This meeting of the Detroit City Council's Internal Operations Committee covered a wide range of business, including public comments, appointments to the Entertainment Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals, and numerous contract approvals, settlement requests, and legal representation and indemnification items. The committee approved several contracts and settlements, delayed others for further review, and discussed procedural issues such as records management and fleet safety.
Morning, Miss Jackson. How many hands do we have raised via Zoom? Good morning, Madam Chair. We currently have 10 hands raised for virtual public comment. All right, thank you. We are going to cut off our general public comment in three seconds. If you'd like to make a public comment, please raise your hand. Going once, going twice, going three times. The collection of public comment has concluded. And we are going to set the clock for two minutes and get started with the young lady who's here in the committee of the whole. As I sit here loudly and boldly, I'm Melissa Love never voted. November 2020 or August 2024. And I come here to tell and show people that cheated votes is real. And I am the evidence. Until then, I will apply heavy pressure. I will continue to call or come in person to expose this evil plot. I stand here today, the man in the city officials to get a hold of these mental people off the streets before somebody get hurt. Those mental people should not be wrong in these streets. If we had true representation, this wouldn't be happening. Yesterday, a circus was outside with mental people everywhere. One naked and the police force just rolled past with no care in the world. Detroit has become a circus. Thank you. And Madam Clerk, if you would please note that Member Callaway has joined us. Thank you. You're welcome. We are now going to our virtual callers. Who's our first caller? The first caller is William M. Davis. William M. Davis, you have two minutes for general public comment. Good morning, young ladies. Can I be heard? Good morning, yes. Okay, I like to start off by saying that I think it's pretty bad that y'all continue to have these uh unfinished business where y'all have where y'all paying for stuff retroactively, where y'all are approving stuff retroactively. I think that's not sound proper business practice. I know I I worked for the water department, the wastewater treatment plant for 34 years. The only time we would approve something like that if it was a true emergency, you know. I think frequently the administration like sort of overlooked y'all and just sort of let y'all dot the eyes and cross the T's. Much labor, which is not a good business practice. Uh also I'm looking at the agenda, and I say that y'all identifying you know, gymplifications for two former employees. How far back do you do y'all do that for? And how much is this continuously costing us? I know one was the former chief of police, which I think is a nice guy and did uh a really good job in general, and then I know some somebody else just retired. I think it should be some rules and regulations on how far back we're gonna go and make sure that whenever y'all are indemnifying somebody or potentially having lawsuits that make sure that they did everything that they supposed to do. And of course, always I think the city of Detroit needs and should be doing more for the city of Trump retirees because we continue to suffer. And y'all continue to give all this money to a lot of people who don't even live in the city, which is very troubling to me. Y'all have a nice day. Thank you.