Present.

Councilmember Mary Walters present.

Hounce Member Angela Winfield Callaway.

Councilman McComayoun the second.

Here.

And Council President Mary Sheffield.

Present.

We have a corn president, Madam President.

Thank you so much.

There being a corn, we are now in session, and we will start off with our invitation.

We have a joining us Chief Chaplain Demetrius Davenport, who is joining us virtually for our invitation this morning.

All right, Chaplain Davenport, are you with us?

There we go.

Good morning.

Can you hear me?

Yes, we can.

Good morning.

Okay, I got no sound.

Uh Madam President, Council.

Thank you for the opportunity to share with you this morning.

Uh, can we pray?

Father God, thank you for another day.

Thank you, Lord, for blessing us.

Uh, to see this bright day in this great city.

We ask, oh God, that as our council deliberates and debate on what's best for our city that you continue to crown them with wisdom, understanding, and power.

Lord, not let not the fear of public uh intercession uh invalidate their thought process and grace that you've given them.

Guide us by guiding them, bless us by blessing them, and we ask holy for our city, oh God, that you continue to abound your grace and mercy toward us all.

We thank you for things being as well as they are.

We have faith, oh God, you would take the higher heights in you.

Bless our city, bless our officers, bless our council, bless our citizens as a whole.

In the name of Jesus the Christ, I pray, Amen.

Amen.

All right, thank you so much, Chief Uh Davenport for the invitation, and we will uh see you soon.

Have a blessed day.

Uh, we will start off with our uh presentation by council member at large, member Young, and I will turn the floor over to Member Young.

I'm sorry, I'm gonna turn it off.

And we are going to cut off the uh public comment for this morning as well.

Uh thank you, madam president.

Hello, everyone.

Um, let me just start by saying that a hero is a person that is willing to give the ultimate sacrifice of their life, not just for those they know, but for those they don't, and who is willing to sacrifice and be a part of something that's greater than themselves.

And I can't think of two gentlemen who more exemplify those principles and those values than the people who I'm getting ready to talk about, who have earned a much deserved spirit of trait awards on the afternoon of Monday, July 21st, 2025, at 230 p.m.

These two Detroit Department of Transportation employees heroically saved the life of a Detroit passenger of a Detroit Department of Transportation Bus.

Mr.

Jerome Dillard, a D Dot transportation equipment operator, TEO, and Mr.

Mitchell Green, a student operator, were providing service to the Jefferson Avenue bus route when they arrived at the end of the route.

They both noticed a passenger was still on the coach at the end of the route, and when attempting to alert him that the bus was at the end of the route, they discovered the passenger was unresponsive.

Mr.

Diller, a 25-year D dot veteran, instructed student operator Green to notify D DOT's control center, which dispatched fire and EMS services to the coach.

First responders perform successful life-saving measures to resuscitate the passenger because of the heroic efforts of Mr.

Dillard, a 25-year veteran, and Mr.

Green, a student operator, the passenger's life was saved.

Thank you, Mr.

Dillard and Mr.

Green.

Can we get a round of applause, everybody?

So I believe that it is upon us to honor those who honor us to buy tribute to those who buy tribute to us.

And so it is my great honor and pleasure to present the Spirit of Detroit Awards presented as an expression of the gratitude, esteem of the people of Detroit to significantly important and tremendously valuable Jerome Dillard, Detroit Department of Transportation, Transportation Equipment Operator.

Give him a round of applause, everybody.

Come on.

And Mitchell Green, Detroit Department of Transportation, Student Transportation, Equipment Operator.

We thank you for your shivering life-saving act on July 21st, 2025 at 2 30 p.m.

When your quick thinking and action saved the life of a passenger.

You are indeed a hero for the people of Detroit.

You are an asset for our great city of Detroit.

We thank you and eternally grateful for your tireless efforts, dedicated devotion, exceptional achievement, and outstanding leadership that lives the spirits, fills the hearts of the people of Detroit and America, the honorable Coleman A.

Young the Second with the entire honorable Detroit City Council of Detroit, Michigan, are proud to present the Spirit of Detroit Awards to Mitchell Green and Jerome Dillard, everybody.

Now, as a Christian, I believe in double portion blessing.

And what these guys did is so great.

And so we have with us first of all, let me say we have Mr.

David Glenn, district superintendent of Detroit Department of Transportation, but we also have the director of Detroit Department of Transportation, Mr.

Robert Kramer, who is also here with the wards of citations.

Can you please come up, sir?

Speaking to the microphone.

Pardon my back facing the camera.

Good morning.

Council.

Very well said, so I don't want to add too much, but um, I think these two gentlemen really exemplify the incredible work that uh the employees of D Dot do every day.

They're out on the road.

Um, and really all of the training and their preparation brought them to this opportunity to be heroes, and really appreciate the recognition from the council and really appreciate both of them.

Uh, and to double their recognition.

We we have a certificate of commendations for both of these uh fine gentlemen, and just want to again a big round of applause for their life-saving effort to thank you.

Wait, wait, hold on.

We gonna we're gonna take a picture now.

You have more for them?

No, well, I wanted to well, y'all go ahead.

Okay, okay, go ahead.

I know I messed up the order.

Like, wait a minute.

Okay, all right.

Okay, it's a whole order, man.

Circumstance.

All right, all right.

So um, Mr.

Green, Ms.

Dillard, is there anything you wanted to say at all?

I don't want to talk too loud here.

It's okay.

Please do.

Um, I want I want to uh first of all, thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and and I want to uh acknowledge, you know, uh Mr.

David Glenn here, the superintendent here.

Uh you know, with all the uh appreciations that he's given.

And I want to thank the D Dot family for the training that I have for the 25 years I've been here.

Uh, and I want to thank the um the director uh and the city council here and the public for acknowledging this for us.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Mr.

Green.

I I just want to say I appreciate D D Dot the City for all the training, even though I only been here for four months.

And I appreciate everything.

Thank you.

Anybody from council?

My colleagues want to say anything.

Thank you again.

All right.

Colleagues, we can now go down for a group photo.

Oh, I know.

I'll let them continue.

All right.

All right.

Thank you, Councilmember Young, for that presentation, and thank you to both D Dot employees for uh your work and congratulations on the award.

We will now proceed back to our agenda.

The journal of the session of Tuesday, September the 16th, will be approved.

There being no reconsiderations or unfinished business.

We will proceed to the internal operations standing committee for the for the internal operations standing committee.

To be puts from various city departments.

For the public health and safety standing committee.

Timmy puts from various city departments.

The ten reports will be referred to the public health and safety standing committee.

We will now move to the voting action matters under other matters.

Under communications from the mayor and other governmental officials and agencies.

We will start with those who have joined us here in person.

And we will start with Mr.

Cunningham.

Followed by Dear Woods.

We haven't got to do it now.

Okay.

Thank you.

I didn't know what was wrong.

I couldn't hear nobody when they're presenting.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Good morning.

313 444 9114.

313 444 9114.

That number was made so you can remember it.

And on Facebook, not enemy.

Two words on Facebook, not enemy.

You can click people, and you'll see me and my family there.

That is my Facebook page.

I want to thank Disability Orgs for contacting me through public comment, that phone number.

And I took uh someone who's disappeared disabled from Detroit to Holly and back.

And that was 200 blessing.

I appreciate that.

And it's always another way to skin a cat.

Instead of using Uber and Lyft, they chose to use me.

And that money goes out like about bus tickets and uh ice water or hand warmers with the season.

I want to thank the Ombudsman's office.

These bus tickets right here, 50 bus tickets, four hour passes.

Um bless them from the top of the head to sold the defeat and everyone who has donated.

And uh I just thank you.

Um thank you.

Have a great morning.

Thank you so much.

Thank you so much, Mr.

Cunningham here.

Uh good morning.

Uh to this honorable body.

I'm here to emphatically support uh Sherry Gay Denogo for our ombudsman, uh a proven leader, a person who I met when I was incarcerated, came in to minister to the needs of the people in there, a person who has dedicated her life and educating students, a person who has dedicated her life and sacrificed her services to the citizens of the state of Michigan as a state legislature, a person who has sacrificed herself as a leader as in a school board, a person who gives her heart and soul to this community, a person who worked hard to get clean slate passed in this uh state and the state of Michigan to give people second chances and opportunity.

I go to church with her.

Uh, I have prayed with her.

I've seen her passionately love on this community.

I know that she will be a great leader in this space uh to wrap her arms around uh the citizens and be able to work uh with the council as well as with this administration.

God bless you all.

Thank you so much, Darryl.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Um, I would first like to thank this honorable for the opportunity to speak.

Uh, as a 32-year-old man, reflecting on my childhood on this very floor.

I realize I have grown old enough to experience things I never thought I'd imagine.

Uh forgetting people's names from two minutes ago, uh, not being able to see as far nor lose weight as fast.

And lastly, uh losing faith in politics.

But there is one person who has helped me maintain some touch with politics, and that is Sherry Gay Dannyogo.

Um, and finding out what the definition of Ombudsman is.

I realize she's been doing this work long before the application for any seat.

Uh, when the complaint uh and the national news running joke was the low literacy rate of our education system.

Not only did she uh she didn't stop at requesting an audit of the district, but she also got directly involved in the solution by creating a program called On-Site Coalition to Integrate Technology and Education.

Um, and when the complaint was how our prison systems are fashioned, uh, with disenfranchisement for some of our former fellows, she came forth with the legislation known as one bad night, um, helping felons get so many so much expungement, and uh I hope that those will speak to uh her body of work.

She's the most honorable choice for this seat.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Morning.

Name is Harrison Shelby.

I stand here proudly to support uh my mentor, Sherry Gayden Yogo for Umbos Umbudsman.

Um she has started her career right here in these chambers.

Um, going to be a science teacher after that and serve in the legislator for six years and um all of that now as a board member, but um, she's always been with Detroit standing for what's right, whether that's me standing along, whether that's saving our schools, uh standing up for insurance or whatever the case may be.

And we need somebody with that type of dedication and history, um, and somebody that's gonna that's not afraid to hold people accountable, and that's what the embossment position is about and solving complaints.

So thank you.

Thank you, Ms.

Morning.

Good morning to this honorable body.

My name is Pamela Powell.

I am a resident of district four.

I have property in district two.

I'm here to speak on behalf of Sherry Dan Yogo, the ombudsman position.

I believe that she has a passion for service for as long as I've known her, she has served the residents, the seniors, our students, and she's been active in the community, whether it was redistricting in the AG versus Benson, or whether it was just any kind of complaint in general.

We go to her for everything anyway, so it might as well be her job.

Um, she has a heart for service, and I hope that you will consider her.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Mr.

Edge.

Good morning, honorable body.

Thank you again for allowing me to speak.

I was here two weeks ago, and I'm back here again in honor of Gail Bernard to say that she is the best person for this job.

And I can know that because I have worked with her when I worked, it was over dangerous buildings, and I worked with hundreds of cases.

Well, probably thousands of cases that came up from the busman.

And she has always been fair, she knows the job, and I support her 100%.

And I encourage you to say that she is the best person for this job.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good morning, Audible Body.

I am Lita Kelly Lard, and I'm in support of Sherry Gay Denyogo.

She is qualified, she's educated, she can hit the ground running.

She needs no introduction to the job.

She has been doing it for a long time.

I think that she would be an asset to the city, to the citizens, to this body, and I hope that you would take into consideration to consideration making her and giving her that position.

She is a person who not only talks the talk, but she walks the walk.

She's been in our community for a long time.

And whenever you call her, you can rest assured that she is going to return the call, and she's coming to do whatever you ask her to do.

So I support her fully, and I represent my community, and they all love her and I love her too.

So please take in consideration.

Sherry Gay Dan Yego.

You won't regret it.

Thank you.

Good morning, Madam President, City Council.

My name is Reverend Robert Brosco, and I operate out of uh district number three.

Uh I am here to support uh Miss Gail Bernard.

I think she will make a wonderful uh ombudsman.

She's already been doing the job for many, many years.

Had an opportunity to walk with her from door to door.

Every time she is asked to serve, she's come to serve with a servient heart.

I think she'll be great for the job.

She's been doing it many, many years.

And again, it's her time, it's her hour.

Let's get her in there, the ombudsman.

All right, thank you.

Good morning, everybody.

Uh my name is Charles Brooks, former president of the Father Kappa of ZaiMu.

I'm here to fully support Sherry Gay Dan Diego for Ombudsman.

Um she has made not only an impact in my life, but in my children's life.

Uh, from Project Clean Slate to the implement implication of Narcan in Detroit, Michigan, and my daughter right now telling me can we get Narcan and uh her high school.

Um, all that comes from being around uh Miss Sherry Gay Dan Diego, and she's the best person for this uh position, and she was a god fan, and she was such a blessing.

So take get her in there.

Okay, thank you.

Morning.

Good morning.

Peace to this honorable body.

I want to thank you all for giving me the opportunity to speak this morning.

Um I'm here in support of Sherry Gay Decknogo.

Um, and and not because of who she is, but of the work that she's done.

Um, I from a personal level, I had an issue at my child school, and I was able to reach out to Miss Dagnogo.

And as a result of the advocacy that she played, um, the school now has a special education department.

It was something that several students were struggling with.

I had a concern not only for my child, but for the whole entire population of children at that school.

And when I reached out to her, she not only advocated for me, but for the other children and worked to make sure that the children's needs were met.

In addition to that, I have had the opportunity to reach out to her on multiple occasions.

So I'm in full support.

And I hope that you all consider.

Thank you so much.

Good morning, Miss Betty Lyons.

Bus drivers, bus drivers, at least $35 an hour plus full benefits.

Miss Logan, you hit it right on the head when you talked about response against response.

I'm gonna address this to um Miss Mary Sheffield.

Very smart lady.

She's born of integrity.

Do not uh have that old Dugan support you.

He will try and bring you down.

Beware of pigs and swine giving gifts.

They are trying to put you in a trick bag.

You are going down in history.

Make it a good history where you hold your head up with Jesus Christ instead of down with Satan.

You deserve it.

You're very smart.

Um the Mexicans are known.

They are known for games and cartels.

Yes, Trump.

Get them out of here.

I'm with you.

Yeah.

Good morning.

Good morning to this honorable body and citizens of Detroit.

My name is Shark Woolsby.

I'm a native Detrader.

I live in Boston Edison, and I work for one of the finest units, unions in the country, SCIU.

It is without reservation that the leadership and membership of SCIU Local One express our full support for Sherry Gay Den Yango as for the position of our budsman for the city of Detroit.

Sherry is qualified for this role.

Her deep knowledge of public education, public policy, and her unwavering commitment to labor makes her the right advocate for Detroit residents.

Sherry stands with working families.

The position of ambudsman requires someone who can listen with empathy, act with fairness, and lead with courage.

Sherry has all of those qualities.

We know that she will be a bridge between residents and city government that ensures accountability, transparency, and justice in every manner brought before her office.

For these reasons, SCIU Local One strongly and proudly supports Sherry as our next ombudsman for the city of Detroit.

Thank you.

It is really important that you are very intentional about who you select for this ombudsman's ombudsperson position.

I have worked with the current on bus person and the previous previous administration.

As a Detroit resident, I understand the importance of sustaining the integrity of this office, making sure that you have someone objective, but also someone who can do the work.

So when I take a look at some of the people that this council has selected to even make it down to the 10 for the interview, I ask you for some of them who don't even live in this city.

Can you even go to their city and get an executive level position for 195,000?

Because for most of these candidates, that's all that it's about.

Gail Bernard has been there.

You have someone else who has done the work, but she has been there and she has been making solutions.

Thank you.

Charles Miles, followed by Melissa Love.

Okay, so I'm here again.

That you guys are uh trying to take my property, and I've been asking that you uh get uh Mr.

Sabri here.

I asked you last week.

I got no response.

I've been coming here for what it's been going on since 2017, 16, actually 2015.

So this is ridiculous.

So now you're trying to take the property.

So I guess you're just gonna try to just bully away or take something, and I'm in court.

So uh why don't you get uh Eric Sabrina here?

He said he's been contacting y'all for years to get this straight.

The city of Detroit is at fault for misapplying the payments.

Why don't you just get somebody to uh take care of this?

I mean I mean, I've been coming down here for years and years and years.

So you all know me like you think you know me, but you you act like you know my name, but you know you're not doing nothing about it.

So what we gonna do?

I'm here today to get something done.

Thank you so much, Mr.

Myers Melissa Love, followed by Commissioner Linda Bernard.

I stand here loudly and boldly.

I'm Melissa Love, never voted November 2020 or August 2024, and I will not be silent and just as well be served and respect will be on my name.

I will not stop or be stopped unless God tell me to stop.

Until then, I will continue to be obedient, stand toes down, be bold as a lioness, lioness, and keep exposing this evil corruption.

I will continue to fight for myself, children, the disabled, the elderly, and for what's right.

Satiago Romero.

Uh uh last week, Monday.

I popped in person to say my public comment when I was done.

You made a remark or a reference to send me to Secretary of State.

So my question is why go to second Secretary of State when my beef is with you and with y'all, the cheated electron elected officials that's here today from the city of Detroit.

I am here to demand our resources back, our contracts, and to get y'all out of here.

Time's up.

Detroit, let's flip the city red.

Thank you.

Hey, you guys don't put our time because people come down here to express themselves.

You guys supposed to do y'all job and give us two minutes, like you on a debate.

Again, these people are down here for that $200,000.

And that's the same thing we sent.

Give these people some money, give the residents some money, give them contract.

These people only down here after after the position is filled, you won't ever see them again.

You got all these fake activists in here talking about resource and the resources come from y'all, which is money, but they go back out in the street, tell people to lift themselves up by their booster.

I mean, this is a horrible, horrible job y'all doing.

That's why I label y'all the most devilish low life, immoral city council in all of America.

That's right.

Takes laugh, laugh, keep on laugh.

And again, cheated votes.

I went to the election board, they got me vote absentee when I voted in person.

Now, what y'all gonna do about that?

Low lives.

My question, Mr.

Fidel, that you go to that you file the complaints.

It's one thing to come.

Excuse me.

Okay, Protestant.

I'm I'm in the president.

I'm not asking if you can come back down.

Okay, pro tip.

Come on back down.

So my question, everybody.

Everybody we went to.

So you went to them.

What was the conclusion?

This administration, you better be careful.

No, I'm I'm asking you what was the conclusion.

It'll be coming down on you.

Be very careful.

Be very careful.

I'm asking I'm asking you a question.

What were the conclusion of those investigations?

Be continued.

Okay.

All right.

Thank you.

Why you ain't doing your job?

I'm doing my job.

I voted in person, not absentee.

I've tried to talk to him off.

Yep.

Okay.

Thank you so much, Pro Tim.

Right.

Uh good afternoon.

I'm attorney Linda Bernard, police commissioner Linda Bernard.

And I'm here to speak about Sherry, who is truly served our own Sherry, who has truly served her community her entire adult life and in words, actions, deed, and song.

She is actually, in my opinion, a Detroit megatron.

She has played every position with grace, honor, and distinction.

Frankly, no one does it better.

She's super smart, approachable, kind, giving, gifted, committed, and an alpha female in every respect.

She fights for Detroiters and will bring with her appointment even greater honor and distinction to our great city.

I urge you to favorably consider her application and appoint her as our next ombudsman.

We haven't had an ombudsman with with her talent and ability since the young lady.

I can't remember her name, but I know some of you do, who unfortunately died.

Um but but Sherry will bring true honor and distinction to our city and obviously to that office.

Thank you for your attention.

Okay.

All right, my name is Felicia, and I'm here for Sherry Gay Diego.

Uh uh well, I'm sorry.

Okay, hello.

My name is Felicia, and I'm a janitor at David Cerro Space Echo Lightly.

The city needs a leader who stands with uh the working people.

And Sherry has the experience.

Because of the experience, uh SEIU decided to uh provide leader.

Oh, I'm sorry, I got it everywhere because of the experience uh and dedication and provided leadership.

SCIU Michigan is proud to support Sherry for Detroit City Buzzman.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Good morning.

My name is Helena Nunn, and I stand before you quoting a law for which I question the integrity of the August 5th elections.

MCO section 168492A says the individual is considered a resident of the city or township and address at which he or she resided before confinement.

MCO section 168.11 says in regards to residents for registration and voting purposes, means that place at which a person habitually sleeps, keeps his or her personal effects, and has a regular place for lodging.

An elector does not gain or lose a residence while confined in jail or prison.

Two weeks ago, Mary Sheffield mentioned that a person can use the county jail address as their address to vote.

According to this law, I see that is not true.

I would like to know, Miss Sheffield, could you cite the specific law or statute that supports your response to that?

Thank you.

So what I think will be best and most appropriate is we have the uh CD Clerk's office come back on.

We did have uh uh director or Daniel Baxter come on who clarified that those who did uh vote in the county jail had every right to do so.

And so we can bring uh them back on to clarify what sections of the law uh that they were referring to.

So um, if you want to hang on for a while, we have a lot of public comments to go through.

We can try to bring him back on uh at some point today.

Thank you.

Good morning.

My name is Jennifer Green, and it gives me great pleasure to support Sherry Gay Dan Yogo for Ombudsman.

As an attorney at Clark Hill, I had the opportunity to work closely with Sherry during the AG versus Benson redistricting litigation, where she served as the lead community organizer and liaison for the plaintiffs who ultimately succeeded in that action.

I also had the privilege in my career of representing the city of Detroit pension funds and its retirees during the city's bankruptcy, one of the most consequential cases in Detroit's modern history.

And through that process, I witnessed firsthand how critical it is to have leaders that can mediate, problem solve, and restore trust during moments of crisis.

That experience makes clear to me that Sherry Gay Dan Yogo and the role of Ombudsman is precisely the type of leader Detroit would need to assist with mediation and complex challenges that the city may face.

And in our redistricting case, Sherry demonstrated a deep and unwavering commitment to justice for Detroit residents.

She ensured that state legislative districts complied with the Equal Protection and Voting Rights Act.

Thank you, y'all.

Good morning.

And I am a former DFT member, also a recently retired principal in DPSCD, and I stand here today in support of Sherry Gay Dangogo for Ombudsman.

Every quality that an ombudsman needs, Sherry has demonstrated.

And in different instances, not the same instance, but in several different instances, you've heard everyone give examples of how Sherry has demonstrated the qualities needed for an ombudsman.

And so I just urge each and every one of you to strongly consider Sherry Gay Dan Yogo, a woman of integrity, a woman who is intelligent, a woman who is not afraid to advocate for those who sometimes cannot advocate advocate for themselves.

Thank you.

Thank you.

My name is Selena Wilkins Poe.

I am a lifelong resident of Detroit.

Born here.

Could have left, never left.

I live in District One.

Um I have recently also retired from Detroit Public Schools.

I have uh dedicated my life service of over 32 years.

And Miss Sherry Gay Dangolo has been there for the children.

She has advocated for our children.

And she has also personally helped support my students when I was at Burns Elementary Middle School, where I have recently retired from.

She has also about seven years ago, assisted me with a um city water issue.

I had a leak where the water was leaking in the from the curb.

It had kept leaking, created a health hazard because in the winter it was slippery, you know.

So I'd made phone calls after phone calls, nothing was over.

And she made one phone call and it was resolved.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Thank you, Christine.

My name is Danny Harani.

I know many of you aren't here.

Um I am here in support of my colleague and friend Sherry Gadag Nuggle for Ombudsman.

Um I have to full transparency at first.

I wasn't even certain what the Ombudsman did.

Um, but after reading what exactly that uh the position was, I thought to myself, Sherry's been doing this long before it was ever even uh you know up for consideration.

Sherry has been a tremendous advocate for criminal justice reform for not just uh adults but for juveniles.

We have worked together on that.

Um, you know, sometimes people tell you they're gonna do a lot of things just today.

Uh Sherry has instituted a new program at Team Walnut Center.

We are offering free GED classes at our Mac location.

We'll start new GED classes at our Easter Market location for anybody who wants to get their GED.

And that was a program that was started by her.

It was instituted by her and put forth by her and advocated by her very tremendously at our company.

Um, it's been a privilege and a pleasure uh for many of you that know my story.

The first person to embrace me when I came home with Sherry, and I am privileged to stand here before this great council to say she has my full support, and I hope yours too.

Thank you.

My name is Stephen Graden Mohammed.

I greet you all with the greeting words of peace of Asala Malikum.

Today I'm here to talk about the Ombudsman office.

There are six things that I want to put on your mind.

This is more than a popularity contest.

And we know many of the folks that are on the list.

Personal friends.

We've known them for very, very long time.

But the right candidate must be able to have a vision for the future of the Ombudsperson Office, must be able to acquire and put together the best team to meet the vision and interface well with stakeholders, has to drive an effective complaint investigation and issue resolution process using the technology and a keen knowledge of city departments and leadership.

They have to be a forward-facing leader who can make recommendations to this body, who can also advocate for policy and procedural improvements on the local, state, and national levels.

And that's it.

Thank you, Mr.

Gray and Bobby.

We appreciate you, sir.

Good morning.

Good morning.

My name is Ann Roule.

I am a licensed architect and property development specialist.

My message is for any Detroiter who is ensnared in government red tape, development project mismanagement, or legal actions related to Detroit's properties, buildings, and land, either publicly or privately owned.

For the last eight months, I've been attending city council meetings to listen to public concerns and complaints related to the use of public money to operate, maintain, and develop Detroit's properties, many of which are also owned by the Detroit public, like our parked streets and sidewalks.

I heard a lot of comments about dangerous designs, ecosystem destruction, solar energy hazards, incorrect property taxes, sleazy landlords, lousy air quality, and poor pest control.

Many of these issues compromise human health, life safety, and public well-being, and the missions of important agencies like BC and PDD, DPW, DFT, and DHD.

All of these issues lead to population loss and fiscal uncertainty.

These are not issues that the city council should tolerate or promote.

Many Detroiters think that the current attitude actions and policies of the mayor's office are unsafe.

My name is Amira L.

Johnson.

Thank you for the opportunity to speak.

I'm here to strongly support Tiffany Taley for Detroit Obudsman.

The Friday before school started, I got an email at 1043 p.m.

My son's GRC program was canceled due to funding, which we found out her Tiffany's investigation that wasn't true.

I was overwhelmed, but at 1 a.m.

Tiffany responded immediately via email when I reached out.

By Tuesday after Labor Day, she had Wayne Reesa and the DPS officials involved.

In just two days, not only was my son, but 19 other students that were displaced in new programs and starting pre-K with a fresh start.

Tiffany's compassion, quick action, and commitment made a real impact.

She is already doing the work of an obudsman, advocating for families, ensuring accountability and fighting for fairness.

Please appear Tiffany Tylee.

She's the right person for the city.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Residents in Detroit.

My name is Ramon Jackson.

And on after all the after the August 5th election, we pulled that list.

We obtained it from the clerk's office.

What we discovered on that voting list was fraud.

We discovered hundreds of people as unlawfully voting in the county jail.

Now we don't have to dispute about whether or not a person can vote from the county jail.

You cannot use the county jail's address.

The reason you have to use your own address is because the Wayne County service 42 cities.

So anybody coming from any of those cities can be in the Wayne County jail or from another state.

So that's why it's important to use their own address.

Both of these council members both said that you can do that.

You can use the county jail's address.

We have showed y'all laws where y'all can't.

We demand that y'all tell us, show us the laws where they can.

Not tell us y'all are gonna bring the election department.

Y'all should be able to back what y'all saying with laws.

Back it up.

So um just to get clarity to the clerk's office.

We uh uh we're going to get something um in writing that will be submitted to the entire council um and filed as well um and received in files.

So uh the clerk's office is aware of the request.

Is that correct, madam clerk?

Just took it in writing, the clear understanding of the laws and um rights of those who are in the county jail to be able to vote.

Can we do an official request?

Is there a motion to direct uh the clerk's office just to do a report in writing?

All right, thank you so much.

Hearing none, that action will be taken.

All right, all right.

Moving move, excuse me.

We're gonna continue to move forward.

All right, Miss Logan, go right ahead.

Here I am again, Barbara Logan.

And an observation that a person's morale morality lessens as he or she as his or her power increases.

That observation led Lord Acton, a British historian, to coin the phrase in 1887, power tends to corrupt, absolute power corrupts absolutely.

In the 1960s, I remember a clerk in Rolo Township got into a lot of legal trouble because she was accused of stealing elections through absentee ballots.

That's been going on a long time, y'all.

All over America.

In the early 2000s, um Kwame Kirkpatrick was elected as a Detroit mayor.

Okay, thank you.

Thank you, Logan.

Good morning.

Greetings.

My name is Emily Wilson, and I'm a proud graduate of North Carolina AT State University.

And it is with great honor to extend my support for Sherry Gay Dan Yogo for this position representing the people of Detroit.

Now I know the majority of her supporters spoke on resume listings, as they're in it, as there is an extensive list of accolades to Sherry Life.

But I'm here to discuss things that are not on paper character.

See, Sherry has seen our family go through trials and tribulations, and in the midst of it all, she was there.

When my dad abruptly passed away in 2021, she was there to bring my mother out of a deep depression.

When my mental health was declining, my senior year of college, she was there to remind me of God's promise.

And I can go on and on, but I know we're on a time crunch.

Her commanding voice and astounding personalities at time of despair did not go unnoticed in my life.

Without Sherry, not only my mental health would have depleted, but my mom's as well.

Those are things that you cannot teach.

Those greater than the various positions that she held.

While resume listings get you the position, good character determines how well you do your position.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Hello, everyone.

My name is Dana Elise Wilson.

And I'm here to also support my auntie Sherry.

Um when I think of this position, I think of the experiences that come to mind.

Many are throughout the years, have been a center for her character as well.

First was when I was 14 years old.

She was the first person I canvassed for.

Um when I was a sophomore at the University of Michigan, we met Dr.

Angela Davis together.

And when I graduated from that school, we flew 30 hours to Rundham, India, where I became a UNESCO Education Fellow because of her leadership and her support in my life.

But I speak about these experiences directly also, knowing that I had my own personal experience in an embudsment position where I was the um the chair for the Michigan Daily, and I sat in that position and I overlooked a five-person person staff, which in this time I know that her experiences and her characters bleeds boldness, it bees resilience, and I've seen her globally affect community, and I trust that she will be perfect for this position.

Thank you.

Come down Schaefer, uh six miles, seven mile, and even part of what the thing is is that the umbudsman office with Gail Martin had truly gave us a helpful hand with a lot of uh problems that we had with the neighborhood um uh at night when we had that problem over there on out of drive, called unbudsman office with those kids.

We also had problems as far as with trash pickup over on eight mile road, they were dumping uh uh gale and the unbudsman office has been really helpful for thank you.

Thank you.

Ronald Foster Good morning.

Um the president, just a few things.

Department of Defense.

Defense and Department of Defense stands for defense of the Constitution and core values of this country.

It has changed to the department of war now.

Over the last week, we had two Marines, which were non-commissioned officers involved in heinous acts in this nation.

Well, I do not condone it.

I will highlight the need and awareness to um address our veterans here.

Uh well, uh will not discredit the work that's been done the building with veterans here.

We will highlight some of the issues as a 40-plus-year-old conback Iraqi war veteran, um, issues that affect here, lack of grievances and the grievance process in this country has to be established.

Lack of services and resources to those that you don't understand.

Um I personally for the last four years, have not had a block club, have not had an opportunity, have not had employment, have not had anything.

These things mental illness.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Ronald Foster, Reverend Anthony, Renee.

And to the members of this honorable body, let me thank you for the opportunity.

Not since the tenure of Marie Farrell Donaldson have we had an opportunity such as this.

This to me is an easy one.

I don't usually come to these meetings unless there's something significant.

This is significant.

You already have the uh MO, the resume bio of Sherry Gaiden on Yogo.

I don't need to say very much about her.

She's worked with basically everybody here.

She's been doing the work, which has already been articulated.

So all I'm here to say is let's go with Sherry Gay Dan Yogo.

Thank you.

And notice I did that on the one minute.

Thank you.

Thank you so much, Reverend Anthony.

All right, that will conclude all of our in-person.

Um, we have virtual callers.

We can proceed with those now.

Morning, madam president.

There were 32 hands raised before you had cut off public comment.

And the first caller is phone number ending in 219.

Good morning.

Hi.

My name is Julia Hall.

And I am here for my recommendations for the deputy.

And my recommendation is Gail Bernard.

He is competent.

She's knowledgeable.

He has worked in this office for years.

Mrs.

Bernard would be able to begin work on day one without any unjob training.

Elevate her in her dedicated service she has been doing for more than 13 years.

Working under the leadership of Mr.

Bruce Simmons and working in that office under others.

She knows what she's doing.

Please let this office remain independent and without any form of political bias.

Thank you so much.

Next caller, please.

Apologies.

The next caller is phone number ending in 315.

All are ending in 315.

The floor is yours.

One minute, general public comment.

Can you hear me?

Yes.

Good morning, council.

This is Theo Broken.

And one thing is for sure.

Gail Bernard is the best candidate for this significant job.

The next thing is I appreciate the fact that you decided to have a background check.

And hopefully it turned up that a candidate has uh PPOs uh out there.

I hope you got that.

And what the community needs to understand is that you appreciate their right to vote.

You have a candidate who in 2024 ran for school board and won and told the world how much she loved the children in 2025.

Oh, I guess I don't love the children as much as I thought I did, because I want to run for ombudsman.

I guess maybe people were right about the money.

Gail Bernard is the best candidate for this job this day.

Thank you.

Next caller, please.

The next caller is Danielle Hall.

Danielle Hall, the floor is yours.

One minute.

General public.

Greeting, honorable members of Detroit City Council.

I respectfully ask for your support of Gail Cornard as ambudsman.

This role requires independence from politics, discretion, a deep understanding of policies and procedures, and the ability to address complaints fairly and thoroughly.

Miss Bernard has approved has proven herself throughout the years of outreach, partnership, and public service.

She is a problem solver, a communicator, and a trusted advocate for this for the community.

For this reason, I urge you to vote for Gail Bernard to ensure the vital office is led within integrity and fairness.

Next caller, please.

You haven't been at General Public Comment.

Hello.

Can you hear me?

Yes, sir.

Okay.

Uh yeah.

My problem is why is it so hard for blacks to in position to help each other?

We are one of the uh the only ways that wait on others to help us.

We have forgot our history.

Is it about money or getting a position with us?

Y'all in a position to help people, like other racists.

We have forgot our ancestors.

Some of us need to be reprogrammed.

It's sad.

Everybody's calling in and say put this person in a position.

Are they capable of working with people?

You know, uh, don't stop it.

Let's get somebody in there that's go fight for us.

We've been catching hell from our our city council to get help over here on the east side.

Now everybody's talking about what this person goes do.

Where's this person with all these fumes and stuff with help with smothering us over here?

Where's all these people at?

What nobody's fighting over here.

Next caller, please.

The next caller is Lakia M.

Wilson Lumpkins.

All right, caller, the floor is yours.

One minute, general public comment.

Caller, are you there?

Let's put that caller at the end of the queue and go to the case.

I am here.

Can you hear me?

You might need to turn one of your phones off, one of your listening devices.

Okay, sorry, we're gonna have to.

Ari, if we can put that caller at the end of the queue.

We'll come back to you.

Uh caller at the end of the uh public commenters that we have.

We will be having some issues with your your your audio.

Next caller, please.

The next caller is Tara Brown.

All right, Miss Brown, the floor is yours.

This is Tara Brown, and I'm calling in to support Gail Bernard.

She is committed to the city.

She has served over 20 years.

She too has a beautiful resume of accomplishments, and she should definitely be considered.

Uh, although Sherry J.

Dun Yogo is an excellent count, uh, excellent candidate, and she has done a lot of work for the city.

She told us she wanted to be on the school board, and Detroiters put her there.

That position doesn't end until December 31st of 2028.

So I'm sure it is her goal, even though all this support is here for her to continue uh focusing on the students of DPSCD.

Again, Gail's name is not out there.

You won't catch her on the news.

She doesn't have the opportunity to hobnob.

This is not a political position.

This is a position that she's already been assisting service with.

We definitely need to show and make a stand that hey, just because you have a name doesn't necessarily mean you get the job.

And thank you, Coleman Young, for finally knowing how to give a spirit of Detroit award.

Next caller, please.

The next caller is William M.

Davis.

William M.

Davis, the floor is yours.

You have a minute, general public comment.

Are you there?

All right, we'll put Mr.

Davis at the end of the queue and go to the next caller, please.

The next caller is Hazel Flood.

Hazel Flood.

The floor is yours.

You have one minute.

General public comment.

Yes.

Can you hear me?

Yes, ma'am.

Yes.

I just ask that uh the council member please vote for Gail Bernard.

She's been uh uh as the deputy mayor for over 18 years, and we just need someone to continue on what our former umbudsman Bruce Simpson has put in place when he was there.

So all then is that for y'all?

It's a no-brainer.

Gail Bernard, thank you.

Thank you.

Next caller, please.

The next caller is phone number ending in 169.

All right, caller.

The floor is yours.

One minute, general public comment.

Um, hello, can you guys hear me?

Yes, sir.

Okay, great.

Um, I just want to say um Cunningham still believes God is good.

Thank you for giving love and prayers for Cunningham.

Powers that be in churches, get your foot off his neck.

COVID 19 was karma.

Touch God, not touch, touch not God's anointing, neither do his servant Cunningham no harm.

Less harm, less harm, less harm, less harm, less harm, less harm, less harm, less harm, less harm.

Thank you for my time.

Thank you.

Next caller, please.

The next caller is Zeronica Smith.

All right, caller.

The floor is yours.

You have one minute.

General public comment.

Good morning.

My name is Veronica Smith.

I am a Detroiter who lives in District One.

For years, Detroiters have shouldered the cost of illegally inflated property tax assessments.

The consequences are real.

Tax foreclosures, neighborhood destabilization, and a deep erosion of trust in local government.

With citywide elections ahead, we are calling for Detroit Mineural candidates, Reverend Solomon Kinlock and City Council President Mary Sheffield and all Detroit City Council candidates to commit to concrete and measurable action in the first 100 days of 2026.

Detroiters deserve a people-centered property tax system.

Here's what that looks like.

One, fully implementing the property tax inform ordinance.

Two, making assessments accurate and lawful.

Three, protecting and modernizing the process to obtain the principal resident exemption and hope exemptions.

Four provided recipe.

Next caller, please.

Next caller is not that, Karen.

Hello.

Hello.

Yes, good morning.

Thank you for the 60 seconds this morning.

I'm glad to see a lot of um residents and your constituents calling in and coming down to voice their opinions.

And I think that's a good thing.

It'd be good if we could get a couple hundred thousand people down there.

If that happened, maybe one day we'll have enough people concerned enough that they'll come down and voice their opinion repeatedly.

Detroit retirees, we don't want fast track to a line to be put in eternity to be in line for eternity.

We want to get our money back.

We want to get that claw back uh ended.

We want to get our cost of living back because the cost of living hasn't stopped escalating uh as at all.

And we all know that our um inflation has taken our base pension, taking it further than stretched it further than it's meant to be stretched.

So I'd like to see more work on that, more work on the housing.

Thanks for the 60 seconds.

Thank you.

The next caller is Tiawana Morris.

Morris, the floor is yours.

One minute general public comment.

Hello, my name is Tawana Morris.

And uh my comment concerning uh the new unbudsman, it must be a person of integrity.

Uh the right candidate must be acknowledgeable of the laws and regulations of that position.

They also need a background check for honesty purposes and finding no violations.

Uh and I I would love to see them live in the city of Detroit uh uh from a past history, uh at least a year living in Detroit.

So they'd have the gist of what's happening in our city.

Thank you.

The next caller is phone number ending in 1999.

Caller ending in 199.

One minute general public comment.

Caller, are you there?

Yes, I am.

Can you hear me?

Yes.

Yes, thank you for taking by call.

I have to hurry up because I wrote it down.

I have a lot here I want to go over.

I am a city of Detroit retiree who was affected by the 2014 bankruptcy.

I sometimes don't have enough food, but I get by.

Roland have chewed the bottom rubber of the garage.

Is there someone who I could call for help for these repairs?

I borrowed money from my house to pay bills.

Will the city make us hold soon?

I will be 80 years old next year.

I hope sooner rather than later.

Thank you so much.

Next caller, please.

The next caller is owner Papa.

Caller, the floor is yours.

We have one minute general public comment.

Caller, are you there?

Are you there?

All right, we'll put that caller at the next at the end of the queue and go to the next caller, please.

Okay.

The next caller is to hear.

Yes, good morning.

Excuse me.

We're calling.

Um, we're calling on uh Detroit Mirror candidates, Reverend Solomon Kenlock and Council President Mary Sheffield.

Uh Reverend Mary Sheffield and all Detroit City Council candidates commit to concrete measures, actions in the first 100 days of 2026.

Detroit is deserve a people centered property tax system.

And we want fully implementing the property tax reform ordinance, making assessments accurate and lawful, protecting and modernizing the process to obtain the principal residents exemption and hope exemption, providing uh restitution to over tax homeowners, replace existing chief assessor with one with the proper qualifications.

And uh Reverend Sheffield, you always open up with a prayer.

Uh and that's not a separation of church and state.

Uh I would like to uh suggest and urge you to make it more um universal.

Everybody does not believe in the Jesus Christ.

You are that means you're you're um exempting people who believe in uh a different uh uh spiritual system.

I'd like for you to make it universal so that people all feel included in the good uh uh statements that you opened the meetings with.

That's uh from me personally.

We need a property tax reform ordinance that is going to uh uh be implemented.

Just for the record, we've had numerous uh religious leaders who have opened up uh city council over the years of various faith.

Um Christian, non-Christian as well.

Next caller, please.

The next caller is Mr.

Rue.

All right, Ruben James Crowley Jr.

The floor is yours.

You have one minute, general public comment.

Are you there, Ruben?

All right, we'll go to the next caller, please.

Bring put them at the end of the queue.

Okay.

Uh the next caller is Sherry Burton.

All right, Ms.

Burton, the floor is yours.

You have one minute general public comment.

Good morning, honorable council.

I call I'm uh asking the council members to give strong consideration to uh Gail Bernard to become our next umbudsman.

She has the experience, dedication, and integrity.

Thank you for letting me speak.

Have a great day.

Thank you.

Next caller, please.

The next caller is Cindy Dara.

Cindy Dara, the floor is yours.

You have one minute general public comment.

Yes, uh I'm running as a write-in for Detroit City Clerk, and you can try and use the great vime.

But if any of you want to run as a write-in, you have to but between now and Friday before the election, you have to go sign up a paper so that they will actually count your write-ins.

So uh if you want to run as a write-in, go to the Department of Elections between on the Grand Boulevard, West Grand Boulevard between second and third, across from the Fisher building.

And uh I want to just also say that you don't have to have an ID to vote, and we need to get that word out to people.

So start talking to the people.

Uh the uh lot of people don't know the rules, and uh I don't expect them to because unless you really get involved, you don't know them.

Uh uh we need to get that out that you don't have you don't have to have an idea.

You can sign an affidavit and you can next caller, please.

The next caller is Frank Hammer.

Camera, the floor is yours.

You have one minute general public comment.

Yes, this is Karen Hammer.

Can you hear me?

Yes.

I'm calling in support of the coalition for police transparency and accountability, pass the police video ordinance to reveal body cam, etc.

within a week, where police might have caused death or harm.

I've known youth who've died from tasing shootings, and others who suffered from brutality.

Releasing the body cam and all related reports helps ensure justice and combats old discriminatory and unlawful practices hidden by secrecy.

I agree with the caller who asserted that the mayoral land policies, including over taxation, home repair, demolition, are unsafe.

They continue to discriminate against Detroit's poor and people of color.

Council and the next mayor need to correct this.

I agree with the programs that have been suggested.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next caller, please.

The next caller is Galaxy Tab A.

Caller, the floor is yours.

You have one minute general public comment.

Caller, are you there?

All right, Ari, let's put this caller at the end of the queue and go to the next caller, please.

Can you hear me?

Yes, we can hear you now.

Good morning.

This is the galaxy.

Hello.

Can you hear me?

We can hear you now.

You may proceed.

Okay.

I want my name is Ruby Riley.

And I want to speak on last week that uh I was down at the new bus terminal.

And there are them birds, uh, pigeons and whatever they are that are flying up over the top of the roof or on the rail.

Uh is is letting out their species on people.

One hit me on the arm, the other piece I found in my hair.

So can you get a net or something to keep them from off those rails where that stuff drops down on the bus riders?

Um we'll work at the hard road.

Ms.

Riley, uh, we'll we'll get that information to the dot department that director was just here earlier today.

Anything else you want to add?

That'd be it.

Thank you.

All right, thank you so much.

Next caller, please.

The next caller is Bobby's iPhone.

All right, caller, the floor is yours.

We have one minute general public comment.

Yes, I am down there.

Um, I have a young lady with me that is um experiencing homeless.

I reached out to a couple council people to help her.

She is down here and she needs some help.

But one thing, you guys have also passed this new ordinance about misdemeanors um being prosecuted.

I think you should take a hard stance against what the what the Trump administration wants to do, and that's bring in the troops to uh the city of Detroit.

Yes, the governor now is saying no, but what does the future governor uh Michigan?

What will they say?

I think it's time to be proactive instead of reactive.

I think we need a resolution that is standing strong saying that we uh no circumstance want the troops in.

And then on top of that, we finished the Joe Spreeway.

We're about finished with it, but we haven't even touched the recreation department that is supposed to be in seven.

How many people of the city of Detroit are gonna use that spreeway?

Next caller, please.

The next caller is Kevin Westbrook.

All right, caller, the floor is yours.

You have one minute general public comment.

Hello, can you hear me?

Yes.

Hello.

Hello, we can hear you.

Hello.

Hello, you can be heard.

Can you hear me?

Uh one more time, yes, then we may have to put you at the end of the queue.

Oh, sorry, okay.

Thank you.

Yes, thank you for the long hours.

Two council president, thank you for the long hours, evenings, weekends, and your managing policy developments.

Oh, well, also your managing council president, staff day to day.

Um, your evolving collaborations, legislative or state-dependent, distributing prosperity more equitably across the city, not just downtown, addressing violence roots, lowering burdens of prosperity, and to be a woman of the plough.

Thank you for your strength.

When people try to throw words at you like Satan, pigs, and swine.

Detroit, the mayor's office and the city council office are two separate places.

Detroit has come a long way because of great people like City Council President Mary Sheffield.

Thank you and continue the great work.

Thank you.

Next caller, please.

The next caller is Stephanie L.

Jones.

Great morning.

My name is Stephanie L.

Jones, and I just want to strongly encourage you to select Miss Tiffany Tilly as the next Detroit um bus person.

I think when you look at her resume and her history with working with Detroiters, you will find that she is the right candidate.

And I'd like to say that we have worked side by side doing advocacy work for many years in the areas of sexual thought.

And even recently, I reached out to her to talk about an issue with children facing autism.

And within 24 hours, she had a resolution in place that was passed.

That's the type of person with leadership and action that we need in this position.

So please strongly consider Tiffany Tilly.

Thank you for your time, Council.

Next caller, please.

The next caller is Pamela Reed.

Caller, the floor is yours in a general public comment.

Good morning, everyone.

My name is Pamela Reed, longtime Detroiter.

I'm calling because I strongly urge you guys to, you know, think of Tiffany Talley for a business role.

I've worked with Tiffany on many campaigns, and and I've watched how she was elected to the state board in 2018.

How she worked with the champion mental health for students to have the support academically as well as emotionally.

Have she worked with head start programs to make sure children early children get an early start on doing things, helping families get comfortable housing, the mental health, helping with foster care?

We need someone that's gonna stand ten toes.

Um Detroit is facing so many different illegal structures.

So as a Detroiter, I need some place to go where I know that somebody's gonna speak for me.

And so far, I think that Tiffany Talley would do the best job.

And I thank you guys.

Thank you.

Next caller, please.

The next caller is Tyson Gersh.

Tyson Gersh, the floor is yours.

You have one minute, General Public Comment.

Hi, can you hear me?

Yes.

Great.

Um, I've been trying to get an answer to this question that doesn't seem like it would be complicated, but uh I've spent weeks trying to get an answer.

Um how did the BZA's revenue triple between fiscal year 23 and fiscal year 24?

And how come nobody has asked this during several layers of budget review?

Uh in fiscal year 23, the BZA had 85 grand of revenue, and in fiscal year 24, it had 238 grand in revenue.

And this also occurred while it dropped 90,000 in expenses.

Um, and in the face of a stable uh proposed and adopted revenue budget of 110,000.

How can all of this coexist without any explanation or any?

I mean, this seems like something that should have an explanation.

Thank you so much, Mr.

Gersh.

If you would like to place your uh question comment uh in written form, we can ensure that it goes to the BFA committee, be referred there and see if we can get a response for you.

Next caller, please.

Uh next caller is Miko A.

Williams.

Nico A.

Williams, the floor is yours.

You have one minute, general public comment.

Yes, hi.

Can you hear me, please?

Yes.

Yes.

Um, hi, uh Demico Williams, uh private citizen, um, taxpayer, longtime resident of Detroit.

And for the city umbudsman, it's a very important job that you are the resident's voice.

You are the champion of the residents, and you have to be the resident's representative.

Um a lot of great names uh mentioned today, but I know Sherry Gay Dagnago is the she's the real deal holy field when it comes to um being the people's champion and also getting results in a timely fashion.

And also Sherry goes the extra mile uh through the schools and also through her advocacy, but even off paper, the things that she said that she does for people, she does that from her heart.

She does that genuinely.

She doesn't do it for a job, she does it on for a purpose, and I would support that.

Um, also uh I condemn Swindle Wendell Anthony and the ministers and also those that uh only come down here once, but they're never down here every week.

Have a good next caller, please.

The next caller is Bernard Manschumski.

Caller, the floor is yours.

We have one minute general public comment.

Are you there?

Good morning.

Can I be heard?

Yes, sir.

Sorry, I had technical difficulties.

Good morning, Renard Vashenski, organized with the church of the platform.

And I just want to thank this body for honoring those two DOT drivers this morning, amazing heroes in the city.

And I assure you, there's a lot of other drivers across the city that have done amazing things and help people in time of need as well.

And I believe they need to be celebrated more.

And maybe this body could consider some sort of model um with employees, sort of like awards ceremony or something like that.

Because honestly, these people put in the day day's work or night's work very hard to do their job.

And what's my point is when we move into budget considerations, we need to make the uh the wage at par with the smart wages.

Otherwise, we're still gonna have problems at as well, too.

Um, and we want to equip the rest of the drivers to be able to save people's lives with CPR machines and our camp training as well.

More details on that later.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Next caller, please.

Uh we are back to the end of the queue.

And the first person we come back to is Lakia M.

Wilson Lumpkins.

Good morning, honorable members of the Detroit City Council.

I am Lakia Wilson Lumpkins, president of Detroit Federation of Teachers, and I am speaking to support for the appointment of Sherry Gay Denjogo for the next ombudsman for the city of Detroit.

Sherry's Detroit story is deeply intertwined with the Detroit Federation of Teachers.

She is a strong advocate for her students and also for her fellow man and woman.

Whether it is health, nutrition, after school programs, or public safety issues, Sherry knows that our city needs to hear the tough stuff in order to collaborate and give kids and families the resources that they need.

Her record of success demonstrates that she has the connections and the vision to make that partnership a reality.

She has lived our struggles, fought alongside us, and continues to embody the values of equity, advocacy, and justice that are essential to the future of our city.

And I re-yield the remainder of my two seconds.

Thank you so much.

Next caller, please.

Uh next caller is William M.

Davis.

William M.

Davis, the floor is yours.

One minute, general public comment.

Mr.

Davis, are you there?

Go on once.

Go on twice.

One three times, Mr.

Davis, are you there?

Fortunately, we're gonna have to move on if you'd like to provide your comments to the clerk's office.

It will be placed on to public record.

Next caller, please.

The next caller is owner Papa.

All right, caller, the floor is yours.

One minute, general public comment.

Caller, are you there?

Going once.

Going twice.

One, three times.

Caller, are you there?

Unfortunately, we're gonna have to move on.

If you would like to provide your comments to the clerk's office, it will be placed on to public record.

Next caller, please.

Uh the last caller for public comment, noting that there are hands raised, but they were raised after public comment had been cut off, is Mr.

Rue.

All right, Ruben, James Crowley Jr., the floor is yours.

One minute, general public comment.

Are you there?

Going once.

Going twice.

Going three times.

Ruben James Crowley, are you there?

Unfortunately, we're gonna have to move on.

If you would like to provide your comments to the clerk's office, it will be placed onto public record.

And that takes us to the end of our uh online callers.

But we have been joined by Superintendent Vidi.

Uh know that you have a public comment that you wanted to provide, if I'm not mistaken as well.

Uh, you will be provided the one minute uh as we have to treat everyone the same way.

Otherwise, we'll get in trouble.

Not with the law.

Open meetings at good morning, uh counsel.

Uh, thank you for uh allowing me to speak today.

Um, I am uh Nikolai VT, the proud superintendent of GPS CD, second longest serving superintendent in the history of DPS DPSCD and tax paying Detroit residents.

Uh, I'm here in support of Sherry Gay Decnogo as the uh Buzzman uh for the city.

Uh in my nine years of working as superintendent, I have never worked with the school board member that works as tirelessly on behalf of Detroit residents.

Uh she is constantly calling me, texting me, emailing me about concerns from teachers, community members, parents.

Um, she has never unturned one stone when it came to a complaint uh that residents had.

Um I think uh in her uh history of serving this city.

Uh she has challenged emergency management.

She has uh fought for a lawsuit on behalf of DPSED.

Um she has um uh brought together when I became superintendent Democrats and Republicans in order to support uh the newly elected board and appointed superintendent.

Um in addition to that, uh one of our greatest uh opportunities is to uh improve the relationship between the city and the district literacy, uh blight um after school programming.

Um she's the one to be able to uh connect us as a city and as I said.

We don't always agree, sir, but I'm here because I respect thank you, sir.

Appreciate all right.

Now I know all many of you came for the umbuds person's vote.

We're gonna wait until we get the uh entire council here before we uh take that process up.

So uh be patient.

It shall be coming very, very shortly.

All right, so we'll go into the rest of our agenda.

Uh understanding committee reports for the planning and economic development standing committee under resolutions.

Council member Benson or resolution line item 16.1, noting that this line item was postponed from last week formal session.

Thank you so much, Member Benson.

All right, motion to approve discussion as a motion to approve line item 16.1 colleagues with discussion.

Member Benson.

All right, thank you.

I just wanted to make it clear, and so I really do appreciate the um the Pistons organization looking to activate our waterfront with additional recreational opportunities, and but I really wanted to make sure that we leverage that waterfront right now is under leverage, and there are a number of other sports that people have been asking about.

We don't have an indoor AAU level track.

We don't have the level of indoor tennis course that we're looking for, and so I've been requested by advocates of both those spaces, um, including from Palmer Park, uh the tennis community there asking for additional indoor um tennis course, but also the fact the ability to actually leverage our river fund.

So this is just a way for me to put into the air.

Let's look at even more, not demanding that anything being done, but looking to the uh business organization who are looking to activate our waterfront to think deeper and look for more if it's available.

Hopefully, get support for my colleagues today.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Any further colleagues?

Member Johnson.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Through you to Member Benson, I appreciate um the support for uh the WMBA and additional recreational activities on the waterfront.

Um, I am wondering if you have any additional details on what is to come on the waterfront.

Do yourself um Madam Chair, no, I have none.

And so I have had a conversation with the Pistons organization.

Uh they've made it clear that they're looking to do recreational activities.

I just wanted to make sure that we as the city having no uh plan as of yet, do lean in and just say, hey, think deeper, look for more.

Let's do the best that we can at that space.

Thank you.

And through you, Madam President.

Um, so I do look forward to the WMBA coming to the city of Detroit.

Um, I will not be supportive of the resolution only because I would love to get more details on what that looks like, um, how it is rolled out, uh, in order to get my support for the actual venue, but I am really excited about recreational activities on the waterfront, um, as well as the WMBA coming to the city of Detroit and fully look to support their efforts and them being here as much as we support the Detroit Pistons.

Um, but without additional information, I will be uh in objection to the resolution, but do appreciate the work.

Thank you.

Thank you, Member Johnson.

Any additional comments on the proposed resolution.

Member Benson, did you already move it for approval?

Okay.

Are there any objections to the resolution?

Objection, Member Johnson.

The clerk would note.

Clerk will so note, madam president.

Hearing no further objections, the resolution will be approved.

Thank you, colleagues.

Any objection to a waiver?

Objection.

Waiver, uh, will not pass.

All right, if we can take up the uh 18.2, which is the abuse person's position since we have a lot of people who have called in, come down for that item.

Line item 18.2.

Thank you, Member Young.

Is that the right one?

Yeah, Madam President.

Yeah, item 18.2 is recommendations for appointment as the umbudsman for the city of Detroit.

You all have should have received your ballot.

Yep.

And wanted to make sure attorney Barcliff can come up and give us an overview before we proceed.

Good morning.

Um what you have before you is the ballot for the appointment of the actually can't hear you.

Okay.

Good morning.

What you have before you is the the first ballot for the um the appointment for the uh to for the ombudsperson.

The first ballot though, narrow down the field to three individuals.

So in order to vote, your first choice, meaning the the choice that you give the most points, well, you you should give a three.

The second choice, a two, and your last choice a one.

So each individual's there's no punking, each individual uh council member should give um should choose three names from that list.

Proceed.

Um you should proceed with that.

There will be a go ahead.

No, no, there will be a second vote after this one, which would narrow the the three names that it will be narrowed down to, then you would choose one from that from that list.

The the winning individual, the the winning um appointee, well, who you would appoint would have to receive three means six votes from this body.

It is not a simple majority as it is normally.

Okay, so the first round would narrow it down to three candidates and then we choose one from that.

Correct.

Okay.

Um, can you also just briefly speak on the memo that was submitted from LPD as well regarding possible conflicts of interest?

Yes, yes, I can.

Um, if you want to come before us, I have an author of that um that opinion as uh attorney Phil Keller LPD.

So uh our memo states our position that due to conflict with the city charter and the incompatible public offices act, um, that if an individual who is sitting on a school board, either DPSCD or the state school board were to be the nomination for ombudsman, they would have to resign um their position on the school board.

And I believe laws in concurrence for the chair for the chair Graham Anderson law department.

Yes, we've reviewed LPD's uh uh opinion and we are in agreement.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right, all right, colleagues.

We can open it up for questions or concerns before we move forward with the voting process.

Okay, council president pro temptation.

Just a quick question.

I know that uh I believe we do have two members, two candidates that are uh that would represent those two conflicts.

Have there been any communication that has been provided indicating what that would look like prior to us voting?

And I did receive one document from one of the candidates, and I don't know uh if there was another that was provided.

Does my understanding?

Oh these mics are so my understanding that one candidate has indicated that if chosen that they would resign from their position.

I think that was uh Ms.

Daniogo um indicated that she would resign from her position.

That is my understanding.

Okay, can you hear me now?

Just try to speak as loud as you can, but go ahead.

Okay, okay.

I do not have um uh input in my possession the the communication, but it is my understanding that we your body has received notice from one of the candidates, Ms.

Den Yogo, that in the event that she is chosen for the ombudsman's position, that she would resign from her position on the school board.

That's my understanding.

And then my other question is was it made clear to the candidates that that would be the um so the outcome of the report uh of conflicts was that provided to the candidates so they would know in advance so that we as a body would know um which candidate has agreed to doing just that stepping down if necessary.

Our office did not reach out to any of the candidates.

Um I think the questions were asked at the table during their interviews, but we have not reached out to any other candidates to offer any advice one way or another.

Okay, so meaning that we didn't we didn't reach out to um Ms.

Daniogo or Miss Tilly.

Thank you.

Thank you, Madam President.

Thank you, Pro Tim.

Any additional questions or comments?

Member Johnson.

Thank you, Madam President.

I will note that there was someone who came and spoke during public comment relative to a couple of individuals who do not live in the city of Detroit.

I just want to say that it apparently is customary now for people to exclude their address off of resumes.

And so I did do some some digging to verify whether there were individuals who did not live in the city of Detroit and did find that there were a couple of candidates.

But again, no address information was provided.

And so I know that we have as a body really advocated for Detroit residents.

And I do just want to say that I think as we look into identifying the best candidate for this position, that if we have Detroiters that show themselves as being excelling in the ability to do this job, I think we should identify a Detroit resident, as we have always advocated for such in the past.

Thank you.

Thank you, Madam President.

Madam Chair.

Thank you, Member Johnson Member Callaway.

Um thank you, Madam Chair.

Good afternoon or good morning, everyone.

Um I am aware of a candidate that does not currently live in the city.

Excellent candidate.

Um I'll be supporting that candidate, but at the same time, that candidate, if selected, um, I'm sure would be willing to move back to the city that he just recently moved from.

We do have a number of people who hold high-ranking positions at the state level.

Our new state superintendent is a Canadian.

He lives in Canada right now.

He has so many months to become a US citizen, but he was selected.

So it is not a requirement.

We encourage um and we have folks um at the administrative level level, earning over quarters of a million dollars that do not live here.

We had our most recent um D Doctor Rector who lived in Chicago.

So we want them to live in the city, but if it's not required, then um, you know, I'm gonna support the best candidate and encourage that candidate.

They do not live in the city currently to certainly um consider moving back to the city if he um is selected.

But again, it is not a requirement.

Um we want everybody to live in, but we can start at the highest level in the city, and we know that um certain ones do not live here and don't even live in the state of Michigan.

Um so thank you, madam chair.

Thank you, Member Callaway.

Councilmember Young.

Yes, um, I just wanted to ask you.

I is it part of the reason why we're having this discussion about people who live here, people who don't live here is because of the residency requirement repeal in 1999.

I mean, in that why we're kind of here in the first place.

I mean, I I personally believe that you know if you get your check, this is C Detroit, you should live here first.

That's just my personal ethos and moral code.

But but I understand that the laws are in the rules, or I'm not saying that people who aren't aren't qualified.

I'm not trying to knock anybody, I'm just saying personally, that's what I believe.

But the reason why we're having this conversation right now is because of that appeal, correct?

A state law.

Yeah, the state law um did repeal the um residency law, meaning that you do not have to be a resident, or we cannot require our employees to be residents of the city of Detroit.

Thank you.

Member Durha.

Thank you, Madam President.

I know there were some audio problems at the beginning because I'm getting messages um through you, madam president, uh, to Miss Barcliff.

Could you please restate the voting process again just for this first round as well as the second round just for transparency because there are some folks online initially that did not hear it.

Okay.

For the first round of votes, each individual council member will choose three um individuals from the the list provided from the interviewees.

The those um names will be ranked.

Your first your first vote would receive a three, your second vote will receive a two, and your um last vote will receive a one, meaning the the three individuals who received the most points based on those vote votes will um advance to the second round, which in that round, each um each council member will cast one vote, and the person appointed has to receive six um affirmative votes to receive the position.

Which in that round, each um each council member will cast one vote, and the person appointed has to receive six um affirmative votes to receive the position.

There's no additional questions, and parents will come around to collect the ballot.

Madam President, we have the totals.

Okay.

For candidate Gail Bernard.

Councilmember Scott Benson, three points.

Council President Pro Tim James, take two points.

Council President Mary Sheffield, three points.

Councilmember Fred Durhall, one point.

Councilmember Santiago Romero, three points.

Councilmember Johnson, one point.

Councilmember Johnson, two points.

Council Member Young, one point.

Total of five points.

Councilmember Satiago Romero, one point.

Okay.

And can you name off the amounts for each of those top three, please?

Yes, madam president.

For candidate Gail Bernard, a total of sixteen points.

Candidate Sherry Gay Dec Nagle.

Sixteen.

Sixteen, yes.

And Sherry Gay Denago, total of sixteen points.

Okay.

And candidate Tiffany Tilly, a total of seven points.

Okay.

Yes.

So based on that list, the three names now the council members are to vote for one of those individuals.

Um the in order to get this position.

Did you think the candidate has to receive six um votes?

Okay.

So our next round, we select one person, and the candidate must receive six votes in order to move forward.

Just check the word name.

For candidate, I have the totals, madam president, madam president.

For candidate Gail Bernard, Councilmember Scott Benson, Councilmember Gabiala Santiago Romero.

That's two votes.

For candidate Sherry Gay, Take Nago, pardon me if I'm not pronouncing her last name correctly.

Councilmember Mary Waters, Council President Pro Tim James Tate, Council President Mary Sheffield, Councilmember Coleman Young, Councilmember Fred Durh, the third, Councilmember Letitia Johnson, that's six votes for candidate Tiffany Tilley, Councilmember Angela Winfield Callaway, that's one point.

Madam President, candidate Sherry Gay Dec Nago has six points.

She has the most points for the appointment.

All right, congratulations to Sherry Gay Dagno.

All right, congratulations.

And uh we will move to approve the appointment for line item eighteen point three.

Council member Johnson, a resolution, line item eighteen point three.

Council member Johnson.

Thank you, Madam President.

Move for approval.

Motion to approve line and line item eighteen point three.

Are there any objections?

Hearing no objections, the one resolution will be approved.

All right, we will go back up to our agenda for today.

For the planning and economic development standing committee under resolutions.

Madam President, we had taken up that line item already.

Okay, sorry about that.

Moving along to Office of Contracting and Procurement from the Public Health and Safety Standing Committee.

Council Member Santiago Romero, eight resolutions.

Line items 17.1 through 17.8, noting that line item 17.5 through 17.7.

17.8, excuse me, are contracts pertaining to delegated approval.

Line item 17.1 is contract number 308-6323.

100% blight funding to provide an emergency demolition for the commercial property at 4815 tirement.

Contractor SC Environmental Services LLC.

Total contract amount 39,282.

That's for construction and demolition.

Contract number 6005250-A1.

100% ARPRA funding.

Amendment one to provide an extension of time only for commercial environmental due diligence to support the city's blight remediation efforts.

Contractor agis bill in USA Incorporated.

Total contract amount $82,072.

That's for construction and demolition.

Contract number 3086334, 100% bond funding to provide an emergency demolition for the residential properties.

Contractor Salabine Trucking and Excavating Incorporated.

Total contract amount 29,298 dollars.

That's for construction and demolition.

Contract number 308 6335, 100% blight funding to provide an emergency demolition for the commercial property 13580 or lines.

Contractor inner city contracting LLC total total contract amount 79, 777.

That's for construction and demolition.

Line item 17.5 is contract number 3085293 for delegated approval.

17.6 contract number 3085297.

Delegated approval.

Delegated approval and contract line item 17.8 is a list of several contracts for delegated approval.

Council Member Santiago Romero, eight resolutions.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Member Santiago Romero.

Thank you, Madam President.

Motion to approve 17.1 through 17.8.

All right.

Any discussion on these items.

Any objections.

Hearing no objections.

The resolutions will be approved.

The eight resolutions will be approved.

Madam Chair.

Yes.

Request to waiver on line item 17.3.

Any objections to a waiver on 17.3.

Hearing none.

That action will be taken.

A request a waiver, Madam President, for 17.2.

There are no objections.

The waiver will be attached to 17.2.

From the Office of Development and Grants.

Council Member Santiago Romero, a resolution.

Line item 17.9.

Member Santiago Romero.

Motion to approve this is a grants for solar for all pilots.

Hearing no objections, the one resolution will be approved.

From the Department of Public Works Administration.

Council Member Santiago Romero, two resolutions.

Line items 17.10 and 17.11.

Member Santiago Romero.

Motion to approve.

Motion has been made, and these are both to install banners for various events.

Hearing no objections, the two resolutions will be approved.

Under resolutions.

Council member Wentfield Callaway, a resolution line item 17.12.

Okay.

This is line item 17.12.

Resolution in support of Senate Bill 492.

Uh hearing no objections, the one resolution will be approved.

Moving to the new business agenda from the Office of Contracting and Procurement.

Council Member Young, a resolution line item 18.1, noting that this line item was postponed from last week formal session.

Council Member Young.

Motion discuss.

Yes, go right ahead.

Okay.

To the administration.

I think that'd be missed.

Mr.

Washington, do we have someone on for this item?

Yes, madam chair.

We do have Keith Hutchins as well as Jamila Watkins.

Okay.

You good?

Both of them have been promoted.

Promoted.

All right.

There they are.

Okay.

So uh I don't know how we do this dance first.

Uh Director Hutchins.

Do you want to speak to this or through the chair?

Uh the tax clearances were all approved.

Every everything is in order.

Um, and this watkins can give details if necessary, but the tax clearances have been approved.

Ms.

Watkins.

Good morning.

Yes, this is Jamila Watkins with OCP.

And Mr.

Hutchins is correct.

The tax clearance was approved last Tuesday, the 23rd.

It is now good until September 23rd, 2026.

All right, excellent.

Uh thank you, ma'am.

Thank you, everyone.

Uh, with that, I would like to I'd like to make a motion to move to approve line item 18.1.

All right.

Are there any objections to 18.1?

Hearing none, the one resolution will be approved.

Moving to the referrals, madam clerk.

Madam President's report on standing committee referrals and other matters for the budget finance and audit standing committee.

Madam President, before the if you would like, we do have four walk-on contracts.

Um okay, can we do the referrals first?

Yeah, let's just finish the referrals and then go back to the code.

Okay.

Okay.

So for the budget finance and audit standing committee.

One report from the general services department.

The one report will be referred to the budget finance and audit committee for the internal operations committee.

19 reports from various city departments.

The 19 reports will be referred to the internal operations committee or the neighborhood and community services standing committee.

Yes, member Young.

Mayor, I would want to know if it was if it wasn't too late.

I'd like to request a waiver online or 18.1.

Okay, soon as soon as I finish the referrals.

Absolutely.

Okay, the four reports will be referred to the neighborhood and community services standing committee for the planning and economic development standing committee.

Eight reports from various city departments.

The eight reports will be referred to the planning and economic development standing committee for the public health and safety standing committee.

Four reports from various city departments.

The four reports will be referred to the public health and safety standing committee.

We will now move to our walk-on items.

One is for neighborhood, one is for planning and economic development standing committee, and two will be for public health and safety standing committee.

So we will walk on the contract for neighborhood first.

We'll walk on the contract for neighborhood first, Venom President.

Our contracts that were being referred and due to no committee meeting last week.

Well, this week the request was to walk these items on it's for the to be approved today.

Okay.

So let's start with the first one for neighborhood and community services.

Contract number 6005287-82.

It's a hundred percent ORPA funding to provide an extension of time and amend terms as needed for rental vehicles, contracted to Hearst Corporation, total contract amount 200,000.

Total contract amount 200,000.

That's for general services.

Okay.

Is there a motion to walk this item on for new business?

Motion.

Right.

Hearing no objections, that action will be taken.

Councilmember Young.

Thank you, Mayor President.

I'd like to move to approve this walker.

Is there any discussion on this item?

Hearing none.

Are there any objections?

Hearing no objections, that action will be taken.

Madam Clerk.

Madam President.

We now have contract number 600 6554-A1.

100% opera funding, amendment one to provide an extension of time only for development of public facility rehabilitation accessibility upgrades.

Contractor Liberian Association of Michigan.

Total contract amount 180,000 360.

That's for housing and revitalization.

Council President Pro Tim Tate.

A resolution.

Hearing no objections, that action will be taken.

Pro Tim Tate.

President move approval of contract number 6006554-1.

Are there any objections?

Hearing no objections, that action will be taken.

Yes.

Request for a waiver on that particular line item, please.

Hearing no objections, the waiver will be attached to that particular contract.

Thank you.

All right.

And madam clerk.

Contract number 600747.

Madam President, this contract was previously referred last week.

However, it's being walked on today as an amended contract to show that last week was 100% grant funding.

The amendment is 80% grant funding, 20% street funding, local match to provide consulting services for the traffic management center.

Total contract amount 9,535, 120.83.

That's for public works.

Council member Santiago Romero.

A resolution.

Thank you, Madam President.

Motion to approve.

We have to walk this on first motion to walk on.

Okay.

Hearing no objections, we will walk on the amended contract.

And Member Santiago Ramiro.

Motion to approve.

Hearing no objections, the amended resolution will be approved.

Okay.

Is that it, Madam Clerk?

No, Madam President.

We have one more contract.

Okay.

Contract number 6005897-A2.

100% ARPA funding.

Amendment two to provide an extension of time only for parking lot renovations for various DPD locations.

Contractor major contracting group incorporated.

Total contract amount 4,216,000.

And that's for construction and demolition.

Council member Santiago Romero, a resolution.

Member Santiago Ramiro.

Motion to approve, motion to walk on, excuse me.

Hearing no objections, that action will be taken.

Member Santiago Romero.

Motion to approve.

All right.

And hearing no objections, that action will be taken.

Member Young.

Thank you, Mayor President.

I like the vote.

No.

No.

I like request the waiver on my on contract number 65287 amendment number two.

That's the walk-on correct.

Yes.

Okay.

Is there any objection to a waiver on the walk-on item that member Young mentioned?

Hearing none, a waiver will be attached to that item.

Madam President, yes.

Request a waiver for the two walk-ons that I means as well.

Madam Clerk, did you hear?

Yes, I did, Madam President.

Clerk will so no.

Hearing no objections, the waiver will be attached to both items.

Madam Yes.

Yes, and may we also request the waiver on item 18.1.

Isn't that what you just did?

Yeah, member Young just requested one for 18.1.

Okay, my apologies.

Thank you.

Now was it?

Yeah, thank you, Mr.

Washington.

And Madam Clerk, that was approved, correct?

Correct, madam president.

All right.

All right, moving to under the consent agenda.

There are no items, Madam President.

All right, we will call for member reports.

Council Member Young.

Negative report.

Councilmember Santiago Romero.

Thank you, Madam President.

Just want to invite D6 residents to join us tomorrow, Wednesday, October 1st for a D6 monthly meeting at 6 p.m.

We're going to be at Urban Neighborhood Initiatives.

We're going to have a brief presentation by the Detroit Health Department on the Detroit ID.

And then we're going to be joined by Ozzy Rivera and Alicia Diaz for a conversation on black and brown solidarity in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.

Also, our monthly office hours will continue next Monday, October 6th at Patent Park from 4 to 6 p.m.

Our guest is going to be the Detroit Health Department.

Please stop by to ask us any questions you might have.

Our next coffee hour is going to be October 16th at 11 a.m.

at Donald Villa.

And just going to continue to encourage people to join us for the CBO process for the DCFC stadium.

The next meeting is going to be on Thursday, October 2nd at 6 p.m.

at the Mexican town CDC.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Member Johnson.

Thank you, Madam President.

Just want to share with District 4 residents that the District 4 charter mandated meeting with Mayor Duggan is taking place on tomorrow, Wednesday, October 1st, from 7 p.m.

until about 8:30 p.m.

at the Detroit Burns Seventh-day Adventist Church, located at 10125 East Warren.

That is essentially East Horn and Cadillac Boulevard.

Again, the district four charter mandated meeting is taking place tomorrow on Wednesday, October 1st at 7 p.m.

at the Burns Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Thank you, Madam President.

Thank you, Member Johnson.

Member Durha.

Thank you, Madam President.

Just want to invite our district seven residents to join us tonight from 6 p.m.

to 7 30 p.m.

at Saint Suzanne Cody Commune uh Cody Rouge Community Resource Center, located at 1932 1 West Chicago for our district 7 community engagement meeting.

Again, that is taking place tonight from 6 p.m.

to 7 30 p.m.

at the St.

Suzanne Cody Rouge Community Resource Center, located at 19321 West Chicago, uh city departments as well as resources for residents will be on site.

Uh and we hope to see you there.

Thank you, Madam President.

Thank you, Member Durha, Pro Tem Tate.

Negative report, ma'am.

All right, member Waters.

Thank you.

Thank you, Madam President.

Um the first thing I'd like to do is make a motion.

Um asking for LPD to do a resolution.

Um asking the allowing the Detroit City Council to renegotiate our intergovernmental agreement for the Detroit Land Bank.

We've already we've submitted something in writing.

Uh, but I wanted to make an official motion, Madam President.

Remember why you said a report from LPD?

Yeah, a resolution to do a resolution.

Okay, a resolution.

Okay, yeah, giving us an opportunity to go back to the Michigan Land Bank to renegotiate our intergovernmental agreement.

Okay, okay.

Any um discussion on the motion.

Member Young.

Do I do I understand this right about the land bank?

This this is I know it's a it's a resolution, so it's not binding.

But it's like the changes that we make is that binding to the land bank, or is it because it's an authority, these are like recommendations to the chair.

Marsha Hurt Policy Division with regard to the intergovernmental agreement.

That is a binding agreement that is between the city of Detroit and the Michigan Land Bank Authority.

Make any changes to that, you'd have to renegotiate that agreement.

The MOU is a binding agreement between City of Detroit and the Detroit Land Bank Authority.

So the change that you make to the uh memorandum of understanding will be binding between the city of Detroit and the Grand Bank.

Okay, okay.

And so when we we make those changes, that's something that the land bank has to adhere to.

Yes, right?

Yes, and that doesn't affect the independence of the authority of the land bank versus you know, versus what it is.

I just don't make sure I understood that because I thought because it was an independent authority.

We were limited in terms of changes that we can make.

Well, are you saying we are limited, but because we're dealing with the intergovernmental agreement, that's those changes are permitted because of what we're dealing with.

Because we're not just making policy, we're dealing with the actual agreement, the creating documents themselves, right?

Or you're limited in with regard to the MOU, you're limited to things in which the land bank and the city can agree to.

What the uh land bank can be.

Oh, okay.

Okay.

So you can't make it limited under state law and under the um under the um intergovernment in the intergovernmental agreement.

But you're limited between the terms and conditions of the intergovernmental agreement and what state law has for a uh uh land bank authority, but but those things that are not addressed in those two decades can be addressed in the MOU.

And and forgive me for like being late to class here or being like the slow kid in the class, but have we all did we already approve the MOU yet?

No.

Not the third amended and restated.

Right.

We have so we haven't gone through that whole process yet.

Correct.

Okay, so okay.

So we're just so we're voting to amend the contract, even though we haven't gone through the process yet.

Correct.

Or there's two things.

There's two separate things that's taking place that's being requested.

One is there's the memorandum of understanding between the city of Detroit and the land bank, which that is being uh negotiated and considered by this body for changes to that.

What council member waters is now asking is for a resolution to go and open up the intergovernment agreement to make changes to that document.

Oh, okay.

So it's so there's two things, the MOU, right?

And then it's the intergovernmental agreement.

Okay.

All right, okay.

Thank you.

Yeah, um, yeah.

Nope.

Any other discussion on the request.

All right, thank you.

Are there any objections in drafting a resolution?

Hearing no objections, that action will be taken.

Member Vincent.

Thank you.

So this evening, there will be Tuesday, September 30th at the Lasky Recreation Center.

We are having the District 3 Housing Resource Fair from 6 to 8 p.m.

At last the recreation center, 13200 Finlon.

And we will have participants, Detroit Employment Solutions, Detroit at Work, General Services Department, Office of Contracting and Procurement, Housing and Revitalization Department, Department of Public Works, Detroit Water and Sewers, Detroit Land Bank Authority, Neighborhood Beautification Program, United Community Housing Coalition, and the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, as well as Wayne Metro.

So we will be having services around housing as well as wraparound services for residents in the third district.

But anybody who wants to come and has housing issues, we strongly encourage you to come.

In addition, we are still hosting free estate planning workshops under our life and legacy planning program.

And there is a workshop this evening at U Snapback from at 5 30 p.m.

Once again, today, September 30th, there is a free estate planning workshop at U Snapback at 5 30 p.m.

Please come and take advantage of these fantastic programs that are funded by your tax dollars for our residents in the city of Detroit.

Thank you.

Thank you, Member Benson.

Member Callaway.

Thank you, madam chair.

Um join my team and myself tomorrow at 5 30 at University Yes Academy, located at 14669 Curtis Street.

We'll be walking walking a mile with DPD Chief Top Edison tomorrow, 5:30, uh 14669 Curtis Street.

We'll be walking with the chief of police, Todd Medison at University Yes Academy.

On Wednesday, October the 8th at 3 p.m.

We'll be hosting a virtual town hall discussion regarding Airbnb slash short-term rentals in Detroit.

We'll be discussing their regulatory frameworks and their public safety initiatives.

You can call my office at 224535 to get further information.

We do have an ordinance pending in the law department regarding the regulation of short-term rentals here in the city.

Again, you can call my office at 224535 to get more information, or you can visit the Detroit District 2 City Council Detroit Mi.gov webpage.

On October the 3rd, this Friday at 10 a.m.

My team and I will be at the new Detroit Wash Club on West Seven Mile Road at Myers to welcome this new business to Detroit.

Um and in District 2.

It's a new build, it's a brand new car wash, um, elite car wash, state of the art car car wash, and we're asking everyone to come out and the first 50 people to join me um this Friday at 10 a.m.

You will get your car wash for free.

Um also we'll have our monthly coffee and conversation on October the 13th.

We'll be at the Tindal Rec Center, which is located at 10301 West 7 Mile Road, and it begins promptly at 8 a.m.

And then lastly, October the 20th, we'll be hosting our virtual call, um, our webinar, and our special guest will be um either the clerk or someone from her team.

We're going to talk about the importance of voting and registering to vote.

You can call my office for any further information at 224 4535.

Thank you, madam clerk.

Thank you.

Thank you, Member Callaway.

Member Waters.

Oh, thank you.

Thank you, Madam President.

I didn't get to finish, started talking about other things.

So October 15th, uh, it's a skilled trade uh meeting, uh, the last one for the year, which is going to be at Prowell and D1.

Oh recreation center at 16630 lasser from 46 p.m.

That's October uh 15th.

All right.

All right.

So next is October 17th.

Uh right here in this auditorium from 12 to 2.

It's breast cancer awareness luncheon.

And we um gear in this sort of uh employees at work here, uh, in particular, um, survivors, advocates, uh, others that are willing to learn about uh about breast cancer and our own um Rhonda Walker will be the uh MC for the event.

So uh October 24th, we're doing a faith-based and nonprofit luncheon.

Our focus will be on housing and the homeless, and that will be at W C3 uh Northwest Campus, and that will be from 9 a.m.

to 2 p.m.

That is October 24th.

All right, then thank you so much, Madam President.

Thank you, member uh waters.

And just as a reminder, the city council evening community district council meeting will be held at Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church on Tuesday, October the 14th in District 5.

Again, the city charter mandated evening council meeting will be held in District 5 on Tuesday, October the 14th at 7 p.m.

We'll also be hosting our annual covering the community event coat giveaway October the 19th at Tollin Playfield from 1 to 4 p.m.

Again, that will be October the 19th at Tollin Playfield between the hours of 1 to 4 p.m.

If you need more information, please contact our office.

Uh member Santiago Ramiro.

Thank you, Madam President.

Just want to confirm that we have 3 p.m.

closed sessions today.

Yes, all of our closed sessions are still scheduled.

There are several of them today.

All right, thank you.

Under adoption without committee reference.

There are no items, madam president.

Under communications from the clerk.

A report on approval of proceedings by the mayor.

The report will be received and placed on file under testimonial resolutions and special privilege.

Councilmember Johnson, a resolution line item 29.1.

Councilmember Johnson.

Thank you, Madam President.

Move for approval.

In hearing no objections, the one resolution will be approved.

There is no further business to come before us today.

Is there a motion to adjourn?

This meeting will stand adjourned.