I'm now calling to order a regular meeting of city council,
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM.
Please stand for the pledge of allegiance.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America
and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under
God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Have to get used to the sound here. I don't feel as loud.
Can everyone hear me okay?
Yeah.
Okay.
Me too.
Okay.
Okay, next item.
Next item, roll call.
Councilwoman Roggensack?
Here.
Councilman Dwyer?
Here.
Councilwoman McGee?
Here.
Councilman Boyke?
Present.
Councilman Noonan?
Here.
Councilman Lafferty?
Here.
Councilwoman Moore, we have a quorum.
Next item.
Next item is adoption of the consent agenda.
So moved.
Support Lafferty with discussion.
Discussion, Mr. Lafferty.
Thank you. I'd like to remove items
4M, as in Mary,
and 4N, as in Nancy.
Any other
discussion?
Okay. Hearing and seeing none, I'll call the question. Ms. Moore?
Yes.
Mr. Lafferty?
Yes.
Mr. Dwyer?
Yes.
Mr. Boyke?
Yes.
Mr. Noonan?
Yes.
Ms. McGee?
Yes.
Roggensack is a yes. Motion carries. Next item.
Next item is five, adoption of the agenda, so moved with discussion.
Support Lafferty.
Discussion, Ms. Moore.
Yes. We have a last-minute addition that
regards a
repair that needs to be done at the wastewater treatment as item
13C,
and then item M will be
13D,
and item N will be
13E.
Any other discussion?
Hearing-
Oh, one other. We are removing item
12B or 12C.
Any other discussion?
Okay. Hearing and seeing none, I will call the question. Ms. Moore?
Yes.
Mr. Lafferty?
Yes.
Mr. Dwyer?
Yes.
Mr. Boyke?
Yes.
Mr. Noonan?
Yes.
Ms. McGee?
Yes.
Roggensack is a yes. Motion carries. Next item.
Next item is 6A, calendar of pending matters.
Motion to receive and file.
Support Lafferty.
Any discussion?
Hearing and seeing none, I'll call the question. All in favor?
Aye.
Any opposed? Motion carries. Next item.
Next item is 7A, approval of the bills of the general revenue fund.
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. Boyke?
Yes.
Mr. Noonan?
Yes.
Ms. McGee?
Yes.
Roggensack is a yes. Motion carries. Next item.
Next item is 7B, approval of the bills of the
water and sewer system. So moved.
Support Dwyer.
Any discussion?
Hearing and seeing none, I'll call the question. Ms. Moore?
Yes.
Mr. Dwyer?
Yes.
Mr. Lafferty?
Yes.
Ms. McGee?
Yes.
Mr. Noonan?
Yes.
Mr. Boyke?
Yes.
Roggensack is a yes. Motion carries. Next item.
Next item is audience participation for agenda items only.
Members of the audience who would like to address city council this evening may do
so by filling out an audience form
over here to the right,
or my right.
You have three minutes. First up is Lori Harris.
Do we have a timer for-
I don't.
We don't. Okay. So I will give you 30 seconds countdown, Ms.
Harris.
One moment.
Okay, go ahead.
Hello. Can I just talk loud?
It may be connected to the streaming, so I would suggest for the
purposes of today-
Okay
... talking in the microphone.
Okay. Lori Harris. I want to talk about the budget,
and I understand that you're going to be doing the budget, voting on the budget
tonight, and I was concerned, and I brought
up at the last council meeting that we don't have
a job description for the community outreach people on the
mayor's staff.
We don't know really what they do,
and we're paying a lot of money, and I
sincerely hope there has been
some discussion, or there's going to be some action on
this, because we're paying people apparently
just to arrange public
photo ops, and although Rhonda always
looks exhausted,
so she's probably doing a lot more work than Olu,
but why are we paying them? What are we paying them
for?
That's a lot of money for a glorified secretary,
and that's really all I wanted to
say about the budget. Thank you.
Thank you.
That is the end of audience. Next item.
Next item is 9A under announcements, police week
resolution.
Motion to approve?
Support Lafferty.
Thank you. I actually,
we presented that resolution yesterday at the police memorial
service, so we just need the vote on it, but I do have a little statement
to make
Okay. Tonight, the Warren City Council joins communities across our
nation in recognizing National Police Week, a time to honor the
courageous men and women of law enforcement who serve and protect our
residents each and every day, and to remember those who made the
ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty.
Here in Warren, we solemnly remember Officer Edward A.
Rea, who was killed in the line of duty on March 3rd,
1969, and Sergeant Christopher Michael Wooders, who gave
his life in service on October 11th, 2000.
Their bravery, sacrifice, and dedication to this community will never be
forgotten. Their names remain forever part of the history and
heart of the city of Warren.
Police work is not simply a profession.
It is a calling that requires courage, sacrifice, and a
willingness to place oneself in harm's way for the safety of others.
During Police Week, we also recognize the families of law enforcement
officers who share in those sacrifices every day.
The Warren City Council is also fortunate to include two retired police
officers among our colleagues, Councilman Gary Boyke and Councilman
Dave Dwyer, both of whom dedicated significant portions of their
careers to public safety before continuing their service
to the community in elected office.
Their experience and perspective serve as a reminder that the
commitment to protecting and serving does not end with retirement.
On behalf of the Warren City Council, we extend our deepest
gratitude to all active and retired enforcement officers,
dispatchers, support personnel, and their families.
We thank you for your service, your professionalism, and your
unwavering dedication to the people of Warren.
All in favor? Aye.
Aye.
Any opposed?
Thank you.
Madam Chair, a moment of silence?
Please.
Thank you. Any other announcements?
Madam Chair.
Mm-hmm.
I have one. It is the Warren's Annual
Hazardous Waste Day, and that will be held this Saturday, May
16th. That is from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
at the recycling center that's on Flanders.
And so you can bring in gasoline, antifreeze, batteries,
oil, battery acid, solvents and degreasers, brake
and transmission fluids, gardening products, and household
products. Everything from oven cleaner, paint supplies,
photo chemicals.
Don't know if we have that many around. Maybe we do.
Maybe.
And mercury, fluorescent tubes, and old medications.
So once again, Saturday, May 16th, 8:00 to 1:00 at the recycling center.
Madam Chair, I forgot one.
Mm-hmm.
Sorry.
This Friday is the grand opening of the skate park at Eckstein
Park. The ribbon cutting is at 4:00.
Mr. Spiller is here. When does it start? Is it 3:00 to 5:00?
3:00 to 5:00, ribbon cutting at 4:00.
4:00. So, come on out and see this beautiful facility we're very
excited about.
Very much thank you for all you've done to make this happen, Mr. Spiller.
You must be very proud.
Thank you.
Friday?
Friday.
Any other announcements?
Can you bring paint to the hazardous waste day?
I thought you meant the skate park.
Gosh.
She's gonna tag it all.
No.
Wrong event. Wrong event.
Any other announcements? No? Seeing and hearing none, we will move on.
Next item is 10A, which is a public hearing request to review and confirm
special assessment roll number 547, related to the
removal of a house and shed at 7584 Chalmers
through the Nuisance Abatement Program.
Is there any petitioner?
This is fairly self-explanatory, so I won't have the administration come up and
speak. Is there anyone wanting to speak on this matter?
I should open the public hearing first. Sorry. Open the public hearing.
Is there anyone that would like to speak on this matter?
Okay, I will close the public hearing and turn it over to counsel for action.
Motion to-
Go ahead
Motion to approve.
Support.
Support, Ms. Moore. Any discussion?
Hearing and seeing none, I'll call the question. Mr. Lafferty?
Yes.
Ms. Moore.
Yes.
Let's see. People are different order. Ms. McGee.
Yes.
Mr. Noonan. Yes. Mr. Boyke.
Yes.
Mr. Dwyer.
Yes.
Roggenkamp is a yes. Motion carries. Next item.
Next item is 11A, consideration and adoption of a
resolution approving the 2026, 2027
Housing and Community Development Action Plan for
2026-2027 CDBG, HOME, and HOPWA
funds. So moved.
Support, Lafferty.
Any discussion?
Hearing and seeing none, I'll call the question. Ms. Moore.
Yes.
Mr. Lafferty.
Yes.
Ms. McGee.
Yes.
Mr. Noonan. Yes. Mr. Boyke.
Yes.
Mr. Dwyer.
Yes.
Roggenkamp is a yes. Motion carries. Next item.
Next item is 11B, consideration and adoption of a resolution
approving amendments to 2023, 2024 Housing
and Community Development Action Plans, HOPWA budgets, so moved.
Support, Dwyer.
Any discussion?
Hearing and seeing none, I'll call the question. Ms. Moore.
Yes.
Mr. Dwyer.
Yes.
Mr. Lafferty.
Yes.
Ms. McGee.
Yes.
Mr. Noonan. Yes. Mr. Boyke.
Yes.
Roggenkamp is a yes. Motion carries. Next item.
Next item is 12, which is 12A, legal update.
Thank you. First,
I would like to note at last night's Planning Commission meeting, the Planning
Commission
... passed
a recommended zoning ordinance amendment for the Missing Mill
Overlay district
that council had requested last year as part of the workforce
housing projects in the city. My understanding, it was
a unanimous decision by the-
Planning Commission.
We're hoping and expecting that this can come for next week's council meeting for a
first reading. Council will have to do two readings of this ordinance.
I think it's a critically important piece of making all those things work in that
part of the community to promote infill development and
redevelopment.
This would not have been possible without Ms.
Michaels in the legal department, Hunter Manikis, who is here from economic
development, Michelle Catapolos in planning.
Of course, Ron Wirth, the planning director.
So everybody worked hard on that one, and
it'll be coming back at the next meeting.
And also, I think we're going to see some more lots being
proposed
coming up at the next meeting to be part of this project moving forward.
So
that's a great update.
Next,
I know the next item, we're dealing with a minor amendment to our
marijuana ordinances. I know that Ms.
Michaels in the legal department is working on some longer-term
amendments related to marijuana.
Councilman Boyke and I sat in on some meetings on that last year.
And so
this one in 12B is being moved up
just to make sure that the facilities can be competitive, but there are some other
long-term
fixes to the ordinance being proposed, and that will be coming, Mary,
probably
in the next few months?
Okay. All right.
That's the legal update.
Okay. Thank you.
Next item-
Motion to receive and file
... motion to receive and file.
Motion by Mr. Lafferty, support by Ms. Moore. All in favor?
Aye.
Any opposed?
Next item.
Next item is 12B, proposed ordinance amendment amending Section
9.5-15E1 of the Code of Ordinances to
change hours of operation for marijuana provisioning center
facilities and retail establishments, and Sections
19.5-81D and
10.5-17A to make the operation of a medical
marijuana caregiver facility without a certificate a
misdemeanor. First reading, so moved.
Support Lafferty.
Any discussion?
Hearing and seeing none, I'll call to question. Ms. Moore?
Yes.
Mr. Lafferty?
Yes.
Ms. McGee?
Yes.
Mr. Noonan?
Yes.
Mr. Boyke?
Yes.
Mr. Dwyer?
No.
Rowan C is a yes. Motion carries. Next item.
Next item is 12D, consideration and adoption of a resolution
implementing Section 25-23 of the Civil
Service Ordinance and requesting a study of exemptions
exempt from civil service. So moved.
Support Lafferty.
Any discussion?
Hearing and seeing none, I'll call to question. Ms. Moore?
Yes.
Mr. Lafferty?
Yes.
Ms. McGee?
Yes.
Mr. Noonan?
Yes.
Mr. Boyke?
Yes.
Mr. Dwyer?
Yes.
Rowan C is a yes. Motion carries. Next item.
Next item is 12E, Councilman
Jonathan Lafferty, discussion in re Board and Commission applications.
So moved.
Support Lafferty. Discussion.
Discussion, Mr. Lafferty.
Thank you. Good evening, council.
At the February 24th meeting, we had a rather lengthy
discussion about boards and appointments,
commission appointments, and there was also some
subsequent discussion where we were talking about
unpaid taxes, perhaps a commission
appointment was aged to the point where the
person applied a year ago and then no
longer lived in the city limits. And so we've had to address
several different items. We also had an appointment where
the individual that was presented to us was not a US citizen,
which means that they were not a registered voter, and by charter, they
have to be a registered elector in the city.
So I have authored a recommendation,
and that is part of your backup this evening, and
it is to compel changes to the City Commission and Board application
form in use by the mayor's office
and for the reasons that I just stated.
And this
represents necessary additions to
the form to ensure a comprehensive review of a candidate's background
prior to the mayor forwarding an appointment and the subsequent approval
or consideration for disapproval by city council.
And effective upon the date of the adoption of this item, the
following elements shall be added to the City Commission Board application
form in use by the mayor's office prior to submission to city
council. And I do want to put a caveat on this.
This is for all appointments going forward, and
so we're not going to request anything backdated.
This does not affect anybody sitting presently on a commission.
This is every appointment coming to council
in the future.
Also, if there are any board appointments
that have been sitting in the mayor's office
that have not been subject to these
amendments, I ask that the mayor's office
create a sub form and have the
individual fill out that information to amend their
application so that we are complete up to date up
to that point. And what I'm asking for, if submitted
for reappointment, the date of expiration of the present
termThe city and state of birth for proof of US
citizenship.
I am not asking for a birth certificate. We're saying that that is not required.
Voter ID certification from the city clerk's office as an attachment.
An attestation by the appointee candidate that the following accounts
are current and not in default to the city, and this requires the
standard attachments of their water bill and their property taxes.
Attestation by appointee candidate of the following.
We will provide check boxes for, "I have no outstanding
or unresolved permits,"
and, "I have no unpaid, outstanding, or open
violations with any city department." As an example, the
building department, zoning, rental, or property maintenance.
The addition of a signature block.
It should be provided for both a digital signature if it's an electronic form or a
wet signature if the application is done in person.
And then above the signature block, the
application must include the following statement, "By affixing my
signature, I certify that all statements made in this application
and any attachments are true, complete, and correct to the
best of my knowledge and belief. I understand that this application is
submitted under penalty of perjury pursuant to the laws of the state of Michigan."
So moved.
Support.
With discussion.
Isn't that a little much?
So there's a motion and support originally for the item,
which was Ms.
Moore and-
I'd like to have discussion
... Mr. Lafferty. Discussion, Mr. Boyke.
Mr. Lafferty, Councilman Lafferty,
do you think we should have a requirement in there
that you have not been convicted of a felony?
I believe that's already on the form.
I didn't see it there.
If it isn't, we can absolutely add that.
Being that they're swearing to
everything being true, it would be-
I have-
I like that idea
... all right. So
amendments-
I don't... Double-check because I might have missed it
... not been convicted of a felony.
Okay.
Thank you.
Any other discussion?
Yes.
Ms. McGee.
So the type of ID you're saying is that they just got to have
their license or state ID
is required?
No. The
applicant's driver's license is already collected on the form.
Okay.
Their driver's license number. We're asking for their state
and city of birth.
On the application?
Just on the application. So if you were born in Detroit, Michigan, you state
Detroit, Michigan.
Madam Chair.
Ms. McGee, still has it.
Yeah, I know. She's done. I thought there was some requirements when it comes
to you having
some type of criminal background at one time.
I want to make sure, maybe I need to ask our attorney,
what are the requirements with that.
I thought at one time we had something going on where
they couldn't ask them that type of question.
Since 1957, the city charter has said that no
city officers can have been convicted of a felony.
Okay.
So officers, that doesn't include employees.
That doesn't include non-officer level positions.
Also,
department heads would be considered officers.
All board and commission members are officers.
City council members are officers.
Have you sent us the information that you just read off?
It's part of your item.
Oh, okay.
If you look at the item, you'll see it's in the backup.
Okay. I wasn't even looking. Okay. Thank you.
You're welcome.
Ms. Martha.
I was going to comment. I think planning, for sure, you have to be a registered
voter.
Mm-hmm.
I don't know if the rest of you-
CVA as well
... CVA as well. Yeah. So I mean, we have to have that information.
Yeah.
We should have.
In the charter, it's part of the charter-
It is-
... I believe through-
Part of the charter .
We did discuss this last year, I think, with
Mr. Milk.
Yes.
If that was the name, was on a commission and moved to-
Ann Arbor
... Ann Arbor, and registered to vote in Ann Arbor, and is running for city council
in Ann Arbor, and was sitting on the beautification committee.
And
Mr. Lafferty artfully resolved that problem, and Mr.
Milk's no longer on the commission because he's not a registered voter anymore.
Right.
Yeah.
So, Madam Chair?
Mm-hmm.
With the amendment by Mr. Boyke,
we will add a checkbox
to the... And perhaps Mr. Schroeder can artfully
word the
item amendment, but to the degree of, "I have not been convicted of a
felony," or, "I have no felony convictions in my background or
my history."
Usually have not been convicted of a felony the last 10 years.
So with that amendment, I accept that amendment and...
Any other discussion?
Okay.
Ms. Moore, you are comfortable with amending that?
Yeah.
Okay. I will call the question. Ms. Moore?
Yes.
Mr. Lafferty?
Yes.
Ms. McGee?
No.
Mr.
Noonan?
Yes.
Mr. Boyke?
Yes.
Mr. Dwyer?
Yes.
Krogund is a yes. Motion carries. Next item.
Madam Chair, I would like to make a motion to amend
the agenda to move up item 13
C.
Okay. A motion.
Motion.
Support anyone?
Support
Any discussion on moving this item?
Okay. All in favor?
Aye.
Any opposed?
Okay. So this item is 13C, consideration and adoption of a
resolution to award sole source and approve EMEW
1880 purchase and installation of one right-hand auger,
one left-hand auger, and one dual auger transmission
to Duperon Corporation in the total amount not to exceed
$29,337, and authorizing mayor and
clerk to execute. So moved.
Support Dwyer.
Any discussion?
Madam Chair?
Mm-hmm.
Just one question. Is this related to the
newest issue that we're having?
A brand new one.
I don't know.
Good evening.
Is this purchase related to
the latest issue that we were having with the dry well?
No, not at all. This is just the pre-screening process.
So the bar rakes that clean all the sewage as it
initially comes into the plant, that all dumps into a compactor that
has an auger and a drive. And that drive,
basically the mounting unit is
disconnected.
Okay.
It needs to be replaced.
Understood. Thank you.
Any additional discussion?
Okay, hearing and seeing none. I'll call to question, Ms. Moore? Yes. Mr. Dwyer?
Yes.
Mr. Lafferty?
Yes.
Ms. McGee? Yes.
Mr. Noonan?
Yes.
Mr. Boyke?
Yes.
Roggenkamp says yes. Motion carries. Next item.
Next item is 13A, request to approve amendment to the water and
sewer rate ordinance to reflect rates and charges incorporated
in the 2027 Mayor's amended budget second reading. So moved.
Support Lafferty.
Discussion?
Madam Chair? Ms. Moore. Mr. Fox, did you want to discuss
the issue of
the investment? Mister,
I think you know something about that too, so you might want to direct the
questions if there's-
Okay
Good evening, Council. Richard Fox, City Comptroller.
So part of the discussion that went on during the budget process was
that
years back, we started what we called a capital improvement fund
in the wastewater that lasted for a couple of years.
And we were allocating, I believe at that time, it was about 1%
each year, is to build up a capital improvement
fund so that when the night comes up, we have funds
available to pay for it. So
this budget year, Council Lafferty brought up about
setting up some type of infrastructure fund.
So for this water budget for this year,
what we discussed that I had some items that we were
funding out of the reserves and the water, which equated to about 10%.
And that we would reallocate at
2% and set up an infrastructure fund.
And then if we can do that each year, I had my assistant,
Mark Knapp, put together a schedule.
And over, I believe it was 20 years-
10 years
... 10 years, yeah, that it would actually amass a
fund of somewhere around $90 million.
So
I think it's real important to do that.
As we're well aware, we've got a lot of major
capital improvements that we've been making over the past couple of years.
So if we could set up and start having a fund build,
but certainly, help us up maintain
structures. I do recommend that.
And we could expect that maybe in the next couple of months,
maybe putting something like that together?
Yeah. So what I'll do is I'll set up a separate fund, and
I'll recommend that to council
at a later date.
Great. Thank you.
Madam Chair?
Mr. Lafferty.
So
Mr. Fox, thank you for the additional information,
and Mr. Knapp for the estimated
schedule.
As I mentioned at the budget hearing, we're solving the problem
today. So we've got $110
million in state revolving funds already
invested into the incinerator. We
just approved a $4 million investment into a
short-term fix for the
main coming into the dry well. That's the short-term
fix. The long-term fix is estimated at least $50
million. And had this fund
been set up years ago,
this council and councils a few years from now
would have the reserves to pull from without having to
increase water rate, without having to
look at
state or federal funding that would be
payable by the taxpayers coming out of either
water rate increases or additional bonding.
And I think that the
stable value investment that you're referring to at
2% is viable.
In looking at
the estimates, somewhere around $90
million after 10 years.
And what I brought up at the budget hearing, and I've
had conversations with our lobbyist, I've had
conversations with Representative Mike McFall about
changing state lawThat allows us to go beyond stable
value investment,
and taking that $90 million projection
and allowing a municipal corporation
to expand the investment capabilities of
enterprise funds alone up to a certain threshold, and
invest them into the open market. Today, we're restricted from doing that.
And Mr. Fox, you're well aware of that.
You reminded me of that. And
I was reading the law. I had a lengthy
discussion with a number of people in Lansing about this,
and the law is antiquated. It's from the early
1900s, and it speaks of things that
are far out of touch from the banking regulations and the
financial regulations in the open market today.
The city of Warren is not going to control or have
majority control of any major corporation
in existence today. We can certainly invest,
and part of the issue was that
there was concern about loss on an investment.
But from the short-term gains that we're looking at, just
with stable value, up to $90 million, if we look
at expanding state law that allows us to
invest in the market, it's like planning for retirement when you're
18 years old. You're playing the long game.
You're investing a little bit of money over time, year over year,
compounding interest, and you strike your investments, or you
arrange your investments strategically to allow
for growth over time. And
what I'm talking about is not solving an issue for today,
not tomorrow, not 10 years from now, but the
issue that we just talked about, the $100 million, the $50
million. People sitting in this room 50 years from
now are going to need that money again.
We're going to need to replace the incinerator again.
Right, nodding heads from the wastewater treatment plant.
We're going to need to replace those pipes again.
And look what's happening up in Oakland County.
It's a real problem. It's not an attractive issue.
It's not something that somebody looks at and says, "Wow, we put all of
these millions of dollars into the ground or into
some façade in
14 and Van D**e that people know is there." And it
does something with wastewater. It doesn't sound so nice, but it's
something necessary. It's absolutely something we have to address. Mm-hmm.
And it's the long-term vision that I believe
this council has and the foresight.
So starting with this 2%, starting with this stable value
investment is a good first step, and my proposal to the state of
Michigan, in the form of an enterprise fund, an
investment program, which will allow municipal corporations to
invest enterprise funding into the open market may
become a reality. Sure. So thank you, Mr. Fox. Thank you.
Any other discussion?
Okay, hearing and seeing none, I will call the
question. Ms. Moore?
Yes.
Mr. Lafferty?
Yes.
Ms. McGee?
Yes.
Mr. Noonan?
Yes.
Mr. Boyke?
Yes.
Mr. Dwyer?
Yes.
Robin Ciencia,
motion carries. Next item. Next item is request to approve the fiscal
year 2026, 2027 mayor recommended budget
consideration and adoption of a resolution. So moved.
Discussion?
Support Lafferty.
Discussion, Ms. Moore.
Thank you, Madam Chair.
Just to give everybody sort of a
refresher on how we handle the budget process, of course, we have
public comment, then we have, during the whole
process, we get the budget, and we
met in here this year for the first time.
And we talked to all the department heads and asked all the questions
we deemed necessary to give us all the information we need.
Then we meet with Mr. Lafferty and I usually- ...
burn the midnight oil, and I think we did about 10 hours the first time-
Mm-hmm
... this year. And we had an opportunity
of everybody on council meeting and having input
into the budget, and we take into account everybody's ideas,
and we go back and forth and come up with a final document.
It's not perfect at the end. Not everybody's perfectly happy
with everything we do. But we do keep in mind that we do the best we
can, and during the year, things may come up that need to be changed.
Circumstances change, and people can bring...
We'll be given amendments and things to deal with during the year.
And there are some things that, through the budget, we might have cut.
And I'll make a note during that time
that you can always come back to council
for a proposal, and we will certainly consider
anything that needs to be considered.
I don't think I need to recite the tax rate
for this.
That's the best part.
Be it resolved that the City Council adopts the mayor's proposed
budget for the 2026, 2027 with the following amendments.
City Council increased contractual services by $80,000,
which brings us to
$284,750, and
adding office equipment in the amount of
$20,000.As part of the
city's succession planning efforts, compensation for
division heads and other exempt general fund positions has been
reviewed to better align salary structures with current market
conditions and comparable public sector positions.
Many of the top positions we have in the city are filled with
people that have extensive experience, they've been with the city a long time,
and we need to align those salaries with what the
marketplace is, because they're not going to be here forever.
At some point, they're going to want to retire.
I can't imagine wanting to leave here, but- ...
they're going to want to retire, and when we go on the marketplace, they're not
going to be easy to replace. And so we have to have
salaries commensurate with what the market is going to bear.
In addition, there were a lot of position reclassifications
requested. We reviewed them, and we approved
those where appropriate, and that's to support employee retention and
maintain a qualified workforce.
So, moving forward, the 37th District Court, we're increasing
the wage of the court administrator to 168,000.
The mayor's budget, there are no changes.
In the city clerk's office, we're adding one office and elections
analyst.
In the treasurer's office, this is
the second year, this is the second part of a
succession plan in the treasurer's office that the
treasurer is
she's got one more year left in that office, and she's trying to get all of
her employees and her office in a really good place going
forward. So, as part of that second phase,
we're deleting two senior tax accountant technicians.
We're adding one lead tax account technician.
We're adding one tax account technician and reclassifying one
tax account supervisor to office coordinator
treasurer. In the controller's office, we're increasing the wage of the
controller to 168,000. We're increasing the wage of the
assistant controller to 132,519,
which will align with other positions in that office.
Information systems, no changes.
Legal, we're increasing the wage of the city attorney to
168,000. In the assessing department,
we're reducing the city assessor to zero and reducing the deputy
assessor to zero. That's just pretty much paperwork.
These reductions reflect the transition of these functions to contracted
professional services with associated funding transferred to the
administrative unallocated budget. Do I have that correct, Mr. Fox?
Thank you.
Human resources, we're increasing contractual services by
110,000. That is to fund a
training and development consultant
service that I think is needed throughout the city.
I think everybody is in agreement with that, and we'll start with the contractual
service. That seems like a good place to start.
We've had some problem with some of the
permanent employees in positions similar to that, and I think this is a smart
way for us to go. Property maintenance inspection, we're reclassifying
one admin clerk to office coordinator.
In the community economic development, we're reducing the community and economic
development director to zero, and we're adding one community and economic
development administrator. That, again, is succession and
building that department. That is a
position that someone can move into, and that leaves the position
open below that. There is an internship program
that is ongoing, and that leaves space to bring
in an intern down the line. Administrative unallocated,
we're transferring the 511,564 of assessing
services to assessing to account for that switch we did.
Transferring 4,000 global interpreting to the HR department,
transferring 210,000 in labor relations
legal services to HR, transferring
74,400 legislative consulting to council,
adding 30,000 in special projects, and
reducing promotion and outreach programs to
21,000. This reduction is really intended
for fiscal accountability and transparency.
Should additional funding become necessary, a request for
reappropriation may be submitted to the city council for
consideration.
Police and fire civil service, no changes. Zoning board of appeals, no changes.
Beautification commission, no changes. Cultural commission, no changes.
Crime commission, no changes. Historical commission, no changes.
Employee retirement commission,
no changes. Police and fire retirement commission, no changes.
Historic district commission, no changes.
Senior healthcare services, no changes.
Council commissions, no changes. Animal welfare, no changes.
Veterans advisory and memorial commission, no changes.
Fire department, reduce cadet firefighter to zero.
Reduce overtime for cadets to zero because there are none.
We are classifying one administrative clerk technician to senior
clerk. In the police department, reclassifying one firearms
specialist to firearms ID technician.
Reducing capital outlays Grappler
pursuit technology to zero, and reducing capital
outlays for the police headquarters lobby remodel to
zero. The funding for that is being
transferred to the DDA.
Animal control, there are no changes.
There is a position that we requested
two budgets ago be put in, which was a clerk position, and
Ms. Rogensky reminded me again this year that we need to add
thatWe're going to hold off at this minute because we
have plans to do a station one, and that
position might be subsumed in the duties of
other things that'll be going on there.
But if that doesn't work out, we can come back and look at that.
Civil defense, no changes. Department of Public Service, increase the wage of
the public service director to 168,000.
Engineering division, reclassify one engineering clerical
technician to senior admin secretary, and reduce overtime
for engineers and inspectors to 120,000.
We understand that there's some less projects there,
and we thought the 120 was more appropriate.
Of course, if it goes over and there has to be overtime, they
can come back to us. We know that things are found during engineering projects
that require other emergency things and that, so we
know that that may happen. Building inspections division, adding one
electrical inspector.
DPW fleet maintenance, no changes.
Building maintenance,
reducing capital outlays, light fixtures, city hall, parking garage to
zero.
There may be some other renovations that may be done in the parking
garage going forward where this would be taken care of at that same time, if
I'm understanding that correctly. That'll come to us.
Wasn't quite ready yet, or the final numbers. That'll come a little later.
Reduce capital outlays, atrium decorations to zero.
Reduce capital outlays, sound system upgrade, atrium
conference room to zero. Street lighting, no changes.
Planning, add office equipment of $20,000.
They have a copier that they can't get replacement parts for anymore.
It's obsolete, so they need a new printer.
Street maintenance division, no changes.
Library,
there were some new positions requested, and we're
deleting them. And just to give a little backup, these
positions were requested in anticipation of staffing the future
Underwood Park Library.
As construction of the facility remains incomplete, approval of these
additional positions is not necessary at this time.
Additionally, we received some information from the library director,
and the data indicates that further evaluation of the long-term
feasibility of continuing operations at the Miller branch should
occur prior to authorizing additional
staffing. We'll be talking about this more in the next
months, but
we did an analysis and
the biggest concern area in the library system is Miller shows
system-wide decline,
lowest activity.
Miller is clearly the least busy branch in the system.
It is the only branch showing broad, consistent decline across nearly
all activity measures. So we're going to have to look at that in the future,
and we may be able to reinvent something going on there, maybe
something with Parks and Rec, because it is in this building.
But that's something for another day.
So we're deleting one library supervisor, deleting one
branch librarian, deleting two library technician positions,
and deleting two office assistant positions.
Recreation, no changes. Communications, reduce sets
and design to zero. Reduce capital outlays
for electronic news gathering cameras to zero.
Reduce capital outlays, audio upgrade, production truck to zero.
The communications department was originally established utilizing cable
franchise fee revenues.
As those revenues have significantly declined, the department's
financial capacity has become increasingly limited.
Accordingly, capital outlay expenditures are being reduced at this time.
Additional evaluation will be necessary in the coming months to determine the
scope and sustainability of future department services.
It's unfortunate, but everybody
is facing the same situation across the state,
that as streaming is becoming more popular, we're not getting those
cable franchise fees, and the department is
basically broke, and more than broke.
Sanitation division, reclassify one office assistant to
administrative clerk. Rental ordinance fund, no changes.
Vice crime
confiscation fund, no changes. Drug forfeiture fund, no changes.
Act 302 police training fund, no changes.
Downtown authority
operations fund.
We did have our
budget hearing on the DDA, but at that point, the DDA board
had not met and they had not approved or had input into the
budget. They subsequently had that on May 6th, and they
made some material changes to their requests.
One of them is to increase the DDA director's salary to
135,332. I actually think that's a little
lower than it should be. I think it should be more in the range of 145,
but that is what the DDA at this time
requested. And so we're respecting their decision,
but I hope they look at that in the future, because that salary does
need to be raised, in my opinion. We're
approving the increase wage of the DDA assistant to
84,326.
Reducing the transfer to TIFA to 425,000.
That is because the DDA funds TIFA.
They transfer funds every year. And we made a reduction in
the TIFA budget, which
is why this reduction is made, and it'll come clear
later.
There was an original request for 150,000 in the outreach
program.The DDA requested
$50,000, so we're reducing the community promotion and outreach
program to the $50,000 that the DDA is requesting.
They just didn't have a chance to go through it, the
process. We're just doing it a little bit backwards this way.
So we're just
approving what they've requested here.
And we're transferring $50,000 to contractual services for
capital outlays for holiday lights and decorations.
It came up, and it seemed as though we were buying more holiday lights, but we
aren't. This is actually for installation,
removal, and storage. So it is a contractual service.
So we're just moving that to the correct line item.
We're reducing contractual services holiday drone show to zero and
reducing contractual services birthday bash drone show to zero.
Each of these drone shows are $20,000,
and that
seems like a tremendous amount of money, but if
we can come up with a little less expensive
alternative, we would certainly look at that and bring that back to us, and
we will consider that.
We're increasing capital outlays, lobby renovations,
police to $120,000.
Part of that was in the police budget, now it's all put in this one.
That's why there's that increase there.
Increase in capital outlays, window replacement, city hall with drone cleaner to
$175,000. The windows
in the atrium of City Hall have not been washed,
and as a result... Well, not enough. Right?
Okay. So the windows are beyond cleaning at this point,
and they need to replace the windows. They were only going to do half.
That's what they had requested originally, but the DDA very
wisely said, "Why would we do half? Half look good and half are going to look bad.
Let's do them all at once." And then they're purchasing a
drone cleaner, so there's going to be a drone that is going to
clean the windows. Now, Mr. Mozzarelli, I did talk to the police
today, and they were wondering if that drone maybe could clean their
windows.
And water
in a couple of other buildings as well.
That will be great. And I know they've requested in this budget some blinds
and window tinting, and I told them they're probably going to need more blinds
if we get those windows cleaned.
We did approve those, by the way.
So that's where that's at.
We also reduced capital outlay sound system upgrade for the atrium
conference room to zero.
2011 local street road repair and replacement fund, no changes.
Indigent defense fund, no changes.
Tax increment finance authority construction fund, we
reduced the facade improvement program to $100,000.
That was requested for $150,000.
The facade is a matching program where TIFA will pay
$25,000 to any facade
improvement that anyone in the TIFA
takes on. It's not, I think it was, I don't...
Maybe $25,000 last year. It's not been used, so
I think we'll be lucky to spend the $100,000.
So we just made it a little more realistic.
And of course, if we get more, they can come back to us and ask, and
we'll certainly approve that.
I would think.
And the next is reduce community outreach programs to
$5,000 and reduce other revenue. That's just the
transfer from the DDA to
$425,000.
Senior housing, there's no changes.
I personally believe that the wage of
the
director of the housing commission is not high enough.
That position should pay more. I did bring that up,
not to the board. That's their decision.
We
have a new ordinance that deals with that, and I don't know if
we actually have the authority to change that.
That's something they need to do, but I think they should look at it because that
needs to be paid a little bit more. Maybe Ms.
McGee, you're the liaison there. Maybe you can put a bug in their ear about that.
Where we're at. Water and sewer system, no changes.
37th District Court building renovation fund, no changes.
General fund revenue, building permits, no changes.
Opioid settlement, special revenue fund, reduce contractual services to
zero, reduce community promotion outreach programs to zero.
We have not finalized our long-term allocation
strategy for these funds, therefore, no expenditures are being
authorized at this time. We're looking at building a
new court that's desperately needed, and one of the
financing options is to use opioid funds to fund
the drug court, and the drug court footprint for
the court. Until we make that decision, the money's
going to remain in here. I
hope I get this next wording right.
We've talked about this for a long time. Ms.
Robensy and I have talked about this in the last couple of days,
about vehicles that appointees
and command staff are driving. And
I think that although in the budget, specific vehicles
intended for purchase have not been identified except for vehicles
purchased for special operations.
It is the expectations that vehicles acquired for use by political
appointees and police command,
that would include the fire commissioner as well, shall be
limited to standard-size sport utility vehicles
comparable to a Ford Explorer.
Full-size or extended length SUVs, such as Suburbans, Yukon,
Escalades. I don't know if we have any Escalades. We might have one out there.
No Escalades, Captain?
As well as vehicles equipped with luxury or premium trim
packages may not be approved by this council.
That's something that we're going to have to decide when they come forward.
In addition, all vehicles purchased with public funds, with the exception of
those assigned to legitimate undercover operations or
other reasons, should prominently display the appropriate city or
departmental identification logos.
And if there are situations where police can't be on a vehicle,
City of Warren logo could be on that vehicle and not
create the situation.
Because,
I'm not meaning to be unkind, but having a vehicle
is not a perk of the job.
I think the
police commissioner gets one as part of his contract.
I don't know what kind of vehicle, if there's a specified vehicle there.
But
these vehicles are take-home vehicles
so that people could come back. They're on duty, and they have to come back to
scenes and
that kind of thing, and I don't think that
we need to have those huge vehicles for that.
And I've been told that we don't ever resell them.
So I think going forward,
we need... Ford Explorer is a very nice vehicle.
It's a nice size, and I think that for anything, unless you're on an
SRT team or something where you have to carry a lot of equipment, I
think that
full size. It's not in the budget, and we haven't done our ordinance or anything,
but we may not approve certain vehicles that come to us if they
fall into
these categories.
I think that covers everything. I want to thank everybody, especially
council. Jonathan, as always, Mr.
Lafferty,
great help to me and we cover each other, so we try to...
Mr. Fox and every department head that we've reached out
to has been very forthcoming in helping us get through the questions.
Everybody on council has been very diligent about going through the budget,
asking questions, and discussing, so I'm very
appreciative of that.
Thank you. Any discussion?
Madam Chair.
Mr. Lafferty.
And I want to thank Ms. Moore
on behalf of council, all of the effort that you put in
as chair. I'm fortunate to be your co-chair.
You talked about succession planning and
the learnings.
There's proof of education in budgeting.
And so there's a lot here, and it's a
credit to everybody on council the amount of work that everybody has put
in. You asked terrific questions, and you asked the
right questions. And there were
not too few questions being asked.
There can never be a wrong question being asked, because any
question you ask demands an answer,
and an answer shall be given to you.
So thank you for your work. But to Ms.
Moore for once again chairing now your seventh budget
in a row,
I say kudos to you.
Thank you.
And a job well done.
Thank you. And if I could just make a comment.
The first budget in 2019,
then President Pat Green handed me basically the
budget and said, "You're going to handle the budget," he went on vacation.
He goes, "Budgets are fun."
Thank
you. Thank you, everybody.
Any other discussion?
I just had one comment. I had made, during our
hearings, a very strong statement about overtime for police
and how I thought it was a pretty excessive number.
And Captain Chisholm was fantastic in walking me through
how these figures are determined.
And I think just for the public's understanding, a good chunk of the
overtime is due to the shifts that police officers work at 12
hours. So I think it's 750,000 is what he had said
that happens as a result of just simply because of the contract that we
have with the police department. The additional overtime
is largely due to weekend additional traffic
details of four-hour shifts. There's some other overtime for
emergencies and when presidents come, and things like that.
One thing I do want to make sure that everyone is aware of, because we do hear a
lot of chatter about it, is that the overtime is not because they're understaffed.
It's not because there's a lack of officers.
This
is what he told me.
Well, he told you that.
That one person.
Sure.
He's developing the budget, so this is what he's telling me.
That it's not due to a lack of staffing, that
much of the cost savings in overtime are derived by
having these details on the weekends. So I just wanted to relay that information.
I'm sure everyone would appreciate more officers on the road.
Not saying that at all. I'm sure that everyone would appreciate more patrol
cars and more folks, but that is what he conveyed to me.
I just wanted to make sure that I shared that information.
Madam Chair?
Mm-hmm.
I'd like to add to it, but it's going to be the opposite.
I've talked to command staff also,
and the shortage of police officers does cause the
overtime. They're working 12-hour shifts. That's a big problem.
When officers call in and they have to replace them, they have to
work a 12-hour shiftWhen they're already on 12-hour
shifts, so that compounds the overtime.
And
we could ask the city controller to give us a report, and that would spell it out
if you'd like.
I have the spreadsheet he shared. I'll forward it to you.
All right.
From Captain Chisholm.
Well, how about something from the city controller?
Sure. I'm
happy to share you the spreadsheet that he shared with me.
Okay, thank you.
Mm-hmm.
Chairman Chair.
Yep.
Yeah, and then just to follow up with Councilman Boyke
and staffing. During the budget hearings, we did meet with the
police commissioner and one of the captains, and they are
still according to them, 19 short as far as
officers go. But I know our HR director is doing his best in trying to
get those positions filled. So we are trying to get those spots
taken care of.
That's all I have.
Thank you.
Any other discussion?
Hearing and seeing none, I will call to question. Ms. Moore?
Yes.
Mr. Lafferty?
Yes.
Mr. Dwyer?
Yes.
Mr. Boyke?
Yes.
Mr. Noonan?
Yes.
Ms. McGee?
Yes.
Rogan, C is a yes. Motion carries. Next item.
Next item is 13.d, which was
for M, a request of the Parks and Recreation Department to award
ITBW 1568 to furnish Howmuch Park
Improvements Phase 2 to Decima LLC in the total
amount not to exceed
$1,410,544.05,
consideration and adoption of a resolution, so moved.
Support Lafferty with discussion.
Discussion, Mr. Lafferty.
Thank you. Through the chair to Mr.
Spiller,
if you could please to the podium. My
question is simple. Could you kindly work with
Mr.
Mazzarelli
in perhaps your-- We're making some significant changes
to this park. We are tearing down the
pavilion.
So it's demolition of the north pavilion.
We are improving the north maintenance building, and we're improving the south
restroom building. I believe that the demolition of the north
pavilion, the large pavilion on that site, is going to
cause quite a few questions. And so what I'd like to do is get ahead
of that and simply ask that you work with Mr.
Mazzarelli and erect a sign on the
property describing the improvements, maybe a picture
of what's to come, and what people can look
forward to seeing, a rendering, and just a generalized
description and timeline of what they can expect.
So that was my only request as an amendment to approving
this resolution.
And if
Ms. Moore is bringing up if there is a budget allocation that you
require to produce the sign, if that is necessary,
let us know and we'll approve that as well.
Do we need to make any amendments at this point?
I know we have it in-house, so
I kind of figured it might be covered.
Okay.
All right. Thank you, Mr. Spiller. Stay put.
Any other discussion on this item?
Okay, hearing and seeing none, I'll call to question. Ms. Moore?
Yes.
Mr. Lafferty?
Yes, as amended.
Ms. McGee?
Yes.
Mr. Noonan?
Yes.
Mr. Boyke?
Yes.
Mr. Dwyer?
Yes.
Rogan, C is a yes. Motion carries. Next item.
Next item is 13.e, which was for N, request of
the Parks and Recreation Department to award ITBW
1842 for renovations at the Warren Community Center East
Courtyard to Green Meadows Landscape Inc.
in an amount not to exceed $34,850,
consideration and adoption of a resolution, so moved.
Support Lafferty with discussion.
Discussion, Mr. Lafferty.
And once again to Mr. Spiller, thank you again.
I read the cover letter, and I was curious.
So we're going to take the entire east courtyard,
and we're going to take it down four inches in grade, and
then sod the entire courtyard? Did I read that
correctly?
Yeah, one more time. So right now, over 60% of it is the
old basketball courts-
Mm-hmm
... which is the old blocks and the hard surface area, and there's also the new
remnants of the old wooded basketball courts.
So removing all that debris out of there, get it down to a level.
And instead of doing certain sections of it, we figured start
doing 60% and then 40% of this done.
Do the whole thing totally and make it all level, make it one
space.
Okay. I do agree that it needs to be improved, but I
was concerned, Council, that perhaps we're
creating a maintenance situation, an unnecessary maintenance situation.
My concern is that we're going to fill in the entire area with grass.
Then you have to bring mowers through the community center to get
into the courtyard. You have to mow it.
You have to irrigate it.
This project is called for irrigation.
We currently have mower on staff that we currently keep inside
the court room, the court area you see, where we cut the grass on Friday.
We've been doing that ever since Josh was employed.
But he's been doing that for the last, maybe year.
Okay.
So every Friday he does that. Even when the basketball courts were there, he's
doing that on a safety grass court, so.
Okay. And what is your long-term plan for the courtyard?
Right now, it's just big green space and a big walk and just
a little green space to have a camp fire, have some
outdoor activities out there as well.
We could probably make some
games out there. You have some windows, but with softball, it's not going to damage
the windows at all.
Okay. ThatThat does allay my concerns.
I was just more concerned about, are we
creating a situation that we don't have today, and have we thought through on
all the long-term maintenance and upkeep?
I double-checked with my four park staff before I did this, and they assured me
that they can handle the situation without too much imposing on them at all.
Okay.
Thank you, sir.
Thank you.
Appreciate it.
I yield.
Any other discussion?
Seeing and hearing none, I'll call the question. Ms. Moore?
Yes.
Mr. Lafferty?
Yes.
Ms. McGee?
Yes.
Mr. Noonan?
Yes.
Mr. Boyke?
Yes.
Mr. Dwyer?
Yes.
Roggenklein is a yes. Motion carries. Next item.
Next item is audience participation, general
topics.
Members of the audience who would like to address city council this evening may do
so under the audience portion by filling out a form,
which is over on the table there. First up
is
Zachary Carrick.
And I will give you a
one-minute
or 30-second warning when you're getting close to your three minutes.
Sounds good.
Right. So, good evening, council.
I'm here to give an update on the South Warren Community Garden.
Since the lease was signed, what was it, a week or two ago now,
our bed count has expanded from 12, that we operated with all of last year, to
32.
We were able to build them very quickly.
Essentially every day we had people out there working on them.
So, with that, our total capacity has grown to over 500 plants.
You can imagine how much food that's going to provide to the local residents
and anyone else that wants to stop by.
It's
a huge win. It's going to have a huge impact on the local community.
I also want to point out the passive impact that working with you all,
and the media, and the community has had.
We're seeing a lot of new people, families, and seniors stopping
by,
largely showing their support for the garden, but also expressing
how impressed they are to see the council
united on something so positive for South Warren.
So, we look forward to continuing to support those communities
together in South Warren.
I'd like to thank Council Member Moore for her recent donation.
We'll be sure to hold some beefsteak tomatoes for you once they're ripe.
We're kind of incurring a debt in tomatoes,
but we'll be happy to pay them with some of our 500
plants. And then if anyone
else is interested in donating, please head to urbanseed.info
for one-time or recurring donations.
And then I also want to shout out Council Members Dwyer and Moore again for
stopping by last Sunday to see our progress.
You saw essentially all of the beds.
We're still filling and planting, but it's coming together.
Hopefully, we'll be able to continually add more as we have time.
But we're going to have a huge harvest this year.
I think we ended up around 100 or so, maybe 200
pounds of food donated last year. So, it's going to be
dramatically more this year.
And lastly, if anyone else would like to stop by just to hang out, just
to see our progress, just to say hi,
or to get their hands dirty themselves, actually dig into the beds,
get some planting done, it feels amazing.
It's a great break from everything
going on. So,
our primary volunteer hours are Sundays, noon to 3:00.
You can always stop by anytime or reach out to us-
30 seconds
... again, through urbanseed.info.
So, that's all. I just want to say thank you all again for working
with us on this and making it possible.
We wouldn't be here where we are without you. And have a good night.
Thank you.
Ms. Harris?
Nothing.
Okay.
Anyone else for audience? No? Okay.
Response to audience, Madam Chair.
Mm-hmm.
I just want to
tell everyone that we have a meeting next Tuesday.
Because of the Memorial Day holiday,
we moved that meeting that would be the day after Memorial Day to next week.
So, on the 19th?
Mm-hmm. 19th.
19th will be our next meeting in here.
I understand we've had some
audio issues tonight in the broadcast.
I've gotten several-
Mm-hmm
... contacts from the public, and we're working out the
bugs. And they were in a little trouble hearing us, I guess, on the-
The broadcast
... streaming.
Mm-hmm.
So, I'm sure we'll be working on that and getting it better.
This was our first day in this room, and everybody's done the best they can.
So, we'll hopefully get those problems fixed.
Thank you.
Any other response?
Madam Chair?
Mr. Lafferty.
One item that I was remiss in
adding to announcements, if I may have permission to do so.
Sure. Thank you.
And that is regarding this room.
And we're sitting in this room because of the work of
Council Member Moore.
As secretary,
I don't believe in all the years that I've ever
watched city council,
in all the years that I've served on council thus far,
that I've ever seen a council secretary take
ownership of the role as she has done.
And that includes securing,
through the support of council,
an allocation to fund improvements in this room,
working with numerous vendors,
working with department heads, and having this room
transformed, absolutely transformed from what it was.
We remember how drab this room was.
Now look at what we have. And that is because of
Ms. Moore's leadership and her efforts to
elevate the stature of a branch of
government that has truly been without a home for
a number of years,
and I think since perhaps the beginning of
the city's incorporation.
So, I'd venture to say from the
37th District's hallowed halls to the
auditorium,
we finally can call the city council has
official chambers within the Warren Community Center, and that's a
testament to your leadership, Ms. Moore.
So, I thank you for your effort and for working with everyone
to make this possible. So, thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you, Madam Chair.
Absolutely. Any other responses?
Okay.
Next item.
Motion to adjourn.
Support Dwyer.
All in favor?
Aye.
Any opposed? We are adjourned. Thank you.