I am now calling to order a regular meeting
of the City Council Tuesday,
March 10th, 2026 at 7:00 PM Please stand
for the Pledge of Allegiance.
I pledge allegiance all
To the Flag of the United States, states of America,
And to the republic For which it stands.
One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty
And justice for all.
Roll call Madam Secretary Councilman Rogan Seat here.
Councilman Dwyer? Here. Councilman Councilwoman McGee? Here.
Councilman Vokey. Present. Councilman Newan? Here.
Councilman Lafferty. Here. Councilwoman Moore is present.
We have a quorum. Next item.
Next item is for adoption of the consent agenda.
So moved with discussion. Support, Lafferty.
Discussion Ms. Moore. Thank you.
Um, uh, we have been asked to
withdraw the appointment under four P
four GP as in Paul oh
P, An appointment to the library commission.
Any other, any other discussion,
hearing and seeing none?
I'll call the question. Ms. Moore? Yes. Mr. Lafferty? Yes.
Mr. Dwyer? Yes. Mr. Bokey? Yes. Mr. Noonan? Yes. Ms. McGee?
Yes. Rogan C is a yes. Motion carries. Next item.
Next item is five. Adoption of the agenda.
So moved with discussion
Support, Lafferty.
Discussion Ms. Mark? Yes.
Uh, adding under 11 a
solid waste management plan, amendment resolution,
and 12 D
is being removed at the request of
the petitioner, for lack of a better
Word.
And then Axon.
Oh. And we are adding
a proposed resolution approving contract addendum
with Axon Enterprises.
And that will be item
G under 1313 G.
So that would be 13 H.
13 H. Thank
you Stone.
Any other discussion?
Hearing and seeing none? I will call the question.
Ms. Moore? Yes. Mr. Lty? Yes. Mr. Dwyer? Yes. Mr. Bokey?
Yes. 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 lap.
Any discussion, hearing and seeing none?
I'll call the question. All in favor, aye. Aye. Any opposed?
Motion carries. Next item.
Next item is seven a approval of the bills
of the General Revenue funds.
So moved. Support Lafferty.
Any discussion, hearing and seeing none?
I'll call the question. Ms. Moore? Yes. Mr. Lafferty? Yes.
Mr. Dwyer? Yes. Mr. Bokey? Yes. Mr. Nunan? Yes. Ms. McGee?
Yes. Rogan C is a yes. Motion carries. Next item.
Next item is approval of the bills
of the water and sewer systems.
So moved. Support Dwyer.
Any discussion, hearing, and scene?
Then I'll call the question. Ms. Moore? Yes. Mr. Dwyer? Yes.
Mr. Lafferty? Yes. Mr. Bokey? Yes. Mr. Nunan? Yes.
Ms. McGee? Yes. Rogan C? Yes. Motion carries. Next item.
Next item is audience participation for agenda items only.
Members of the audience who would like
to address the city council this evening.
Uh, relating items specific to the agenda may do so
by filling out an audience form to the, uh,
right side of the stage.
Yeah, right side of the stage. You have three minutes.
There's a timer here. Uh,
first up is Michael Awadi.
Good evening, counsel. Oh,
First I'm here regarding, of course,
my reappointment the planning commission.
First, I want to thank the mayor for her reappointment.
And if I am approved tonight, I will just promise
to serve the citizens
and the city to the best of my abilities.
And I will be here, uh,
to answer any questions you may have when I come up on the
agenda, if you have any questions of me.
So just letting you know, I,
and I'm looking forward to hopefully if I am approved
to continue to serve as a planning commissioner. Thank
You. Thank you.
That is the end
of audience for agenda items.
Next item. Next item is announcements.
Madam Chair, Ms. Moore.
Um, the, uh, Um,
I'm just going to read, I, I posted this online
and I'll just read what I did.
Um, uh, we extend our deepest consol condolences
to the family and loved ones of Amal e Cardamone,
who passed away on March 7th, 2026.
At the age of 102, Mr.
Cardamone leaves behind an extraordinary legacy of service
to his country, his profession, and the city of Warren.
A proud ward war, world War II veteran.
He served in Europe with a 12th armored division
and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal
and the French Legion of Honor medal.
In recognition of his courage and dedication during the war.
Following his military service, Mr.
Cardamone pursued a distinguished legal career
after earning both his undergraduate
and law degrees from Wayne State University, admitted
to the State bar of Michigan in 1959, he went on
to become a respected member
of the Macomb County legal community, serving as president
of the Macomb County Bar Association from 1969
to 1970.
In 1995, he was honored with the Barr's first civility award
for exemplary professional conduct, reflecting the
respect he earned throughout his career.
From 1965 to 1969, Mr.
Cardamone served as city attorney for the city of Warren,
helping guide the city during an important period
of growth and development.
His work in municipal
and real estate, both in public service
and in private practice,
left a lasting impact on our community.
The Warren City Council honors Amo Cardone's remarkable life
of service and extends our heartfelt sympathy
to the entire Cardamone family.
His contributions to the legal profession.
The city of Warren and our nation will not be forgotten.
May his memory be a blessing to all who knew him.
Moment of silence.
Thank you. Thank you.
Um, and, uh, we would also like to extend our, uh,
heartfelt condolences to
treasure Lori Barnwell and her family.
Um, her mother passed away this week after a long illness.
And our thoughts and, uh, prayers are with her family, uh,
during this difficult time.
Yeah. Her mother's name was Joan Bell
and she was a career,
she was a nurse, wasn't she?
Career nurse in the Navy. Career nurse in the Navy.
So we thank her for her service to our country as well.
Moment of silence.
Thank you. Thank
You.
Any other announcements? Madam Chair,
Mr. Lafferty?
Thank you. In memory of, uh,
a Warren resident Wallace Michael Ozo, age 85,
passed away on February 28th.
Wallace was born on September 27th, 1940 in Detroit
to Polish immigrant parents.
And shared nearly 60 years of marriage
with his beloved Joanne, their home here in Warren, known
to everyone as Wally.
He and Joanne remained deeply involved in the lives
of their three sons.
Michael, mark, and Christopher attending their activities
and offering steadfast support.
Wallace earned a Bachelor
of science degree in sociology from the Detroit Institute
of Technology, and spent 32 years
with the Michigan Department of Social Services.
Shortly after retiring, he became the National President
of the Polish Roman Catholic Union of America,
the P-R-C-U-A.
From 1998 to 2010, he
and Joan Joanne lived in Chicago
to preside over the demanding responsibilities
of the organization.
Wallace's dedication to the P-R-C-U-A began at age 18
and continued throughout his life.
His involvement span sports programs, cultural initiatives,
Polish language and dance schools,
and membership growth,
a lifelong promoter of the Polish culture.
He proudly represented the organizations
and met numerous dignitaries, including St.
John Paul ii, Polish President, LEC Lenza,
various US presidents, Cardinal Joseph gle,
and other religious leaders amongst other organizations.
Wallace was also a lifetime member
and chairman of the Polish Museum of America,
a lifetime member of the Polish American Cultural Center,
PAC Scholarship, president Ambassador on the Board
of Regents at Orchard Lake St.
Mary hosting Warren's very first multi-ethnic festival at
Helme Park and overseeing the Detroit Polish Festival
and Detroit Tigers Polish American Night for many years.
Wally's commitment to promoting the Polish heritage
and cultural awareness in our community, the state
and across the nation, served as a model of leadership
for generations to follow.
His life was celebrated Monday morning at St.
Anne, where Father Tauk reminded everyone through song
that memories are precious by Darling
Wally certainly made many memories for his family,
friends here in Warren
and beyond, to remember him by a moment of silence.
Please.
Thank you. And tonight I wear the,
the Polish eagle pin from the American Polish Cultural
Center and, uh, in his honor.
Thank you. Any other announcements?
Okay, hearing and seeing none. Madam Chair. Point of order.
If, if I could make a, uh, motion to amend the agenda.
Uh, we had a, uh,
Um, We're going to have a closed session
and if we can put this on the agenda to request
for the closed session, then we don't have
to have a special meeting when we go into that.
So it would be request for closed session pursuant
to Section eight E of Public Act 2 67 of 1976 in the matter
of Dallas Groves Groves versus City
of Warren et al Macomb County Circuit Court case number
2 2 4 0 0 5 0 5 0.
And that would be item 11 B, B as in boy? Yes. Yeah.
Okay.
Madam president and I'll support that.
Is that a, a motion to amend? Correct. Um, okay.
Any other discussion? Okay, hearing and scene? None.
I'll call the question. Ms. Moore? Yes. Mr. Lafferty? Yes.
Mr. Dwyer? Yes. Mr. Bokey? Yes. Mr. Nunan? Yes. Ms. McGee?
Yes. Rogan C is? Yes. Motion carries. Next item.
Next item is a public hearing. 10.
A request to approve the demolition
of a garage at 25,458 Peter ltz
through the Nuisance Abatement program.
Uh, I thought I saw Mr. La he's there. Mr.
La you wanna come up and tell us a little bit about this?
Alright. Good evening, counsel.
Um, this one I've been working on for quite some time
for a couple years to try to get this garage resolved.
Repaired. Um, it started back in April of 24
where we sent a few letters, sent a letter in April,
another letter, a warning letter in June,
and then an unsafe structure letter in September.
And then we held, started to hold hearings
and which the owner did appear for these hearings.
And we had a hearing in November of 24.
And there were, they had a, um, family issue,
severe family issue, hearing officer granted six months
to try to repair and then come back in for another hearing.
And we had a second hearing in May of 25.
The owner did appear.
And what we decided was we would go out to the property,
to the garage and to assess it
and maybe give her some, uh, advice on what to do.
And we talked with her daughter,
maybe they could hire somebody to take down this garage
'cause it's such an unsafe condition.
And then we held another hearing in June 25th
where the owner did appear,
but the hearing officer did declare it a public nuisance.
And eventually I had to send this
and for counsel to be heard in front of you guys.
'cause I've, now, I'm getting more complaints from property
maintenance and it's pretty severe condition this garage.
So that's where we're at with
that going on for quite some time.
We really tried to get her some help,
but she, nothing happened.
And here we are. Still it sits.
Thank you. Mr. Lizza,
if you could hang tight just in
case anyone has any questions.
Is, and is the petitioner here? I assume not. Okay.
I will open the public hearing.
Is there anyone from the audience
who would like to speak on this matter?
Hearing and seeing none, I will disclose the public hearing
and turn it over to counsel for action.
Motion to approve, support.
Any discussion,
hearing and seeing none?
I'll call to question Mr. Lafferty? Yes. Mr. Bokey? Yes. Mr.
Dwyer? Yes. Uh, Ms. Moore? Yes. Mr. Nunan? Yes. Ms. McGee?
Yes. Rogan C is a yes. Motion carries. Next item.
Next item is 11 A,
which is solid waste.
Solid waste.
The relu. It's the, um, solid Waste Management Plan,
amendment resolution.
Motion to approve.
Support Lafferty.
Support Lty. Any discussion? Madam Chair? Ms. Moore?
Um, I believe that we have some guests in the audience, uh,
representative from Waste Management if they would like
to come forward and just give us a brief little
synopsis so everyone knows what we're doing.
Yeah. Good evening Counsel. I'm Jim Hammond.
I'm the area Director of Operations for Waste Management.
And what you're looking at is a resolution
to expand the capacity
of the only solid waste management facility disposal
facility in McComb County.
Um, we have roughly six years
of life left at our current volumes.
The proposal would, um, generate an additional 25 years
of disposal capacity along with a proposed transfer station
where we would transfer recycling out of Pine Tree acres
to our new state of, state-of-the-art, uh,
materials recycling facility down in Detroit.
So we recently invested $55 million in the state-of-the-art
recycling facility in Detroit.
Part of your MMP as a county requires you to meet certain
and specific, uh,
recycling goals within the next 5, 10, 15, 20 years.
This reci, this proposed recycling facility would take your
recyclables, transfer 'em down to Detroit
and be recycled along with the proposed amendment
and resolution for the expansion
of the pine tree acres, uh, landfill. Thank
You. Um,
I understand that, um,
this facility is in Lenox Township.
It is. And it went before their it went council. Correct.
And they have approved it.
They have approved it. They had the most at stake
because it's in their facility.
That is our host community,
right? Correct. They have approved it.
Okay. And I understand that, um, public service in, in our
town is in favor of it expansion.
Kevin, thank you. Thank you very much.
Thank you. Okay.
Any other discussion,
hearing, and scene?
And I'll call the question. Ms. Moore? Yes. Mr. Lafferty?
Yes. Uh, Mr. Dwyer? Yes. Mr. Bokey? Yes. Mr. Nunan? Yes.
Ms. McGee? Yes. Rogan C is a yes. Motion carries. Next item.
Next item is 11 B.
Request for closed session pursuant to section 80
of public Act 2 67 of 1976 in the matter
of Dallas Groves versus City of Warren. So moved.
Support Lafferty.
Discussion, hearing, and scene.
None. I'll call the question. Ms. Moore? Yes. Mr. Lafferty?
Yes. Mr. Dwyer? Yes. Mr. Bokey? Yes. Mr. Nunan? Yes.
Ms. McGee? Yes. Rogan C is a yes. Motion carries. Next item.
Next item is 12. A legal update for Mr. Schroeder.
Motion to receive a file.
Support Lty. Mr. Schroder.
Thank you. Um, we have an update on the, um,
spear Development project on 1 1 0 7 6
and 1 1 0 8 2 Maxwell Avenue that counsel approved.
Uh, these were the test run projects
for the housing development on the vacant lots.
Um, the houses have been constructed
and they're in a warehouse.
The foundations are almost complete on the properties.
Of course, they did run into some surprises, uh, on, on,
on site, uh, that's being addressed.
And, uh, I believe they cannot transport these homes
to the lots until the frost laws allow for such
a transport on the freeways.
So that, I think that'll be
around April 1st, we'll have two new homes.
And in the meantime, we have, um,
eight additional properties, eight vacant lots, um,
that this company has requested to purchase from the city.
If you recall, the council approved a list
of several dozen properties to give them an option
to purchase an exchange for the company
providing their due diligence, uh, um, findings from,
from vacant city lots.
So at the next council meeting, we will,
or these are nine properties, um, an Ida, Essex, Lozier,
continental, Maxwell, Cadillac, and Packard.
We should have a resolution proposed, um,
for nine additional, um, properties,
which they can start on right away
and, uh, continue this development project.
So we'll have a full update at the next meeting.
I just wanted to give a preview of where we stood on that
and, and of what's coming.
So thank you.
Thank you. Mad Chair.
Mr. Bokey. I'd like to address Mr. Schroeder.
Sure. And Ms.
Michaels, uh, I was in a committee to,
we made a lot of corrections to our marijuana ordinance.
Uh, if you remember those meetings,
it give us a, gimme, a status.
Uh, most of 'em were, you know, outdated stuff taken out,
taken outta the ordinance.
Is it ready yet to be pre
Forward? Correct. Now within
the month you'll see it.
That was actually on my radar today.
It wasn't. I know, I know both of you are very busy.
Uh, but that, you know, that's,
we gotta finish that one up too.
Okay. Thank you. That's all.
Thank you. Okay.
I will call our hearing and seeing no additional discussion.
I'll call the question. All in favor, aye. Aye. Any opposed?
Okay. Motion carries. Next item. Next item is 12 B.
Consideration and adoption of a resolution approving actions
as discussed in closed session in the matter
of Nancy Hooks versus the city of Warren.
So moved. Support Lafferty.
Any, any discussion, hearing, and scene? None.
I'll call the question. Ms. Moore? Yes. Mr. Lafferty? Yes.
Mr. Dwyer? Yes. Mr. Bokey? Yes. Mr. Nunan? Yes. Ms. McGee?
Yes. Rogan C is a yes. Motion carries. Next item.
Next item is 12 C. Council Secretary Mindy Moore.
Discussion in Ray Beautification commission. So moved.
Support Lafferty. Discussion. Uh, discussion Ms. Moore.
Thank you, Madam Chair. Um, last week
or last meeting we had discussed, um,
there was an appointment, um, to beautification that I think
that the, uh, uh, person subsequently resigned.
But during that I had pulled up the ordinance for, uh,
the beautification commission.
And, um, as council knows, maybe the audience doesn't, um,
each of the commissions in the city operates, um,
under the requirements of an ordinance written specifically
for that, uh, commission.
Or in some cases we follow state like law,
like planning follows the state enabling act, I believe.
Correct. And there's some other, um,
ZBA and things like that.
While I was, um, looking at this,
I found some inconsistencies.
So on the city website, it said
that there are 15 members appointed by the mayor, which
that's what the ordinance, and
that there are three year terms.
There is no term mentioned in the ordinance.
And that should probably be, um, mentioned there.
Um, also, some of the duties,
I think, um, may, uh, we wanna modify one of them is to
study, investigate,
and develop plans for improving the health, sanitation,
safety and cleanliness of the city.
That's probably over
and above really what they should be tasked with.
Um, also, um, being charged with, um,
to foster the prevention of fires, diseases,
and other public hazards.
I think, again, that's probably, uh, beyond their purview
and their expertise.
So maybe we wanna look at that.
Also under, uh, another section.
There is to be an advisory board
to the beautification commission.
It is to be, um, uh, advisory board
that should include, um, members of city council,
the director of public service, the police commissioner,
the fire commissioner, the planning director, the director
of Parks and Recreation, and one member of the Parks
and Recreation Advisory Commission.
There has not been an advisory board that I know of,
certainly since 2003 that I'm aware of.
So what I would suggest is this, um,
ordinance be, um, modified, rewritten.
And I would ask that, who is the legal representative
to the beautification commission?
Mr. Dwyer, if I might.
Whoever that is. They're never at our meeting,
so I'm really not sure.
Okay. So, so maybe, um, we could ask Mr. Dwyer.
He goes to the meetings, maybe they could have a discussion
in the board and, you know, they can look at the language.
There may be something they wanna add or delete Also.
This would be the time to do it
and we can clean up the terms and things.
Um, I think Ms. Michaels can figure that out.
Um, but in addition, I think that every one
of the ordinances for every commission, um,
should have a reference to, um, the requirement
to follow the, um, mandates
of the open government ordinance as well.
That should be included language within each
of those C commissions.
Mr. Schroeder, do you agree with that?
Yes. It's, it's a mandatory requirement of your,
You're off your microphone.
It's, there we go. There you go. It's mandatory.
So that is appropriate. Those requirements are by law.
Okay. And, and this, I think I'm gonna be going
through each of the commissions as time allows so
that we can clean up the ordinances to match
what the actual duties are.
But I want each of the commissions to be involved too,
because they might have things that they want to,
um, deal with.
And, um, there probably should be a little uniformity
that each commission follows Robert's rules of order.
And there's certain things in their bylaws
probably should be uniform across all the commissions.
Um, that's just a suggestion.
I don't know if it's, it's the law mandatory they have to,
but there, it would be nice
to have continuity across the commissions, continuity in the
creation of minutes and things like that.
So there's uniformity in how things look
and how they're presented and, uh, processes.
Um, so I would, that's what I would ask Mr.
Um, Dwyer, if you could.
Yes, I will definitely look in everything I get
with Mary Michaels on all of that.
And then have the, the commission should look at this.
Yeah. Yes. Okay. Great. Thank you, Ms. McGee. Um,
My question, um, Madam Secretary is, so, should, uh,
all the ex officials, um, make sure
that we announce at our meetings
that we're gonna be reviewing the ordinance?
I don't think that's, um, necessary.
I, not all of them won't be, need to be changed.
'cause some of 'em are, have, have,
are in pretty good shape.
Some of 'em are state law, like we've just done the,
uh, housing commission.
That's all taken care of.
Planning will be take is taken care of, zoning's taken care
of, brownfield is taken care of.
Uh, board review. Those are all, it'll be more like animal,
uh, welfare, which is you.
Um, uh, and we're,
and we've already started looking at the disability, uh,
the Commission on Disabilities.
So there's really not that many,
but we will, um, look at them and,
but most of them have a legal representative,
so I would leave that to the lawyers to deal with Okay.
In each one of them, because they'll be the ones dealing
with, um, actually updating the ordinances.
So, any other discussion?
Okay. Hearing
and seeing none, uh, the motion is
to send this over, uh, to Ms.
Michaels, yes. For review. And, um, and then Mr. Mr.
Um, Dwyer will facilitate a discussion
with the beautification commission?
Yes. Okay. Excellent. I will call the question. Ms. Moore.
Yes. Mr. Lafferty? Yes. Mr. Dwyer? Yes. Mr. Bokey?
Yes. Mr. Noonan? Yes. Ms. McGee? Yes. Rogan C is a yes.
Motion carried. Next item. Next item is 13.
A request of the police department for a line item transfer
of funds in the amount of $28,000 to cover the cost to hire
a temporary animal control officer
and cover the increased costs associated with animal shelter
and animal placement services, consideration
and adoption of a resolution.
So moved with discussion Support Dwyer.
Discussion Ms. Moore, I have a question to Mr.
Um, uh, Schroeder.
Um, I've just, did we bring up the, uh,
station one at the last meeting?
Yes. Okay. We did. Okay.
Um, then I don't have any discussion
unless somebody's here and they wanna talk about it.
Any other discussion? Okay.
Hearing and scene, then I will call the question. Ms. Moore?
Yes. Uh, Mr. Dwyer? Yes. Mr. Lafferty? Yes. Mr. Bokey? Yes.
Mr. Newnan? Yes. Ms. McGee? Yes. Rogan C is a yes.
Motion carries. Next item. Next item is 13 B.
Request of the parks
and Recreation director,
public service administrative supervisor
and the public service director for an additional
appropriation of funds and the amount of $115,705
to cover the cost to purchase
and install three new smart bus shelters, consideration
and adoption of a resolution.
So moved with discussion support. Lafferty.
Discussion Ms. Moore? Thank you.
I don't know, is there Oh, you're, thanks Steve.
Mr. Campbell is here.
I know. We're good. Evening Counsel. Good evening.
There's a few other things that it's all kind
of the same issue that we're dealing with.
Question, where are these, um, bus stops going? Uh,
We're putting two shelters at 13 mile shaner.
One on the northbound, uh, Shaner north of 13 Mile,
and then one on the westbound 13 mile east
of Shaner by the Kroger.
Okay. Where we've had issues.
And then we're looking to install.
The third one is gonna be on, uh,
Dender, just north of Nine Mile.
Okay. So another question.
Um, I was, uh, driving this morning,
and I knew this was on the agenda.
So I started looking at, um, bus stops. Right.
And I saw the one that was in front of the hospital
that was filthy.
I mean, the glass is just disgusting.
Who's in charge of cleaning those?
Generally? Smart Bus has a crew that goes out, cleans
and maintains the smart bus shelters.
Um, if there's a complaint made to 'em,
or if it's found to be in deplorable condition,
they will replace the glass or replace the structure.
Um, with this stuff that we're doing with these shelters,
we're actually using what we have is called Community
credits that the city gets from smart.
So we have to pay this up front.
And then we get reimbursed from the community credits,
which you have to use those credits towards certain capital,
uh, investments for the Smart Bus, uh, program.
So do they clean them on a, a regular basis?
They're supposed to. No,
they are depending on their crews. Um,
I mean, I know there's weather and all that kind of thing,
but yes, I just happen to notice it today. And, you know,
There's, there's a lot of bus out.
I, I didn't realize how many bus stops the city
of Warren had until I started driving around and,
and looking at all of 'em.
Well, that's like when you get a car, a new car,
and then you see how many there
are on the road that you just bought.
Right. You don't notice them until they're in your face.
So that was the same thing with me today.
I don't pay much attention, but today I started looking,
so thank you very much. You're
Welcome. Mr.
Newnan. And then Ms. McGee.
Yeah. So I'm, I'm curious, can we get some on Van D**e?
Uh, where we have a few on there, we we can get shelters.
It's just, there's certain bus stops. Yeah.
And I'm trying to, we're trying to put bus stops
where they're utilized quite a bit.
You can put 'em just about anywhere,
but there's a, obviously a large cost to installing those.
I guess that was really my question was
how is it decided where to put them?
Uh, do you do a, a traffic analysis of some sort?
Try to get from, uh, smart has a, they,
they can give you a, a, a review of what,
what spots are being used the most.
Okay. And most frequented shelter, uh, bus stops. Yeah.
Um, with the 13 mile Chainer, it came in as a lot
of complaints because the Kroger's there now, a lot
of people are using the, um, shopping carts as a bench
and leaving the shopping carts there.
It became an issue with blight.
They were issuing some warnings to Kroger
for not cleaning up the property.
So it was brought to our attention
that maybe we should look into putting shelters there
and a bus stop, shelter to,
and benches for the, uh, transportation for the,
I really think it's a great idea.
Um, do those come with waste paper baskets
or, you know, some kind of trash receptacle?
I believe there is one there. If there isn't,
we will look into making sure they are there.
Um, I don't know exactly what the shelter itself comes with.
It's a shelter and a bench.
I don't know if the trash receptacles come with them or not.
That's something we can look into if it, it is not included.
This is a little bit more off track.
I had one of my residents, um, constituents, um,
in the wintertime, she has to walk, walk her dog,
and she goes to a neighbor, a neighborhood park.
And she would really appreciate if there was
some kind of wind break there.
I don't know whether that can ever be in the planning, um,
for the parks, but I just thought I'd throw it in here.
Yeah. That's something we'd have to look into.
I'm not sure in itself. I'd have to look into it.
You know, I'd love it if, if that could just be done.
But it would, it would be expensive
and I don't think it would be something
that you could do all over the place for everybody
that wanted a shelter anyways.
I, I, okay. I yield. I yield.
Thank You, Ms. McGee.
Glad to have one on nine Mile and Quida.
But I have a question regarding the safety requirements.
Um, what are the safety requirements?
'cause I know that sometimes we have, um, homelessness, um,
that will stay at the, uh, at the, uh, bus stop
and usually they take over the bench for those who, um,
are planning to get on the, uh, bus.
Will there be something different with the new bus stop?
It'll be similar to the rest of the bus stops.
It will be, uh, clear glass,
so it will be visible, uh, to the public.
Um, the benches are supposed to have the humps in them
to try to prevent people from using the benches as,
as a couch and laying on them or a bed.
Okay. Okay. Um, but other than that, it would,
it would come down to whether or not complaints are coming
in and whether or not the police department would be able
to respond to address that situation.
Are you able to send us some photos
Of the shelters? Yes.
Yes. I can get the, the shelters. Okay.
They're actually made in, uh, Madison Heights.
Okay. I appreciate it. Thank you.
You're welcome. IU Mad chair,
Madam Chair. Um,
Mr. Bokey, the Mr. Lafferty
One question. Yes, sir.
I, I, I assumed they are, but I'm gonna ask it.
Are they a DA compliant?
Yes. There'll be aada a compliant.
They're gonna put in the, uh, the paths,
they'll put in the cement paths.
It'll go from the sidewalk to the street
and to the shelter itself.
Okay. With the, uh, a DA paths.
Oye. Thank you Mr. Lafferty.
Thank you. Good evening, Mr. Campbell. Good evening.
Good evening. The question I had was actually on the
formula for awarding the community credits.
Yes. And the, the cover letter indicated
that we were taking advantage
of accumulated community credits,
which I know in the past six years,
we have not dipped into that fund.
Uh, and these are, you know, at the request
of the administration to expend these funds
as they're coming from, I would imagine the
state and the county.
So from a a formula perspective,
how are those awarded to the city?
So SmartBus has, uh, their formula, I'm not sure what,
how the formula exactly works,
but it's their formula created on the usage of the number
of stops within the city.
Um, and then they bill the credits to us.
The credits fall off.
If we don't use the credits within a certain
timeframe, they start falling off.
Even though we occur new ones each year,
we start losing previous credits.
But they've extended some of those credits because of COVID.
There was a lot of issues
with obviously getting stuff done during COVID.
So they have extended some previous
credits that we can still use. Alright.
Have you been provided any information comparatively
to other municipalities in the county as
to their awards compared to what we had, uh,
awarded over the last say, 10 years?
I do have that information. I don't have it with me.
I did receive some information on a recent, uh,
meeting I had with smart.
It was a large regional meeting we had, um,
with some new ideas they're trying to come up with on how to
reevaluate their credit system
and how they're going to diversify the system.
Some cities don't use any of the credits,
other cities use more of the credits.
So they're trying to figure out ways to,
to maybe move those credits
to different cities if you're not utilizing 'em, just so
that they're getting reappropriated and used efficiently.
When I served on the board of Commissioners back, uh, I,
I hate to say it, 26 years ago, the, uh, one
of the commissioners in the north portion of the county
said, I want more red lines.
That's always stuck with me.
And we have the greatest number of red lines
of service lines throughout the entire county
based on our size
and based on the, the number of main thoroughfares
that traverse our municipality.
So I, I'd really like to take a look to ensure
that we're getting our fair share.
Number one, uh, for the red lines that,
that pass through our city.
And number two, I mean, I think everybody here shares that,
uh, we probably have a, uh, an underserved need
for additional shelters along some
of the major thorough faires.
I agree. And I'm working on, that's,
this has been a process, uh, since I came back
and started working for the city.
I've been working on this. Mm-hmm.
It's taken a while to understand
how smart does these credits
and how to u utilize the system within Smart.
It's been a little bit of a challenge,
but I think we're finally there
and finally have a plan to get some going.
And then we can address some more.
And once we get this worked, we can go full steam
and try to get some more installed.
Thank you. I appreciate your time.
You're welcome. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Any additional discussion? Okay.
Hearing and scene, then I will call the question. Ms. Moore?
Yes. Mr. Lafferty? Yes. Mr. Dwyer? Yes. Mr. Bokey? Yes. Mr.
Nunan? Yes. Ms. McGee? Yes. Rogan C is a yes.
Motion carries. Next item.
Next item is 13 C requests of the Public Service Department
to rescind the award to furnish
and install three smart bus shelters from Allied Building
Service at a total cost of $98,283
and re award STAW 1781
to Allied Building Service to furnish
and install three smart bus shelters utilizing the state
of Michigan contract number 0 1 0 4 4 at a total cost
of $115,704 72 cents.
Consideration and adoption of a resolution. So moved.
Support Lafferty. Any discussion, hearing, and seen? None.
All the question. Ms. Moore? Yes. Mr. Lafferty? Yes. Mr.
Dwyer? Yes. Mr. Bokey? Yes. Mr. Nunan? Yes. Ms. McGee? Yes.
Rogan C is? Yes. Motion carries. Next item.
Next item is 13 D.
Consideration and adoption of a resolution to award bid
and contract for city Project SW 26,847.
2026 Sidewalk Ramp program ITBW
1445 to Santos Cement one Inc.
In the total bid amount not
to exceed $406,913.
So moved. Support Lafferty. Discussion.
Discussion Mr. Bokey?
What I'm looking here for, I mean, it needs to be done.
It's long overdue.
Um, I would like to administration provide us a list
of the locations of all the curb cuts, um,
and all the repairs.
Um, but just going out, I'm sure every,
everybody here on council gets phone calls
as my curb could be done.
And it's, it's, it puts us in a, in a position where
it's very hard to answer to 'em.
'cause you tell 'em, Hey, it's gonna be done,
and then it's not done,
or it's not gonna be done and it's done.
It happens both ways.
So I'm requesting that the administration provide us a list
of all the repairs.
Uh, I realized that the list might be not be complete,
but they have to have something.
They put the bids out, um, for an amount of money.
So they have a cost estimate of how many
and where they're going on top of that.
Um, with the weather warming up, uh,
road construction is gonna be begin again.
Mm-hmm. And I'm also requesting a list
of all the road improvements that are scheduled
for this summer, along with the contractor's name,
and also a list of last year's unfinished programs.
Roads like 13 Mile hasn't been finished.
I believe there's a few more. Um, those locations.
And also the name of the contractor.
That's all. So
That would be a separate motion then just approving this.
So I'm gonna have you support to where I'm gonna have,
we'll vote on the item first
and then I'm just gonna have you restate your motion.
Sure. Mary. Is that appropriate? Okay. Um, okay.
So this is, is there any other discussion on this item?
Okay. Hearing and seen. Then I will call the question.
Ms. Moore. Yes. Mr. Lafferty? Yes. Mr. Dwyer? Yes. Mr.
Bokey? Yes. Mr. Noonan? Yes. Ms. McGee? Yes.
Rogan C is a yes. Uh, can I get a motion to support for Mr.
Bo? He's motion,
Assuming he makes the motion, I'll support it. Thank
You.
I'll make it quicker this time.
Uh, just a list of the, uh, all the curb cuts,
sidewalk repairs, uh, where they're taking place.
Um, the, the, the ramps.
Um, I would like some information on that too, as far
as the detachable warning surfaces, uh,
which way they go in, um, which way should they face.
Um, along with the row construction
that's taken place this summer, a list of all the projects,
the name of the contractor,
and also last year's Unfinished Road construction,
uh, locations.
And, uh, the name of the contractor.
Okay. Madam Chair. Discussion. Uhhuh, because I will, Mr.
Blakey, I, I have already gotten calls and texts
and, um, people wanting to know why when it was a nice day,
they weren't working on Chicago Road.
People are very anxious for that to get done.
So I'm hoping that is, I'm,
I would think it's gonna be first on their list.
13 mile in Chicago Road. It was a lake the other day.
It was terrible. People couldn't get through it all.
So I'll be anxious to see that one
because I get a lot of contact about that.
I agree. Uh, I saw a car go right in
through the barricade, went around the barricade
and went through the ditch because, uh,
it was very confusing to them.
That happened two days ago.
Yeah. Yeah. Thank you. Getting quite a of calls.
Any other discussion? Okay. Hearing and scene? None.
I'll call the question. Uh, Mr. Bokey? Yes. Mr. Lafferty?
Yes. Mr. Dwyer? Yes. Uh, let's see. Mr. Nunan? Yes.
Ms. McGee? Yes. Ms. Moore? Yes. Rogan. See is a yes.
Motion carries. Next item.
Um, Madam Chair, just appointed of order.
I don't know if we have audio yet.
Madam Chair, I learned from Mr. Patrick just
before the meeting that Xfinity is having an issue
in a particular section of the city.
Okay. And it's affecting audio output on for that provider.
Excellent. Thank you. I'm getting emails
From it. It's
not, it's not, uh, the
City. The city.
Next item, Ms. Moore.
Next item is 13 e.
Request to approve the reappointment of Michael Halli
to the planning commission with a term expiration
of June 30th, 2029.
Motion to approve with discussion.
Support with discussion. Uh, discussion. Mr. Lafferty.
Thank you. A couple of meetings ago
I spoke about the Planning Commission, its membership
and the expired terms that are still present.
Uh, and these members are still serving.
There are three members serving on expired terms,
including two officers of the commission.
The vice chair's term expired on in June of 2022.
The secretary in June of 2023
and another commissioner's term expired also in June
of 2023.
I do not understand why a commissioner
who is serving this is absolutely no fault of Mr.
Awadi at all. Uh, the the fault is
with the mayor's office.
This is misplaced priority in sending an appointment
to the city council that is not
yet expired when there are three other appointments
that should have been, should have been sent
to council office ahead of this one.
Therefore, I'm making a motion
to table this item until further notice.
Support
Can we, can you hold your tabling for
Yeah. I, I will
withdraw my motion to table. So
To allow Discussion,
A motion to approve presently that we're discussing.
And then Mr. L, you're holding your table in motion.
Um, and Ms. McGee are next. Go ahead, Ms. Moore.
So that's a problem where we have people
that expired in 2022 that are not being reappointed.
Or if you're not gonna reappoint somebody,
obviously they aren't gonna be reappointed
and there's no, there's no intention to reappoint them
or they would've been, that's very easy to do.
But we need new people.
So anybody that's interested in planning commission,
please apply online.
Um, and, uh, we need commissioners. We need commission.
I need, we need, uh, alternative members on ZBA.
Also, there has not been one person appointed
to the Veterans Commission.
And I think that is a damn shame.
We created that commission, what, 22, 2022 years ago.
And not one appointment has been made. Not one.
And the elected Officials Compensation Commission
that we would've gone round and round about.
Not one member has been appointed diversity.
There's no diversity Equity inclusion. Pardon?
Diversity equity. Diversity in, uh,
equity inclusion commission.
Not one appointment. And the,
there's no reason the mayor said she, you know, they,
they can't meet anyway.
So why not at least fill the position of the, um,
elected officials Compensation Commission?
Get those appointed, then the next mayor that comes in,
in 2027 will be able to get that done right away,
because it has to be done in 27.
And that will only leave a few days
after a new mayor takes office.
So at least if there are people appointed to that position,
we don't have to go through all that change.
And, um, we are gonna be dealing with
because not appointing, uh, as of October 3rd,
I believe it was, or first of this, of 2025 to
that commission is a violation of state law, violation
of the charter, which is a misdemeanor,
and it is, has a $500 fine.
We'll be having a closed session on that.
'cause it's a legal matter because we will, uh, be, uh, uh,
addressing the issue to have the city attorney file charges
of, um, violating the charter, uh, in that respect,
because there was no reason for it.
Absolutely no reason. So thank you for allowing me
to make comments before your Ms. McGee.
Of course. And then Mr. My concern is, um,
Mr. Holland Waddy to table this.
Are we appro him being on order to just tabling?
'cause I don't see why we need to table him moving forward.
So the, the tabling does, does not impact him serving.
Okay. He can serve his existing term, uh, forever. Forever.
Which is why there's three folks
who haven't been reappointed Okay.
Who have expired terms.
Uh, so it's not, it's allowing Mr. Holloway to continue
to do his job, um, when it,
if it's tabled, when and if it's tabled.
Okay. Madam Chair? Uh, yes.
That's covered by the, uh, uh, planning Enabling Act.
I believe in the charter that allows someone to continue in
that position past their term.
Every decis decision they make, it has the full authority
of whether it's a reappointment or not.
Okay. So Mr. Hall wadi, you'll continue to serve.
Nothing changes as far as you're concerned tonight.
I think you're doing a fabulous job. So there you go, Mr.
Nunan. And then Mr. Bokey.
Yes. Um, Mr.
Hollow, would you mind, mind approaching the microphone?
Sure. So
How can I help you? Uh, counsel.
Well, thank you. Um, you know, in my mind,
if the mayor is appointing someone
and we want her to be appointing more people, it makes sense
to, uh, when suitable to,
you know, give them our, our approval.
Also, um, in your case, I would approve your reappointment.
Thank you. Um, but am am my understanding
that you had a partial term?
Is that, uh, were you, were you filling in a partial term
or was it a complete term?
If I'm, I think it was a partial term
that I was, uh, finishing up.
Yeah. I was appointed.
Then you'd come up for reappointment? Yes.
Uh, quicker than normal.
Because normally I think your terms are three years. Yes.
Yeah. And the, the planning commission, um,
should have nine commissioners, right?
Yes. And it only has seven. Yes.
So, um, you know, I, I really value your, um,
volunteer service.
Thank you. I know you get a stipend,
but I don't think you're working for the stipend.
Well, so, uh, I just wanted to say thank you
for coming in tonight.
Thank you. And, uh, you've got my
support. Thank you. Thank you, sir.
Thank you. Um, Mr. Bo, and then I'm gonna go back to Mr.
Lafferty's table in motion.
Yes. Madam Chair threw the chair to Mr. Schroeder.
I know the mayor, the administration could, uh, put a, uh,
an application before us at any time during the term.
Are we obligated to act on that?
Or he's, he's serving a valid term.
What I'm thinking is why
can it be submitted at the end of his term?
You're not obligated to act on that at this time.
Uh, to be clear, this is an appointment under
what would be state law
and the charter where council has
to actually approve the appointment.
So council's approval is necessary.
Um, my understanding is this term expires on in June,
on June 30th, perhaps.
Um, so there's no need to approve it today? No. Okay.
To answer your question, but I just wanted
to remind the counsel that this is one of those appointments
that the reappointment requires counsel's approval.
It's not one of those other administrative appointments
under the charter where if counsel doesn't act
for two meetings, then it's automatically approved.
Well, thank you. I didn't know it was in
June, so that's a few months.
So I, yeah. Um, and,
and this has, you do a very good job on there.
It has nothing to do.
You're, you're, you know,
you got my confidence in a vote, sir.
It's just the procedure, the way it's being presented to us.
It's in question. I understand. Oh, you owe back. Thank
You, Ms. Morris. Just
for one clarifying Yeah. To one clear.
We, um, were presented, I think it's a year and a half ago.
Um, DDA, we had tabled DDA appointments at that time, um,
to allow the mayor to come up with, um, some members.
Since that time, one member has been appointed.
I think it's at least a year and a half,
and there's not been one other.
Uh, uh, Mike, you can sit down. Okay, please. Sorry.
Um, and I don't know what the holdup is there.
I, I've talked to a couple people.
I think there was some was gonna, um, file,
but it's been a year and a half.
And we, we didn't want to put, put the, um,
commission in the position of not having a quorum,
which we still have a problem
because we have the same problem we
did a year and a half ago.
Why we tabled certain appointments,
because they don't come to the meetings.
And I think some of them are
still not coming to the meeting.
So I would implore the mayor
to start filling these ipor important commissions.
There's nothing more important than planning and DDA
and, well, I think Veterans Commission.
So, but that's just me.
Um, and I think we have to get these taken care of instead
of reappointing people early in their commissions
where they could keep, they could keep serving.
There's no reason to reappoint people when they can keep
serving in that position
and not appointing where there's no members.
It just makes absolutely no sense to me. So, Mr.
Lafferty, I'm gone. I'm sorry.
It's okay. Thank you. And once again, Mr.
Awadi, this has absolutely no reflection on your record
of service whatsoever.
But the motion
to table this appointment, uh, indefinitely.
I'll, I'll support that.
Uh, I will call the question Mr. Lafferty
Yes. To table
Mr. Bokey?
Yes. To table Mr. Dwyer? Yes. To table Ms. Moore?
Yes. To table Mr. Nunan? No. Ms. McGee? No.
Uh, Rogan C is a yes to table. Next item.
Next item is 13 F.
Request to approve the reappointment of Warren Wynn
to the Board of Review with a term expiration
of June 30th, 2030.
Motion to approve. Support.
Any discussion,
Hearing, And scene? None.
I'll call the question. Ms. Moore. Yes. Ms.
Or, I'm sorry, Mr. Lafferty? Yes. Then Ms. Moore? Yes.
Uh, Mr. Bokey? Yes. Mr. Dwyer? Yes. Mr. Nunan? Yes.
Ms. McGee? Yes. Rogan C is a yes. Motion carries. Next item.
Next item is 13 G.
Notice of appointment of Ryan Farrell
as Water Operations Manager.
Uh, motion to receive and file
Support. Lafferty,
uh, is, uh, is he here? Welcome.
Any, any discussion? Um, Madam Chair. Mm-hmm.
Could, uh, Ryan come forward?
You wanna come and introduce yourself?
Good evening Counsel. Uh, David Ko, the, uh,
water Sewer Director, uh, bring tonight, uh, in front
of you is is Ryan Ferrell is our Water Operations Manager.
Uh, he brings, uh, quite some time, uh, 19 years experience,
especially in management, uh,
which is gonna help us out considerably here
with my job in assisting us with all the Eagle regulations
and day-to-day operations.
So, with that, Ryan Ferrell is here,
if there's any questions.
Alright.
Good evening, counsel. It's nice to meet you all.
Um, like Dave said, 19 years of experience.
My whole adult career has been in public service, service.
Started off right outta high school part-time,
worked way up the ladder to assistant director
where I'm at now, looking forward to serving the community.
And if you have any questions
for me, I'm willing to answer them.
Happy to have you. Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you very much. Welcome. Mad
Board. Thank
You, Mr. Bokey.
Just one word. Congratulations.
Thank you, sir. Thank you. Thank you.
Have a good evening. I will, uh, call the question Ms.
Wait, what was your motion? Report? Receive and file. Okay.
Uh, all in favor? Any opposed? Motion carried. Next item.
Next item is 13 H.
Proposed resolution approving contract addendum
with Axon Enterprises, Inc.
For prepared. Nine 11 per platform
and authorizing addendum with
Shy International Corporation. So moved.
Support D Lafferty. Oh, discussion.
Um, motion by Mr. Moore. Support by Mr. Dwyer.
Discussion, Mr. Lafferty.
Thank you. Uh, I had, uh, reviewed this particular item,
and my questions were answered ahead of time by both, uh,
uh, attorney Michaels and Mr. Schroeder.
This is, uh, an addendum only with the
provider of, uh, as the reseller.
We are not changing the underlying technology
or the contract, the original contract with Axon.
This is a, an additional agreement.
What we're doing here is the city is doing business through
with a source wall contract with Axon,
but we are not directly paying the provider Axon.
What we are doing in this case is we are working
through a reseller of services,
and this reseller Shy provides multitudes
of services on behalf of third parties,
and it's very beneficial to, uh, multi, uh, corporations
and municipalities to work through a reseller
where they control contracting
and pricing at economies of scale.
And so it makes a lot of financial sense to do so.
Uh, this was underlined in the original contract.
What we're doing here with the addendum is ensuring
protections so that work paying, uh, Shai
and on behalf of the city
of Warren Shai is then paying Axon Axon.
And so this limits our liability
and holds us harmless in the event that Shai fails
to perform their fiduciary duty.
Thank you President. Mr. Nunan?
Yes. Um, Ms.
Michaels, uh, if you wouldn't mind stepping forward,
this, uh, doesn't involve an increase in, uh, payments.
Sometimes when you have a broker
or the broker requires a fee, they might be wonderful,
but they might also cost more.
Is this costing anymore?
No. That may Madam Chair, no council.
It will not cost the city more.
All it does is tie together the contractual relationships.
Okay. Um, I don't really understand the ins
and outs of that, but I would like to say
that I didn't notice, uh, when we voted on the 9 1 1
before that, that this involves,
um, a number of great things.
Let's see. Uh, in the addendum that we got
by PDF today on page 38,
there's assistive call taking a CT.
There's Automated QU Assurance, a QA, um,
automated non-emergency triage, A NET, uh,
future Realtime Crime Center, RTCC, integration,
future Enabling of Drone as a first responder, DNR.
Uh, that's, that was the list. Uh,
Point of order. Madam
Chair. Officer, would you mind, um,
just
explaining what those are? Of order
Chair, Mr. Lafferty?
I'm sorry. Mr. Nunan, uh, the matter at hand Yeah.
Is the addendum between the city of Warren and Shai.
It is not the, the underlying technology
and the contract with Okay.
Axon has already been approved. Okay.
If you wouldn't mind humoring me just for a second,
the officers right here to explain what those are.
I hadn't, I hadn't, uh,
read about those when we approved the 9 1 1 before.
It's, I think it's very interesting and good stuff.
This is, this is, uh, something
that's gonna make it possible for, um,
the police department to be more efficient.
And I don't know why we shouldn't talk about it.
It's almost a quarter million dollars a year
for five years. For four years, right?
Yep. Mr. Newan, my position is that it's not germane
to the vote that we are asked to take.
We're, we're not talking about the technology.
We're talking about the addendum with, between City
of Warren and Shai as a reseller.
I, I ask for an exception then to the rules.
We don't always follow the germane
to the item rule all the
Time. I'm making the point. Yeah. Point
Is, we already discussed, we had this discussion.
Understood. Originally approved it. Understood.
We can have the discussion again if,
Okay. Well, thank you so much. It
doesn't bother me.
I, Officer, if you wouldn't mind keeping it
short, that'd be great. Yeah.
So no problem.
But Captain Chi from the police department,
police administration, um, so assistive call taking, uh,
helps the dispatchers as a nine one one call comes in,
it uses AI to, to help the dispatcher determine questions
that they maybe should ask that they're not thinking about.
So it's like a real time call coach. It, it, it helps them.
It doesn't answer the call for them.
So this is a, a, a call coach that helps a dispatcher
with knowing maybe those unique
situations they haven't dealt with before.
Questions that they should ask a a 9 1 1 caller.
Uh, automated quality assurance is a way for the, uh,
computer program to review calls
that have come into the dispatch center.
It's something that we do for all fire calls.
This expands that the police
and then, um, automated non-emergency, uh, triage.
A lot of people call 9 1 1 for non-emergency calls. Right.
And so what this does is if, uh,
if somebody does call 9 1 1, they would be have the,
a dispatcher maybe has three
or 4 9 1 1 calls come in simultaneously
and somebody's calling for maybe an alarm
or something that's not a high priority call.
They can send them, uh, to, to the solution to,
to maybe work out that solution, that problem,
or on a non-emergency line,
which our dispatchers also answer.
The, um, solution will
possibly answer the entire call for, for the caller.
And, and, and it can also send additional things like, uh,
prompts and, uh, text messages to callers to follow up.
If there's a power outage or something like that,
I can send 'em a direct link to a website.
That's not a capability that dispatch center has.
Um, real, real-time crime integration is, uh, stuff for the,
if you saw our drone, uh, first responder
or drone, uh, area in the police department, there's a lot
of TVs, there's a lot of technology they have there.
This will allow them to, uh, review calls in real time.
And then the, uh, uh, drone is a first responder, obviously.
Uh, we did, uh, vote on that about two weeks ago.
Uh, and that's up and running.
Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Ms. McGee.
I, um, wanted to ask how do we go about, um,
approving Shiloh?
Did we go through a bidding process
before we approved the third party? Yes.
Oh, you mean when we vote? I don't remember the details.
We voted on this what
Mary ago. How long
He's talking about this. I think she
attorney talking about this amendment.
Mary Michaels, maybe you can ask her what,
what was the bidding process for the third
Party. So this is a cooperative
contract, a source,
a source wealth cooperative contract.
Okay, that's what I, I needed to know. Thank you.
Any other discussion?
Okay, hearing and seeing none, you will call the question.
Ms. Moore? Yes. Mr. Dwyer? Yes. Mr. Lafferty? Yes. Mr.
Bokey? Yes. Mr. Nunan? Yes. Ms. McGee? Yes.
Rogan C is a yes. Motion carries. Next item.
Next item is audience participation for general topics.
Members of the audience who'd like
to address city council this evening may do
so under the audience portion
by filling out a form on the right side of the stage.
You have three minutes. Uh, there is a monitor there.
First step is Rob Roberts, and then
after Rob Roberts is Kathleen similar.
Rob Roberts St. Vincent.
Two weeks ago I came to council meeting where I explained
how I was pulled over by an officer on December 19th, 2025.
He told so many falsehoods.
I used the Freedom of Information Act or foia, the dash cam
and body cam videos that it cost of $56.
I also asked for complaints and disciplinary records,
but I didn't receive them.
Not sure if that's legal.
Uh, I've never done this in my life, but it's wrong.
The more it bothered me, the more I thought about people
with less means and time to fight this.
How many, um, how many have been wrongly accused?
Who has time for this? I do, and that's why I'm here.
When I went to court on February 12th,
I had the video queued up to the exact point
where the officer explained on body cam.
I did use my signal after writing. I didn't on the ticket.
I thought if I showed the magistrate one lie.
He believed me when I told, when I,
when I said he told several, the officer said, um,
I'd see the video in court and never showed it under oath.
He said he just reviewed the video.
He perjured himself in court saying, I ran the red light.
The magistrate refused to watch the video.
The officer said I was highly argumentative.
Again, I or urged the magistrate to watch the video.
He wanted no evidence.
I'm not really familiar with courts,
but I'm pretty sure people judging
are supposed to look at evidence.
If this isn't corrupt, I don't know what is
this crooked ma Magistrate gave me a deal
for impeding traffic and driving too
fast for road conditions.
The roads were good. As I showed in the video I created.
I thought I could show the two minute video tonight,
but I've been told that I'm only allowed to speak.
Hopefully my appeal goes well
or you'll be sick of hearing me speak.
I told the mayor, or I took the mayor's advice
and didn't name anyone
until investigations are complete on complaints I filed.
If you have any nightmare situations like mine, you, uh,
you'd like to share or maybe you have good stories about
police officers, I'm sure the majority are good
people, honest people.
I used to be a military police officer,
and if I lied under oath,
I think I would've been pounding big rocks into little
rocks at Leavenworth.
Or if you'd like a copy of the video, I,
I made pleading my case with the, uh, police cruiser video
and some pictures email me at concerned Do Citizens about
police that's concerned citizens about police, all separated
by dots@gmail.com.
The Christian music playing caught on the body cam was a
special touch as the officer told so many lies,
so I thought I'd leave him with a Bible verse.
Proverbs 19 five, A false witness will not go unpunished,
and he who breathes out lies will not escape.
Thank you. Thank
You.
Next is Kathleen, uh, simlar.
And then after is, sorry. Go ahead.
Hi, um, I'm Kathleen Simlar
and I work for A A RP Michigan.
And on behalf of A A RP, I'm here to raise the alarm
and urge you to act about a kind of crypto fraud
that has become a growing threat across the country,
including right here in Warren.
You've probably seen these crypto ATMs
or kiosk at gas stations and party stores.
If you search for them on Google Maps,
you'll see them peppered across your city.
There are 22 of them here in Warren.
They look just like any regular ATM,
but they're increasingly being used to defraud people
of their hard earned money.
In fact, cryptocurrency kiosk fraud is skyrocketing.
According to the FBI in 2024,
Michiganders lost more than $125 million to these scams,
and we feel that that is under reported.
And, and 85% of those victims were over the age of 60.
And that is what has gotten AARP's attention.
Older people are clearly in the crosshairs for these scams,
and that should make you pause since one fifth
of your population falls within that demographic.
Here's how these scams work.
Someone calls or texts claiming you owe money,
and they always frame their message with a sense
of heightened urgency.
You're told to deposit cash into a crypto kiosk
and then instructed to give them the code
that appears on the screen.
The money is then instantly converted into cryptocurrency
and transfer 'em digi transfer digitally again and again.
Quite often the scammer will keep the victim on the hook,
sending them back again and again to a crypto machine, uh,
and continuing the fraud.
And unlike credit card fraud,
that money is nearly impossible to recover incredibly.
Some studies have shown that 93%
of transactions on these crypto ATMs are scams 93%.
Wow. Last summer,
you may have seen a story on the news about a retired
teacher in Traverse City who deposited more than 48,000
of her retirement savings into a crypto kiosk
after being contacted by someone who falsely claimed
to be from the PayPal Fraud Department.
Her money was never recovered.
Crypto kiosk fraud is a problem that needs
to be on your radar.
It is a fast growing fraud industry,
and the impacts are profound,
especially when victims are older
and at a point in their lives when they're at least able
to recover financially.
But there is hope. Communities across Michigan,
like Sterling Heights and Gross Point Farms have acted
to put in place common sense protections like daily
or monthly limits for
how much money someone can put into these machines.
Tonight I'm asking Warren to join them
and to codify these protections.
On behalf of A A RP, I've brought a model ordinance
that you can use to help protect your,
your residents from this fraud.
As elected officials, you have the power to protect them,
and A A RP is urging you to do so.
Thank you. Thank you. Next is Joel Rutherford.
Good evening counsel. Joel Rutherford.
I live on store court.
First I'd like to mention, um,
about the Climate Action Plan.
I'm really surprised that it seems City Council has decided
to bury its head in the sand as opposed
to taking action on something that would be, you know,
generational on its impact.
I mean, I saw where you approved $2 million for drones,
and it's not that the city doesn't need drones,
but I think it's also something that for $150,000,
a climate action plan, you know,
would certainly benefit the city.
It's not something you can transfer from,
say, Sterling Heights to here.
It needs to be done professionally.
It needs to be done here.
So I would like to see the council not be penny wise
and dollar foolish
and not be willing to spend the money for it.
Secondly, I'd like to thank you know, mayor Stone, Olo,
Jabari and Rhonda Hall.
They did an outstanding job with a hundred year celebration
of, uh, black History Month.
I was glad that Councilman Newman, uh, supported that.
I saw council member Melody McGee
there along with the mayor.
I know the mayor's done some things
that you're not happy about,
but the one thing I'll give her credit for is she shows up.
She shows up for everybody, everybody that lives in Warren.
But what happened by an, you know,
I did hear from council member Bokey, he was ill.
I totally understand that.
Or if someone's out of town or has a family emergency,
but basically what the other council members did,
you gave the middle finger to the black residents of Warren.
'cause some of you later, you know, went to the,
the if Ishtar dinner in Ionia, and that's great.
I'm glad to see that you're doing that community outreach,
but you can't just show up
for black residents when you need their vote.
You need to show that you really care.
And to me, that was just incredibly
disrespectful not to do that.
And I'm not saying you had to be there the whole time.
Just be there. At least show your face, at least attend.
That's what it's all about
because the fact of it is all
of you in all your districts have black residents
and you should be willing to show them that you care.
But there's one thing for sure.
You may not show it now,
but we'll remember it when it's time to vote. Thank you.
Thank you. Next is Jeffrey Matthews.
Good evening counsel. I'm Jeff Matthews, co-founder
and current head, the South Warren Community Gardener
and sitting board member
of the supporting nonprofit Urban Seed.
I wanted to speak with you all tonight
as we approach the upcoming growing season
and are again in talks with the mayor's office
and legal to extend last year's lease.
The proposed lease we received contained further
restrictions that may or may not be resolved,
but I wanted to speak tonight
and reflect upon two things, creating barriers
and the difference between what a city is
and what a community is.
In our work of community
and garden building, a very large part
of our focus is removing barriers.
Time can be a barrier.
There's only so much time in a growing season only to only
so much free time a volunteer might have
or time a person in the community might have
to access the garden or the produce it provides.
A barrier can be the local ordinances
or the limitations
of a property's access to things like parking.
Communication can be a barrier.
You can't always be there to explain things.
And without people knowing how best to treat something,
it can hurt it in unintended ways.
Barriers are often thought of as a way to protect,
but can have unintended consequences in limiting
quality and effectiveness.
Keeping barriers to a minimum gives community the most
agency and us the best chance to fulfill our service to it.
A community comes together to form a city,
but the two are not the same.
A city is there to serve the interests of its residents,
but is not the epicenter of their thoughts
or the beating heart in the center of its mass.
It should be there for them,
but should not mistake its own agenda
as having greater importance over those that serves.
A city or government should always support its community,
but there should be no exception to that support.
It should, it doesn't need to be reciprocal.
Both elected and appointed officials are
there to serve the public.
As members of the community that choose to serve it,
we share something in common.
The more we materially improve the lives
of those in our community, the more our lives improve.
A service to the benefit of the community does not need
to have benefit or use to the city
to deserve its full support.
Community is the foundation that a city is built upon.
So let us work to not just maintain,
but create even stronger bonds together.
As the old saying goes, if the foundation is good,
then everything else can be fixed.
A good lease is a good foundation.
I appreciate your time and dedication
and look forward to seeing you all
again at the next council meeting.
Thank you.
Thank you. Uh, next is Pete Sutliff.
Uh, good evening counsel.
Uh, one of the terms that you hear a lot associated
with climate action is sustainability
and action is considered sustainable if it can be continued
indefinitely like forever and to the foreseeable future.
If you look at the impacts
that humans have made on this planet,
you might focus on the architecture,
engineering infrastructure
or industry that we're so proud of
what most people do not focus on other raw materials needed
to realize those achievements.
Let's take trees for just one example.
This planet is 4.6 billion years old.
If we scale that down to 46 years,
the humans have been here for about four hours.
The industrial revolution began just one minute ago,
and during that time, we've already destroyed 50%
of the world's forests.
Does that sound like an activity that's sustainable? No.
It sounds like a process heading for extinction, not just
of trees, but of the human race.
Before we run out of trees on this planet,
we all run out of oxygen.
We'll no longer have a livable climate
because trees not only provide us with our oxygen,
they also cool the climate by cycling water
through their systems, by providing shade,
by absorbing carbon dioxide and storing carbon
and filtering other pollutants.
Without trees, there's more erosion, more flooding,
more evaporation and less water for wells
and agriculture to draw from.
Every time I speak before the city council, I try
to get you all to think outside the box.
The box being the city of Warren.
It is well established that
what happens in Oakland County affects us here in Macomb
County, like dumping, uh, partially treated sewage.
What we do in Warren affects others downstream from us
or downwind from us
or the future generations that come after us.
You may say to yourself
that your fiscal responsibility is only
to Warren in the next budget cycle
or the next election cycle.
What about your moral responsibility?
I would ask you to think longer term
and develop a climate action plan is fiscally responsible.
It has already been budgeted for it.
I would appreciate it if I could get a response on when this
will be taken off the table and acted upon. Thank you.
Thank you. That is the end of audience. Next item.
Next item is council response to audience.
Madam Chair, Ms. Moore. Thank you.
I'd like to address what, uh, Mr. Rutherford said.
First of all, Mr. Rutherford, um, events are planned out
of the mayor's office and not once are, we consulted about
what day would be good for us or if any of us are available.
We are just told this is planned.
Now I have a husband, I have children. I have grandchild.
Grandchild one on the way. I have family events.
I had a family event that day that ended about five o'clock
and I received the, uh, email.
You like to send emails, passing judgment on us quite often,
sometimes without all the facts.
Um, you don't know what any of us were doing that day.
And to threaten us for not showing up at an event is unfair.
Our job is legislative and budget.
That is what we are elected to do. Now, we can go to events.
Some of us choose to, some of us don't.
Some of us have have the time. Some of us don't.
We are not ceremonial representatives.
We have very serious duties. We all put a lot of time in.
I probably put 50 or 60 hours a week into this, this job,
and I have a full-time job.
So I'm a little offended to be, uh, criticize
for not showing up one day when I wasn't requested,
whether I was available that day.
I don't think anybody else here was.
We all try to go to all the events we can,
and it's just impossible for all of us.
We all have things that we have to take care of. Mr.
Lafferty has children that have events.
You know what that's like to keep up with.
He's got kids in school
yet I can't even imagine keeping up with that.
So we do, we all try to do what we can,
but it's impossible for us to be everywhere.
And I'm sorry you're offended
because I didn't show up that day.
I had a family obligation.
I really shouldn't have to explain myself,
but I had a family obligation that had been planned
for about five months.
And, um, so I'm, you know,
I I don't appreciate the criticism when, uh, some
of us just did have, did not have another option that day.
I don't know who goes to what.
We don't call each other
and ask, are you going here or there?
Sometimes we all show up somewhere.
Sometimes one person shows up.
So anyway, that's all I have to say about that.
Thank you. Any other response to audience
President? Mr. Newnan?
Put your mic on and
Thank you.
Um, I heard about the community garden
and, um, I'm concerned that the, uh, lease hasn't
apparently been, um, finalized yet,
and that it, that it's gotten more restrictive.
I'd like to see the nice things that go on in East Point,
uh, be able to go on in the Warren Community Garden.
They're both, are run by the same, um, overarching,
um, organizations.
Organization as I recall. And the
community spirit's very nice.
Everybody is welcome
and I, I've seen all sorts of people showing up there.
It's been pretty cool. Um, also, I like that
there's, uh, more food security
when people are growing our own food.
Many people don't buy fresh produce in the,
in the grocery stores because it costs extra
and they can survive without it.
But it's not a very good survival.
They, they really need their product, their,
their vegetables and,
and fruits though with their, you're not growing fruits much
unless you count tomatoes.
Um, um,
and then on, uh, the Climate Action Plan, I do believe
that the city really needs the a, um, adaptability
and the, um, uh,
We need to be decreasing our, our, uh, footprints, our,
our greenhouse footprints.
That's a moral obligation.
We're affecting people all over the
world as well as ourselves.
And also the science has been showing that, uh, it's,
it's, uh, the pace of climate change is increasing rapidly.
It's, um, something that we need to know
and all the departments need to know it's in the master plan
that we should, um, we should have a climate action plan.
And, um, it should be, it should be a no brainer
if we can have, uh, a quarter million dollars for AI
for 9 1 1 calls.
It would make sense to have a climate action plan
and not have to have as many 9 1 1 calls.
Um, we've got,
yeah, there, there's some things that help
to put money in your pocket.
And then there's some things that only
take money out of your pocket.
And a lot of the things for the police are very good.
Um, on the other hand, they just spell increasing, uh,
financial burdens going forward.
And, um, It just makes sense.
If you can put money in people's pockets, you should do it.
Uh, you know, especially when there's no great expense on
the part of the city, but the city, the city needs
to be planning for what's coming
and basically it's very hard to keep up with that.
Um, I spend a lot of time looking at that,
and I'm pretty sure that most
of the department heads don't get a chance to do that.
But if the information was brought to us by that process,
then we would be far ahead and,
and I don't think we should be planning the courthouse
or the firehouses or the new Civic center.
You know, it's like too late for that.
But it, those, the Climate Action Plan
should have happened before that.
But before we get, you know, go too much farther,
we need to get this done.
So anyways, I, I've expounded
and it's probably off of mission somewhat somehow,
but I, I thank you for giving the privilege of, uh, speaking
and I will desist now for the moment.
Any other responses to audience? Madam President Mr.
Lafferty?
I'm trying to contextualize the appropriate
response for the comments by Mr.
Rutherford. As an elected official, we sit here,
we make decisions, we have a
legislative and financial responsibility for the city.
That's absolutely true, but we are also neighbors.
And Mr.
Rutherford, for you to suggest
that I'd give the middle finger to anyone
is offensive to me.
I have lived in this city for nearly 48 years.
I love my neighbors. I love my city.
Ask anybody up here how much pride I have
for the city that I represent, for the events that I attend,
for the hours and hours of work that I put in
with my colleagues up here that nobody ever sees,
that we don't tell anybody about.
I take constructive criticism all the time, professionally,
publicly, I accept it.
I have the big shoulders, otherwise I wouldn't be up here.
Your comment was unjustified and out of line,
and I'm going to stand up for my actions
and I defend my actions.
Yes, I have other responsibilities outside of this city
on top of a full-time job, on top of a family
who sacrificed so that I could be up here
and do this job knowing that they would not see me
because there's events that I have missed so
that I could be sitting here tonight.
I will always try to get to as many events as possible,
but for you to suggest that I gave the middle finger
to even one resident is unacceptable.
Thank you.
Any other responses? Okay, next item.
Motion to adjourn
Support.
All in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? We are adjourned.