Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to the Highland Park City Council in person and virtual regular meeting scheduled for Monday
April 1 Here
April 15. Make an adjustment on that right away we'll skip the opening ceremonies and proceed right to the roll. Call. Madam Deputy Clerk if you would, please.
Councilman Shafie. Here. Councilwoman Martin. Yeah. Council member Monica. Yeah. Council Pro Tem Robinson. Council President Thomas
here. Thank you very much. We'll move on to the approval. of the agenda. Members of city council will have had an opportunity to review the agenda. So right now the chair will be willing to entertain motions.
I'll make a motion to approve the agenda with
amendments
to please state those amendments.
I have a resolution that I would like to work on regards to the bonding of the
interim treasurer releases the last week
is your support I second so we have a motion on the floor from counsel Pro Tem Robinson, seconded by Councilman Shafi to approve the agenda with that single walk on Yes, ma'am. If you were let's let's have that we'll have both of these right if you will not approach him since you made the resolution. Would you read that out loud please.
A resolution regarding the amendment of bonding requirements for interim treasurer Lisa Laski. Whereas on March 18 2020, for the City Council for the city of Highland Park City Council, appointed Lisa Lasky to the position of interim treasurer to serve until the Wayne County Board of canvassers certifies the results and the November 5 2020 for special election, selecting the treasurer for the city of Tyler Park and whereas on March the 18th 2020 for the City Council per city charter for section four eight determined that an appropriate sum to be determined for the interim treasurer ban was $2 million and resolved that the interim treasurer seek a bond for the amount prior to assuming the duties of her interim treasurer and were asked and some treasurer Lisa Esther masky was sworn into office has today's date 2024 and whereas securing a bond of $2 million would require the city of Highland Park to produce documents to the bonding company that intro charges to Alexei has not been unable to locate to date, despite cooperation with the offices of the current and former city attorney, the Wayne County Treasurer office as well as the city officials and whereas interim treasurer stolarz cannot execute her duties as interim treasurer without being bonded. Now therefore, be it resolved that the city council amends the $2 million bond requirements for interim treasurer Mr. Lasky to the amount in excess of 500,000 and not to exceed 2 million. be it further resolved that the city council authorizes up to the maximum of $10,000 to pay for the required bond and be it further resolved that interim treasurer stelar ski may retain a bonding agent of her own choosing. So as long as the city council's directives are being met, and the city attorney approves the bond as required under Article 4.8 of the city charter, and be it further resolved that upon receiving her bond interim treasurer still Oski is to file her bond with the city clerk's office as per the charter and assume the duties of interim treasurer and be it further resolved. That entrance register Lasky shall submit to the city clerk a copy of her bonding certificate to be included in the packet for the city council meeting dated for today, and be it further resolved. That after being bonded interim treasurer Mr. Lasky is to present her bond to the wayne county treasurer's office for its review and determination. Whether an additional bond is required for the processing of Wayne County and whether a higher dollar amount of bond would be appropriate for interim treasures to Lasky. And
be it further resolved that if a larger or additional bond is advice for the interim treasurer Mr. Lasky by the wayne county treasurer's office approval for such will be brought before the honourable body for consideration and be it further resolved. That city council clarifies its march 18 2020 for a resolution that will leave sister blocky shall serve in the position of interim treasurer until the Wayne County Board of canvassers certifies the results of the November 5 2020 for a special election, selecting the treasurer for the city of Highland Park. Pass and the diamond does first day of April by the folks of Highland Park City Council.
It's your council president.
So I'm just thinking right now we just I wanted to have that read out loud because we're talking about amending the agenda. So that's one of the amendments that they're asking for the agenda. Miss square, you had an amendment something that you wanted to add to the agenda as well. Yes,
I'm adding on a resolution to approve the trust amendment. It's one of the legal contracts so we can finally put into bed and it's all over and that's what we have tonight. All the sides have agreed since the final amendment what counsel already approved. It's over. It's over. Now.
Okay. Hold on, hold on. Hold on. Mr. Shafi, if it's not related to the agenda, it
is related to the agenda, sir,
I will put my hand up as the ones
I wouldn't put it up.
Thank you. This way. Mr. Shafi? Yeah. Okay, so I'm in Section six community velopment I would like to I would like to have this item moved to a workshop. I need a little bit more clarity for Mr. Karthik climber. About his his recommendation under B for the for resolution recommending revision of zoning ordinance chapter 12 10.2 Regarding planning commission members, I would like him to put I would like that to be moved to a workshop so that we could get a better understanding and before we proceed in a vote on this particular map,
so that will be only item B. Yeah, okay. Okay. So right now we have a motion on the floor from counsel approach and Robinson, seconded by Councilman Shafi. That we walk on this resolution related to this is a resolution regarding the amendment of the binding requirement for the interim treasurer. We also have a resolution here, approving the trust agreement amendments from the city administrator now. Thanks teasing for the results, that should be a major difference. Madam Pro Tem Are you aware of the errors in this resolution?
One heiress,
what areas
would you go ahead and there
are just two dates that need to be changed in the fourth bid for the result paragraph, instead of listing it as of the meeting dated April 15 2024. We asked that it be the meeting dated May 6 2024, which would be the next meeting and then on the past and adopted clause that it'd be listed as the 15th day of April 2024, rather than the first day of April 2024. Just I
want to reference one day that she she's not officially in her capacity, what data
she goes to get sworn in. This indicates April 15.
Is that day Correct? Okay, so we have several errors so All right, so that that can't stand we have to change that. All right, then she's still not the treasurer because she hasn't been bonded so that swearing in California is irrelevant. So for that, well,
I just want to make sure that the
Okay, okay, she is the treasurer. No. Okay. Okay, so we have we have the motion to amend the agenda to bring on this resolution regarding Mr. Larson. This also includes the resolution approving the trust agreement for the amendments. Do we have any additional questions on the modification? of the agenda?
Yeah, again, I mentioned six B. Oh, yes. And six
b2b moved to a workshop.
It appears that we put all of these in one, right one motion.
So I just want to make sure we have to say no. Yes, ma'am. You're correct.
You're more than welcome to
listen, listen, listen, Miss Monica. By we're talking about modifying the agenda when these items come up in the agenda then we can we can vote on them then is that is that fair?
I get your point.
So if I want to say no to that, then that means I'm gonna say no. To what?
Okay, so so you're not wrong. Let me just say this. If these things go on the agenda, we will have an opportunity to vote them up or down. I make. Right? Correct. So in the past, we voted on amending the agenda, you are not wrong. In the past, we voted on amending the agenda. Whatever people wanted to add to the agenda is their right to do so when it comes time for us to vote on that item. And we can exercise our conscience as to what we think should actually happen. In order for anything to pass the City Council requires a vote of three. So if you're if your conscience says that's not something that you want to vote for, it's on the record has been added to the agenda. You didn't have anything to do with it.
So we just call for the vote.
I think so. Yes, squares. A separate. She didn't walk around. Okay,
fine. Fine. Okay. Fine it for discretion. So we have a motion on the floor Tuesday. I didn't want what the agenda.
I didn't want what is walking.
Oh, okay. So let's let's be clear here. Let's let's be clear. Whatever comes on to the agenda is can be brought on the table. If we don't think it's worth our votes, or we're in favor of it. We voted either up or down. This is a simple thing of approving our agenda as it is. Is everybody everybody on board is on board. Okay, everybody's on board. So we have a motion on the floor from counsel Pro Tem Robinson to approve the agenda pending adding a resolution regarding the bonding requirements for Mr. Larson. And we also have a walk on from the City Business Administrator regarding the approval of the trust agreement, and Mr. Shafi has asked for Item six B to be removed from this agenda and moved to a later council meeting.
So actually, Miss Miss Monica Miss Martin. You can also make a motion to amend the agenda. So
right now on the floor, we have this issue related to Mr. Lasky. We're going to vote on that. And if you would like to make a motion to walk on this squares resolution, we can vote on that. And then we can get this agenda approved because the motion on the floor is to approve the agenda. Once that is over, you can make a motion and we can add this most important resolution approving the trust agreement. To the agenda. We are clear on that. Yes. Okay. So right now on the floor we have a motion to approve the current agenda pending the resolution added by Ross Council Pro Tem regarding the amendment of the binding requirements for Mr. Larson. Adam, deputy clerk would you please call the roll on the approval of the agenda?
Councilman
Councilman Shafi
Okay, so to be clear, are we just voting on Charmaine right now?
That's it. They make a motion to bring on this square. We're
just doing this the large scale, just voting um, it's still ours. Okay. I
will. Yes. Okay. Councilwoman
Martin. Yes.
Miss Monica? No.
Pro Tem Robinson. Yes. Council President Thomas. No.
Miss manacle. If you wanted to make a motion to work on this resolution, approving the trust agreement, you're open to do so please, which?
I move to approve the agenda with the walk on from Miss Cathy square of the trust agreement. Second.
We have a motion further amending the agenda. That is the walk on resolution for approving the trust agreement with amendments. You have additional questions. Madam Deputy Clerk, would
you please call it a row? Councilman Shafi? Yes. Councilwoman Martin. Yes. Councilwoman Monica? Yes. Council Pro Tem Robinson.
Yes, Council President Thomas. Yes.
And before we move on Mr. Shafi Under Item six floor is yours. Yeah,
so I'm, I'm a little bit concerned about the reduction of this board. Okay.
No, sir. So this we're still approving the agenda. You want an item six be removed on the floor for you to go ahead and make that motion that we can get it up. Okay. Okay. Okay. So
I like to make a motion to have item six be removed from today's agenda and placed in a future workshop before it comes back to us of for consideration to be voted on.
We have support second, and a second by council approach and Robertson, Madam Deputy Clerk, would you please call the roll on that
councilman? Shafi? Yes. Councilwoman Martin? Yes. Councilwoman Monica? Yes. Council Pro Tem Robinson. Yes. Council President Thomas. Yes,
motion carries. Now before we get started, we're going to move this resolution for the approval of the trust agreement. We're going to move that to item five. Yes, ma'am beside apply. That's fine. Then we're going to move the resolution regarding the amendment to the bonding requirements to item six. Is everything else down? Okay. Okay.
So the bond is going to be item six.
Okay.
What about the kiosk in in item five? Is that going to be five eight No, no,
no, that's that's going to be item seven.
Okay, I can set okay
thank you
good now. Okay. Moving on to the approval of the proposed minutes in person and virtual regular meeting minutes for April 1 2024.
Council What's your pleasure on the approval of the minutes.
I want to make a motion. I want to make a motion for the approval of the minutes
or
for April 1 pointing to a
motion on the floor by Councilman Martin for the approval of the minutes from April 1 2024. Do we have a second?
Second what questions
second for Mr. Shopping your question, sir. Yeah, I
noticed that these beads did not come back to this particular council meeting. Is there a reason for that? I mean as far as the the beings that that showed up here for lawn and snow and and plumbing and electrical.
I believe the square made it clear when she received those bids that they will go out to the department heads I don't think anything was said about returning them to us. The square
Okay, bring it back to council.
Prove Okay. All right. Okay. All right. Okay, I was just curious. Um, the Council President,
Madam Deputy Clerk, would you call the roll on the approval of the in person and virtual regular meeting minutes, Councilman?
Councilman Shafi. Yes, Councilwoman Marcin? Yes, Councilwoman Monica? Yes. Council Patel Robinson. Yes, Council President Thomas. Yes,
motion carries. Gentleman This is the second of every meeting where we turn the floor over to our mayor. So she has an opportunity to address the council and the citizens and at this point, I will yield the floor to Mayor McDonald welcome man.
First, let me apologize to those who came out to the coffee conversation this past Wednesday, right before we scheduled items on
the scale that we
did show up and then cancellations in
Windows last week.
This week, but last week, I received some good news from our 5g. Our fire department is fully set
this is the first time that has happened since 1984. When we were standalone the fire department or during the time that we was a public safety. First time St. Paul high standalone fire department and we have status that's good news that we have more fire firefighters out but the public safety of the citizens
of Radcliffe
nice I'm saying
last week and so first, let me say I have no soul say so in the treasure chat that is so lie solely in the hands of the city council. Let me also say that those that are perpetuating the idea that I know any of my staff is blocking the appointment of
the treasurer it
is false it is a false narrative. On March 18, Congress appointed to have a bad appointee to have a background check and fine because assuming that these other treasurer, neither one of those attacks did finally sign approval. To have a background check that was last week. So we will be completed. The bond is not going to be selected in that process and you'll see just now. We did the resolution whatever happens with that once it is completed and inside and they'll counsel our legal counsel knew everything was local. But until that time, she had to take off so no one had removed her from office. She was not into office. Well Until that time, they're exactly meant to do everything in that office that she cannot access. So please understand, this is not in this Larson. The law says awesome. State law is here. Each opposite agency before entering duties of his or her office and within the time described was filed in the office of Shell Power BI or security required by law requires a council majority is approved
by the DuPont laws and that person by the security of first
deposit with
charter states failure to take an oath
or by required for the office. As required by law. This charter is creating
babies. So
it creates a maze. So if it's making a tissue does that so that's that's the only thing that has happened. Once everything is done. Chicken assume that's all I have to ask people questions.
Thank you very much, ma'am. Okay, citizens participation. Anything that is on the agenda. I'm holding the two minutes today the HB two animal
body and the citizens of Highland Park. So one of my questions was was asking and I was asking you should receive our bond, which is no not yet. How long
do we wait
for her to or anybody receive their bond? And then my third question is what happens if she doesn't receive a VA? Can those questions be answered? Instead of waiting until the end of the week?
No, no, no. The answer's no, no.
No, this again, we'll have an opportunity to do that. We don't want to get off the rails. You know how this these meetings go. They get off the rails really. So this is where the citizens make a comment about something that's on the agenda and during the course of the meeting. We'll attempt to try and get that question answered for you. Okay, it's been my pleasure.
Good evening Council. I would like to clarify some of the comments that have been made about my bonding process. So in on the 18th of March, when you guys you know, appointed me to be the treasurer. You throw a number out there of 2 million, which turns out is a very high amount for people to be bonded for the bonding companies were surprised to hear me asked for a $2 million dollar bond. And, and there was extra underwriting that had to happen. Not only that, but in order to fill out the papers, I needed information specifically from the city about other insurance that we hold about, you know, which banks we use and how different accounts are balanced and that sort of thing. One of the bonding companies who was willing to do a $2 million bond asked me if, if I could get a copy of the city's internal financial controls. And so I spent time you know, talking to people trying to find internal financial controls and I ultimately found out that the city does not have written policies of internal financial controls. So it is not for lack of consistent trying that I haven't been bonded. And that is also why I asked Ms. Robinson to walk on a resolution this evening, which I meant to have won the first of April but it didn't work out that way. To to lower the bond amount and hope that it will lighten the underwriting requirements and also I'm happy to report that two minutes okay,
I'm happy to report Thank you, ma'am. Extra two minutes that ma'am, that's your two minutes
The day just keep talking over me. Yes. is indicative of what? His two minutes Okay, everyone else respects the two minute time but not you know. How's that? No, not only not the Treasury
so it was a really
surreal had to be saved.
$12 million. misbehaves was bonded for $12 million. That's not the record we miss bibs was bonded for $12 million.
Why right now we're discussing whether she's just not worth the wait two minutes or whatever the conversation is all he's saying right now are two minutes Thank you, Lisa.
Thank you show me. All right. We have additional citizens who like to speak
Hello, everyone.
Good evening, ma'am.
I understand it's a last Council meeting. That was a gentleman talking about, oh, we're in the area open near Hamilton. Have some zoning issues or something like that. Is that area been rezone? And because I'd like to know. I've been over there for seemingly more than eight years. We wasn't nothing over there is been rezone. I should have known about it. I should know what's happening over in that area, because it's the area that I have my business in. So is it rezoning the area and how the rezone and what does it rezone up to and what four
is right and send you a copy of the zoning ordinance? It hasn't changed?
I understand that. It hasn't changed. No, no, no. That area has not been rezone. No, ma'am, I
can send you a copy of it so that you can have it for your own personal reading. Thank you very much. My pleasure. Additional citizens I would like to be heard.
Sir, good evening Council. My name is Jason Hosmer. I'm the Vice President of rapid response CMS. Appreciate the couple of minutes to speak tonight. My comment is on the bid opening for the ambulance services that's on the agenda for this evening. I wanted to note that there was a date error on the published RFP that went out to the agencies. It was dated for due date of April 12. By 12 Noon. I came into City Hall on the 11th with the sealed bid for our services, and was instructed that the bid had closed on the Wednesday although the published date on the RFP through the city's website and through BitNet was the 12 so I returned the following day on the 12 prior to 12 noon, and was told also that the date that they couldn't accept it at the City Clerk's office because council had approved a 10th as the date even though it was published as The 12 So I stand here this evening with with my sealed bid that I had brought to City Hall on the 11th but I guess looking for some direction on the date error that was published on the RFP is as early as this afternoon. It was still published as a closing date of April 12 at 12 Noon
Okay, as I'm as I'm listening to you, sir, I realized that this has something to do with Mr. Burgess is resolution that should have been walked on today. Okay. It wasn't walked on the agenda. We got to take this under advisement how we want to handle this don't
have to put the beat back out.
Okay. I appreciate the time.
We appreciate you.
Okay, thank you. Thank you, sir. Additional citizens that would like to be heard. We also want to know Yes, Miss Washington. When we get these you said at some of the things we're reading on the agenda, Miss Washington.
I read it and I said
we'll do we can help you out with that. Okay, when the time
so I didn't want him to be in layman language.
Yes, ma'am. We have additional citizens I would like to be heard.
Good evening, sir. Well, Council, public employees and the members of the audience of Highland Park. I am addressing the former item SIG number six letter G. My name is Brandon Lopez. I live on Portland, and my brother Matthew, who also lives in Highland Park. We jointly as individuals own the property at 45 Winona we are petitioning the council to sell us a lot at 39 Winona which is the lot directly to the west of it. Our plans are to seek a survey, build the fence as per city ordinance as allowed, so that we can reduce the amount of broken glass mostly from alcohol bottles. And the amount of people who walk and sometimes sleep in the backyard of that home. Can we feel that that will increase the safety and the value of the home to any families that any property that they may be keeping on the on the property itself because it's on the side with the driveway and we would hope that if there's anything you guys would like to know about our intentions with that property that you feel free to ask during that council item, which I do not know what it is now on the agenda but the former number six item or a letter G Thank you very much. Thank you sir.
Okay, I see no movement towards the podium. So thank you very much for your input from the citizens and we're going to move directly into Item five, which is the resolution approving the trust agreement amendments Second,
we need to discuss the vehicle. That item. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's just a discussion as to what we're gonna do with that.
I mean, the floor is open. I
know some suggestions were made. And Mr. Burgess did come and speak to me about it. I was unable to print out what he sent me. But some reason I hate printing up and out here in city hall that just won't work for me. So I don't know what that's all about. But we can either a accept the CLB that he got now and pushes back to a later date. Or we can extend the bid process. Steel to a later date for next year to calculate. So it's up to the board. I don't know what I want to do, but he is here. He does have to be.
Council is ready to entertain a motion related to this.
Oh, no, it's an SEO they can't be open right now. So now it's a matter of Okay, well I'll make the motion. I'll make the motion that we accept his CLB now, and we opened it begins at the next council so that we don't be without the ambulance service because we run out the deadline. If we come to a problem in the city of Hyderabad, we have a lot of seniors here who depend on an ambulance service. And we can't allow that to happen to relax even more.
What is the name of that company? Again? Mr. Burgess rapid,
rapid,
so Mr. Shafi has made a motion to accept the close bid from rapid response. Have a second question we have a motion on the floor from Councilman Shafi second from Council. Woman mana could you have a question madam Pro Tem
yes I do. And a statement. I think the legal way to do this is to put the beam back into paper
and then go like that because we cannot be we can have anybody and everybody walking in bids at any time so it should needs to go back into the brain. That's all I got to say.
Mr. Burgess that we missed the square we went under the timeframe issues round.
Robin says Correct. What needs to happen is we just need to post right okay, we need to post it there is an extension okay? That the big data's has been extended to x day that way. Somebody else out there can put a date in or put it in and already refresh. But it's okay. To extend it. You just have to notify them. Rather than put it back to them. I think it takes time rather than six months to date. Okay. Put it back in the console. official newspaper, put it back on. Okay, just that they have extensive track records in place.
So the motion that's on the floor was to accept a single bed and we were sending that so I take my
motion back. Okay. Okay, I'll make a new motion. And we extended the process until the thing put the advertisement back into the paper, except to be from a problem from rapid response in which he could turn into a blur after we've extended the deadline. And there is a motion
Yeah, may I speak on the second?
So what date are you extending accepting a bid to were made to date that you think would be the best? No, that's when they gonna come on council. So I would say that Friday, not on the sixth.
Right because you need to spend the day to get them back. Doesn't have to be a long period, but it is possible, since you have to notify everyone that there's been an extent
so we could get it in the paper on the 24th and extended into May 3 By noon. Okay, Friday, May 3. I know. We don't call for specialty. No, no, no, that's just for them to turn the bids in. And then we'll bring them to you on the sixth to be open. They'll be opened on
I can accept that. So we have a motion on the floor to extend the bid process for ambulance transportation services made by council.
I'm sorry, I second. That
was it was already seconded by Councillor McMahon.
But they took it back. Okay. So it's
now It's been seconded by Councillor Pro Tem Robinson much. So the motion is on the floor or relating the bid opening. Madam Deputy Clerk would you call the roll on this bid opening process? May 6, no.
To may 3, it's well known and it will be opened at the Council meeting on Monday, May 6.
Deputy Clerk call the roll on that, please.
Councilman Shafi. Yes, Councilwoman Martin. Yes. Councilwoman Monica. Council Pro Tem Robinson. Yes. Council President timeless Yes. We got you Mr. Burns.
Okay. Moving on to Item five. Now this is the resolution approving the trust agreement amendments City Council. What is your pleasure?
I move to approve
the trust amendment agreement.
The trust agreement.
Agreement. Second with questions.
Okay. The floor is open. Mr. Shafi go ahead with this
square is everything. We've got zoom. Okay. Good evening. All right, perfect. So if y'all can just give us a quick rundown we appreciate.
So we're here. We're here, everybody. We're here. And I'm picturing myself playing in the basement and driving the land. I remember when people used to drive to Atlanta 12 hours. Now the flight is too far. And then went on vacation and live this life now, after all these years. Not that this hasn't been one. Leave we all met and we went to court with counsels last approval and the Gleevec Board approved the two and then we came legal came back with some typos and some you know, and so we ended up going to court and we go to court next Tuesday for the final final final. That's the you know, entering the consent order and the case is over. And Ron stepped up. You know, he came in to do the revisions to the trust and he made a few minor revisions. I'll let him talk about it but it is now over and they can release the funds and we can start getting the meters in because this is all about getting the meters and so then the rate goes down. So we're there and I just want to let everybody know that you need a committee now committee to deal with Liwa and all the things that you're gonna have to deal with next time period. So, Brian, I will let you speak.
Thank you, Kathy. Good evening, council president members of council. I'm Ron Liscomb with Miller Canfield. So as Kathy indicated, we were before you about a month ago with the settlement documents including the revised Trust Agreement. The council approved it at that time. Since then, there was just a couple of technical corrections that were requested to be made by glava that really turned on legal issues related to the status of glioma and the State Department of Treasury under the trust agreement. So what you have in front of you are just a couple changes to the definitions of both Liwa and the Department of Treasury, which define them as trust beneficiaries and third party beneficiaries under the trust agreement. They're kind of idiosyncratic legal issues that, you know, really just capture and clarify the intent of the parties with respect to believe was and the department's status under the trust agreement. The second issue is just a minor technical correction to the water services agreement, just re numbering a paragraph that was missed numbered. So those are the two corrections you have in front of you and I believe it's my understanding, I've spoken to both litigation counsel for the city and they sign off on the changes and counsel for blue have also approved the changes. So I think we would ask the Council to approve the the the amendments to the trust agreement in front of you
this evening. Thank you, sir. Questions? Yeah,
I have some questions.
So my understanding is with this, what we're saying is that I hear you correctly run. You're saying that there's been minimal corrections with typos and everyone agrees and all the changes have been approved. That's correct. Okay, so my question is, where are we at with everything right now? Like if I get a phone call right now from a citizen? And they asked me hey, where are we at with glee? We're in the state of Michigan and where exactly is Highland Park at what would what would I say to them? So
all of the settlement documents are ready to be signed. Essentially what we're doing is just getting the parties together to sign everything. That includes the trust agreement. Obviously the city is a party to that and US Bank. And then there are two agreements with Comerica Bank, the deposit account control agreement and the lockbox agreement. So those have been approved and reviewed by all the parties. And it's really just a matter of signing things at this point.
And who who has controlled a lockbox and what is the lockbox? Exactly?
So the lockbox? I'm sorry. Yeah, the lockbox agreement is basically you're setting up a Pio box for mailed and payments from the city's customers to when they mail in their payments, it will go to a Pio box that is automatically deposited into the Comerica account that receives all the utility revenue. That's all.
Yeah, correct. That's correct.
Okay, and then I was told that meters by the meter is going in on every lot.
Okay. That is only so so your agreements are water, contract, water, all this stuff. emergency water, this Pasco County Yabba water contract now you have a new sewer contract or order set or price learn that they said no good. You know, they beat us to death on that one. We have to pitch right now you have a new sort of contract. You have a trusted remix. You have an agreement with the state of Michigan now say Michigan has committed to provide the city with the money to replace all of the leaks and to repair all of the broken water mains and infrastructure in the city. And then the meters are a part of that. One of the reasons why the state got involved was because it was tired of having the city have unmetered water and so so now the major portion, these are going to be masturbators. Right now the water flows into the city they just turn it on and it flows. So now most cities have a meter at the main gate, where it comes in through a main gate meter, that meter is how they feel. We don't have this is not the meters at your house. Your retail meters are you know they were basically a few years from now you're gonna have master meter and they want to try them fast and super meter sewer to give us meters. So there's extra money for that. So this is a comprehensive deal with all of the various financial commitments from the state to contracts and the trust so where are you are now is you're not getting a living. That's gone. Right? Right. That's what the residents residents want to know and that that's all because they have paid leave now. Leave with that $25 million and they have another 5 million massively. We've got 30 million pay 30 million cash levies off, no levy network got that which is huge. And that's what you're going to come brakes. This is what people really want to know. Their rate increase they may city clip the skin in the game by increasing rates. So yeah, this is why this settlement is important because longer is drugged out. The more ability they have the whole charge. We feel we're paying about 3 million more to pay this fine saying we need to really make sure you don't already have readings and all of that. But the fact we got it the meter. Gotta keep going. I'm going to be retiring, save it or retire. And so you got to have this thing where your stay aggressive. And that's why this was a good exercise tonight. You come in labor to combat this old relationship now. relationships continue to counsel. The city's best against all the Jews try to enjoy then the residents and the council itself all the time. Because that's how it happened. It was really just a group effort. Push in the end and I think gotta stay on you gotta stay on so that was the residency out they need to know they don't have a lab on their house which was and I got this way all not really because and then the residency to know that once those meters go and fight that Staleys meter, their ability to go. We know we're paying about 3 million more than we've been paying because it's on meter. This is the same problem, Troy same problem. With your warm zones are unmuted. So those mirrors adaptive process. And so like I said, helps me to attend the meetings. They need to go on Zoom. I mean still participate. So that's how I'm going to want to tell the residents to stay involved with as long as it's over. And one day they're waiting for me and so you gotta stay on and and then I think you're going to be great, because this is a fresh straight start. And we get those rates down. That's the most important thing that I get the mayor's in and get the rates down. And we shouldn't be paying more than we shouldn't be two times or three times four or five times. Gotta do to stay on and that's what you're going to tell you're going to save the Congress Council, get involved with the one and and when I say get involved with them, you have to attend their meetings. You can listen to them on so you can stay involved and to make sure that your voices are heard and and make sure they follow the law and you have to follow the law. The City Hall is already belated glenway is not fatal whole water park on their own out there eventually they'll get regulated when enough people compliant. But when you stay on it, and it's a 20 year deal now. rebuild the city in 20 years. You have money to reopen your own facilities you own your own facility all your own intake as your that would not sacrifice. This council never said you still have your rights as a city. You didn't turn over water department to be run by anybody still gonna write yourself as a contractor. You don't like him you can get somebody else and that has to be approved. So you got you know, I heard I say that but you know what I'm saying? You just really have to stay on this path to follow the law file and that's how they're gonna stay straight and it make them follow what love they have. And then you're going to be great, you will. So you know, so I want to you talking about the master meter.
Looking at the main gates is there like a grid where the main
needs to be there are some locations one, one possible? Location is up. I do a water plant that's in Detroit that's on Twitter because when water plant was operating, and it went down for any sort of repairs, you know, in its 100 year history, each right would turn water on from that site and that water would flow into the sick. When the tech guy shut down, they opened up emergency connections. Those emergency connections are on the opposite side of town, which means they have to push up. And so when the plan is you know when it's hot here, so water pushes down the emergency line to like, nickel that water pushes up into the city. So there's some studies that have to be done. And Metro has a very extensive list they have been very good because what they did was really vinegar water park was back up and running laps overall years. They've been here. They've worked hard with a lot of ownership, but they've done they sort of you're proud of your work or this new phase. is a whole different face. And so there has to be a study this building was made once the water meter somewhere else and and it's all going to be regulated by by Eagle. And so Eagles gonna make a lot of decisions. So this is what I'm saying you still need the same file because you don't want decisions being made. Not one outside wall. The wall that's why nobody likes because I'm the one that's gonna stand up and say you need to follow the law. So Eagle still has to follow the law so they have to follow. So we don't want arbitrary decisions about whether or not you know where a meter is going all of that because what we don't want is them to put meters on those emergency lines. Because the emergency lines are all corroded and old and they were never used until they shut down. So when I say to stay on, and I'm not going yet, because I have to give me proper notice so you can find this other city. I can't just walk out the door and I here I'm going to wherever because you have to find another one that's a required city is required to have it because it won't have all the state loans and stuff. And that's the reason why I have all kinds of loans. From the state bank. All the debit city has really isn't safe. It doesn't have like dead bondholders and out here virus holders hold the balance sheet safe. But
the bottom line
is I think you're gonna be tied. Citizen rebuilt you want to be the ones that rebuild and that really is the issue. So were those meters are gonna go That's a good question. Because we have some sites they know more one of them though we think they should know because they're places like coming from the place and I don't know. You know what? This is beautiful. 10 years for me. If I love this work
and you know, people
pop by everybody but it's been so rewarding. So the plan is up here. And
if you notice that that's
where all your industry is. That's where Chrysler was and your whole corridor over there. So maybe you'll allow the water question. That's how the tunnel was designed. You've got everybody on that, that open corridor and all that. And so we believe that that's the best place for mayors because it will provide the pressure that those big users need. That's how the system was designed. But you know, we're at a point now where you know, we decided to sit down and work with everybody and so there's gonna be a lot of back or neck reading ultimately. But this council will be involved in all because all those agreements have been coming back to the council. And so that's important, because that relationship, reason why things got so out of hand because they never came back city was just 96 enter the US, you know, 25 years later, they never really came back. But you're going to have much more interaction, because you're going to see the city the infrastructure of the city here. And so, like I said, it's really a new day. Residents can have this on their bird walking around thinking you're gonna get a levy, and that's gone away now. Folks can now you know, move forward and make plans so that's what you're going to tell when they call you to ask that the rates I think the right time now because you know, that's that was our skin in the game. It's a deal going, but those ratios go down with the installation of meters. So now it's about making sure
those meters go away
this square
okay, I know. I know.
So anyway, it's a good opportunity. Wait, we're settling and
trying to make it okay. All right.
All right, Madam Deputy Clerk, would you please call the roll on item five resolution to approve the trust agreement amendments? It was a motion made by Councilman malecha Second by Councilman shocky. If you'd be so kind. Councilman
Shafi. Yes, Councilwoman Martin. Yes, Councilwoman. Monica? Yes. Council Pro Tem Robinson. Yes. Council President Thomas. Yes,
motion carries. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Miss square. Thank you very much, Mr. Lesko. So now we're moving on to item six. This is the resolution regarding the amendment of the bonding requirements for the interim treasurer. City council. What's your pleasure? You make an emotion mismanage? Yeah,
I move that we continue the status quo with Mr. Lampkin as deputy treasurer in FY due to the fact that Mr. Bosque was not able to obtain or get the requirements necessary to become treasurer and adequate time.
It has been 26 days.
Support from the chair oh there's a motion on the floor by Councilman Manica discussion, discussion. Go ahead. Okay.
So, so here's my problem here. You know, I find it interesting as we dig and we get into get into this. Oh, you made the statement. As if it's her fault that she was unable to get these things done. No. This is clearly on the city side of not moving fast enough to get things done in a timely fashion. But we talked about people who are supposed to be buying it and you're telling us to keep hold of Mr. Lampkin. When Mr. Lincoln his self is not fricking binding with squares. Nobody Are you
aware of Mr. Lampkin holding a bond
he was coming up with Janice Beals BA and JD Stevens has gone and he's a bond is gone. Are you aware of Mr. Lampkin? There is no way that any underwriter will give a blanket bond to cover any employee under it instead I wish him the square was he would have to have his own bond, but yet he's not buying it yet. He's allowed to do his job and he's
bonded and you tell her she's lying.
does not have a bond okay, because the bond is for the treasurer and the treasurer is liable for the debt. Okay, that's state law. And so that bond wherever the treasurer is liable for the debt,
this mannequin you might want to consider rescinding that motion.
Okay, so my question is how is Tony Lampkin doing his job so the window box
is for the collection of the tests. So right now there are no taxes being collected the problem will kick in when it's time for the summer taxes to be collected and the winter tax is a bag for the collecting. Tax.
Well, he is making deposits and bankrupt
people we have Arizona listens on policy city. He is collecting money for fees and things that people go permit. That's what's being generated. And so maybe it's not tax season because all the delinquent taxes go down to wake anybody up if you don't have a tax bill yet you'll get a tax bill. And then that's where the problems begin.
I'm just I'm pointing out all All I'm saying is is the double standard here. Okay. He's allowed to do his job he's allowed to handle on money. He's allowed to go to the bank and make deposits. He's allowed to do things in which the treasurer shouldn't be doing, but he's allowed to do them without a bar. That's a double standard. I'm sorry, I understand. They don't bind. Okay, so, so my question is, I'm not finding any insurance. I would like to see that policy. Okay, because I don't look everywhere for it, and I'm not fine.
Okay, you use the deck. You don't say when the city was self insured. It just had to pay losses. And this insurance that we have, it's only a million per occurrence. So it doesn't insure the entire map. But the bottom line is, deputies are treasured. The difference between this situation
is you are appointing
a new treasurer or the new treasurer. is elected. One of the reasons now we know that people have not run for the treasurer here and the cron or treasurer ran out of hoses because they thought that they might run they saw there was a mining in position where you're you can get the bond because you run for treasurer get all the way up to November, you win and then be able to get a bond. Yeah, but why would someone not be able to get a bond bond
before it has?
I went online and I pulled all the applications for various finding companies.
We do them this one is but this was a square who was it again we keep asking this question and when I get anywhere who in the hell was it that bonded Janice be there should be a record
why? Why one is for the Wayne County. Now Wayne County is responsible for the inflation of their taxes. Now if the city has the cities, it's a big fire. It will cover two summer annual winter tax. I believe there is a bot something on file.
So either way.
Miss Monica has a floor.
Where are you saying? That is? I don't want to say words wrong. What did you say? Mr. Shafi?
I would just go to shut up and that you had before. We
didn't say shut up. I said Miss Monica had no basically as a separate word from show.
Is that a double standard? Isn't she's a new person appointing why right it will be sort of like your hire tell me anywhere that you're gonna go and nearby point hire anyone as Kathy square said even in that they cannot get bonded or has not been bonded, has not had a background check or maybe getting in now or has not fulfilled the requirements in due time.
Let me let me push you both. Let me pause you and remind you about what's on the floor. We are on item six. There's been no motion made for item six. Let's just get that out there. We're on Item six. There has been no motion made to approve. That was on the motion that Miss Manica made about Mr. Lampkin. Now, we are here on a resolution. So listen, and I'm bringing us back to the motion at hand. All
I'm simply saying is you got holler in the microphone, all you all. All I'm simply saying is, I feel like you're here for jokes. I feel like it's a double standard. I feel like you're playing games with it just based on the fact that she's right. I feel like
okay, we're moving to removing the resolution. The resolution is on the floor. What are we doing with this resolution? Ladies and gentlemen, if you got the resolution regarding amendment of the bond you had on your emotions of the 30 seconds of emotion it dies on the floor. I don't hear a motion a
motion to approve that I make a motion to approve
motion
we ever do we ever hear.
Because we were listening to Mr. Shafiq and cactus were trying to explain to
you so we didn't I
didn't hear I did not hear anything on the amendment. This resolution regarding Mr. Lasky Miss Manica made a motion to retain the current deputy treasurer Mr. Larkin in his role. It was seconded by the Chair, Madam Sarkar. Well, she she can make the roll she can make it miss sidarsky isn't bonded. Oh, caught a roll on it.
What does lipo had to say about
the motion Miss Monica may hold on a second sir. The motion that Miss Monica made was to oh, excuse me having the motion that Miss Monica made was to retain the current deputy treasurer Mr. Tony Lampkin, in his role and for that kneaders Mr. Barsky and that motion that motion came about so Miss Martin. She was the first person to make the motion the motion is on the floor was made by Miss Manica was seconded by the chair to retain Mr. Larkin in his place.
Call the roll on that with you.
I want to hear what legal has to say. I
think that would technically be a motion to amend this motion. Right, because it's the motion that's on the agenda. The resolution regarding amendment of the binding requirement for interim treasurer Lisa Starsky in your motion is to amend that to read whatever it was you indicated with respect to pull it up, if you like. And so it was seconded. So if I guess that would be a motion to amend this motion of CES. If the motion to amend this fails, then you would proceed with this motion.
Thank you. So that means Miss Manika your motion carries for voting because you got your motion out first. All right, you want to go to buy the book. Go buy the book color. Okay. Madam Deputy Clerk, Councilman
Shafi Hale, no, Councilwoman Martin. No. Councilwoman Monica? Yes. Council Pro Tem Robinson now. Council. Council President Thomas yes, Motion fails.
Now the floor is open for resident motion to approve a resolution or regarding the amendment of the binding requirements for interim treasurer Alicia stolarz. Second,
what questions now? Now that the floor is open. So you know I tried to sit in this chair I watched Andy Zobel be browbeat in this room. And everybody sat there and did nothing. I watch this man brow beat any Zobo in this room, and it was a silent as a churchmouse. Talking about racism. He brow browbeat that woman and said nothing open up and he's okay so listen,
but we can open it up
for reach let's do this.
I kept the choir for most people don't know what's going on. No, no, no I with questions. Uh, yeah, my questions. Most people don't know. Most people don't know what's going on behind closed doors. The email that you see on the screen is from the city attorney who told us on March 17 not to vote on Mr. LaRouche because Mr. Larson gave counsel Pro Tem Robinson a house in 2021 gave her house the records are there Do I need to pull up the records?
How about up pull up the record they didn't give her house she bought the damn house. Okay for Dallas. She was
the city attorney came to us and said don't act on this. Let us check this out. And these two council people to my left proceeded ahead to make this resolution Okay. Mr Barsky not bonded James to a closed session of a city council meeting last week sat down at the table and try to talk as if she was a city council member he asked a simple thing she sat down and tried. So there is a clear from there is a clear indication that there is absolutely no regard for this office. Also the law in which we miss our shopping says the room shall be followed and people shall follow the rules but it doesn't apply when he's talking. Miss bibs. No matter what you think of her was buying it for $12 million. The rules will be followed and everyone will follow the rules. It's been over a month. It's been over a month. I just spent over a month to the end yet there has been no bond produced. There has been produced. Okay.
I can't wait to get to that. So
the fact
that we are doing this, that we're asking that the rules be changed for Mr. Lasky that the rules be changed for Mr. Lasky that she should somehow get a lower bond than all black lady. So So yeah, so Miss Babs had to have a 12 million, which this man is screaming racism. This man is screaming racism on the record and saying that we need the City Council following the rules. The city council is following the rules. And we're following the law and for someone to say that we have a double standard and has yet to pay it back. The woman doesn't owe any money. She saved her money city shelter city now. Another name escapes me. Yes ma'am.
Scans main screens. I'll be back when the dust settles in here.
With all due respect, ma'am, I'm finished. Okay, so the issue at hand is rebounding on this resolution as a tune set of rules. There's the rules that apply to everyone else. And now there's a special set of rules that apply that Mr. Lawsky so you don't know what happens behind the scenes this email that you see on the screen you don't know.
Sure I don't sure I don't know
you don't. So
So here's grandma's miss
the question.
It's a double standard. Absolutely.
According to Mr. Secretary, but all I hear Mr. Sassy as you're saying we so that means that city council, or you and I don't know who else is in that week, has been trying to help her get her mind. So that means that we're supposed to help everybody who comes along to get their bonds and we've been helping and trying to give a man a week so get your vibe and find out if they get their bum
squared did not the city paid or everybody did not the city paid for the Bond did not the city help her find a body that used to bond her and pay for them? Yes. Okay, so please explain us since all of a sudden here's a problem helping somebody around. It's not a problem.
It's not a problem because when you get a bond, it's insurance. So you get an insurance agent and the agent, contact the city for any of the information they need from the city. It's just like being granted
it's I was that Janus bit as treasurer was elected just like your left. You have discretion as elected a person. Nobody tells you how to vote. Nobody tells you how to do your job. It wasn't easy elected as a treasurer. She had a responsibility of the treasurer to get now it looks like and I'm and I didn't want to say this because I like to have documents in front of me. I know that there is a bond on file. If that isn't enough, do you get a discount? Because then in the office for a long time, you get a discount because you have experience. You know, you get a discount because the amount fluctuates every year. This happens during the Wayne County pool. You know there despite the mayor, the mayor is elected to various construction. The mayor can run things as she sees fit. So I can't speak on all of the things that Janice was able to do in her capacity. Being the treasurer, but I can say this state law. State law requires in the mind is for the tax collector. So they steal your permit money. That's why you have insurance. They seem somebody said that office workers or whoever is collecting the money used to be the city had all kinds of locations people collected money. Now you're so small, you're down to one place water department they have their insurance, money. Bottom line is this is a new a new friend in decades. decades. She was the deputy treasurer under the treasurer who was here years ago that she was under that bond but she was required to get a bath every year for the space portion. And for the counties. That county takes it one step further because the county gives you a receipt back and the county pays for their bond and they get it back out or chargebacks or what I've been doing over the last month is reading the law. In fact, it's it's not even that easy to understand, but in trying to get this is a personal city. This is a band that would be in the person's name. So when Lisa those to get her fine, she needs to find a mountain that bond will cover the debt. It has to cover the debt because the deputy does not get a bond on their own. The deputy treasurer is liable for the for the debt. And so the real issue is, you know, you fill out the application and you turn it into the insurance company and then the insurance agent works with the city attorney's office to collect all the information information that you gotta you got to know, you know, how much money the city collects. How much did the county the county's taxes, Wayne County, the state and the school district and it's in the winter and that you have to have your mind on file with him by December because that tax bill goes out in December and it's due in February. I understand the frustration because it's complicated. It's complicated for a new person who has not been a treasurer. That's the problem. There is a Michigan treasurer's association that I would suggest this is the largest he reached out to because some of the treasures in Michigan are some are elected some are elected without having had any experience and those townships that are required to cover deputy the deputy has experienced the thing about Tony Lampkin is he's not find it because you might have been under Janice's bond and she's now involved so whatever bond she has on Cloud for whatever amount, you know, you can say like you know, maybe expires but the fact is, she's gone it was in her name. So this is a this is no for this thing for starting fresh. I don't think anybody's discriminating against but that's a personal feeling, the way you feel about how you've been treated. But the fact is, you have to get an agent and the agent does the diligence to get the information of the city city cannot give an applicant or appointed person bank information. They you're not going to give them documents from the city. They're not going to give them that so they have to fit into the agent. So I think it'll all work out. You decide to go and try to get the vibe. And now what happens one of the questions was What happens if this all falls by
the way that the Wayne County treasurer will be your
elected treasurer? And so this isn't gonna go away anytime soon because we're about to go into an election. So the next person is going to have the same crime. And so that that's, that's a problem that I see. I think it's all blown up for credit.
We're going to get through it.
We have time for Mr Barsky to try to get the bond up until the deadline for the summer tax isn't necessarily for stealing money. It's to be able to collect the tax you have to have so I think it's gonna work out we could just, you know, there's also so
we got a motion on the floor that was made by Mr. Shafi, the chair second that you can vote on this resolution right now. Let's do additional questions. Additional questions? Okay, go right here. So
first, let me say this. I personally talked to Mr. laughs and said that I felt that she was better suited and a lot of other places in the, in the city. The city, I mean, here working at the city. She doesn't have any treasure experience. We would have to sit on a train or let her go to training or teacher. And there's some areas that I think she really needs to understand that falls under the treasurer and some that does not fall under treasury. There's also my question here, that these things that need to be changed on this resolution, and $5,000 I'm not sure from 2 million which is what Miss Mr. shopee you guys came up with this the very first resolution about the wreck and putting the $2 million now you want us to go all the way to
5000 That's not 500,000 I'm sorry. I'm
sorry. 500,000. And I'm not sure what 500 Just hear me out what 500,000 would actually cover in regards to a city. So I don't know if we're actually thinking or is this what this the amount that you've already found out? That she can get bonded for or you assuming that she can't get bothered for? 8 million 12 million because I'm sure that everybody putting their taxes in is going to be over $500,000 So, again, are we binding her for this amount and then next day, if we bond her, she becomes the treasurer, just interim. Then we don't have to turn around again. So she doesn't get intellectual she chooses not to or say I don't know somebody else because there are some people in the park that actually already work in this kind of capacity and have some bombs. They just have their reasons for not applying. Later, they may want to be elected. They might not want to deal with this kind of situation. Is why they did not come forward. But my wishes are purely based on factual information that I'm looking at and things that I know as well as I know for a fact that she knows she's aware. She's aware what I've said how I feel, and that this should not be happening. I don't care where you going, what are the city they will not even be having this conversation because once you could not fulfill the requirements, it will be a move on. Well, we just go ahead and let Wayne County be the treasurer until we can get an election and then she is here. For anytime. She wants to run for election. I have no problem with it. Okay, last but not
least, any discretion,
any discretion that one of us should not be voting. I would suggest that we don't vote because it is a good word for this. If you don't look right. You probably should not vote.
So I'm just I'm simply going to say this here to make the statement. I think you'd be benefited somewhere else. That sounds vaguely familiar to me. You better off eight in the field boy, you don't hear in this house. That's what it sounds like to me. Okay, okay. The bottom line is the whole of Second of all, I didn't cut you off when you were talking this man. I didn't cut you off. I didn't cut you off. You just made assumptions about what I would say a second ago. What are you talking about Express? Okay. So allow me to express my
bottom line.
You made the assumption that she can't get banned from what I'm finding out it's not her that's holding up the process is the city and the attorneys is actually old enough to practice. And furthermore, I reached out to Mr. Eric Sabrine. He said to the A he sent us a list of every treasurer in which Wayne County has been since 2019. Jen has been which was not on that list. explain that one to me.
If you asked me she was not on that list.
All I'm simply saying is you tell her mind existed. All I'm simply saying is you telling me that a bond existed for somebody? May I finish speaking yes, you met. You're telling me that a bond existed for Janice Phipps, which I have yet to find. Nobody can provide it for me. Nobody can give it to me. Hell, you can't even tell me who the by the agency was nobody knows. As usual, it's always the same in the city. Nobody knows nothing when the question is that everybody's nobody knows that everybody's speechless. But the moment you trying to cram some crap down our throats. You got plenty to say the and I got a problem with that.
So are you talking to me? I'm talking to everybody. Okay, so in a
moment y'all got something that you're trying to jam down our throats? You got plenty answered for me there so
we're gonna move move way off the water. So now to go back to the resolution
of the requested for the question about the bar
shopping somebody else would like to speak Madden pro tem.
I wasn't going to wait until Council affairs. We cleared the air. I own a house at Luis that I purchased from the storm loskis and Brian Donovan because before COVID It started out as a project for us because we attended small development class. So when COVID hit Devi ducted my sweat equity and I purchased that house which is nobody's Okay, that is nobody's business. That searching around and why not? It's nothing. Nothing. It means nothing only because Brian Donovan said on the assessor's board, and I was inquiring some questions about different like my garage is tore down. I said it's my tax it's gonna be different questions that I asked so they took back my personal information and gave it to whoever so now that when that email came from i Oh my house Oh anyways, they didn't give me anything. I know I don't but I did. So now we can call for the vote. No, I guess the
question is what's really the concern? about her being bonded?
They don't know who the hell no, no, no. Wait,
we Arjun was concerned about her being bonded. What's the concern? And the holdup? I don't understand. It's
insurance man. That's what it is. It's insurance.
I heard that I heard I'm just saying it, anybody who can answer that was
smart and I will attend I will attempt to but I will not promise you to do a good job. Okay, so it's insurance. If you get a vehicle for $40,000 You have to get a full coverage policy that covers that vehicle if it's damaged for up to $40,000 the role that she's accepting, she has to have insurance coverage, for errors for theft that is equivalent to the amount of money that she's handling. That's what bonding is for. It's not like a criminal bond. Like if you're running from the law, and they you abide that you have to put up a certain amount of money to keep from running. If you run the bail bondsman will come and get you know, this is this is a different framework. And again, my explanation is framed by my limited knowledge of it, but the bonding insurance is just that it is insurance. The bonding agency goes after the person that they bond
so that's its purpose. What's the concern?
I don't know what because Allah knows that she just can't
get one. Okay, right.
Okay. Hold on,
hold on. What's the next step?
The county will come in and manage our treasury needs, ma'am. That's where we are right now because
there's a whole bag because we're holding it back. As a whole, right?
I don't know that we're holding anything.
You definitely hold them.
So why are we moving forward if we're not holding anything back?
And I don't recall anybody saying actually have any background checks?
Correct.
Did you get a background check yet?
So I that was a yes or no question, man.
I filled out a form for background check. I filled out forms almost a month ago for HR and I thought that background check at that time. I filled up many many. However, it was just last week at HR brought to me the background check. Yeah, and so now they are still
okay, thank you. And that was a that was 30 days ago. Very strong. Yes. No. Yes. No. No, no. We're talking about the background checks. She said 26 days ago.
She just said HR just gave it to her last week, but they waited 26 days and tell her about it. They waited 26 days the Taliban know she's eating less meat. She said she said she just did it last week. I couldn't say hey, listen to what she said. She just did it last week, but she didn't know about it until last week.
Now my question is
are the minutes from the meeting that we had? And at that meeting, it was made clear on that day gave you there's the lizard was supposed to do this
time that Wayne County bonds and Miss
okay, but we're about bond company. Eric simply supply that. Yeah. Okay, so let's get information on where she can get bonded now is where my question to you is. You would What did you say? You said something about it. Train, right treasurer or training or treasurer. That what would that do if she gets training? Would that help her get bonded? Would that help us move forward as a city or you're talking about waiting until the next election? Why would we do that?
That there is a treasurer's Association.
Right. Okay. Treasurer Association,
Jack's. Place to reach out because they're all in some are some are figureheads, right. No, I
got you. You're going on repeat. My question to you is, you talked about the treasurer Association. She can do that once she's bonded. Correct.
Once she got the job. No, I
got that. I got that. She can still go to the Treasurer Association when she get bonded. Yes. No, she found it. She can do whatever she wants. So that's yes. Learn the job on the desk. So that's it. That's it. That's it. Yes. So my next question the treasurer Association right now what do what
treasures, Jesus Jesus
this is where they will learn how to do this job is a hard job. You got to compute the taxes. You got the taxes you got to
write right I got that. I remember you said that. I got I heard everything you said. My question right now but we're talking about being herping bonded right. And the treasurer Association that's not it's just a bunch of treasures that are bonded, not bonded, certified, not certified, appointed, not appointed. So she would just go there and just get information organization.
treasurer's.
We can't or we're not going to we
can't I don't have the information. You don't know the information.
anybody can run we can take off the job. We really need to stop saying this is the thing about Highland Park. We need to stop doing business as usual because it's getting us nowhere. But that's in the statute. That's it's getting us nowhere. It's getting us nowhere
anybody can run the job when you get it.
Right. You say anybody can get the bond but clearly nobody. Anybody can't get the
bar. It's not true. Well, we have to try.
We have you been trying to apply? No. Isn't that simple, right?
Most treasurer's have backgrounds in finance. They come from banking, they say it's a skill set. It's a skill set. I couldn't be a vet. If I didn't have any medical
khaki square just said that she will learn it on the job. Yes, ma'am. So you said it's
saying most treasures have a background in accounting. Or finance. They go get professional training. They come out of college with those degrees, and they decide you know what, I've been working for Goldman Sachs. I'll go become a treasurer in my community. I'm gonna work for Lehman Brothers. It's one of those things where bank computations you don't learn that you don't learn that at community college. You just don't spell it around. Great.
So are you guys ready to vote on this?
Let's go ahead and oh, you definitely
don't have she has to get her on bond.
So I have so much to say. Y'all don't know nothing about nothing and nobody has produced a bar for anybody.
For Mr. Nice to show
me your mind for me right in our chin up.
Show me. Madam Clerk. Off the order at hand, and I'm calling for the vote on the resolution regarding the amendment of the binding requirement for interim treasurer. Lusas Dillard ski, Madam Deputy Clerk, would you please call the roll.
So Mina Shafi Yes, Councilwoman Martin,
what are we voting on?
This is a resolution regarding the amendment of the binding requirements for antral and Treasury releases Dylewski. So
we're trying to change it from 2 million to 500,000. Yeah.
It's full of errors, but we were voting on it.
We're voting on it. So
yes, on the changes Yes. On the changes Yes. On the changes Yes. Only
change. Okay.
So ma'am, I just just who point of clarification, are you voting on the resolution the resolution are you this is the resolution to
amend the bond requirement? Yes. To amend the bond requests. Thank
you very much for the clarification. So.
No, cars, boats and Robinson. Yes. Council President Thomas. No.
Motion carries your baby. All right. Well, one will be moving on to item seven of the administration. This is the resolution to approve the location agreement between DTE chaos bill payment system between the city of Highland Park and DTE City Council. What is your pleasure? Item seven
I want to make a motion to a resolution to approve location agreement DTS bill payment system between the city of Highland Park and DTE,
thank you very much. Well, thank you, Miss Martin. We have a motion on the floor by Councilman Martin to approve the resolution are related to the location agreement between DTE and the city of Highland Park. Do we have support? I support with questions on support from counsel approach and ROM So your question is ma'am, who decided
on this location? Because I want to answer that because I've went to the police station on several occasions but couldn't get in. So why was an input inside
the Rec Center rec center
Thank you moving started on the right. Change
your direction open more than the police department.
So when DTE can reached out to us about setting up a payment location in the city, they requested that location because that's where hopefully we move all of our operations for the police department. Now speaking on times that you can't get in that is not a fully manned 24 hour building. At this moment. We are still operating out of 14112 Woodward as our primary Police Department for patrol services. That's an administrative building and Detective Bureau and 30 at District Court three days a week between specific hours
so what as long as you say it will be fully man chief No I did not did what you just said that is not fully man because I'm because when I read the door I'm Bill I can't get in because it's not fully manned. But then again just said to me there so it's going to be fully man when when the kiosks get there No it won't. So I'm not understanding I'm really not understanding now.
So the intention is in the future to be fully manned. However, we're not there yet. But the unit will be there and dt will list the specific hours in which we are operating.
And then those specific hours you make sure that you have someone there. Correct. That's all I needed to know chief. Thank you very much.
Okay, we have item seven a resolution to approve the location agreement between DTE and the city of Highland parks and council. What's your pleasure on this? We have a motion made by Miss Martin supported by Councilman Robinson Madam Deputy Clerk, would you please call the roll on item seven.
Councilman Shafi? No. How's a woman Martin? No. Councilwoman Monica? Yes. Casa ProTeam. Robinson? No. Council President Thomas.
Yes. So our citizens will not have a kiosk to pay their bill now right now. We owe to them. So they gotta go downtown,
where they met go on until we executive
under item eight under Community Development item. Eight A is a resolution petitioning for the vacation of the public street and alley and 274 West grant.
I vote to approve the resolution particularly for the vacation and alleyways 4274 Westlife
have a motion on the floor to approve this resolution from Councilwoman Monica chair offer support
here any questions pulled aside up on the mat.
It was the last greenhouse everybody
some poor Okay, sorry. Have any?
Just want you to see it before we vote on it
this man Monica 274 was Grant somewhat vacating this alley.
So I got a question
already. Okay.
So so we're talking about the green house that they just tore down, which was the last holdout they want us to vacate that street. Yes, yes. Okay. facility that has still not had a tenant, but you're wiped out in the entire neighborhood for
lovely makes me feel all warm up with those people sold their property.
And I get an amen. Makes you feel all warm and fuzzy. It's been sitting there for a year or for what how many years NASA has been empty.
That means that they have to decide to ask the capital site here. Yes, it is. Okay, so the previous administration and the previous city council, in approving this project, failed to do the proper paperwork for whatever reason, and they didn't vacate this alley. And now this city council has an opportunity to correct that so that the paperwork is done properly, as a motion on the floor from Councilwoman Monica, support about it's not true.
That's not true.
Thank you very much for that I wasn't exactly sure based on it. So I stand corrected. This was the greenhouse. This was the this was the green house. Okay. It was impossible for us to do this then. That's right. It was impossible for us to do so now we can the house has been so the family has been compensated. It needs to be vacated for it to properly fit in alignment with what Ashley capital is doing over there. Am I corrected my statement? Okay, so we have an opportunity to make that right. Any additional questions on Item eight. Madam Clerk, would you please call the roll on a resolution petitioning for the vacation of the public alley, public street in alleyways of 274. West grant.
Councilman Shafi?
Yes,
Councilwoman Martin. Yes. Councilwoman Monica? Yes. Council Pro Tem Robinson No. Council President Thomas
Yes. Motion carries moving on. Thank you, sir. Thanks for the clarification, or the community development moving on to Item B resolution to sell the vacant residential adjacent lot at one to eight channel to the adjacent property owner at 132. Chandler, Mr. Kevin Jones with $500 to the council. What's your pleasure?
I'll make a motion to approve the sale of the law.
We have a motion on the floor from counsel approach and Robertson do we have support?
Kevin Jones, support
here. Support from the chair
which one? Which one are we looking at?
This is a one to one to a Chandler Madam Deputy Curt go ahead and call it a roll on item eight
questions.
I didn't see your hand.
I got some questions. If Mr. Jones can answer them for us, yes. Okay. So, so Mr. Jones, you you list here as a resident, but your ID says to Shelby Township,
yes, I own the property.
Okay, so it's not residential. So non resident. What are your plans? submitted the one directly behind camera.
Put a screen next to
the swings
which It's Miss Martin.
Yeah.
Did you get my message? Yes, I talked to you said you talk to me. Talk to young lady Powell. Say you didn't talk to me because I don't have I left you a message. We didn't talk. Okay. So it says here your resident? No, I'm not a resident anymore. You're not a resident anymore. How long have you not been a resident?
So there's no requirement for residency for Jason.
As a resident, what is gonna say it right here on purchase information
says resident profit or for profit organization developer or non resident.
So my question to you is in the purchaser, which would you would you acquired it you are not a resident resident, okay. So, it will be a non resident or nonprofit or developer.
non resident,
non resident, okay. So non resident, okay, and so you want to do build a swing and maybe it did I read that maybe your graph maybe first this week, okay, for just a minute behind. When did you decide when did you I'll be
honest with you I never knew that I could purchase lots. I thought I was all done by somebody. I think it was just had the name on all the time.
So is this your first a lot?
Yes, that's my person I
own two houses. I lived in one 2000.
And then on that lot, you want to do a swing set and maybe a
garage. But I maintain all three.
You might do it. I maintain the property
and cut the grass and I'll
sit down in the middle class.
How soon are you planning to get started on the swing set and maybe the grass
you said when you May or June, May or June maybe. Okay. And how long were you think that will take you if you get started in May or June.
I don't know how long it takes to
have you in pricing a swingset?
Grandkids
your grandkids? Yeah. They stay in the house next door.
No, I got a cousin living and now my daughter might move into the house yeah I have to pass on one side.
Yes. So the fact that you're here says values. We appreciate that. I would just add in which I tried to tell everybody is if this council does approve you I ask that you keep your clean up the property visited you what you said you're going to do with it. Do that now. Okay.
But my thing is, What proof do we have that doesn't even got to happen? Like there's no schedule? There's no
jobs? How long have you been taking care of them? Lots.
I had a house since oh eight.
So you've been taking care of them last basically. Is this in the middle? Okay.
Oh yes. Ma'am. Yes, sir. Okay.
Any additional questions? Madam Deputy Clerk, would you call the roll on item eight, be the resolution to sell to vacant residential adjacent lot at 124 CHANDLER to the adjacent property owner at 132 Chandler, Mr. Kevin Jones, would
you please call the roll councilmember Shafie,
who moved in again I'm sorry. It was Moved by Councillor
Pro Tem Robinson supported by the chair. Okay. Yes.
Councilwoman Martin. Yes. Councilwoman Monica. Council Pro Tem Robinson. Yes, Council President Thomas. Yes,
thank you very much. To Item C resolution to sell to vacant residential adjacent lot at 347. Elmhurst Anthony, two adjacent property owner at 353. Elmhurst for $500. There's two Yes. We the chair is open to hear a motion on Item eight. See,
I'll make a motion itself.
We have a motion on the floor by Councillor Pro. Tim Robinson. Do we have a second?
Second? No. But
second from Councilwoman Martin Do we have any question or discussion so can we move to the vote? I got a question. Please go right ahead. Miss Martin.
This morning. I'm sorry. I saw that property was nice. You're right. It was one of the best ones on the left. I still true.
Disagree. No, no. It was a lovely house. Yeah.
You have you heard because you're using it to rent, correct? Yes. Next to what I'm using a lot. Right. You said what else to support me. And so I might ask you to same thing I asked the last when do you plan to get started? With that? It's already gravel, your brain.
Excellent parked cars.
All right. And how long do you think that's going to take somebody emotionally? Six months, five months a year? It's pretty much done. Yeah. Okay, but you haven't started yet. The only things in motion but just gravel
there already. Okay. You know, I don't know if he was cement there. I'm walking around. It's just a map. You know, make it look really nice. You stop.
Yeah, I well. What I saw was I saw the house. I saw the net lot next to it. And I see that there's cars instead of parking on the street. They're parking in that actual lot. There's no more grass there anything like so yeah, I saw that this. Okay. So you're not looking seen it? I don't
know gravel so you miss man
there was no permit prior to talk to the city council next city council. Member he's in I had to talk to the building inspector gonna inspector and he said to look cuz I just use a t 111 gravel. That will be fine. So
you got to stick around if you do see me
so it's probably just going to be more gravel, if in fact the gravel washes away.
So I got a question. Mr. Toole? Yes, sir. Okay. So I understand the way that things used to be done. Okay, with the previous council, you know, they allow people to occupy the land to lead let me ask you this question. How long have you occupied that lead? To come to council
and exit purchasing?
Only six months okay, but I've been taken care of right 2005
Okay. Okay. Okay. So So, the reason I say that is okay, I don't want to get into a habit. And I'm not telling you no, I'm just saying I don't want to get into a habit. Oh, people squatting on city land, and then something happens to you on their land. The city is responsible for it. You don't say we have a bunch of situations like that right now. That industry that have gone on for years, eight years, nine years, 10 years people have been using land that's not theirs, occupied? And now all of a sudden after eight 910 years they want to purchase it. Okay. But all of that time they put the city in liability, because if anything happened to them on their land, it's our property. We are responsible, right? We're responsible for right you know, I'm saying so, I want to put out there to every resident. I appreciate the fact that you maintain the land. You got it. That's fine, okay. Don't operate on it. Don't be on it. Don't be living on it until you've actually purchased it. Because if something happens to you, we're responsible. Okay, and we don't have the money to pay. Okay, now, I see people putting up putting up solar lights were no questions asked if their light falls on somebody or falls on their car. It was their fault. Cities that fall does that say I understand? Okay. So in the future. If you have something that's next to you that you want to cut in maintain, that's fine, but don't use the land don't occupy until you actually open. Okay, okay. All right. Madam
Deputy Clerk you want to call the roll on item. HC resolution to sell the vacant residential adjacent lot at 347 Elmers to the adjacent property owner at 353 lm hertz, if you would call it a roll on that.
Councilman Shafi Yes. Councilwoman Martin. Yes. Councilwoman Monica. Council pro Tim Robinson. Yes, Council President Thomas.
Yes, motion carries. Moving on to Item D resolution. Thank you, sir. You got a lot today. Resolution to sell to vacant residential adjacent lot at 400 Highland two Bs. R II LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company adjacent property owner at 396 Highland for $500. City council wish pleasure probably
Yeah, we're not alone.
Yeah, hi. Tea. Did we
really did. We did on your agenda last week.
That's right now I remember this. Okay.
So the council worship Plaza
and I make a motion to deny this application.
On what grounds?
The same is the same reason is last time. One. I don't think the young man is here. Okay. Okay. Well, hold on a second. I take that motion back then that allows us to do some discussion. So we don't have a motion on the floor. yet. Okay. Well, somebody can make it.
Is that indeed a resolution to sell the vacant residential adjacent lot at 400 Highland. To be sorry, LLC, the adjacent property owner at 396 Highland City Council What's your pleasure?
gentleman standing in front of us are we not going to discard this motion going down the floor? Somebody make a motion no one has made a motion as of yet.
Make a motion to stay on the line.
We have a motion on the floor from Councillor approach and Robinson to sell the adjacent lot to the 400 Highland to the adjacent property owner who owns 396 Highland share offers support madam Pro Tem What are your questions? Mr.
Reid? Are you Yes, me.
So do you actually live in
this I live there? You do? Yes ma'am.
And from this paperwork, you said it was just fascinating. All right.
I'll try the question.
Ma'am. Yeah, so how long have you been living
since like October? Last year? Yeah.
Yeah. Okay. Um,
so your ID writers award. And you've been living or how long?
Linear like a year.
We never got a
no. Why is that?
Because I still have my LLC in Florida.
Okay. When you want to be asked ask you this question. So that right here in our packet, are we sorry Dennis be productive through it, what's your understanding of
it and to make it look good, you
know, their mindset.
Everybody said that to not
get a lot of it.
Have you been taken care that lot right now? Yes.
It has need to be cooked because it's cold. So it's picking up trips. Because the grass doesn't grow because it was cold
for a lot
and how long do you plan to get started with them?
Probably like, one a month a year right? Like three months.
How long do you feel like that's the next
standard to get advanced then? All right. Remote?
Oh, the whole time.
Have you looked at fencing?
I don't know I have that.
Okay, Madam Clerk, would you call it a row? On I'm sorry, Miss Martin. I'm sorry i Miss Miss Manica Miss Monica forgive me.
I'm the last person upon the house
that was my ad. I was trying to figure out who's
Okay. Mr. readers want to get some clarification from you. A lot of people in Michigan split their residents. I will say 100,000 200,000 people in Michigan split their residence between Michigan and Florida. Would you assume that you're going to spend 50% a year to at least 50% of your time here?
Yes, more than that.
Okay. Okay. Are you originally from Michigan or Florida? Whoa. Okay. So you're a Florida resident and now you've moved to Michigan. You've done the opposite. Most people in Michigan move down to Florida. Yeah, they do. They do. I know quite a few people who split their residents at least 50% of the time between Michigan and Florida is not uncommon, especially with people who are north of 50. So it's a very common thing. I don't have any additional questions man approach and would you go ahead and call the roll for this gentleman. This is on a resolution to sell to vacant residential adjacent lot of Florida Highland,
Madam Clerk and call it
I'm sorry. When you get up at 435 o'clock in the morning today's Madam Deputy Clerk, would you please go ahead.
Councilman Shafi.
Said, Councilman Okay, Councilwoman Martin, no. Councilwoman Monica? I'm sorry. Council Pro Tem Robinson. Yes. Council President Thomas. Yes,
Motion fails. Sorry,
sir. All right.
Yeah, do get up at 435 o'clock every morning. Moving on to see this put a Snickers moving on to the next one resolution to sell to vacant residential adjacent lot at 220 middlin. To miss shrill, Buchanan Johnson, the adjacent property owner at 216 Midland is Miss Buchanan Johnson here. Hi, ma'am. Thank you very much. Okay. So at this point, the Chair will entertain a motion.
I'll make a motion to sail.
We have a motion on the floor from counsel approach. And Robertson. We have a second support request is support from Councilman a shot for your question, sir. Hey,
how are you?
Are you doing today? Oh, my memory serves me right. We just gave you a live and about a month or two ago right?
No, no Oh, six hasn't been able
to hammered I was thinking it was a couple of months. Yeah, it was last year. Okay,
um,
what have you done
with that particular lightning? Wow. You will be amazed. Spit by 1000 words, good, free platform shut down to 2222 and 226. Okay,
you're finished in the Emini, not yet.
Because I thought that two coin belong the 216 that's what they've been, you know, tell them the four for a long, long time. Good to know.
Motion,
we have a motion on the floor. A motion was made by counsel approach and Robertson supported by Councilman shopee. To sell this with questions he asked his questions you have additional questions Miss Martin.
We did. Yes. Did you? Did you have any pictures of this? Okay.
Miss Jackson, I also want to ask you the same question I asked the previous person where he said right here it says we're as the goal of the city to decrease the number of parceling homes and to return them to productive use. What's your understanding of productive use? Probably. You.
I mean, when were you planning to fence and locks
for?
So this is
right but what did it look like? Before pictures should be treated. I don't see the training
right here. No, what do I think I just got the pictures of the cut down already on mine. But yeah, just the pictures cut down on this side.
Yeah, okay. Okay, go by there. I went by there. Okay. Okay. And then you said before the winter, yes. So, give me an estimate of
what we're talking about.
And feel like it's winter. Spring
Um, yes. Me.
Oh, four more levels.
And you haven't fenced in anything like that you have already.
Basically what was What prevented you from?
A lot You said hey, when you say something about they.
They told you that too. Well, I came up here
so we save it to 20 to 60 Team
All right. Okay,
wait what the light that comes about. Then on the other side of you,
which are the one that we gave you. Last year. You
know, that's 214 Which is where he used to live.
And I Oh,
you have the big one is right next to each other. The one now that's right next that was 2.2 14
which is on
the right hand side.
I purchased that from last Wednesday. Debut ham, mouth to 60 and they have to twin and then purchase to 22
at this on the screen now Miss Monica. This she there's quite a bit of vacant around her. She is bless your heart. You you own the prairie. There's quite a bit of vacant around you and the fact that you're trying to take ownership of this property is a big deal on end of the fences won't cost you $10,000 At least at least at least 10 If you put it up yourself so if you have somebody else put it up it might cost you twice that. Fencing estimates have quadrupled since the pandemic it is have you looked at fencing yet no but man so here is my issue.
Sounds like we gave you you said yes. Again due to falling 22 Because you got into 20s in the middle between 22 and my so God forgive us. This I don't know how he gave you 222 At your house is way over here.
So because
it's adjacent is Jason I mean it's the adjacent property. There's nothing in between her house was space. Yeah. This is huge. So it's the adjacent
parcel. Bravo.
Bravo 220 is in the MC
which is right next to my house
to the right that would be attacked with right wing,
which they told me some years ago day 220 along with it, but once I got your arm chopped down stuff and did not came back strike hit 2.2 and 2.6 but I couldn't get to 26 because because there's a greenhouse next to someone just what so he gets a choice for 246. So my goal was to get to 20 because right next to my house
so that's how we in the beginning was adjacent because when we came in, you put adjacent to that right next to us, right? All right,
so mismanages, a better picture on the screen
now. Okay, it doesn't change the fact that we've been complaining and we gave her something that wasn't adjacent. Adjacent and and if I understood correctly, you also own you're on the opposite side. So understand, I understand that. I'm right now I'm thinking about you.
I understand that that's four lakhs.
How many purchased by Highland Park?
If we improve this we know
so far. I'm thinking of
a house
to lunch already. And you'd like for us to get water? Yes. Okay. I'm thinking about your water be thinking about text while you look in your head. No,
because you know what we know because this is no longer like it's still motivated
$15 a month for making life
okay. Yeah.
You understand what I'm saying to you?
It sounds like okay, no worries.
Yeah
just want to spend 22
So, I would like to advise us to be careful getting too deep into a person's financial affairs. Yeah, I'm just saying it's, I just think that I mean, again, we have this discussion about property ownership and private property. Yeah, no disagreement. I mean, this is America. We went to war for private property rights. So let's just be I want to be respectful that we don't go too far into people's pockets because it is it's it's TMI, right?
Because I didn't get my house for free.
What I'm saying, what I'm saying to you is to make sure you know what goes along with purchases. I have no problem with
she's not voting on anything. Here. It's Christ. Right. Okay,
we make. So again, you're standing before me, and you don't know. So I need to make sure that you know, that's all I wanted to make sure that you know, and there was a water bill, along with additional property tax. That's not one. It's four. Okay.
Okay. All right. So can we go ahead now we have any additional questions, we can go ahead and call it a row for item. This is item II. This is a resolution to sell to vacant residential adjacent lot to 220 Midland to Mr. I mean, sorry to miss Buchanan Johnson, the adjacent property owner to 16th Midland it says Jackson has JOHNSON Oh, he has Jackson. Yes, ma'am. It's Jackson. Forgive me, ma'am. Forgive me, ma'am. Miss Buchanan Jackson. It says Johnson on the on the Vichy. Okay. So let's go ahead and take the roll on that if you will. Madam Deputy Clerk
Councilman Shafi.
Go with a yes.
Councilwoman Martin,
then, yes,
Councilwoman Monica? Yes. Council Pro Tem Robinson. Yes. Council President Thomas. Yes, motion
carries. Congratulations man. You got a lot today. All right. Moving on Item F that's a resolution to sell the vacant residential adjacent lot at 39 Winona to the adjacent property owner at 45 Winona Mr. Brandon Lopez.
I'll make a motion for sale. We
have a motion on the floor. From counselor Pro. Jim Robinson. We have support Second. We have support from Councilman now Shafi questions? Go right ahead, ma'am.
Hello, hello. How are you? Um,
first question, where do you live?
I live at 169 Courtland. Your home you're going to varying degrees since COVID. But I have become a full time resident since I've separated from my California job on November 3. To 2023.
You've been here since 2020. Full time
correct. But I've been majority time here since 2020. And then only part time before that. Since 2016.
Correct? Yes.
Matthew is my brother who's also in the audience.
But this is not his. He
should have been able to submit it Yes.
It looks like a younger version.
That is unfortunate. That should not have been the case. I submitted both of them yes, but I've researched the issue and I would actually have to travel back to California and stop what I'm doing here to locate my original birth certificate. Because I need an original birth certificate to apply for a Real ID Yeah, and that is not easy. Yeah, and our house, the family home is under renovation. So everything is actually in storage and
they ask for a utility bill and all that other.
You don't have any. I have utility bills. I have car insurance. They still didn't take they needed for the REAL ID because it is a federal importance. They require the birth certificate for some other copy if I were from another country but more in California. So the birth certificate is the way I have to go.
When does your
2027 So don't forget, if it is a priority, I can go back as soon as my current project ends and I can go look for that birth certificate and make the highest intentions with this. So I'd like to create a buffer zone between the house at 45 Winona and extend out so that we can reduce the amount of glass broken glass from alcohol bottles and people trans aggressing the property very close to the line of the house and that would require building a fence and I would like to include the driveway the concrete into a pad so that someone can park without having to be outside of the festival area. So there's a little there's a little pathway but that is outside of the defensible area because it's not it's too close to the street. So to continue that with the fence will area to make ingress and egress for the vehicle I would need a lot to decide to correct not the whole area just enough for a car to happen. I believe it comes out to 1008 of the lot because you know for one car one and a half car size standard. It does not require the entire lawn so we're not losing a lot of drainage area or gas or grass frontage. Just enough for a car and maybe a car and a half to be parked. Well, surveys take around two to three weeks at current estimates and then unless I can get an agreement from the neighbor, not neighbor sorry, the owner of the 33 Winona lot, which is a Grace International Mission Minister ministries. If I can get agreement from them, I can make it faster we would probably be able to build it in two to three weeks. And we plan to use a local labor we have already purchased but have not had the fencing material delivered. So we're just ready to go whenever we are given the opportunity to do so. Okay, so that's the
minimum or the maximum.
I mean, I would say if the weather does not serve us it could. It could just be as long as we have a week or two or at least drying up weather so we can start laying concrete for the cancer close. What do I do? So I am a project manager for a renovation renovations team out here that we take derelict homes we take homes that are distressed we take homes that are not habitable, and then we transform them into habitable living units for the for the community. This house has nothing to do with my job. This is something that I own personally with my brother
though so I actually have a question not because it has a job. It manages what you do.
Okay, so as a project manager
I'm assigning deliverables Yeah, I'm a project is going to take in your brain correctly break it down in milestones and steps right Correct. Yeah, so that's why yes, for sure. Okay, so let's so let's let's talk about gave me quickness as to
whether permits and so the longest I think they would ever take given the weather that I've seen here in Michigan, again, very different from where I'm from, probably two months right. But I do think it would be much less i All we need is about a week and a half of good dry weather for the concrete to make sure that it's all set and not leaning because we obviously want it to look good after and then be durable through any storm that may come by.
So I might ask you the same question I asked jayvees And I think we I actually just want to phone when you say return them to productive use, what was that? What was that understanding for you? So
yes, there is the aesthetic factor of making it look pretty, you know, obviously you can plant around the fence etc. But for us the productive nature of that fenced in lot is actually the preservation of existing property. So for instance, if you think of your car being broken into as negative, productive capacity, you know, we've actually had our stuff stolen from that property because of where the car is located on that side of the property. We we feel that productive use is increasing the safe, usable space of that house and preserving existing property whether vehicle, children's toys, pet areas, etc.
And it's
not probably not a garage, so that estimate would be get the fencing and then lay the concrete for the pad for the car to sit on but not a full on garage. We have the fencing already purchased that would be a later step. So I don't want to say that we've gone down that road yet but the concrete pad for sure we've looked into
was Monica.
I have Yes. I believe August of last year we petitioned and we're sold the lot at 49 Winona, which is the lot on the other side. That lot was already fenced in by a previous owner. So when we acquired the home eight years ago, we had put in the application seven years ago to get that lot as well as the one that we're discussing right now. And then I have also been here on behalf of the company that I worked for, but those have been farther and farther in the past but for my own personal interest. Yes, I was sold a lot in August of last year as a premier Michigan properties.
They have other properties here and how hard to do
what you tell me
how many properties that the company owns. I'm not at liberty to say it's not my company. I don't know that. I can tell you how many I own. I can tell you anything. Interesting. I do own some other properties and I do live in Portland Yes
Okay, let's call it a row. So for resolution to sell to vacant residential Jason law at 39 Winona to the adjacent property owner 45 Winona Adam deputy clerk if you please call the roll.
Councilmember Shafi. Yes. Councilwoman Martin. Yes. Councilwoman Monica. Council protein Robinson. Yes. Council President Thomas.
Yes, motion carries. Thank you sir. You got a lot today. I demanded engineering resolution authorizing the acceptance of additional and deletion of certain major and local streets within the city of Highland Park. public right of way under Act 51 Milot certification for cities and villages. City council What's your pleasure? This is Item eight now.
Approve with questions. I need somebody to explain this to me, because I didn't read it several times was not making much sense. Maybe that's because I'm not an engineer.
We have support.
Support.
Good evening.
So please explain.
I'm going to try to make it simple for you. Okay. So each year there's some updated information some mapping, so each year in order for the city of Highland Park to receive activity one money they need to certify the amount of miles of roads to have because the funding is based on the miles road, right. Okay. So what you have before you today is a request to approve deletion of some roads that happened as a part of the means group development and some addition of some rows that were some Highland Park properties that we wanted to bring back into Highland parks jurisdiction so that there wasn't a loss, too big of a loss of revenue. So basically, over there were Stewart Frankel's property, Oakland Park court, all of that. That. So Christ moved out we, we had when we got here in 16. The right away was supposed to be dedicated, never got dedicated. We couldn't figure out who we spoke to plowing the road. So that was Oakland Park. And then, what we also did is we we were told that Highland Park is supposed to be maintaining the crossover across Davidson. So we added, we added in the property from Oakland, we added the crossover over Davis and in and we subtracted the means group roads out. So they're in and the other thing I should point out is we went through the maps that we had and we reclassified the roads to try to get more lineal footage. Because back in 2002, was 46.38 miles. And we did our GIS study and it's really 48.34. So we're asking him that we're asking the state to acknowledge that we have more miles of road than what they have on record. And we're also asking them to take action on the deletion and the addition of roads so that we can potentially receive additional funding. So
what about the row? I see my approach.
What about the rows over there all second. When I go into those, those those townhouses over there and that winding road and then big gigantic as part of all sitting in roads What about those roads?
Okay. You wonder why the potholes there? No, no, no,
no, no, I'm I'm wondering. Are those going to be roads that are going to be considered?
Yes, yes, they are. They are. They are currently? No, no, no, no, no, that we already have those roads.
I know we have them. I think they've been asking if they can make those roads private. That no that's not part okay. Then Then I must say I really need to fix them because it's horrible over there. That's fair. It's horrible. And when I say it's horrible, I literally I feel like I'm playing Super Mario Brothers. Over there. It's really bad
you know, do we have the roads over there? You know, behind me, on Edwards. And going back those roads are horrible man, you know, and I understand there's only a few people that's living on the roads, but just because there's only a couple of houses only rose doesn't mean that they have to live in Beirut. Okay. Yeah. Oh, yeah. No, the roads are horrible that day, and then we get on back into into the Joslin area over there, and those roads are horrible and it's a lot of people. Still a lot of people they live in in Aries. Now say granted, it may not be as popular as it used to be. But if we're going to fix one set of roads, I would like for us to fix it all. I mean, it's only 2.9 square miles. No. Oh, and for the love of God. If I have to go across Oakland to six mile one more day. One more time that road needs to be finished. On the one side of it, it needs to be finished on the other side. Okay, I do believe that the money has been given for that
any additional questions?
I have my hand. Yes. I'm
gonna pro tem.
Mr. Diamond gear, can you please define the word deletion and list of students that you want to delete?
So deletion is what it sounds like it's removal. Right? And in the packet on this this, we have we have this map here with roads to be we have all the roads listed in the city and the ones that are highlighted we have the deletions and we have the additions. So would you would you like to know what's being added? Okay, so let's I'm gonna go in order by what's being added and then I'm gonna go which being removed or proposed to be removed.
I'm just wondering want to know that wants us to do Oh,
are you okay? So Fourth Street for between Lincoln and Hamilton, okay. Pasadena, between Lincoln and Hamilton. Lincoln between fort and Pasadena. Lincoln between fort and Pasadena. West Grand Street from Lincoln to Hamilton West Grand Street from West Grand to West Grand Auburndale Street from Lincoln to Hamilton. Lincoln Street from West Grand Street to Auburndale. West Grand Street from Thompson to Trumbull Auburndale from Trumbull to Lincoln. Trumbull Street from West grant Auburndale Auburndale, from Thompson to Trumbull Waverly from Trumbull to Lincoln, Tyler from Thompson to Lincoln Trumbull from Waverly to Tyler Waverly from Thomson, to Trump, so those all of those rows were within the means group development that's what that basically is that got removed.
No further questions on how to
pass the cap on him. Your green house you don't want a green house conversation
where all the streets are exactly no there we're proposing to remove though.
Meaning that so the right aways were vacated, right but they're still on our active Do you want tat Okay, so in order to clean that up, we have to remove those and then we're adding the ones that are in yellow above. Okay,
so
add that to delete, or delete.
That's the answer capitals.
So, to have these out on the Delete, row, we're repeating but access so that means
that access
No, we are like okay, so the purpose is Highland Park has x miles row and each year we have to verify how many miles we have. If there is any change in the configuration of that we have to report because we get our act 51 funding is based on those roads. So when we so when that as the capital development was was happening, Bill vacated all those roads that took all those years they bought all those people out. And so now since that vacation process is complete, and that development is finished. Now we're saying those roads you have to report those roads as because they're not roads and so we have to report them to the state and says we are asking for these roads to be removed. And then what also has happened is we all that stuff over Auckland park that right away all that was added back. So nothing happened over there, except for those roads were unmaintained they were private, so so that we didn't lose all that funding. We did a swap. So we took these roads out and we put roads in because if we just took roads out, they're just going to they're just going to decrease Honda parks funding in and actually do you want to Councilman Shoppies point is one of the ways that we are we can maintain or attempt to maintain roads through the activity
one fund now all the other pieces White is nothing.
Yes where we have this is this is a tally of all the roads in Highland Park. The ones that are in yellow are additions the ones that are in that reddish color are removed
so right here, right here.
A little type thing and that's the building. So no, that's already
we're not taking questions, sir. I see your hand up. I don't want to have you hold it up. We still in the middle of council business.
Say hi, my name is Lee and Mr. Counsel. Do we have any additional questions before we go ahead? Okay, thank you. I saw Miss Martin, please. The floor is yours. Yes, ma'am. After that, please. Just want to make sure you don't miss here. Yeah, please. The floor is yours man.
We were all conditioned.
I understand that.
I understand
what's already believed so it is right here.
That's all right. Okay,
so my next question. Yes. Yeah, I
want to know about the sheet. You know, I've had people like What's this? Okay.
So, in order to have we have to in order to make these additions, we have to have sketches and we have to have legal descriptions proving that this is what we want to add. So what you're seeing is a sketch and the legal description of the property is being asked so when we say we want to add point two, three, they want to say okay, how do you how do we know that? Verify that show us the document show us the legal description to to that's what those schedules are.
We're getting somewhere here. Okay.
Now my next question the Attachment A when you said like, thanks and crossroads.
Explain Yes,
it's just it's just this guy right here. It crosses over and say this little guy that crosses over
Yes, right here.
Okay, and that's what all of this
know, though. What all of those that list the stuff that you're referring to are the additions. So, Davidson crossover is part of that.
It's in crossover, it's the first
visual of it and a written action that
I must say I love you like them. Okay, and then my last question is, if you can explain these did that reflect your business?
Well, let me get let me get to where you are
that something different that go with a different that not under the same umbrella?
Yes, it's the same. Okay. Yeah.
So the images are like ABC, like when it's actually meant B. Is that something different? Is that with this? No.
Okay, that's okay. So it's a deeper description. Yeah,
I mean, it's so this you know, we try to make it simple and to customers shopping is a lot. It's a lot but you get visuals. So you have you have tables, you have visuals and you have written scripts and so all three, however you learn how you pick up information, we put it all in there so that there's no discussion about what we're okay. So it's a little bit redundant, but if we just put tables in there, people might not get so now
once you broke down a lot. Okay, I appreciate
additional questions.
I do want to say one thing if the current answer, so we probably, you know, that we hadn't had this kind of report, right. It was before the means group development was kind of status quo. It was no change. So you may never have seen this level of detail. come before the council. So where we are going now is when we're with all this development and all these things that are happening, vacations, roads, there's you're going to start to see a lot more of this. We're going to have a lot more of these discussions, depending on what developers want to do. So if you say hey, this is all new why we didn't get it is because there wasn't a change. But if somebody says I want to get these two blocks, and I want to do xy and z, then we're going to have to go this has to be documented in our annual procedure. The other thing is to understand that when those developments come, that's revenue when they when they say hey, I want to vacate these roads and do that that's revenue that's coming from the city. Okay, so the other part of that what we've been talking to C D and trying to get out is that you gotta give something to get some. So if our F 51 funding is being reduced, then these perimeter roads and you can pave those roads because you're taking away our ability to be able to do that with our fund. So the trade off with the development is when you when you heard people talking about development agreements, we come in here now we say you want to do this, you're going to pave this road right here. Are you going to replace them and as watermain so a lot of this now where we're going is getting the developers to understand that nothing's for free. Highland Park's not just giving things away, right? Because we don't have any money. So when this development comes, we have to be in the position to say that's great. So when you when you we can give you those roles, we can give you this property, but this is what we need you to do. We need you to pay x y, because otherwise we don't have the money. We just gave it away. We just gave away revenue. We're not in a position to do that. So now that we understand, that's what we're doing. When we get to the table with them. We say hey, in the beginning, this is what we want. If you want this property, this is what you need to do. You need to put in this water man you need place for sewer, you know that stuff costs so we give you the property for a fair price. You gotta you gotta get we gotta get some in return because we get we get impacted and we give too much away to get progress so that we gotta let them know that we hear what you're saying. But, you know, we want to benefit too. Otherwise, they just get in here and they get what they want and when and we still have the same problems, because I just want to put that out. So I'm just saying as a long statement that say, we probably will be having this conversation again. But I just want to start having that dialogue so that you understand we come back with the mass we know exactly what and you can ask different questions about did you get this? What about this? So that's that's that's just what I wanted to close with. As far as this goes. That was okay,
sir. Thank you so much. Would you go ahead and call it a row on Item nine under engineering, it's a resolution authorizing the acceptance of the additions and deletions. of certain major rows under public act 51.
Councilman Shafie No. Councilwoman Martin. Yes. Councilwoman Monica? Yes, council Pro Tem Robinson No. Council President Thomas.
Yes, motion carries.
Moving on to item 10 under finances submission of the monthly financial statement for March of 2024. I moved to accept
receiving file submission of monthly financial statement for March 2020.
Chair offers a second we have a motion on the floor from Councilman manacle to receive and file our monthly financial statement. questions concerns Yeah,
question. I just don't even understand how we can even do this.
So
let's go. Let's call the vote.
Okay, stick the row on item 10 a submission to the monthly financial statement.
Councilman Shafi go, Councilwoman Martin No. Councilwoman Monica?
Yes.
Council approach and Robinson No. Council, President Thomas yes.
Thank you very much. Moving on to item timbi submission of the proposed fiscal year 2025 budget.
Is this a receiving file? This is a receiver file at a budget proposal. Thank you very much.
But to receive the proposed budget for fiscal year 2020 For 2020 Chair
offers a second discussion. Mr. Shafi Go ahead.
When are we hearing when we're going to have the hearings for afford the budget
scheduled for May 20. scheduled for May 20. I just received the email from Miss Williamson. She's asking for a workshop on the 29th Okay,
yeah, I'll can I'll confirm that. So
I think it's I think it's premature to be to receive about this before we had hearing.
How are we gonna review it if we don't receive it in violet?
Yeah, so they, we delivered it to you. So again, received file or whatever it's you haven't. And two weeks from now we want to have the workshop to discuss it. And then our goal would be to have the public hearing and approval on May 21. So we're way earlier than we have historically and that gives us a chance for you guys to all take a look at it. So again, receive and file or not, you know, the main purpose of tonight is to schedule the schedule the workshop of the public here. Thank you.
Thank you. All right, Madam Clerk, would you please call the roll? I'm sorry. Miss Martin. Go ahead. Get those hands up. Quick.
Question. As a Clerk, would you consider us a distressed? Let me sing based on our budget
based on the state's definition you are but based on your budget, you are fiscally sound and you've had a balanced budget for the two or three years that I've been here. So this is another one as well.
So the state will consider so we are but our budget will not.
Again the distress thing is good because we get that's what enables us to get the grants and a lot of those other things so they call us whatever they like in order to give us money. So but yes, fiscally we are in on sound footing it again. We'll discuss that in two weeks.
Okay. In your opinion, would it be better to be able to invest? If the city was able to invest? Wouldn't it be a little bit better or not necessarily.
So again, while we're fiscally stable, we every dime we get we spent and you hear our roads could use a few million more our water sewer fund can use a film for 1 million mark, ask our public safety department that could use a few million more. And actually you guys probably want air conditioner too. So like I say operationalize we have a we have a balanced budget and we're fiscally stable. Remember, 10 years ago, we were losing millions annually. So we've come a long way. And again, we'll discuss that a little more into and
then last question. If we were to do a financial forecast, right. Would you wouldn't that be able to prevent us from being a distressed state or being in a deficit or even you know, repeating the next 10 years?
The forecasts only are good if the if there's changes that really need to be incorporated, you know, for us, as an example, this budget is put together based on here's where we were last year. Here's where I'm projecting all your revenues are and boy, we got it to balance you know, that's what it is. So any projections out one year, two year three year unless we have millions of dollars worth of new development or significant income tax revenue coming in or such. Every year the budget is going to be like that it's going to be did we break even do we have a balanced budget etc. So we could go to a two or three year budget, but it wouldn't tell you anything. The literally the budget would just say our revenues equals expenses each year. And really what will get you out of the distressed is the growth in revenues. So right now you're the new development that you had come in here that was a huge boost for us. The last few years. It that's what's gonna increase things for us and supply us additional revenues and allow us to do more stuff
right now.
No, we're not the what we're what we're doing is we are budgeting for the revenues we receive are fiscally sound, we're fiscally what's the word I'm looking for? We're fiscally prudent with our monies. So we look each year to say how much money do we have and the budgets based on how much money we have. We're not going into deficit. The two years before I got here we dipped into fund balance to the tune of half a million dollars a year and each of those years and the last two years we haven't done them. And the goal has always been to live within our means. And to the extent we can get additional revenues. We can invest those start to that's where you're talking about start investing those in additional things, but we're really not quite there yet. So we really just turned the corner to stability. And now we will see what happens we didn't continue to grow up to improve things. Okay.
We will go ahead and call the roll on the receiving and filing of the proposed fiscal year budget for 2025 motion made by Councilman manacle supported by the chair and Deputy Clerk. Councilman
Shafie. No. Councilwoman Martin No. Councilwoman Monica? Yes. Council Pro Tem Robinson No. Council President timeous.
Yes. So City Council will not receive a copy of the budget they were supposed to vote on. Okay, moving on to item 11. This is under recreation. This is to apply for the Detroit area on agency grant opening in April of May of 2020. For city council,
what's your pleasure?
I'll make a motion to apply for the grant with questions.
We have a motion on the floor from Council persons and Councilman a woman Robinson we have support
questions.
Floors yours Oh
why are we getting involved with the AAA? Well,
I will tell you currently as a part of being in Wayne County in this specific area, we are supported by Detroit area agency on aging. Our previous senior coordinator our current Pro Tem did a wonderful job of helping us get a grant which is actually allowed us to be able to do all of the programming you saw last year. So if you think about the eight to 10 activities we did last year in regards to currently we are calling over 150 Seniors every month to tell them about activities to tell them about resources. We could not do that work without the work that she did. And that partnership came from Detroit area agency on aging aging. They gave us miss Sharon and I think a lot of the seniors will say they know Miss Sharon because she's doing all of the calling. So that is the reason why we look to find opportunities to get finance and support from Detroit area agency on aging. Are they asking anything from they asked them for nothing from us? That's a wonderful thing about it. The grant money comes from the state
Oh, no, no, no. I'm just asking the question is for I know I'm just asking the question. I'm curious. I'm asking the question. Okay, so they don't want anything from it.
Not nothing at all. They just asked that when we get the money that we do what we're supposed to do. And we've done that, without that programming, that the work that she did, we would never be able to be where we are today. So we're hoping to continue to grow upon the work great work that she did to take it to the next level. But we need money to do that.
So my question
no idea. That was the key without I think it was appropriate as I don't know. I don't know why I was put in that. Category. When I came in. I saw recreation one. But you know, I can
always still understand the coordinator. So yes,
thank you. I will actually ask because I you know, I just said they say I serve at the pleasure. And I do as I'm told so thank you.
So they answer that question for them. So maybe we can amend this right now and get a vote.
We can approve it as it is. They just have a listen under the wrong department.
But my resolution if you look at my resolution, it says nothing about recreation and my resolution.
Alright, it's been moved and supported. Let's finish it.
I'm sorry, excuse me.
Jeff about this one on the recreation What is it one of the senior coordinator?
Originally resolution says seeking your
coordinate? Yeah, they just it's a typo here and the attorney just says the motions on the floor to approve it.
Thank you. The console speaks to the resolution. So
so we'll just if we can strike through item 11 on the agenda change that and the minutes to show that it is actually senior senior coordinator. Okay. Yes, sir. So when the minutes come out, it will say senior coordinator it will not say recreation and you can approve those minutes. And we will approve those minutes with those changes.
Thank you. Thank you.
All right. We got a call for the row on item 11. This is the the ability to apply for the Detroit area on agency grant. Opening may April 2024. Madam Deputy Clerk do call the roll.
Councilmember Shafie. Yes. Councilwoman Martin. Yes, Councilwoman Monica? Yes. Council Pro Tem Robinson. Yes. Council President timeless?
Yes, motion carries. We are at the end of our agenda. I'm setting this watch for two minutes on that. It is quarter to not even quarter it's five to 10.
I got a I want to add something. Mr. President, council affairs or well we don't hear no, I'm just gonna add a request to you. Yes, ma'am. When a citizen asked a question and then somebody in whether it's one of us or administration, could that not include their two minutes of their time? Sometimes I want to hear what they have to say.
Yes, man. I mean, that's a reasonable request. However, we wonder if we run the risk of not being able to keep a uniform count of how we do our time in every other community that I go to. They have a giant clock with a very loud buzzer. And at the end of two minutes, the time is up. And they're polite. But you know, the bailiffs in the city Detroit will show you the door if you go over your two minutes was solid ground. I understand that that's still the way it was still a city. We're still city. We're still silly. It's the same that you will go to port here on the Clary or if you were to go to Muskegon if you're to go to Traverse City, they have these rules that are written into our bylaws. If what you're asking is not an unreasonable request, it's not unreasonable. So we will we'll be in the edges. We'll be in the edges when we can. But But again, we run into we run the risk of here we are it almost 10 o'clock. We run the risk of you know spending the night here the purpose of the questions that come from the audience and as having an opportunity for council affairs is for us to whatever capacity we have to try and address the questions and maybe take up conversation with those people outside of the meeting. Because again, this is a framework. This is the council's meeting. The citizens are our guests here. We do all the voting we do all the talking there are witnesses to make sure that we're honest in our meeting. So that's the purpose of it. So if we would if we have citizens who would like to speak if you guys would be respectful i Whether you know it or not is more than two minutes, because it's hard for me to interrupt my elders while they're talking. I just want raised like that.
Thank you. Thank you for responding because that was frightening. You know, square you say something that kind of surprised me that I didn't know and I've learned a lot since I've been coming to city council meeting. Because like I said before, I didn't expect to get over 60 and have to seem like I'm fighting for what I've worked so hard for all my life. That we will always have a city administrator because we're old to the state is did you say that? So we always have a city administrator. To stay. Didn't know that. So that was the lesson for me. Thank you
2014.
Managers per month Pierson, you had, well, then you had Mason. And the fourth time was when fed got shut down.
So it's fair amount of managers on Highland Park because I think they were the first to add these managers right.
When Chrysler left. You just didn't have any money that you use the 30 million a year. And you've been shrinking ever since.
Okay, history of Highland Park. So the other question I have is to Damon, I am I'm kind of sad. Now. I'm feeling kind of weird about this situation over there in the area that I've been in for more than eight years, and nothing have came there. And when Mr. Miyagi spoke, God rest his soul. He was a beautiful man and made many promises. But to open this up is what is it opening up a gateway for? I would like to know so maybe we can talk after the meeting. Yeah, absolutely. I'm not going to end that clock. One more time. Miss Monica. Councilman Madison. Thank you. They have the right to tell anyone where they can be placed it in the city or what they're worth unless they're young. Under a certain age, I have children and I can say you weren't good in this department or you weren't good in that department. You shouldn't do that. You know, it's inappropriate. And there are a lot of things that seem inappropriate. Tonight. I'm doing the mispronunciation of that treasure. So anyway, we had a great meeting. I've enjoyed myself and a lot of knowledge.
Man, this man because you know, you got to write it down. I know we got to be uniform. We have to be uniform, and I appreciate everybody's patience. Everybody hates the chairman. Go ahead.
Hi, everybody.
How are you sir?
Appreciate all you guys. What I'm getting ready to ask I just basically want to update on the yield sign on Davidson, because I've been up there and I haven't seen any work towards going towards it or nothing. It's the same every day. I'll ride by them every day if I have to. Because I told you I got grand babies. They used that very accent. To hit the tennis. So view I do volunteer service of dad holding us a man hill because I got babies man and if something happened to him because I didn't do something I used to work for this town. And I love this job. But I don't love it that much to give up my babies. So please see if you can have a contract president.
No sir. I'm not an engineer. I'm a chemist.
No but I'm a chemist. DAVIDSONVILLE got a medical question. with service dogs coming up off the freeway, they've some freeway and in service drives on the land. They're meeting there those cars and you got that lighted at Oakland. So they're racing to that night. You know what I mean? Nobody's yielding for nobody's
plan. I mean you're heading
right okay. So, sir,
I believe it's
exactly, but they told me that last week last Monday we'll we'll contact County and get them to take care of it. Okay.
You call
Alright, thanks, sir. Additional citizens like to be hurt
if you have been a certified CPA for four years does that prepare you to be determined?
Yes. Yeah,
sure. It works. I didn't mean I need to.
Yes, man. Yes.
Nobody joking in Secondly,
I'm looking at these properties. And then I look at my property in the last month or so. My whole fence around my house had disappeared. First they took the padlock and they took the gate and the whole thing. So my house is open from the alley all the way to the city street. Now I know it's gonna cost you some money, man. I think you need to be aware of it and it's a sofa and some tires back there. And this, you know, like I'm saying, It's hard on US citizens. You'll have to realize that because a lot of this stuff has to come out of our pocket. Yeah. And it's not that it's something we wanted to do. I could find something else to do with that. 1000 dogs we put a fence around my house and I'm looking after the other day I'm saying where are the stuff coming from nearby living inside me and I know I'm not listed in Oh sofa and I got all this stuff. And another thing I have a possum bigger than the average dog walking up and down my driveway down the street. Yesterday I was scared to come out my house. And I knew some of the people in the audience told me some things to do. But I'm not going to plan with him whether he will fight me back or not. So I think it could be that big and some people say they pregnant somebody from the city need to come out there and see if I them because I'm not gonna go out and can't put my garbage in my garbage can first of all the garbage man to top off the garbage can I went and bought a garbage can the head and attach stop right didn't they break that off? So like, you know, garbage cans are not cheap like they used to be. You got to pay for them. So I'm saying you have to a lot of times when you're looking at this stuff, you have to think of us poor citizens if you're on a fixed income, trying to keep the city going for you. Right. And we're not getting into health you know and what we call the city that okay, we'll see about when we don't hear nothing. If you don't do it yourself. You don't get it done. I'm in the process. younger to me, I'm in the process with the chair the house down next to me I'm in the process of bad for law Well, I'm seriously because we have a sport to the human want to put up in that area. That's why I keep asking, What do you want to do with this land? Don't just just just laying in and let let the grass grow up over the fence. You know, that's to me, that's not luminary. We do want to put a small sports pavilion in the area that you know where I live. And I know it's going to take time and we're not going to do anything to tear them two houses down, because that's part of the property that we want. So I mean, just look out for us. There's a lot of money just to live in Highland Park.
Thank you for pointing that out to him or write that down because it needs to be addressed. Any additional citizens
I miss board for I'm over here right in my head down. Okay,
so well. You shouldn't have
your head down when sorry when i Okay.
I want to address
Christian Council because she
when they say it something about the apply for the Detroit area agent I was waiting on you to say no, because I was gonna come up here slapping to
say no. He helped me with our Okay, who slowly died.
Thank you and that's what I was gonna say since she has been in office for an acquisition. They have done a lot and I'm not saying with the parties or whatever. You know, Valentine's dance. They have helped my mother get a cocktail phone but you know, hard to hearing. So that has really helped because I'm not always at home because I do have to work. They have put in carbon monoxide detectors that the fire
department doesn't seem to ever app
or smoke detectors. I've been asking him for three years. Every time I go up there you know happen. So I see your coordinator has had someone come in and provide them for myself. As a senior and my mom so when something like that Detroit every agent please counsel people I know you're not seeing but the majority of us in the audience here and they have done quite a bit for us. Next thing I want to know we you guys need to come together with this treasure thing or whatever you're doing because I'm personally getting sick of hearing it myself. And when you say that she's not bonded yet we don't know when she gonna be bonded. If they're not bonded by the time we pay our taxes in October. I'm taking my money when I'm taking my money personally down at one time because I don't feel comfortable with my money sitting over here and nobody certified to do this. So please, is gonna have to have a session at whatever, whatever.
Get it together,
right? Because at what time how long are we gonna leave this in? You know,
how long do we need this?
And council president you stated that council was really not supposed to answer that question.
I noticed.
I noticed that several meetings I have asked question and you said oh they'll get to a council affair and they've never gotten to it. And I have all my paperwork to prove where my questions are. That never got answered.
At Council affair.
So what I'm allow you to hold me to task on that. Okay, and I'll take it I
mean, that goes in behind me my questions to wrap this and the young man is just gonna have to throw me out because I'm trying to not get my questions
answered. Because ma'am.
Good evening.
Council. My name is Jamil Edwards. I have two things one is personal. I retired in 2018. And you when you become 62 years of age, you can get Social Security. But I can't because I have missing years. I need to set up appointment with I guess finance so that I can get my w two so that I can get my proper disbursement at 62 years old and two things. I think either you should ask her counsel to show you how to conduct the meeting as Robert's Rules of Order, because when somebody call a question, you cannot talk you have to vote to when you talk about abstaining a vote. It has to either be financially gain in your home, but you can't hold somebody accountable that they know somebody or bought something from somebody in a small city of 2.9 Everybody know everybody nearby and bought some from everybody. So that means that nobody can be any elected official in the city of Highland Park. I think we need to rethink that. Thank you.
Thank you ma'am. Additional citizens have come in. Hey, Billy.
Hi, my name is Williams up you can call me Billy. And I want to talk once again about what I mentioned two weeks ago, which is our yard waste. And I since that time, I got in contact with the state to find out just exactly what I loved was about about these disposal of yard waste and seems that our yard waste cannot go into landfills at any time of the year. I have the law right here in front of me and Highland Park needs to do something about I also called the company that picks up our trash. And there they were shocked to hear that well at least surprised to hear that, that they were putting our yard waste in their garbage packers. So we need to do something Highland Park. If anyone needs a copy of the legislation on on that regards, provide me with the email address and I'd be happy to send it to you.
I'll text to my email bill. Chief
Counsel, I wasn't going to come up here because I gotta be honest with you. I'm just getting discouraged. You know, DTE reached out to us because they said they had many people inquiring about a kiosk in a safe location in the city of Highland Park. So we did our best to accommodate them and provide them a space and a space that we assume hopefully we'll be occupying on a full time basis here soon. Only they haven't voted down today, which is extremely disappointing because we operate typically Monday through Friday someone's there eat before we've installed monitors, we're making efforts to try and be available for everybody. Unfortunately, you know, we're having some staffing issues with that. But again, we're trying to make the space available so people can have a safe place. To pay their bills and not get robbed. Because DTE is advising us that people are getting robbed at at stations, payment centers, you know, in the surrounding area. So they're looking for a space we try to provide it and then it gets voted down. So I really don't know what direction this this council wants to go with the police department because when I got involved, I thought the whole goal was community engagement and trying to make you know, build the relationship between the community and the police department and put put together programs and put together conveniences for the citizens. But then I get up here only to get to to get voted down. I mean the city doesn't benefit the police department certainly doesn't benefit. When they came to us. We thought man this is a good opportunity. When people can come in we can small talk with them have a good conversation. pay their bill. They're safe. There's no benefit to the police department by doing it's more of an inconvenience than anything. However, it's us trying to accommodate a community that has a need. So I don't know that's all I want to say I want the citizens to understand where we're coming from. There's no benefit to the police department by this it was strictly for the citizens. Thank you. Thanks, Jay.
We will move on to council affairs councilman from the third district
so I have a few issues here tonight. And I try not to be long. I'm on Hamilton Avenue Oh Hamilton Avenue. We pull this out
there's a property that has been rezone residential, when it's clearly a commercial property. And what I'm trying to get to the bottom is who could possibly have authorized that I've already talked to the county. Mr. Sabrina said he came from the city. He said he had nothing to do with it. He said it has been rezone residential, when it's a commercial property, and the address is 16 344 Hamilton. I want to know who authorized that. The property has a $50,000 water debt on it. And if it's a commercial property, whoever buys it must pay the water they don't pay for it. They don't get no breaks. No help no assistance, but by zoning it by rezoning it as a residential home. By rezone as a residential home. Now all of a sudden, they apply. They get to get a Thol and other assistance to help pay down their debt on our bags. And I find that interesting. I want to know how that property got rezone residential, when it's a clear cut commercial property based in Hamilton. It's not a home it's a commercial piece of property. So I'm curious as to how that got done.
Okay, um
I got I got a quick question here. Who is in charge? Well, maybe maybe maybe legal can answer this. I don't want to jump back in. Okay, okay. Okay, so, so who is in charge our appointments to the zoning board
will be dictated by the charter whether or not we can have an answer at the next council meeting. Okay.
Okay, so also who's in charge of appointments to the CBA?
That's the zoning board. Yeah, I mean, like the Planning Commission and the zba there's only board
and the Zoning Board of Appeals. There's two boards.
Okay. City council.
You and I both needed to be a bank. Okay, so, so, so what I'm trying to figure out here. It had to come from his own.
Sony boy hasn't met in three years.
Okay, so who approved the rezoning? If
you read the charter you would notice the Planning Commission has zoning oversight. The zba is an appellate board. They hear appeals so if you go to Planning Commission Planning Commission through the mayor's office, those okay all those things and it's the you know, zba only hears that's the question you asked,
okay, that's not the question.
I try again. Okay.
No question i eggs and I asked the legal which legal shit No, obviously not.
Oh, this particular bill rezone
this year?
Yes. Just a month ago. Somebody rezone
your zoning doesn't just change like that. There's a stack of paper that has to go through it has to go through planning commission. If there's
one thing I learned about this city here, we love to do shit we're not supposed to do. Yeah, we love doing it's not a true statement and that's a problem here. It's always something new is always something new. And again, every time I asked a question, I get no answer.
Sounds President I'm right here. Mr. shopee asked a question and I want to respond please. No, that's it if he can get me information, what day and what month was this done? And I will pull up all of the agendas. Because if it was done in 2024, there is no meeting that talks about them rezoning this property. So please give me the date. Once it's the address. I want the date.
The address is 16344 Parcel ID number. It's 43003010657002 Let's
do a Sharpie. I asked you for the date. For the exam,
I take Give me the address again. Mr. shocky.
Give me anything I need the date that this was done. 10 yet Can I finish? I need the date that this was done. Okay. And you said it was done this year. So you said it was church.
So Hamilton Yeah. And I'm looking.
Yes, ma'am. Go ahead.
He said it was done. It was done. There's only been two meetings this year to looking at you. And so that means it would have had to happen in the last two months. So I would like to know what month it just happened. And so that I can pull the minutes which they do have minutes and I can find out what for I know the address that you're saying I've read I've already heard that. I need to know the MOQ. So these there are minutes for this. And there was nobody approached at the meeting that asked for a rezoning of this property. So in order for me to get your answer, I need the information. I will pull the minutes that we have from the last two months. There's only been three months and this year is that this will make sense man.
You know, to effete, so let's just let's just do this. You don't the county controls here we are on land grid. The county controls the designation for all land zone in the county. Okay. And it shows right here. It shows right here on
the screen. Get to the bottom of it I still have it right here. But
those people are interested Oh SWOT analysis standardized land use and code I still have the right there it says land use code 1100 land use code activity description. It says household it says private household. This did not happen in the last 24 to 36 months. It's not what the mayor just said that with the mayor. This is what's in the county records. Not
what I said sir. I said you said it happened
yes, it did. This isn't a county records. So the county is I can I finish it. You said it's residential. That's a lie. It is right on the screen. Okay,
so did it change in the last 36 months? That's a lie for you Eric to breeze why because
this is his This is his database. Okay, this is put into GIS system. Hey. Sure, it is right there yeah, somebody's it's been that way. I mean, on a year on on Google Maps
Okay, so, no, so we forever have a bad habit of doing things in this city that we're not supposed to do. We say we don't do it. But yet we do it anyway. We say that we're not involved in things but yet we're up to it. Next thing. My question again and then and it's the same question I keep asking you if you're not looking for change, if you're not looking for the city to grow and get better. Why did they help you put me here? What was the purpose of he liked it? I'm tired of every time I asked a question. I get no ads. Our ads for MCA is contract. You know how long it took them to give me their contract a year and four months. I just got it a week ago. So it took him a year four months to give me a contract in which they've had on file forever. But these are the games that I played. And every time it's something new, something new something. Every day is something new and you think I'm being a jerk about it. And you think I'm being an asshole about it, but I'm being honest which I love to trade spots with you. Maybe you can sit here and feel without failing. Or maybe you will have a better go at it. Since they may be your friends. Y'all get along a little bit better. Okay, but while I'm sitting up here, the only friend I got is a residence at Highland Park because when I get all for this damn seat, I gotta live with the decisions I made that are going to affect my life just like they're affecting yours. See, I got some protection in the city right now. But what happens when I'm off this council I have to live with the choices I made right. Your former council members are living with the choices they made. If this city is going to get on a better footing, or better way of doing things, we have to do things according to the way that the law is set up for us to do things. It's always something new. We cut corners, we lie we cheat we steal and then when I speak out about it, everybody's fucking offended
but I understand.
You look at me as if I've said something about your mother. Or you look at every time I speak out against me. You look at me as if I've said something about your mother. I get comments on Facebook. All the shenanigans occurred she but the bottom line is I ask for things to be done according to the way that they have been laid out. And they have yet to do it. And that's not by accident. That's by design. So while we dig into calling them making their moves, doing what it is that they can do the squeeze What is it they can do a party and one of the things I got the biggest problem with are these day and water fees. I got an issue with that. Because the water and sewage didn't go up the water so it's actually went down by a couple of cents. It was your fees that went through the roof. And I got a problem with that. Let's read through the fees administrative fees. Water ready fee. Sure ready be sore, a sewer supply fee, water supply fee. There's a fee of all the beer they send to you own administrative fees fees on top of fees on top of fees. And I got a problem with that. Because those fees, that money doesn't go to the Great Lakes Water Authority. That money gets to be kept by the city and out of the park. That's their administrative fees for the operations. That's not the money we all believe when
you're going on 25 minutes, sir. Okay, that's
not the money that we all do. And I find those fees to be unacceptable and they need to come down. I'm telling you either they come down or somebody's got to go and that's the promise. And I yield back.
Ma'am
Hello, good evening, everyone. I want to start by saying thank you for being here today for those who are in the audience and those who are on Zoom. Um, I want to address a couple of things. One, all the back and forth and the bickering. It doesn't feel like as a city or city council that we're even winning. And if we're not winning, then what are we doing? It's number one. Number two, I want to talk about kinda like what she was talking about, you know, doing what we want. We can't keep doing business as usual. Like we have been in the past. You just heard Mr. Cook. Well, no, was it Mr. Clark, who said that we were broke like, what 10 years ago? Who wants 10 more years of that something's got to really change you know from you know, we didn't do one things like can't bond Lisa. Why is that? That's not making any sense. But we don't know who who bonded us before. She's not this. She's not that she's the treasurer. We voted her as the treasurer. If she's not the treasurer because she's not bonded then she's not worth the treasure den Tony as the deputy. Finance doesn't make any sense. It's number one. Number two, you know, there's a lot of things that have been going on that don't make sense around Highland Park from, you know, not being able to open up the library, the mysterious money, housing commission, all of a sudden, they're gone. Like magicians,
it's not making any sense. My question to you is, in this meeting today, what have you left with what understanding do you have on the other side of that door from being here today? Right. It's not making any sense. Things need to change. My thing is this change is going to come it's going to happen it's going to happen is you're gonna get bonded. Also, that library is going to get open is going to get out. My next question is who can answer the question of what would it take to see what's going on? With the library? The square Do you know that? Like, how do not hold on? Let me be clear with my question. I don't want to ask for too long. I was thinking the same thing. I was thinking the same thing. I will I know you will go around the mulberry bush. So that's the mayor, Mayor, still. Here, what would it take to see what's going to actually walk in and do a whole walkthrough with the library? The library is not the library will take about $30 million. No, no, that's not what you're adding walks into the library you will need take to do a walkthrough with the library. What would that take? It will take a lot of protective gear. It will pay a lot of what gear do I need. You will need what protective gear do I need? That's the question. No magic to gear Do I need a shoe covers? No. No ma'am. You will need a mask that will cause I got them elation, maths. Not those kinds of okay, I got that nine in 95. Ma'am, no, ma'am. You would need the type that they were with the little hoses and things on it. Okay, respirator, respirator masks, right. Okay. And you would need somebody who can go in there with you that that means I would have to assign someone to go in with you. Who also has those protective gear. When would you be able to do that library has water in it. The library? Would you be able to do that? When would you be able to do that? That's probably a question. So we can talk about that. You can give me a call. And we can talk about in the morning and then I'll give everybody an update by next meeting. And then I'm gonna pass it over to Monica. personally address the question about what I said to Mr. Last and that was based off of her resume. So when you sit down and do an interview, real interviews are down you interview people for what they're looking for, but when they applied for Excuse me. For what they applied for, or your thing you say hey, they fit them. So we have a nice conversation of fluid in what she's okay, every damage to being committed to development, etc, etc, etc. So that's what I meant by that. It's not taking stuff out of text the way you want to take it, or where you want to put it. So feel for what do you think is going on? Again, I baseline off of what was in front of. So we're gonna talk about doing things correctly. It's not for us to get her body to keep going back then. Highland Park needs to give her a bomb. No, it's not well, you can't so that's the first thing to understand that we're only paying for she should be able to go do what she needs to do to take care of her business. Now in stated, since we're talking about this GMC, she didn't have a bond. She knows she didn't have a background check. But she thought hey, let me go to City Hall and go into the treasury on and let me go to a treasure. And then when I came this week was this week. conversation last. I say well, she said Mr. Larson, he said to me, I was locked out. I was locked that Why are you locked out? Because I don't have a bomb. But here's the real key thing. To get me. You said it only happens. It only happens in Highland Park. We do things incorrectly. But instead I got a whole bunch of people here handling it. I'm saying something wrong. Let's say it was I looked at a resume. I say I looked at the requirements that will not fulfill what did I hear? I was gonna ask but he know that. Mr. Sharp. I'm trying I'm wanting to know exactly what it is if he really wants to know about MCA and what their qualifications is what is does he wants to know if they get too much money. So maybe I could be on that same page. Maybe I'm not looking at the right thing. But I'm sorry I don't know. I see three black engineers for me. While the fight or something, I'm not saying that I'm qualified, but evidently there's something that somebody wants to know. So let's just play again. Why did you want to know what do you want to know? What are you trying to find out?
His name is totally cool. It's just real simple.
Now in regards to I think it was a comment about oh, how do you say from a boat going on in your private life, I got enough of mine. I was just saying because the same thing goes for means if it's a situation that you need to sustain from a boat, and you need to do that, but at the same time, I actually am trying to figure out there is a next step. If we did not have a treasurer versus everybody want to know what's with the treasurer. I'm asking the same thing. Why is it mandatory if we got to pick some? Why it seemed like we got to have her? Well, there's a balance here. If we don't get one, the county come in and be the treasurer until we get elected. I'm sorry. So my scene thinks something's wrong. I don't possess the following steps. That's the following set. My problem with the residence Powell park right now. Is it guess what I guarantee you if I had took notes knows I see all of you all the time. No problem with that. I love the fact that you but the rest of them are not coming who have a different opinion about so what you guys be out here
quite a few okay.
My next thing is I don't want anybody paid attention. I'm talking to my castle people when I asked the young man have we seen you before? I don't think if I realized when we seen him before it was it was the shoe situation.
Yes, no.
It's not a city. This is not a school board meeting. This is not a school board meeting.
To you. I'm talking to my council members. So stay in line. I'm talking to my council members. I specifically said I'm talking to the councilman. And that's what's Wow. That's what's wrong, is that we don't know where the line is drawn. We can not know where the line is drawn. And no matter what I say, no matter what. Anybody say? Somebody you're seeing that happening far away. For who you want to hear. See, I'm not into basketball. I'm not into drought and all that straight for the fact. The fact of the matter is, is that we need to do things based on what we shouldn't be doing. We're not doing because when I look at ordinance, we're not sitting down and correct him to start looking at our charter, the charter
ordinance cuz
that's what you should be caring about. When are you going to sit down and work on the ordinance that's what you should be worried about. So everybody who needs to get a face when they show up and say, hey, you know what, it's been six months. It's been a year and you have not gotten a fit because there is something that happens after you don't follow what you're supposed to do. I can already shake your head, and all this other stuff. Well, guess what? I'm a fifth generation. So guess what? I know what it looks like before. Now. I know what it's gonna look like if we don't keep it up. We keep up with the shenanigans we have going on. I guarantee was on look different. You got to keep your own property up. You got to do a whole bunch of stuff that we're not doing that we can enforce it because we're not doing what we're supposed to go back to the ordinance is charter and whatever else was supposed to look at. Bringing it up to speed in up to date. We're so far behind. We're so far behind. But instead we want to invite wouldn't want to invite you inviting people is okay. So, what I'm talking about right here, we like to invite we like to play these sedans, right when it's well, like we were 12 years old. We are not kids anymore, but you live how you want to live. But again, that's what I wanted to point out is that we should have gave the other young man the property sure he came from what somewhere in California who out No way can. What do you live up to but the other young man came with your hand already have toured the property I would love it to be one way we see another him earlier this year or last year. They just came with a different scenario. They brought a different error narrative. And of course,
oh I'm sorry.
I keep I keep thinking everybody else they come to you. Yes. Pitiful. A step by
step works. On a good note.
On a good note. I appreciate everybody that participated in district one weekend this weekend. Our dumpsters were full. I didn't think they would be full. But they were people did. People did come out or go and use the dumpsters to put in their trash or whatever they needed to get rid of. And so that was all the way to the party. And so those are all the way to the North end as well as the psi. And they were all cool. And they were all taken away. So great weekend to you guys for using them because I was worried that you did not. I have an asthma presentation. I will not give you tonight. I will maybe I'll try to get it on a workshop. But it is the annual presentation about asthma in our community. I also have information remember FEMA as well. Understand you our area of urban flooding. That is a situation that is a disaster. Okay if you have not reached out to them, and there are so many other resources in FEMA that you probably are not aware of. So please look at their website, research those things. Look forward to the baby shower with March of Dimes will march of dimes be part of it as part of the dove Foundation, myself and ladies they depart Beta Sorority along with resources that will be held and the police department community assistance they were really well as well. I didn't get a chance because I wasn't here to say anything about it. But it went really well. They had a lot of people they have you don't know what that is. I have solicited most of the rebar churches in the city to participate and having people like Wayne Metro and thought come in to provide those services to help you with your water bill or your utilities. So the first one for this year will be great again thank ya Metro and thank you Mariah back to search for hosting that. I think maybe I've covered everything. We got some great other stuff that's coming up please look forward to it. That another surprise but I'm gonna hold it. Hold that. So look forward to remember the draft is coming. Keep our city clean. They gotta come through us to go to downtown. Have a great
program. Hello, everybody. And I'm gonna get out of here so I'm gonna see my wonderful police chief. I don't know if I ever told you this before but I love Highland Park. And I want to see it at its best. I want to see it better than it was that I remember. So for you to say the reason why I said no. Is because you don't have the staff. And I'm figured that you probably should have walked this to us once you had enough staff and you could prove that it will be over because I experienced ring that doorbell and no one asked you caught me and you weren't even there. Just ask somebody to come over from Dover. I want to see everything great and how you can so please remember that. And I also want to reiterate again, because I keep hearing Glee will and levy bylaws for the Great Lakes Water Authority Board of Directors. Section two, the claim was shall not have power to impose or levy attacks. And if you want a copy of this, I'll give it to you. So I'm tired of hearing that little thank God we didn't get to let me know. Detroit saying I'm not talking to you. I'm not talking to you. I'm not talking to anybody. I didn't mean nothing to me. Thank you very much. It's all thank you very much. No, it's not in any way. Like I said if you want a copy of it you can come and get it or
not. That's all I got to say. Allah Yeah.
Okay, thank you. Mr. Lackey. Do you have a video I asked you to pull up you don't have to pull it up now. Do you have it ready? I do. Okay, hold on just a second. So I will get to that last. Okay, that's Washington. right. It costs a lot to live here. Because a lot to live here. So if you want to invest in this you one of my questions I had is why are we being so hard on people who want to invest here? Okay, why are we being so hard on people who want to invest here? It's really a problem for me. Let me just take this the LLC is the most common way that our property is listed in the United States of America. Most properties that are not private residences, and many private residences are listed in the name of a limited liability company. It's to protect the property owner from liability. That's what they were established board. That's why we went to war with the British so that we can have our own protection our own property if we continue to penalize the people who want to come here who have their property and LLCs. We're doing ourselves a disservice. This morning. I sat on the jury with the Detroit collaborative design center and with three projects for Highland Park, and I if I wasn't on that jury, they wouldn't even be considered hatch. Kip de. They did not include Highland Park before but not a clue. Highland Park. I'm going to a Detroit land based projects meeting on Tuesday in the city of Detroit. Why is all that is relevant? Because we look like god damn foods. We look like god damn foods with some of the antics that go on here. We have people spouting what they know when the facts on the screen are the complete opposite. We look like fools. So the whole the whole issue with the back and forth I said at the November 6 meeting, that the people who are on the city council are legally the ones who falsify their documents. And I was going to follow that to the very end. And I already put up a post for citizens in Highland Park, who want to report nefarious activities to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. And after the last meeting that I went to where you had somebody who's not even a council person walking in, sit down at the table and started talking on behalf of the City Council. This all looks to me with the way that the election was thrown. The litigator working on the election working closely with the people that made all of the motions or the treasurer, it looks like a Racketeer Influenced corrupt organization. You got to have the right word Racketeer Influenced corrupt organization. I'm not that smart, and I'm dyslexic. So if I didn't get a chemistry degree, I can follow this thing through all the way to the end. Okay, Mr. Lackey, would you pull up that video for me? We're at 1745 is where I started. This was last year, February 2023. Go ahead, let that room
barity Blessings to you. Thank you.
Thank you as well, Miss Joyce and tomorrow
morning. Hold on a second pause that distinguish the remote
the remote for the television so that people in the room can hear turned all the way on Mr. Lackey.
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are people with opportunities with the USDA that we do comes from agriculture. And there are many benefits that we can use to help take our city and state from a year ago. Thanks to you Joyce, and Jamar Thomas.
Morning. Pleasure to be here. Today. I sit in front of the this distinguished body as the president of the Council for the city of Highland Park. It is my joy to be here. I've only been in my role for 30 days but I wanted to make sure that I came to this body to introduce myself. On behalf of our mayor, the Honorable Glenda McDonald I want to extend greetings, salutations and good tidings our city and we are a part of the city of Detroit. In fact, you could not be any more in Detroit. than to be in the city of Highland Park. We are a part of you. And I am a lifelong deep boy. I'm a graduate of Bates Academy, Martin Luther King High School, and Wayne State University for my undergraduate in chemistry and masters in dispute resolution. I am here today to ask you to look in our direction sadly, the story that I'm telling you is one of abuse and neglect. We have all seen those people that woman and her children who show up with the bruises in the scars. That is Highland Park. It is a burden for us all for us to be ignored. I encourage each of the distinguished members here to view our city council meetings we had one last night and it was a thing of chaos. There are forces at work that are trying to keep us from making the progress that we need to make to improve our city and we cannot do that alone. Once again our village is on fire. And what I'm here to find out today is are you there
so much President. Thank you for coming down and joining us and I would love to chat with you offline and look we're about how we can all support you and your efforts in the City Council's efforts in Highland Park. So we'll make sure we get your contact information and see how we can support one another more.
Those two gentlemen already have. Okay, great. Great.
Thank you so much, Nico. forward to it.
That was a year ago. I had no idea the type of BS that I was going to go through right after that and the temp for an illegal tolling contract. Then we spent the next three months fighting over marijuana. Then every month following that certain members on the city council refused to accept the monthly financial statement and these people purport to decide who the treasurer is. I'm not letting up the back and forth it's not gonna be a back and forth. I've held my hand and what you've seen is restraint. Moving forward, they'll be no restraint. I'm coming all guns blazing. Because if you're going to commit crimes, and use this office, if you're going to commit crimes to get in this office and then use this office to commit additional crimes, you should be held accountable. Our role on City Council is to look out for the health, the welfare and the safety and we have spent over a year spinning our wheels from the first day Council medical called me and saying we have ordinances that we need to fix. What about the muni code? She was about the business and all that BS that happened in the last year. It ain't gonna go like that in 2024 Trust me, it ain't gonna go like that. So hey, all stupid people. Criminals know most criminals are stupid people. Okay, having concluded all business related to the city of Highland Park, the chairman will declare this meeting adjourned.