The Internal Operations Standing Committee convened on October 15, 2025, with a quorum of Councilmembers Johnson, Waters, and Callaway Callaway present. The meeting featured extensive public testimony regarding city services, financial stewardship, retiree benefits, and housing conditions, followed by formal deliberations on settlement requests, procurement authority, and the establishment of a domestic violence task force.
And thank you for joining us for the Internal Operations Standing Committee meeting on today, Wednesday, October 15th, 2025. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll? Good morning. Councilmember Letitia Johnson. Present. Councilmember Mary Waters. Present. Councilmember Angela Whitfield Callaway. Madam Chair, we have quorum. Thank you. Having a quorum present, we are now in session. Good morning, colleagues. Is there a motion on the minutes? Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken. And we are going to move into public comment. If you'd like to make a public comment, please raise your hand, whether in person or virtually, please raise your hand. Public comment will be cut off at 10.07. So you have one minute to raise your hand virtually if you'd like to make a public comment. I do see three hands here in the committee of the whole. Good morning, Miss Jackson. How many hands do we have raised virtually? Good morning, Madam Chair. We have 10 hands raised for virtual public comments. All right, and my clock says 1007, so we are going to cut off general public comment. If we can please set the clock for two minutes, we'll get started with the gentleman in the committee of the whole. 313 444. Oh, one moment, Mr. Cunningham. Okay, there you go. 313-444-9114. 313-444-9114. 313-444-9114. That number was made so you can remember it. As I was passing out bus tickets this morning, uh around Myers grocery store, an old friend. Um he was a bus driver for 10 years. Um so um I told him y'all don't bite. Uh what what insight could he give on bus service and how can it improve since he works for D dot as a driver for 10 years. His name's Mr. Redman. Um so um I appreciate all those that helped me get bus tickets and uh do the right-alons, et cetera. Um so I just want to remind people that there's a DDOT meeting this Thursday. You can put in Detroit Department of Transportation and all social medias and go on that page and please share it with your constituents or your family or your friends or your timeline. So you need new voices to voice their opinion about the service. It must improve. Um I think um a shout out to Suntial Jenkins who sent me $50 yesterday. Um, and uh used it to purchase bus tickets. Um, I'm appreciative to all the help that I receive and I prayed over the donor and the donation, and I do appreciate it. The cash app is 313-444-9114. And I asked Mr. Ritman just to talk about what he felt.