? Yes. Mr.
Dwyer? Yes. Uh, Mr. Nunan? Yes. Ms. McGee? Yes. Rogans.
He is a yes. Motion carries. Next item.
Next item is 13 e Notice of appointment of Jared Gaos
as the Director of human Resources.
So moved support to where with discussion, please.
Uh, discussion Ms. Moore. Thank you.
Um, I had the pleasure of having lunch with Mr.
Gaos last week. We had about a two hour lunch.
Um, and I will say without knowing his name, um,
I had put out the things that I wanted
to see in an HR director and he checked off every box.
I even went back to his high school
and talked to people in high school.
And he said he was a great guy and he read books, right?
Um, he's got a great resume.
Um, he's got a, uh, degree from Michigan State.
Go green and good.
And he's got a master's in law
and he's got other, uh, CER certificates
or, uh, in, uh, uh, negotiation or labor relations
and some other things.
And, um, um, Mr.
Gaos asked me what I wanted
to see in the department, what changes.
And I said I wanted the department to be a safe place
and I wanted employees to be able to go there and get help.
And I wanted the philosophy from him
to be, how can I help you?
How can I make you successful?
We are here to approve things, not disapprove things,
and we want everybody to, um, uh, be successful.
And Mr. Gaos philosophy is to talk issues through
and be transparent.
And I'm very, very impressed with that.
If you'd, if you'd like to come up,
Motion to suspend the rules. Thank you.
Support. Anyone? Support. Hello? Hello, hello.
Is our suspect. Yes.
Um, I agree with the entire philosophy that you just said.
I think a lot of the times what we see with employers is
that, you know, we are quick to go back to
what the past practice is, right?
We see what was black and white in our policies
and our charter, but things change.
People change, incidents happen.
Um, so it's just listening to what the employees are seeing
and they're feeling, right?
I'm one person, but then we have almost a thousand employees
out there who are seeing something completely different.
And I think that's the biggest
thing that I wanna see changed.
Um, I'm going to work closely with the mayor,
the civil service, um, my other HR employees,
and really try to see what can we do differently
that we have not been doing.
Um, the resident earlier, uh, Ms.
Lori, she mentioned accessibility, right?
When I went to go put turn in my application,
it was kind of archaic.
A lot of it was typed on a typewriter.
Um, you know, the accessibility
for A PDF Adobe would be very accessible
for us according to the EEOO.
We need to have accessibility for members of the public
who may not have that kind of accessibility.
Um, who may not have the ability to download things, um,
using a printer and ink who may not have the ability to come
to city Hall and deliver an application.
Um, so it's the smallest things
that can really go a long way.
I look forward to working with, uh, the Department
of Communications, right?
Really getting our name out there.
If we wanna attract employees
as the part-time employees coming up in the summer, um,
you know, we really gotta target the Gen Z,
the millennials, the high schoolers.
And how do you do that? Six seconds.
That's all they can look at, right?
They look at what's big and flashing $15 work for us. Done.
They love it, right? They're gonna have money
for Taco Bell, they'll be excited.
Um, so those are the things that I look forward to doing,
listening, communications, accessibility.
Thank you. Thank you. What'd I say? When can he start?
President? I start on Monday if approved.
Yes. So, so, um, uh, melody, uh,
vice president, melody McGee.
And I also, uh, really enjoyed our time. I hope I, yeah.
Um, talking to you.
I think we were more focused on, um, your ability
to modernize our HR so that we, um,
actually are able to hire effectively.
Yeah. Um, and so do, uh,
what was your answer regarding police?
Can you help with the hiring of police?
Uh, I'm, most of it is just working closely
with the police commissioner
and the union to see
what are they doing versus what we can be doing.
I follow their social media pages
and they, they do a great job, you know, promoting, uh,
the positions that they have.
But a lot of that I, I can't answer just yet
until I sit down with them and communicate.
Um, but a lot of it's just taking in what I know
and what they know and how can we make a,
a new resolution for that.
Um, so I look forward to those discussions.
Well, we, we came away feeling really, uh, very positive
and excited about your coming on board,
and thank you so much.
I hope you'll have a long 10 tenure here. Thank
You. I appreciate it. Thank
you, mayor and council.
I, you'll Thank you. Okay.
Uh, I will call the question Ms. Moore. Absolutely. Yes.
Ms. Uh, Mr. Dwy? Yes.
Uh, Mr. Lafferty?
Yes. Mr. Nunan? Yes. Ms. McGee? Yes. Rogan C is a yes.
Welcome. Thank you.
Thrilled to have you. Uh, next item.
Next item is 13 F, um,
which was four e on the consent agenda, consideration
and adoption of a resolution to approve
contract modification number one
and final to city contract WP 23 7 94
road reconstruction, increasing the current contract amount
by $76,215,
resulting in a final contract amount
of $4,130,354 65 cents.
And to issue payment number 11
and final in the amount of 399,598.
$7 7 cents to Zuniga cement. So moved.
Support Lafferty with discussion.
Uh, discussion. Mr. Lafferty?
Thank you. Good evening, Ms. Gapes. Good evening.
Thank you. The,
we've talked about this particular stretch of road before.
I know that there was some remedial work done.
Could you characterize that please?
What, what's been done here so far?
Sure. The rideability was not to our standard.
So I had the contractor hire a subcontractor
who was a diamond grinding contractor,
and he, he paid that out of his pocket to fix the, um, the,
uh, vibrations in the road.
And then once that was completed, we had the road tested
and it passed our rideability spec.
So, to, to your specs,
you, at this point, you feel that everything has been met
with, with all of necessary approvals?
It meets our standards,
Yes.
Okay. And 'cause I,
I've gotten a couple additional comments that they're,
they're just not happy with the road.
Okay. And so I, I wanted to, you know, bring it
to your attention in case there's,
we have a warranty, correct.
Three years? Yes. Three years. Mm-hmm.
So, standard warranty, if
and at what point do you go back and, and review?
Is it based on complaints
or do you do a, a, a standard 3, 6, 9 months?
We always do a,
a whole full entire warranty review at the third year,
the third construction year after it's built.
Okay. But I'm, I'm sorry, let me clarify.
Does engineering go out
and look at, uh, a newly paved stretch of road
six months later, a year later to do a, a review?
Is there any sort of quality check at that point?
I mean, once it's closed, not unless there's a complaint
or something, then we'll go out.
Okay. Alright.
That there, that is, that are all the questions that I have.
Thank you. Okay.
Any additional discussion? Hearing and seeing none?
I'll call the question. Ms. Moore? Yes. Mr. Lafferty? Yes.
Mr. Dwyer? Yes. Mr. Noonan? Yes. Ms. McGee? Yes.
Rogan C is a yes. Motion carries. Next item. Thank you Ms.
Cap. Sorry, sorry, I Next item is 13 H, which is rescission
of item four Q.
So moved with discussion
Support, lap, Uh, discussion.
Ms. Moore, I just wanna clarify the reason that they wanted
to pull it back is there is a,
an incorrect document included.
So that'll be corrected and we'll put it on the next agenda.
But we need to do this at this point. Any other discussion?
Okay. We're voting to rescind the item. Ms. Moore? Yes. Mr.
Lafferty? Yes. Mr. Dwyer? Yes. Mr. Newan? Yes.
Ms. McGee? Yes. Grogan C is a yes. Item is rescinded.
Next item. Madam Chair, could I ask the attorney question?
Will that effectively then be a tabling?
We'll have to Resend, resend it.
Okay. Thank you. Resend,
Re resend, Resend resend.
Thank you. Next item is audience participation
regarding general topics.
Uh, this audience is for general items only. Uh, sorry.
General items. You could talk about
the agenda if you'd like.
Uh, you fill out a form on the right side of this stage.
You have three minutes. If you need me to count you down,
um, there is a monitor in front.
Please let me know. First up is Lori Harris.
Okay. I forgot to mention during the budget, uh,
discussion, I wanna know about planning.
'cause I really, I, I really do wonder
why we have a planning commission and why Mr.
Wirth, you know, is representing the planning commission
when they are being told
and the public is being told that they have to vote.
Yes. If the planning department approves something,
the commission has to vote.
Yes. So it, we need to figure out a way
to get more people involved.
I just heard that on the corner, the biggest corner
by my house, there's going to be another gas station.
There's already two gas stations.
This will be a gas station and a seven 11.
Like, I don't think we need three gas
stations on the corner.
Um, and a lot of this happens in
planning, oh, sorry.
Um, and ZBA, you know, we need to, um,
we need to pay attention to what's going on
and I can't do it by myself.
And I tried to get people to come, you know, tonight
for the budget public hearing.
And we're all concerned,
but no one's here at the microphone
except for a couple people.
Um, I also wanna remind the city,
um, that a DA is a civil rights law
and we are failing miserably in the city of Warren.
Just with the basics.
The basics of parking access,
and then getting to the door of the business.
You know, these are step by step important.
Um, and, uh, that's probably a all I can really say.
I'm, I'm going to be live streaming the mayor's, uh,
community check-in Thursday night.
Um, so maybe people will watch that.
And, uh, I'm very disappointed in the mayor's budget
presentation last week.
Um, because according to her goals
that were published on the, um, announcement,
she didn't meet those goals.
'cause there was nothing really discussed about the budget.
And most people don't have the ability to go
through 300 pages and even understand, um, what's going on.
So, um, we need to do better
and, uh, have a good night, you guys.
You Also, Thank
you. Next
is Bud Ayers.
Good evening Counsel. Uh, I'm here tonight
to request a review of the maintenance grading
and material used on the dirt roads in the city of Warren,
specifically Merrick Avenue, which is the street I live on.
Uh, the, the
21 AA material that they're using is put down
to fill the voids in the dirt road.
Uh, and it's put down loosely.
And this material, uh,
after it's put down, it is, uh,
I guess you could say scattered across the,
the concrete road that is, uh, just to the, to the south
of the dirt road on, on Merrick, half America's dirt,
half America's concrete.
So after this process is done, this material gets
from the cars and actually the grader
and the people that do it, this material gets put onto
the concrete road.
And then, uh, the, the, uh,
the 21 aa, it is, uh,
it's actually a deteriorate, deteriorating concrete,
which then turns into this fine dust, which becomes airborne
and just causes havoc on our homes,
our cars, uh, personal health issues.
It, it contains silica.
And, uh, I'm probably not doing a good job
of explaining this, but if you guys would like to see this,
this is, this is horrible.
Uh, I would like you guys to just, just, uh, take a look at,
at the material they're putting down
and where it's coming from
and what it's doing to our, our, our neighborhood.
Uh, this, this stuff gets washed down.
The, uh, the, the storm drains, it gets, uh,
washed into the ditches.
These rocks come all over our property.
They, the car's thrown everywhere.
So I can leave this here with you guys if you'd like.
Uh, I had a statement written up.
I kind of went off, off script here. I apologize.
First time speaking publicly.
You're totally fine. Sorry if you could, um,
we can't leave that at the podium,
but certainly, um, do you want
It?
No. Uh, but, um, no, I appreciate
that. But we will certainly have
This, this is actually just from one concrete square in
front of my house after one cycle
of them doing this in our neighborhood
Under Understood.
Yeah. Explain to
Him.
So, uh, I don't know, it's just, uh, this has been going on.
It's, it's gotten worse over the last two to three years.
They've changed the material
that they're putting down on this dirt road for maintenance
and, uh, whether they're getting it cheaper
or whatever, which I can understand that.
I just wish, uh, you would stop using this
'cause this, this, uh, uh, silica crystal that's in here,
really, man.
It causes damage to your lungs, to our pets,
to our vegetation, everything.
So, apologize, I didn't explain it very well.
No, no worries. If you, um, could wait till the end
of the meeting, I'm happy to get your phone number
and pass it on to our DPW uh,
Department. Well, I've, I've talked
to Scott, he was here. Okay.
He's been out to my house and that went nowhere.
That's why I'm here. Uh,
it didn't go good. It did not go good,
So, Okay. He's been out. I
spoke to him, uh,
pretty much just get blown off, you know.
So ma'am, one of the things is when, when they, you,
You're at your three minutes. Okay.
That's cool. So, um, we'll respond
to you though once, um, we have a chance.
That's cool. Alright. Yeah. Thank you.
Um, next is Representative Myong.
Thank you. Council President Rogan Seas.
Good evening, members of the city council.
I'm Myong your state representative
for the 13th House District.
Uh, it's an honor to be here before you tonight.
Uh, wanna wish all of you a happy Earth Day
and also give you guys a legislative update
of on what's happening in Lansing.
Um, in February, the governor signed in
to Law Public Act one and two, which raised the minimum wage
and provided, uh, paid earn sick time for, uh, workers.
And I'm a part
of a bipartisan work group here in Macomb County.
Uh, we are working together to address the discharge
that is coming in from Oakland County, uh,
given the record rainfall that has been, uh, coming down
and, uh, and
because of climate change, uh,
these things are not going to go away.
But wanted to let you guys know
that we are working together to address this.
Uh, Oakland County is, uh, applying for a new permit.
And so, uh, this permitting process is going through Eagle
and we are working to make sure that the permit, uh,
also includes that they clean up their discharge
before it's discharged into the red run,
which goes into Lake St.
Clair. Uh, I did co-sponsor a bipartisan legislation
that would, uh, create, um, a,
a more strict stricter process, uh, and to try
and alleviate, uh, this, this issue.
Uh, today the house passed, uh, two bills
that would create a public safety trust fund.
Uh, this is money that would be from the sales tax, um,
on an annual basis.
It would create a fund of $75 million
of statewide, annually.
And under the, the legislation,
Warren would receive about $1.1 million
for the police department.
So this public safety trust fund, uh, would be set up
to put money aside to, uh, to help, uh, uh, with, uh,
reducing crime, violence
and, uh, increasing safety, uh, in the community.
And so, if, uh, voted on by the Senate
and signed by the governor, then this would ensure that some
of that sales tax money, uh, is put away
and that the local municipal municipalities, uh,
would get a portion of that money back to help address, uh,
communities public safety.
Uh, as a member of the Families
and Veterans, uh, committee,
I've heard testimony from officials
and the Department of Military Veterans Affair
about our veterans
and how many of them,
including our current military service members, lack access
to basic medical care and dental, uh, care.
So I will be hosting a Veterans resource fair on May 12th,
uh, from on Monday from, uh, six 30 to eight 30.
I have flyers here. Um, if it's okay, I would love
to give these to you after the meeting
and if you could, uh, get the word out about veterans, um,
and the support that they deserve. Thank you so much.
We have time. Thank you. Uh, that is the end of audience.
Next item is council response to audience.
Madam Chair Ms. Moore,
just remind everybody our budget hearings are Saturday.
Everyone is welcome. Nine o'clock, is it 8 39?
Eight 30 or nine? Nine o'clock.
Nine o'clock in conference room A And we'll be here all day
for your enjoyment.
So anybody wants to stop by
or if you wanna hook in remotely, I will, um, put that
link on the council's Facebook page.
Thank you.
Eight 30 is when we start the coffee.
Oh, that's right. Okay.
30 figure in there. So, Mr. Lafferty,
Thank you.
Regarding the appointment that we were very enthusiastic
to support, uh, I didn't want to
cast a shadow on, on that particular appointment
because it's so well earned by the candidate that we have.
Uh, but I wanted to, uh, share with, with everyone
prior to, uh, tonight's meeting
and in conversation with the Chief of Staff for the City
of Warren for the, uh, for the mayor.
Uh, I made it very clear that inaction
relative to the appointment of the city attorney
is inexcusable at this point.
How many times did Ms. Michaels come up to us?
How many times was she mentioned by name? Ms.
Michaels is taking care of this contract.
We're going to refer this to the city attorney, to Ms.
Michael's office for over a year.
Ms. Michaels has been serving the city in the capacity
of the city attorney,
but she is not afforded the salary
or the title that she deserves for doing that job.
And that is inexcusable.
The mayor has absolutely no excuse
for not sending the appointment for the city attorney
to the council.
And yes, I am suggesting that she appoint Ms. Michaels.
She is doing an incredible job.
She is talented, she is educated,
and she is without,
without a doubt the most experienced person
that we could ask for.
And, and at this point, uh,
we have the budget coming up
and the council controls the purse.
I would strongly recommend to the mayor,
do your job and appoint the city attorney and do it quickly.
In fact, do it by May 13th.
You are put on notice. Thank you.
Any additional counsel response?
Okay. Hearing none. Next item.
Motion to adjourn Support Dwyer. All in favor?
Aye. Any opposed? We adjourn. Thank you.