Welcome to the Internal Operations Standing Committee meeting on today, Wednesday, September 10th, 2025.

Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?

Councilmember Letitia Johnson.

Present.

Councilmember Mary Waters.

Councilmember Angela Whitfield Callaway.

Madam Chair, you have a quorum present.

Thank you.

Having a quorum present, we are now in session.

Good morning, colleagues.

Is there a motion on the minutes?

Motion.

There's a motion to approve the minutes.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

We are going to move into public comment.

If you are joining us in person or virtually and would like to make a public comment, please raise your hand.

We were a tad bit delayed because of technical difficulties.

So we are going to cut off public comment shortly.

If you are joining us for public comment, please raise your hand.

Seeing no hands raised in the committee of the whole.

We're going to give you five seconds to raise your hand if you'd like to make a public comment.

And five, four, three, two, one.

The collection of public comment has now concluded.

And good morning, Ms.

Jackson.

How many hands do you have?

There are 11 hands raised for virtual public comments.

Okay, let's set the clock for two minutes.

And we don't have anyone here in the committee of the whole, so we will get started with the first virtual caller when you are ready.

The first caller is William M.

Davis.

William M.

Davis, do you have two minutes for general public comment?

Good morning, young ladies.

Can I be heard?

Good morning, yes.

Okay, I like to start off by saying what I normally say is the fact that I think the city of Detroit still has too many losses and demplifications.

You know, we spend a whole lot of money on lawsuits.

I mean, a whole lot of money and losses.

And we spent some a lot of money on defending people.

And don't get me wrong, there are times we need to defend and pay how help pay their uh their legal um challenges.

But but but but there's a lot of times when people are having frequent accidents that when people are doing stuff that violates law and city rules and regulations that we should not be stepping out there and paying at.

You know, what y'all spend on lawsuits every year could be an additional monies that could help close the gap so that city track retirees who this whole bankruptcy grand theft, which has been on our backs.

You know, more needs to be done to help City Detroit retirees.

More needs to be done to help senior citizens in this city.

Um, but far too much money is going to a lot of lawsuits, a lot of indemnifications, a lot of stuff that wasted.

Far too much money is going to abatements, you know.

You know, and you have a lot of millionaires and billionaires.

They do these projects and they don't do everything they're supposed to do that they got the abatements for.

But yeah, I don't call back anything from them, but y'all claw back almost a thousand dollars a month to my check.

You know, mine might be a little bit more than some people's, but you know, even if it's just a dollar you call them back from a retiree, and the average retiree only makes 20,000 a year from their pension, you know, and the mayor, you know, he he he makes over 225,000.

So this is definitely not fair.

Have a good day.

Thank you.

You as well.

The next caller.

The next caller is iPhone.

IPhone, you have two minutes for general public comment.

Good morning to all within the sound of my voice.

I'm Betty A.

Bernard, uh, president of DeSoda Elsewhere Block Association.

Thank you for the two minutes.

I'm advocating for my community.

Uh we are in the process of uh trying to get voters for our par Deba community park where our fence was stolen.

We have uh purchase new land to expand our park.

We have to have some trees removed.

We are also have to have a land use hearing because we would love to have playscape equipment on our park for the children.

So if you would like to donate to our goals and missions, please go to Zell and you can donate by putting in D as in dog, E, B as in Boy, A, W E, B as in Boy, E L at Gmail.com.

Again, D as in dog, E as in Boy, A W E B as in Boy, E L at Gmail.com.

If you know my phone number, you can also donate by using my telephone number.

There's an agency called Franklin Wright Settlements.

They have a senior choice service program.

It's free for seniors, age of 60 on up.

Please call 313 579 00 extension 301.

Again, 313 579 1000 extension 301.

They offer a lot of different services.

They replace fuses and light bulbs, uh, door locks, window catches, faucets, washers, they install screw.

Thank you.

And Ms.

Verner, I'm not sure if you're able to apply again for the neighborhood beautification grant.

Uh the application process is now open, and I did want to say congratulations on the media coverage.

So hopefully you have more donations coming in as well.

The next caller.

The next caller is Miko A.

Williams.

Miko A.

Williams, you have two minutes for general public comment.

Yes, hi.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Demiko Williams, Prior Citizen, Taxpayer, Legacy Detroiter.

I just wanted to uh make a couple of comments in regards to uh what's been going on.

You know, the Detroit police, the mayor, and other officials are trying to bully, intimidate, and silence me by using uh their snitches and informants to come after me.

I'd be getting threatening phone calls, uh, people coming to me saying, oh, they want to have words with me, and they won't pay a damn bill.

These same uh informants yelled at Mary Waters before we went on requests, and I wish that council member Callaway was there because she would have been able to Miko, your phone is breaking up just shit you can.

Your phone is breaking up.

I'm sorry, can you hear me now?

Yes.

Okay, sorry about that.

I'm in uh store.

Um the disastrous comments that uh young may yesterday at the table.

Okay, you may not be jailing kids, but you're still taking away.

You're still taking away from their parents to uh criminal.

Hello.

We can hear you.

Hey, I'm not what's going on here.

My timer keeps saying but again, um I I want to save city.

I I want us to be safe, and I want us to uh fight crime and such, but fear, intimidation, barking, going after uh citizens for isolated incidents is not the way to go.

Okay, we all can work together to keep our community safe.

I don't have to worry about ice, the um feds or president Trump's in the National Guards, and when I'm worried about the Detroit police snatching our children, kidnapping them, holding them for ransom and their parents and uh infringing on our rights.

It's a shame.

Thank you for taking my comments.

Thank you.

The next caller.

The next caller is Melissa Love.

Melissa Love, you have two minutes for general public comment.

Election fraud is real.

I'm Melissa Love never voted in November 2020 or August 2024.

But somehow I'm on the water roads, and I'm here to demand my name off those water roads.

Demand my resources back and to collect my share of the pot.

Y'all still not for it.

I will not stop until justice has been served.

I will stand and continue to stand boldly, loudly, and with confidence.

Also, every time I look up in the suburban areas, it's a new grocery store or one on the way opening up.

Where's Detroit grocery stores?

Why we don't own grocery stores and gas stations.

Where's our contracts?

Y'all so quick to send jobs, but jobs keep you controlled and stuck.

Job is not building wealth.

Contracts do.

Every week, this body as a whole, give out millions of contracts to non-Detroiders.

That's unrighteous, selfish, and wicked.

And I am demanding our resources back.

Detroit deserves representation.

Detroit will not be overlooked.

Detroit, we are better than this.

Six miles, seven miles, Joyroll, Schoolcraft, Piritan Cass, Grash, Houston Whittier, etc.

Detroit community deserve contracts.

We deserve homeownership.

We are not improving.

And y'all will not keep us there.

Detroit, wake up.

Wake up, Detroit.

Detroit, wake up.

Calling all the cities out.

Wake up, Detroit.

Thank you.

Thank you.

The next caller.

The next caller is Fair Elections Matter.

Fair Elections Matter.

You have two minutes for general public comment.

Good morning, may I be heard?

Good morning, yes.

Okay, great.

Well, um, under the rules of order for the Detroit City Council, this committee internal operations oversees the election commission.

Now, do you all think that Miss Melissa Love is lying to you?

Do you think she's lying to you?

I've seen her before she's a lovely lady who cares about the future.

And there are plenty of people who've called in, and no one's suing them for defamation.

And so, since you're on the committee that oversees the election commission, please look into the lies they've told about me, and I can communicate with you further because Mary Sheffield's office won't look into it.

And she's on the election commission.

So is Janice Winfrey, who refuses to do her job under the Michigan court rules and BZA zoning appeals.

And then you've got Conrad Mallet, who very politely I do not trust because he's doing these disgusting solar takings when you all have plenty of land and rooftops and parking lots you can put this on.

Also, more evidence of the voter fraud going on.

Is as last night I heard a very softball interview of Mitch Album with Mayor Duggan, and he talked as though Mary Sheffield is going to be his successor and keep on some of the same people.

Well, newsflash, the general election is November 2025.

It hasn't already happened.

And I pray to God that Mr.

Kenlock is not a decoy candidate.

So, yes, people can vote from the jail if they are registered at their home address.

And I used to work for Congressman John Canyons, and we fought for people who have felony records to be able to vote because people shouldn't be deprived of their right to vote.

But you gotta verify the voter, or you can count fake ballots all day long.

So please, this is your duty under the Detroit rules of uh the city charter rule.

Thank you.

The next caller.

The next caller is not that Karen.

Not that Karen, you have two minutes for general public comment.

Hello.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Um, yeah, a couple things.

Naturally, I'm gonna speak on retirees.

We need our money back.

We need the clawback stop.

We need our health care restore to at least as good as you guys get.

Those are just a few of the needs that we have as retirees and having worked 30 years for the city and and gave all our young life, and now we're older.

It's almost like we've been picked on because you're now you know strong enough to fight back.

So that definitely needs to stop.

Homelessness, we gotta fix the homelessness problem.

We can stop tearing down homes and these these buildings and let's start rehabbing them and let's get the people off the street, you know, so that we don't lose any more of our children to um, you know, to cold and ask the fumes from automobiles, uh, over taxation.

We need to be made whole for that too.

Uh, me personally, I'm I'm happy.

I finally let them put a for sale sign in front of my home.

So I'm gonna rid myself of my Detroit bulls very soon.

That's a milestone for me.

I've been here all my life.

I see in Bridge uh Detroit this morning that Detroit tops the asthma capital report highlighting the city's struggle with high asthma rates, ER visits and asthma-related deaths, underscoring the urgent need for systemic change.

You know, we have to look out for the children.

I know all my children had asthma, you know, born and raised here in the city of Detroit.

Every one of them had asthmatic issues, um, you know, with the air quality, and it hasn't gotten any better.

So we need to try to, you know, get rid of this particular matter.

We need to take a deep dive and look at these speed humps that it'd been different.

They left the uh they didn't put the asphalt, but that every time somebody scrapes over that asphalt, and a lot of cars do it.

I have one a couple houses down, a couple doors down.

We need to take care of that.

Thank you.

The next caller.

The next caller is Galaxy S22 Ultra.

Galaxy S22 Ultra.

You have two minutes for general public comment.

Yes, good morning.

Good morning.

Uh first let me give a shout out to uh Ms.

Letitia Johnson as my district, uh uh uh district four.

That she she do return calls and she do uh uh uh uh do a lot of the things that's needed done.

But if we can get the rest of the city council people that uh uh join in with her when she's doing things, like closing down that uh travel hotel over there, uh removing some of these uh speed humps that we have on our block.

We have a bunch of them.

It's like you're riding over them and you're bumping and you tearing your car up every time you go over them, even if you go over them slow.

Them shocks is bouncing.

The springs is bouncing on there that we don't need all that because they still driving uh down the street fast, they still don't make a difference.

They put all them over here and they still doing the same thing, and and you know, and I told some of the officers, I said, y'all need to have some cars over here parked on our block or at the corner and see when them people get off of Chrysler, how they be flying up and down one like a racetrack.

They put them, they might put it over there one time uh out of a month, and that like that's doing something.

Them people don't care, they race up down the street like it's a highway.

You know, we need some signs over here on our block tell you know to say slow down kids playing here.

That's what we need.

We need some of them, and it's it it's sad that uh land bank won't clean off these lots before they try to sell them.

I said uh I'm like the other people.

We shouldn't buy none of the land bank lots until they clean them up and clean them all.

They're getting all this money from the city, and they won't do their job.

We need to stop giving them money.

We need to get rid of land bank, a lot of money going out the wrong way in the city.

Thank you.

Member Waters.

Thank you, madam chair, and good morning, Kenny Candleman.

Listen, I know you're not sitting here talking about member Johnson is the only one that cares about district four.

You and I are gonna have to have this conversation when I see you.

Thank you, madam chair.

Thank you.

Um, member Waters, just to let you know that it's his comment only came because uh yesterday he gave accolades to both you and member Callaway, and then it made it sound like that.

I don't follow up with him.

So I followed up with him, and then I got my accolade.

So just just so you know.

But we we appreciate you, Mr.

Holloway.

All right, uh, Ms.

Jackson, who's the next caller?

The next caller is Cunningham.

Cunningham, you have two minutes for general public comment, Mr.

Cunningham.

There you go.

Yes, good morning.

Honorable councilwoman.

Good morning, everyone on the side of my voice 313 444-9114, 313-444-9114.

313, 444, 9114.

That number was made so you can remember it.

And on Facebook, not enemy.

Again, on Facebook, not enemy.

When you put in that enemy, click people, and you'll see a picture of me and my fam.

Uh I appreciate the support, the love.

I of course, I'm out here in the community every day giving out bus tickets at the bus stops and getting information about the service, the services still like luster and these prayer and these action.

Um, as I was going about my day, people complain that some people are telling them that the powers that be don't bite.

They don't bite, they don't bite.

Please speak up for yourself.

What's your name, sir?

Oh, and always do up the bus service, anything about the bus service.

Or the bird service is not the wood buds take it so slow.

And the buzz always take it so slow motion.

Uh-huh.

So you would rather than be more on time.

Yeah, on time on test.

On time and on task.

Where did you uh meet me?

The bus tickets or the bus tickets.

And why should anyone care about those waiting at the bus stops and getting bus tickets?

Why should they care?

Most people don't.

People not care about the bus um bus tickets.

People need to get the bus tickets.

If we wait for the bus, wait for the work, and they need to get on the bus on time on test, and they get away, go away to work.

How much is each bus ticket worth, but two dollars?

And then I give you three, right?

Yeah.

That's a sandwich or a meal.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And thank you for what you do.

The next caller.

The next caller is Owner Papa.

Owner Papa, you have two minutes for general public comment.

Good morning, Carolyn Hughes, through the chairman.

I be heard.

Good morning, yes.

Thank you.

Um, yes.

Speed humps kill.

There's a 2020 study that says speed humps and bumps are making people sick.

I don't know if this is a concerted genocide operation that you guys are approving and going along with.

Um, Councilwoman Waters, you say you care, but when the report came out, you you chose to um receive and file, not discuss.

Um you have a report that shows that it's increasing a particular matter that causes asthma and cancers, and you receive and file it, but you don't have any actions to do anything about it.

Ms.

Warwick has asked for the speed hump in front of her house to be removed.

If one person can have the speed humps installed, as you say, can one person have them removed?

Um, this is a democracy, supposed to be, but we know that it's not.

It's not a democracy, it's a dictatorship run by um a racist mayor that has shown his racism in many, many forms.

Your going along with this is absolutely um a derelict in your duties.

Um, the charter says that every committee should be changed every two years.

Do you all have been on the same committee for more than two years?

And that that's a that's wroth with corruption, and and that's what I'm finding in this in this entire administration is wrought with corruption, and the city council goes along with it.

You can only respond to people when they um give you accolades and they and they leave you out.

Um this is this is not what you're in office for.

You're not in office for accolades, you're in office to take care of the people in the city and their health should matter.

Our children are breathing in this particulate matter, and it's it's making their lives shorter.

If you're not part of the genocide, then do something about what they're doing.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Member Waters, thank you.

Um Madam Chair, and I just want to say uh to Miss Hughes.

Speed humps do not get on the street because one person said they want it.

There um it takes a community, majority uh of the folks uh on that block or a couple blocks or whatever, uh, in order to make that happen.

So somebody signed off on it, and it was certainly more than one person that signed off on on the speed humps.

Um, and maybe that's where um uh was uh residence should start who signed off on it in your specific community because I can assure you it was more than one.

All right, thank you, madam chair.

Thank you.

And colleagues, I neglected to call to order the 1015 interview, so I would like to do that now.

And re says it to the call of the chair, and as well, call to order the 1025 interview and re says it to the call of the chair, and we will be back with those interviews shortly.

Ms.

Jackson, who's our next caller?

The next caller is to hear Ahmed.

To hear Ahmed, you have two minutes for general public comment.

Yes, good morning.

Uh uh, want to shout out to Angela Whitfield Callaway, member Callaway, our councilwoman has uh has hit the ground running since since she has been elected, and she has uh we want to thank her for doing her due diligence diligence in the dealing with this crypto, these crypto uh property uh owners.

Thank you for spearheading the investigation on that.

Also, um we are saddened to say that uh Eric Sabrine, Wayne County Treasurer has neglected to grant a foreclosure moratorium for the lowest value homes has 834 of them that are gonna be auctioned off uh when he uh granted this foreclosure moratorium four years in a row.

He's refused to do it this time.

And uh the reason why is because he needs he wants that money from those houses to replace the money that they had to pay out in the Raphael case.

And I think that's despicable.

We are due that money, and uh it's it's a hundred and thirteen million dollars that they had to set aside for the pay the people that they owe.

When you sell a house that uh for property taxes, oh you are not supposed to keep the excess amount for uh that house that was sold.

I want to also say to you ladies that you are what whatever you do good for the people is good for your soul, and I want to thank you for all the good works that you do.

And I want to also ask if you can please, if you can please try to prevent more of these foreclosures and to set up something for the homeless people this winter because 834 families will lose their homes.

Thank you.

Thank you.

The next caller, Madam Chair, that was our last caller.

Noting Mr.

Rue raised their hand after public comment was cut off.

Okay, thank you.

That now concludes our general public comment, and we are going to move back to the agenda.

I'd like to call back to order the 1015 interview.

The 1015 interview is of Mr.

David Bonner, a nominee for the Brownfield Community Advisory Council.

Good morning, Mr.

Bonner.

If you will please touch the base of the microphone, the light will turn green.

Madam Uh Mary Waters and Angela Woodfield Callaway.

Good morning.

Good morning.

When you are settled, please introduce yourself for the record.

Yes.

Thank you.

Uh, and you don't have to hold the button when you speak.

Um, so will you just please?

I know we spoke with you not long ago, um, but for those who did not hear um that conversation, will you please share a little bit about your background and um your interest in this particular uh position on the Brownfield Community Advisory Council Board?

I'll be honored to do that.

Uh again, my name is David Sheldon Bonner, and currently I am a adjunct professor with Madonna University and the School of Business where I teach both finance and accounting courses.

My experience over uh the past 20 plus years as basically surrounded or been encompassed within financial services.

Uh, I've worked for some of the largest financial services uh banks and uh such as Citi Group, uh Bank of America, and uh I work with A.G.

Edwards, which was a large uh regional broker dealer, and we put together deals for municipal bonds and of things of that nature.

And the reason I'm interested in in the DBRA, quite naturally, is the success that it's had under Public Acts 381.

And Detroit's uh DBRA has been phenomenal in comparison to other areas throughout the country.

I mean, of course, there are better than 450,000 brownfields throughout the country, and Detroit, uh the DBRA has done a phenomenal job of being able to coalesce and come up with creative ideas to leverage the tax uh credits and tax dollars.

So this is a very interesting uh public service and uh service uh is pretty much something that I am very akin to.

All right, excellent.

Thank you.

Um I will now turn the floor over to Member Callaway.

Yes, good morning, thank you, madam chair, and good morning, Mr.

Bonner.

I don't have any questions for you.

I remember you appearing before us almost a month ago when you were uh selected as a um interviewee for the um forgot which it was for the board of ethics.

The ethics we um um my colleague selected someone else.

I think it was Mr.

Raymond Card, uh, but you were certainly an excellent candidate then, as you are an excellent candidate today for this.

So anyway, we can plug you in to serve our city with your expertise and your knowledge and your commitment.

Um we're gonna keep trying.

So thank you for your willingness to serve and you definitely have my support, Mr.

Brown.

And thank you for those very kind words, Council Woolworth.

Any additional questions, comments?

I I would I would love to hear a question.

My my last uh visit here.

I didn't hear anything from Councilwoman Mary Waters, and and I was somewhat I was taken aback.

I said that I'm hoping that she would ask me something.

Member Waters.

So I would like to encourage you to ask me something.

Good morning.

Madam Chair, Member Waters.

It's a good thing when I don't ask.

No, no, no, I didn't take it that way.

Okay.

Oh yeah.

All right.

All right.

Thank you, manager.

Thank you.

And Mr.

Bonner, I will say I think this is a great fit for your background, your experience, um, as you already talked about uh the Brownfield uh projects that go through uh this board, and so I was asking my team when the Debra board uh uh appointments are to happen.

And um, so this is the CAC.

I would love to see you on that board as well because we're always asking questions about the financing of the deals and um whether or not they are lucrative for the city and that particular board provides recommendations to council for us to make uh decisions on various development projects, and so I really do believe that your expertise uh will be well suited on this board in this particular area.

So I'm glad that you um expressed interest and are willing to serve if the body uh makes that determination.

So thank you.

Some of some of the projects that have been uh worth noting is the Bobble Fair, the restaurant, and also the Detroit Food Co-op.

So those are outstanding uses of the DBRA's resources and ability to get things passed.

So outstanding.

Thank you.

Uh is there anything else you'd like to share with us about yourself, your background before we conclude?

Well, you can like I said, um I'm a servant.

Um I love my that is my leadership style service, and I think that going back to the age of 18 where I raised my right hand and swore to protect the nation or the country against both foreign and domestic enemies, and that has carried its own water, and that's why I'm here today, because I've have no problem serving my fellow neighbors, my fellow countrymen, and especially the citizens of Detroit, Michigan.

And we do appreciate you.

Thank you so much for that uh and your uh willingness to continue serving.

Thank you.

I do member waters.

We certainly appreciate you, sir.

Well, well, thank you, Better Vaughn.

All right, that now concludes our 1015 interview.

Uh colleagues, is there a motion to bring line item five back for a date to be determined as we do have uh two other uh interviews?

Motion.

There's a motion to bring line item five back for a date to be determined.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken that now brings us to our I'm sorry.

Both of these recommendations are coming from what district welcome to that now brings us to our 1025 interview.

Uh and I'd like to call that back to order.

Our 1025 interview is for Josh Mack for the Brownfield CAC.

I believe Mr.

Mack is joining us via Zoom.

Ms.

Jackson, are you seeing Mr.

Mack on Zoom?

Yes, madam Chair.

He has just been promoted to panelists.

Thank you.

Good morning, Mr.

Mack.

Will you please introduce yourself for the record?

It looks like you are muted.

Are you able to unmute yourself on your device?

Good morning.

Good morning.

Please introduce yourself for the record.

My name is Josh Mack.

All right, Mr.

Mack, thank you so much for joining us virtually.

Good morning again to everyone.

A description of my uh experiences.

And uh just to summarize uh the bio that was submitted, it included my educational background, uh, which included um having a bachelor's degree uh in education, a master's degree in educational psychology from the Wayne State University.

I have a master's degree in community urban development from the University of the District of Columbia, and also have the doctorate experience at the University of Michigan in urban planning.

Uh my work experience primarily includes going back to uh my first professional job as a teacher and athletic director uh in the public school system.

I also include the principal with a JOCO program.

Uh my other uh administrative experiences includes uh my serving as um attention center coordinator, which included the supervision and administration of four different sites.

One of the sites that you may be familiar with is the Dexter Merse Center.

Uh we have four sites in the Wayne County area, which included rehabilitation services for juvenile delinquents throughout Wayne County.

Um I have um also served as a district manager with the state of Michigan, serving as a DHE district manager with the responsibilities of uh providing overall uh administrative support and overseeing the welfare responsibilities for 10,000 families.

Uh I also um have served as his um as uh uh an administrator within the state of Michigan dealing with um recruitment for uh uh various families with hardships.

Uh so that's how to summarizes um my administrative experiences, which gives an overall administrative experience, but I think more specifically uh the responsibility that would be more generic to uh my responsibility serving on the um Brownville uh community advisory board would include um the specific responsibilities that I had serving as a as a chairperson of the Detroit Public Schools Housing Department uh with the responsibilities as a board member for overseeing the all of the housing developments in that time um my responsibilities included addressing a multiplicity of housing developments for 20 seven schools uh back in 1990.

The Trump uh public school system had a general operational budget for one billion dollars, and part of that substantial amount of that money was within the framework of providing uh support and overseeing the housing uh development prospectives.

And um that was during the time that uh this before the the hospital takeover by the state of Michigan and the employment of the emergency manager concept, we had valuable operations and it gave me an opportunity to make a difference in housing development for the Detroit Public Schools.

We had viable operations, and it gave me an opportunity to make a difference in housing development for the public schools.

Also, uh as a community activist, uh I've participated in um with the empowerment zone funding.

Uh, we were able to secure a half a billion dollars, and we were and I served as the administrative coordinator of developing uh the uh high school uh for northern high school that afforded me the opportunity to work directly with the uh contractors and architectures with respect to uh developing that uh facility uh within North End serving as a volunteer community activist.

I work very closely with the Detroit nonprofit housing, whereby um I work with uh former uh late um Avis Holmes and Senator Holmes um given receiving hood funding for rehabilitation of over 50 homes in the North N area.

That those responsibilities afforded me the opportunity to work with uh contractors and architects in the construction and rehabilitation of all of those homes in the uh northern area.

So that sort of summarizes um some of the key generic some of the key relevant experiences I think would help me in serving effectively as a book as a member of the Brownsville rehabilitation advisory committee.

Thank you, Mr.

Mack, for sharing some of your extensive uh experience and and your background uh and making the connection to the Brownfield Redevelopment Authorities uh community advisory council.

Um I I appreciate you uplifting being an urban planner uh and the work that you have done around housing uh because a lot a lot of that is what goes through the Brownfield Redevelopment Authority.

Uh colleagues, any questions, comments.

No?

All right.

We we appreciate everything that you have done and everything that you um will bring to this position if moved forward.

Is there anything that anything additional that you'd like to share with us that perhaps you'd like to share with the uh general public as well?

I know we had uh an opportunity to have a conversation with you not long ago.

Well, I just like to again commend the current uh uh uh Brownsville uh rehabilitation advisory committee for the fantastic job that they are uh doing, and I'm hoping that I would be able to contribute based on my experiences I've had.

And I also like to commend uh uh Mrs.

Waters and Mrs.

Callaway for the outstanding job that I worked very closely with them in various entities within the community, and uh they're doing a remarkable job, and I just commend them for their integrity uh and and effectiveness serving this cost of persons.

And I'll say thank you on their behalf.

Uh thank you so much for recognizing them and thank you again for your extensive your your wealth of experience um and your interest in wanting to serve on this board.

We do appreciate it, and I believe we will make a decision not next week, Tuesday, but the following Tuesday, because we have one additional interview to take place.

But thank you again for joining us uh via Zoom, and we appreciate your commitment to serve the city of Detroit and its residents.

Thank you.

All right, colleagues, that closes out our sixth, our 1025 interview.

And is there a motion to bring line item six back?

Oh, I I said to be determined, it should have been one week um for that final interview to take place.

Motion there's a motion to bring line item six back in one week.

Hearing no objection, that action shall be taken.

So just know that line item five will come back next week as well.

Clark was on that.

Thank you.

All right, that now brings us to our unfinished business.

Beginning with line item 7.1.

Line item 7.1 is a settlement request and lawsuit of Melody Allen versus Nathaniel Adams and the City of Detroit case number 24-007 320-NI.

This is for the Department of Transportation in the amount of 43,500.

Colleagues, any discussion?

Is there a motion?

Motion to approve.

There's a motion to send line item 7.1 to formal with a recommendation to approve.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Line item 7.2 is the is a settlement request in lawsuit of Rosalind Johnson versus City of Detroit.

Case number 23-011 595-NF.

This is for the Department of Transportation in the amount of 295,000.

Colleagues, is there a motion on line item 7.2?

Motion to approve.

There's a motion to send line item 7.2 to formal with a recommendation to approve.

Any objections?

Hearing none, that action shall be taken.

And line item 7.3 is a settlement request in lawsuit of Teresa Moore versus Javarica Tyrus and City of Detroit.

Case number 24-004 361.

This is for the police department in the amount of 44,000.

Is there a motion?

I did get my questions answered.

There's a motion to send line item 7.3 to formal with a recommendation to approve.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Line item 7.4 is a settlement request in lawsuit of Dorothy McElrath and Diane Davis versus City of Detroit.

Case number 2004 999-I.

This is for the municipal parking department in the amount of 255,000 dollars.

Is there a motion on line item 7.4?

Discussion.

Discussion, Member Callaway.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Is there anyone?

Um if Mr.

Malik Washington is available through yourself, madam chair, from municipal mr.

Washington.

Yes, good morning, madam chair and committee.

Um we do not have a representative on at this time.

Um if you like, I can bring it back to the end or um if you'd like to submit your questions in writing.

Um we can postpone this for one week.

Okay.

Um not trying to prolong it.

So let's just I may I move to bring it back um to the end of the agenda, madam chair.

There's a motion to bring line item 7.4 back at the end of the agenda.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right, that brings us to new business.

Line item 8.1.

Line item 8.1 is contract number 308 6570, 100% city funding to provide rental of school buildings for the upcoming August 2025 election and November for the past August 2025 election and the upcoming November 2025 election.

Contractor Detroit Public Schools contract period upon City Council approval through June 30th, 2026.

Total contract amount 297,653 and 32 cents.

Colleagues, is there a motion to approve or discuss?

Discuss, madam chair.

Discussion member Callaway.

Is there anyone from elections have a have a question about a um polling site that understand closed um on the day of the primary at the end of the day?

And I'm just wondering anybody from elections because the folks over there probably need to know as soon as possible where they're going to be voting.

Source anyone from elections we can get on to answer my question.

Yes, through the chair, I would have to defer to the clerk's office.

I'm not sure if uh Chris Maduca is online.

I know he usually represents for elections through the chair.

I am not certain if Chris Maduca is online, but I would suggest reaching out to him.

I hadn't been told if he was going to be waiting online today.

Madam Chair, I do not.

Okay, thank you.

Member Calloway, would you like to bring this one back to the end of the agenda as well?

Yeah, to the end.

And if not, then I can always put this question in writing.

But if we can get it answered before the end of the day, I have folks listening.

Thank you, madam chair.

Thank you.

Um there's a motion to bring line item 8.1 back to the end of the agenda.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

And if we can reach out to Mr.

Maduca or the elections department just to have them cued up, we would appreciate it.

All right, colleagues, that brings us now to line item 8.2, which is contract number 6005671-A2, 100% ARPA funding, amendment number two to provide an extension to provide an extension of time only for improvements throughout the ICE Arena and Recreation Center for the Adams Buxel Complex, contractor Gandal Inc.

Contract period through March 31st, 2026.

Total contract amount 2,190,000.

Colleagues, there is a correction letter that was provided.

This item was should have been referred to PHS.

Is there a motion to send this item back to through council president to the public health and safety committee?

There's a motion to send this line line item 8.2 through Council President to PHS.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Moving on to line item 8.3.

Line item 8.3 is a settlement request and lawsuit of Khalia Merriweather versus Titan Insurance Company.

Joseph Anthony Clee Cleeland Jr.

City of Detroit.

Case number 24-008-926-NI.

This is for the fire department in the amount of $32,000.

Colleagues, is there a motion to approve or discuss?

There's a motion to send line item 8.3 to formal with the recommendation to approve.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Line item 8.4 is a settlement request and lawsuit of Thomas Wickman versus City of Detroit.

File number 15109 in the amount of $19,500.

Is there a motion to approve?

Motion to approve.

There's a motion to send line item 8.4 to formal with a recommendation to approve.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Member Waters, will you turn your microphone on, please?

Nobody can hear you.

Okay.

I'll turn him next time I talk.

Thank you.

Line item 8.5 is a settlement request and lawsuit of Johnny King versus City of Detroit.

Case number 23-010-327-NF in the amount of $30,000.

This is for the Department of Transportation.

Is there a motion to approve?

Motion to approve.

There's a motion to send line item 8.5 to formal with a recommendation to approve.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Line item 8.6 is a settlement request and lawsuit of Sarah Shuboy versus City of Detroit.

Fire and EMS department in the amount of 120,000.

Is there a motion to approve?

Motion to approve.

There's a motion to send line item 8.6 to formal with a recommendation to approve.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Line item 8.7 is a settlement request and lawsuit of Patricia Hearin versus Robert Williams Shelton and the City of Detroit.

Case number 24-0080-in.

This is for the fire department in the amount of $15,000.

Is there a motion?

There's a motion to send line item 8.7 to formal with a recommendation to approve.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

And line item 8.8 is a settlement request in lawsuit.

Line item 8.8 is a settlement request in lawsuit of Virginia LaFour LaFour versus City of Detroit and City of Detroit versus Virginia LaFour.

Case number 24-01138-CH in the amount of $30,000.

Is there a motion to approve or discuss?

Motion to approve.

There's a motion to send line item 8.8 to formal with a recommendation to approve.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

That now takes us back to the two items that we were bringing back to the end of the agenda, beginning with line item 8.1.

Was there another one prior to that?

7.4.

Yeah.

Okay, we're gonna start with line item 7.4.

Uh is there a motion to discuss?

Discussion, member Callaway.

Is there someone on from um municipal parking?

Through the chair, I was not able to um reach or make contact with someone in municipal parking.

Um I'm not sure if member Callaway is able to provide her questioning.

Um we should be able to respond back by Tuesday if we did want to move it forward today.

Okay.

Um I'll make a motion to move it forward with the recommendation to approve, and I'll send you the one question that I have.

Yeah, not not trying to hold it up.

I just have one question.

I either is fine for me.

Okay, um, through the chair to you, Mr.

Um Washington.

Um how often do we have our uh enforcement officers making U-turns?

I see them making U-turns regularly.

Um, and uh I'm just concerned that if they're doing something illegal, you know, if they're being um reprimanded, because this caused um an injury to someone that they ran into because they were doing illegal U-turn.

So is it legal for um in the uh um enforcement officer to make U-turns?

Okay, I have that, and I will be sure that we follow up before Tuesday's formal session.

Okay, and I guess a sub-question under that one through the chair was this um enforcement officer discipline.

Is she still driving or he?

Thank you.

Thank you, ma'am chair.

Thank you.

Uh and member Callaway, before I take up the motion, so you you've shared what the information that we have here.

This is not something that I am interested in supporting.

So um, I wonder if you wouldn't mind sending it to formal without recommendation.

So move, madam chair.

And I'm not sure if that's going to cause us, it won't.

Um, all right.

There is a motion to send line item 7.4 to formal without recommendation.

Any objections?

Hearing none, that action shall be taken.

And that brings us now to line item 8.1.

Line item 8.1 is for the elections department.

Uh is there a motion to discuss?

Motion madam chair.

Discussion, member Callaway and Mr.

Washington.

I'm not sure if anyone has joined us, or Ms.

Jackson, if anyone has joined us from the elections department.

Through the chair, I do see Chris Maduca has joined.

Thank you.

If we can move him over, Madam Floyd, he has been promoted for thank you.

And member Callaway.

Yeah, he's on.

He's not there yet.

No, I I am here.

Can you guys hear me?

We can hear you, yes.

Please introduce yourself for the record.

We can't see you.

I'm turning on the video now.

Uh this my name is Christian Meduka from the Department of Elections Chief of Staff.

Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Um, good morning, sir.

Good morning.

Just a real quick question.

Um, during the primary election, the um Rutherford Winings Academy was a polling site, a voting site, rather, and the folks over there um told the residents that it would be closed.

The school was going to close, and that would no longer be a voting site.

Can you um confirm whether or not the Rutherford Winings Academy located at 1641 Curtis Street will be a voting site on November the 4th?

If not, I can uh unfortunately I don't have that information uh privy to me right now, but I can definitely get that to you before the end of the session because I don't have a list of every single building uh that we have as a polling location, but I'm sure I can get that information quickly.

Okay, and again through the chair.

That is Rutherford Winance Academy at 16411 Curtis.

They were told over there that that would be the last time the building would be open.

Um I understand that the school is closed, but I'm looking online.

It says that it's open, so I'm gonna call.

Maybe my staff can call and see if it's open, but they said it would no longer be a voting site.

So thank you so much.

Thank you, ma'am chair.

I will definitely give that to you guys.

ASAP.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Is there a motion on line item 8.1?

I'll motion to move to former with a recommendation to approve.

There is a motion to send line item 8.1 to Former with a recommendation to approve.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

That now brings us to thank you.

Uh member reports, member vice chair waters.

Thank you, madam chair.

Just want to remind um folks that the skill trade task force will be meeting on Wednesday, September 17th, 4 to 6 p.m.

at the Coppinter's and Mural Rights uh Training Center, which is located at 11687 American Street.

11687 American Street, and that's Wednesday uh September 17th from 4 to 6 p.m.

Skill Trade Task Force.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Member Callaway.

Thank you, madam chair.

Um reminding everyone to stop by the um Northwest Activity Center today.

Um the ombudsman uh will be there from 10 a.m.

to 2 p.m.

and he will be there to answer all residents' questions.

You don't have to live in district two to go to the Northwest Activity Center on Myers and Curtis to get your questions um addressed by the Ombudsman Bruce Simpson.

Then my team and I will um have our webinar on Monday, September the 15th for one hour from 5:30 to 6:30.

Our special guest will be uh Wayne County Commissioner Angelique Peterson Mayberry and Melvin Smith from the Public Lighting Authority for more in meeting information.

You can call 224 4535 and then um first merchants bank located at 7525 West McNichols will be hosting a business financial management luncheon.

Please call 309989, and that's on September the 17th from 1138 to 1.

But you have to RSVP.

Call 309-9989, and then on um Saturday, September 20th.

Please join Judge Mathis and Jade Mathis and other community leaders for expungement clinic at the Mathis Community Center, located at 1930 Greenfield Road.

We are encouraging you to pre-register and you can call our office to get more information.

We're gonna keep it simple for you, 224 4535, and then back up to September 15th.

I'll be at the Wendy's on the corner of the lodge in 7 Mile passing our coffee.

So um please join me that morning.

I'll be there from 8 to 9 a.m.

September the 15th at the Wendy's at the lodge and 7 Mile.

And then lastly, our district 2 evening meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September the 23rd at 7 p.m.

We're inviting everyone to come out.

It is a um citywide meeting, not just for district two, but it is citywide.

That is at Fellowship Chapel on West Alder Drive at 7 p.m.

And again, that's September the 23rd on Tuesday.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

That completes my report.

Thank you.

And I just want to remind District 4 residents that our monthly community meeting is coming up on Monday, September 15th, beginning at 5:30.

It will take place at the Metro East Complex at 13929 Harper Avenue.

We will have our topic of discussion will be the homeowners property tax exemption program as the deadline is November 7th, 2025 at 4.30 p.m.

So we just want to make sure our residents have the information they need to complete the application process.

Again, that is Monday, September 15th at 5:30 p.m.

at Metro East, 13929 Harper Avenue.

I also just want to make sure residents are aware that our fall shred day is coming up on September 27th.

That is a Saturday from 10 a.m.

until 2 p.m.

at the parking lot across the street from the 9th precinct.

So we do spring and fall.

This is our fall shred day across Grashet from the 9th precinct.

So please get all of your confidential and personal documentation ready to have it shred.

They did a phenomenal job sharing about the 100 years of courage with the Dr.

Osion's sweet house foundation.

It was a tremendous production.

But just want to say thank you for sharing all of that wonderful, amazing Detroit history with Detroiters.

Yesterday evening, I met with the residents in the Ravendale community who had come down before City Council prior to us going on recess, having concerns and issues with the travel in, which is on I-94 and Connor.

The residents are standing firm.

They are looking to come back before before council.

I did encourage them to and will let the administration know when they do so when they plan to do so.

I did have a meeting with the administration about three weeks ago with various departments just to get an update on the status of the travel in and what the various departments are doing.

They did have a representative at the meeting yesterday evening.

Residents, how I will leave my opinions on how the residents felt about uh the representative being there, but it is truly an eyesore a uh there's a criminal element at that particular establishment, and I think it is vitally important for our community and our residents that we address the issues and we have to do it collectively.

I know the individual departments share what they have been doing.

This is something for us to come together on and for Corporation Council and the law department for us to continue to make sure that we're doing everything we can to address the issues because the community is coming back, just so you all know.

All right.

Um, and and that's what the community has been saying.

Shut it down, absolutely shut it down.

It's been there for decades, and apparently, over the last 30 years is been an eyesore in the community despite the investment to the facade uh that has been done.

The conditions within the building are absolutely deplorable, and people live there.

Um, so basically, what I hear and what I see is there's a need for affordable housing in that particular area of the city, um, and we know that there is a need throughout the entire city.

So if they can turn that into truly affordable housing where people can actually cook, that's my greatest challenge.

A hotel room is not meant for someone to live in, and that's what's happening.

Uh, it is temporary, it's meant for transient housing, not for somebody to cook on a hot plate.

That's terrible.

And we have to recognize that and address that as a city.

All right, uh, that concludes my member report.

If there is nothing further to come before us, we shall stand adjourned without objection.