Good morning.

I'd like to call the public health and safety standing committee of Monday, February 23rd to order.

Will the clerk please call the role?

Good morning.

Councilmember Gabriela Santiago Romero.

Councilmember Denzel Anton McCampbell.

Present.

Councilmember Mary Waters.

Present.

Mr.

Chair, we have quorum.

Thank you so much.

Chair Woman Santeo Romero's um feeling under the weather today, so we definitely send our well wishes to her.

Um and Bianna, I don't have any other chair remarks that'll move us on to public comment.

Uh request for a public comment will close at 1010 a.m.

Um, please limit your remarks to two minutes.

We'll start with those in the room and then we'll move to those participating remotely.

Oh, I don't miss the minute.

Oh, let me before we do that.

Let me go back to approval of the minutes.

Uh motion to approve.

Uh, without uh there's been a motion to approve the minutes.

If there are no objections, the minutes stand approved.

That will move us now back to public comment.

Um we'll start with those in the room and then move to those participating remotely.

Um, do we have folks in the room who would like to give public comment?

Please raise your hand.

Three of them.

Three folks in the room.

So we will start um with our first person.

Good morning.

Mr.

Cunningham, if you can just um your mic is on good morning.

You have two minutes.

Good morning, good morning, good morning, everyone in the sound of my voice.

313 444 9114, 313 444, 9114.

313 44 9114.

That number was made so you can remember it.

That is my Cash App.

That is my Facebook.

You can put in Google 313 444 9114, and you'll find a Patreon, um, my Facebook.

Um, I give all these love packages, hand warmers, gloves, and bus tickets at the bus stops.

I'm asking that you do the same.

Most council members and and this body is no different.

Have donated, have assisted, and I want to thank you for it.

Um the people just feel they warm up when someone cares about them.

Um, and sometimes bus riders feel like that no one cares about the the plight.

There is an equipment emergency.

They don't have enough equipment for the drivers.

There's drivers in the terminals not working every single day.

Uh and they have a high pay raise.

Uh, so it needs to be a sense of urgency with the executives of D Dot and City Council and the mayor's office, like a sense of urgency, a sense of urgency.

I drive around all day.

Bad bus service means good business.

But I wouldn't raise that way.

I care about others.

Uh, if you're in a nice warm vehicle, you should thank God and care about others.

Um, also on SMARP's uh website.

There's a board meeting this week.

And remember the fast bus that go down Woodward, Michigan, and grass it.

The black vehicles are smart.

They go through the city and go to the suburbs, and they have some concerns.

So smart, go to SMART's website or my Facebook page, and you'll see that information.

I produce the flyer.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Anybody need any bus tickets, holler at me.

Thank you so much.

Thank you, sir.

Next speaker, please.

If you just want to state your name, and then you have two minutes, please.

You want me to say my name?

Uh today, my name is Ruben Crowley Jr.

Ruben James Crowley Jr., but I'm appearing as Mr.

Rue on behalf of Nini.

Kenesha Coleman, DPD case 20-11 112's daughter.

Now, um Nini won't wish she won't.

She won't want the F she won't.

I done told y'all that many times.

Y'all keep listening and acting like y'all don't understand.

There's no gun stippling on the entry won't, no gun burns.

Nine millimeter weapons through and through wound.

Kenisha's dying words.

And the fact that Charmaine McCloud cannot articulate how it is that she was at that McDonald's at work that morning after leaving the house.

Her grandmother drove her to the McDonald's and then dropped her off.

Her grandmother lives about seven and a half to ten minutes tops away from the McDonald's.

Now his cameras inside the McDonald's.

But uh Charmaine picked up the phone and called her grandmother before her grandmother got to the house, seven and a half, ten minutes tops away, and said that she needed to get picked up because Kinesha got shot.

Or Kenisha shot herself, is what she said.

Now is one problem, major, major, major, major, major problem with that.

How in the F did she find out?

And how didn't in the F did she know?

She cannot articulate that coherently to anybody.

Now Nene won't what the F she won't.

Y'all in the way, oh y'all cheated in public officials in the city of Detroit, the TDN ones, T in 2021.

Janice Winfrey been teething in Detroit elections for a long, long, long, long time.

And Jay Hunt shows up on the voting rolls.

He ain't never voted in his life in 2020 and 2024.

Thank you.

Next speaker.

Good morning.

Um, Ronald Foster.

First thing you want to just um say I'm very happy any time anybody or any group of people in the community bring positive assets and change.

I notice the Savior's Day week.

Celebrated here in Detroit.

And um look forward to any positivity from anyone.

With that said, um, I just wanted to read a quote from Malcolm X as he requoted about the American nightmare.

Black people were victims of American hypocrisy rather than the beneficiaries of the American dream, having experienced only second class citizenship.

You know, and so second-class citizenship is defined as a person belonging to a social or political group whose rights and opportunities are inferior to those of the dominant group in the society, systemically and actively discriminated against within the state or other political jurisdiction.

And so I ask you guys, you know, you can't turn your eye from these things.

You can't go through creating policies here with a colorblind um perception and perspective.

You have to be open to everyone.

And what I come down to speak about, and what a lot of other people come down and speak about is the feeling of being a second-class citizen, not being involved in citizen research councils, not having uh reflections of people there that can identify and articulate your perspectives in your communities, not having these people in the legislative bodies that represent um these communities, and so it don't make a difference how educated we are at communities.

Um our society continues to show us that we only able to be second-class citizens, whether it's in the governors, whether it's in the president, whether it's in local legislation, or whether it's in policies, those things have to change.

Thank you, Mr.

Foster.

Mr.

Evangelista, uh, how many folks do we have on Zoom?

Good morning, Mr.

Chair.

We have seven hands raised online.

Okay.

All right.

Um before sorry about that.

Before you go ahead, um, request for public comment has been cut off, and then we'll go to folks on zone.

Our first caller is caller ending in one six nine.

Caller in there in 169.

Good afternoon.

Good morning.

Well, I really want to be afternoon, I guess.

Uh, good morning.

You have two minutes.

Hello, can you guys hear me?

Yes, we can.

Great.

Um, I believe, I believe, I believe that the prayers are working.

Thank you for praying for Brother Cunningham.

He means good for our society, fighting for improvement.

The public transportation.

He praying.

I want him to have one victory.

I know Cunningham is tired of losing.

He is the underdog.

This quote is from Bob Marley.

As a man's soul, shall he read?

And I know that talk is cheap, but in the heat of the battle, is as sweet as the victory.

Thank you for my time.

Thank you.

Next caller.

Next caller, Mr.

Chair, is Owner Papa.

Ms.

Hughes, good morning.

You have two minutes.

Good morning, and through the chair Carolyn Hughes may not be heard.

Yes, you may.

Mr.

Foster brings up a very good point.

Very many good points.

Yesterday or not yesterday, but last week, you were involved in a um a meeting where District 7 gets no lactate centers, but district six gets two.

We have no rec centers, but district six has more than two.

This inequality that you all are sitting over and and allowing to happen means that you're going to reap what you sow.

It's um it's a sad state of affairs when the majority of people in the city are treated like second-class citizens.

We don't get we don't enjoy the same things.

Downtown does, but we don't.

This is health and safety.

And we have all kinds of things on the agenda about ice, but I don't see a single thing on the agenda about dirty dirt.

And it's all over the city.

And it's been going on for years, and you all got money to clean it up, and now we have even more.

You're not even investigating it.

You have subpoena power.

And I think this is important enough for you to raise an investigation and find out when how you're gonna eradicate it.

We have spring coming.

We have this stuff running off into our water, whatever it is, but the state thought it was so dangerous that it said that it was not fit for humans to be around humans.

And I don't think which I don't, I don't think you understand what you're saying to the people when you do you you don't do anything about the problems that we're having in this city from senior citizens to dirt to our children to our air, and you sit there and you act as though you're doing all you can do.

No, you're not because you sit at the table and see illegal things going on and you sanction it, which means you're a part of it.

And that's a crime shame.

Thank you.

Thank you, Ns Call.

The next caller is Cecily McClellan.

Good afternoon.

I mean, good morning.

You have two minutes.

Good morning.

Thank you for this opportunity to speak, Cecily McClellan with We the People of Detroit.

Um, it is crucial that the residents of the city of Detroit have clean, safe, and affordable water.

And currently uh we are experiencing uh continuously uh water rate increases.

Uh coming this uh Wednesday on February the 25th, Gliwa is proposing another water rate increase, which will be over six uh six percent this year.

It was over five percent last year.

Uh we have over sixty thousand residents who are eligible for a water affordability program.

They cannot sustain these constant water rate increase.

If we revisit or we think about the COVID period during uh 2020, we had thousands of households that did not have water that didn't have the basic capability of just washing their hands.

We are opposed to another water rate increase.

At this point in time, Glee was uh contributing about four million a year to water assistance program.

We think that that's a shame.

In order to supply a program that's sufficient for the city of Detroit, you would need over 25 million dollars.

We are leasing our system to the uh GLIWA uh at uh uh I think a cut rate, I mean 50 million a year for a system of this magnitude, one of the largest in the country, and to be paid uh actually 33 million because the residents are paying 17 million is insufficient, and I think that's contributes to why we should have an increase in contribution from GLIWA for our water uh assistance program and also support for our infrastructure.

I'm encouraging all the residents of the city of Detroit uh to uh chime in and let Gleewa know that we do not support another water rate increase.

Thank you, Victor.

Thank you.

Next caller.

The next caller is Betty A.

Varner.

Ms.

Varner, good morning.

Um, you have two minutes.

Uh good morning to all within the sound of my voice.

I'm Betty A.

Varner, president of the Soda Elsewhere Black Association.

Um, I'm gonna ask as the lady, uh young lady who just spoke.

Uh uh honorable uh council member Johnson announced last week that um someone from the water department would uh be coming to um explain the lifeline H2O program.

And so I'm asking uh can we find out what day or when that is going to be.

I also want to thank all the council people who assisted uh getting someone to call me in regards to the issues I was having with the program.

Uh I think they have been resolved, but uh people need to know how the program actually works.

It was explained to me, but I don't want to explain it.

It should come from someone in the water department that has some authority.

I'm also asking the council and the administration to work together to come up with some money, maybe with uh the budget to uh assist uh 501c3s to um with their project and to pay for that land use hearing that is $1,500.

We've been asked to purchase these vacant lots to beautify and make them useful.

Uh my organization, the Sodells were Black Association.

We want to extend our park.

We've already closed the deal and purchased additional um vacant lots, three, and they had to be cleaned up and this, that, and the other.

But once we go through that process, we want to purchase playscape equipment that's very expensive.

We need to do uh work to get that money.

Now we gotta come up with $1,500.

Thank you, Miss Varner, and I am getting uh information right now on the um the date that DWSD would be before the budget and finance committee on the lifeline.

Next caller.

The next caller is Tahira Ahmad.

Ms.

Ahmad, good morning.

Um, you have two minutes.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Uh thank you for the two minutes.

Uh, I just want to uh say I agree to no water rate increases.

Uh I agree.

Use your subpoena power to investigate the dirty dirt.

And I just want to say before there was Jeffrey Epstein, there was Thomas Jefferson, the president of the United States.

I think he was the third guy.

And before there was Virginia uh Jew Free, there was Thomas Jefferson's child rape victim, Sally Hemings.

And she was enslaved by the president of the United States.

Uh child predatory rape and enslavement went on before uh uh Virginia Jew free.

Slavery of our ancestors, black people.

So if you're if you're outraged about uh Epstein, be outraged about how black people have endured this same kind of abuse for years, for decades, for hundreds of years.

What has been um a nightmare for uh the victims of uh uh trap child trafficking today, uh uh black people have endured up to today.

And as we come up on America's 200-year birthday um uh celebration, uh grant reparations to black people.

Uh and uh in Detroit, uh grant reparations to black people um as a result of the um uh of the uh reparations task force recommendations.

85% of Detroit's lowest valued homes, 40,000 and lower, have been systematically over-assessed.

That's in the recommendations of the reparations task force to remedy that problem of illegal over taxation.

Thank you.

Next caller.

The next caller is resident resident.

Uh good uh good morning.

Um, you have two minutes.

Good morning, man.

Be heard.

Yes, you may.

Okay, thank you.

Um, yeah, please investigate the dirty dirt like all over the city because my neighbor, I've got neighbors that have side lots with very problematic material in their lots.

Also, um 6.1 68,000.

I mean, that's a small house to provide emergency make safe after fire response, and it's a demo.

Like you really need to investigate this stuff.

Like the city's talking about a sales tax because new members not included.

The city's was mismanaging our money for a very long time.

Um, and they were bulldozing houses that recklessly bulldozing houses that didn't need to go down that could have been saved.

Mike Duggan lied to us in 2015.

We said we're not bulldozing houses that can be saved.

Oh, yes, he was because they were bulldozing stuff to clear it for developers when some of these houses could be saved.

And then what's this 6.200,000 dollars like to train people about environment environmental testing?

It seems like that should have been done before all the bulldozing happened, and that seems like a lot of money too.

So please, 68,000.

I mean, that's just it just makes me ill.

Reading these agendas, it's so so please.

You control the purse, you have subpoena power, and yes, a lot of us feel like second class citizens.

It doesn't matter about color, you know.

The most important color in this town is the green.

Those people get first class treatment, the people that got lots of money and fill up the planning and development committee when the local people get ignored a lot.

But please check out this contract 6.1 and 6.2.

That's an awful lot of money, 6.1 for um for whatever this is.

I mean, was somebody storing some super duper unsafe chemicals there?

What is that all about?

Will you please look into that?

And uh please investigate all of the dirt.

Thank you.

Next caller.

The last caller is iPhone.

Um caller with the name of iPhone.

Uh good morning.

You have two minutes.

Yeah, I I don't know.

I used to be they would know you by your email, and this new app evidently doesn't do that.

But I joined by using our app.

I don't is that why that comes out that way?

I don't know.

Anyway, ask your programmers.

Um I I uh think there's a real problem with uh what what people everybody said all my fellow uh citizens.

That's true.

But also it's true that they've used uh race back when uh Henry Ford was using his guns to beat people up when they were trying to organize the union.

They tried to uh use race to split uh the workers, and really that's what we've got to look at because uh I I'm uh well I I wasn't in that disprivileged repressed you know group.

I was actually very fortunate that I have a wonderful family that was able to do well.

And uh but that the the country is really in a bad shape.

We can't, I don't think that we can continue to finance everything on where we live.

You know, I mean, people need to have a uh shelter, and I so we're gonna have to figure out how to get the community involved in the planning, and we have some plan because that we're not involved, and that's the only solution I can see.

And it's uh we just gotta work toward it and create it.

It's not gonna be right, splitting people off.

Thank you.

Brings us to the end of public comment.

Yes, sir.

Thank you.

Uh, and just to know, um, as I mentioned, for the presentation of the water affordability or um lifeline programs with DWSD.

It's looking like that would be on March 4th in a budget financial audit committee, but we'll confirm by our meeting um this Wednesday.

All right, that will take us on to unfinished business.

Um 5.1.

It's a placeholder.

I believe we took action on this dorm, um, our formal session.

So if there's a motion to remove line item 5.1.

Motion though, any objections, 5.1 would be removed from the tender.

Move us on to uh 5.2 uh status of building safety engineering environmental department or recommendation for a rescission for property located at 12731 Lynn Wood.

This was um uh item that we um are bringing back from last week.

And if there is there a motion to discuss line 95.2.

All right.

Um and I believe we have assistant chief um Patel of BC who's available.

The chair, he has been promoted to panelists.

Thank you so much.

Good morning, assistant chief patel.

If you can just state your name for the record.

Uh good morning, uh Mr.

Chad.

Uh the my name is Dili Patel.

I'm the assistant chief building and safety and uniting property maintenance.

Thank you so much.

And I know we brought this back um from last week, and I believe member waters.

Do you want to begin with discussion?

Sure.

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

Um I did receive the photo, so thank you so much.

Um my other question is have you heard uh from this owner since the last time that that we met?

Uh uh through Chair.

Umber water.

Yes, we have the communicate with them in December.

Uh we had the email we had uh send out the email to them on December.

Uh uh stating our pedisan that we had advised them how to move forward with the default.

But you haven't you have not spoken with them, right?

No, we hasn't spoken personally.

I have phone uh the during this week.

No, we have not.

Uh based on on that photo, it seemed to me that there were maybe like some windows uh up top that needed to be covered.

Is that about it?

Yeah, can I share the photos?

Uh if you I did see debris.

Yes, yeah.

And the thing is that half of the building does not have the roof.

Uh I'm trying to share that uh if you allow me to say uh share that photo I can show you.

Uh you should be able to.

Well, no, no, it it's it it it's it's okay.

Um I saw the I saw the um the photo.

So that's the CDSEC right that help of the building does not have rope or roof structures uh yeah of that building.

Uh well it's and you know, I was just interested too in knowing if you heard from them of recent, and sounds like you have not.

So we're ready to move forward.

Thank you.

All right, so motion to approve.

Uh there is a motion.

I think the motion will be to concur with the department recommendation.

Yeah, concur.

All right.

There's been a motion to concur with the department recommendation for rescission on 5.2.

If there are no objections, um that action shall be taken.

Thank you.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you.

Um that will move us on to 5.3, a memorandum from member waters related to the request for information on commercial buildings with liens and fines on a demolition list.

Um, there we've been asked to bring it back in two weeks, but I'll defer yes.

Okay, all right.

Motion.

There's been a motion to bring this back in two weeks without any objections.

That action shall be taken.

That will bring us on to 5.4.

Um 5.4.

Um motion to receive and file.

There's been a motion to receive and file uh 5.4, a memorandum or related to the request for information on contaminated dirt um from Iron Horse without any objections.

Um that action shall be taken.

Um there's now uh next on 5.5.

There is a uh submit a memorandum request information regarding public restrooms, and um I would defer to LPD on 5.5.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

We'd like to request two weeks to bring bring this one back.

There's been a request to bring 5.5 back in two weeks.

Is there a motion?

Um without any objections, that action shall be taken.

Um next we'll go to 5.6 a memorandum related to DPD interaction with ice.

Um is there a motion to receive and file this motion.

Without any objections, that action shall be taken.

That will move us on to 5.7.

So member memorandum related to request for information on inspections of shelters in Detroit.

Motion to receive and file.

There's been a motion to receive and file.

Without any objections, that action shall be taken.

And then that will move us on to 5.8.

Memorand will request for information on quit claim deeds in the city of Detroit.

On this again, Mr.

Chair, we'd like to request it to be brought back in two weeks.

Motion.

There's been a motion to bring 5.8 back in two weeks.

Without any objections, that action shall be taken.

Move us on to the last item on unfinished business.

5.9.

A memorandum requesting information on notary publics in Detroit and services for low-income residents.

Motion to discuss.

Thank you.

LPD?

This one has been provided.

It's available on the on the web page through east grab.

Okay.

Whatever.

I missed that one.

Okay.

Thank you.

Then motion to receive and file, Mr.

Chair.

There's been a motion to receive and file 5.9 without any objections.

That action shall be taken.

We are now in new business.

6.1.

This is contract number 3088921.

Notification of emergency 100% bond funding to provide emergency make safe after fire response at nine 1944 McCormick.

The contractor is a Domo Demolition Company located at 320 East Seven Mile Road and 4203 in Detroit.

It is through June 30th, 2026.

Total amount 68,977 and 11 cent.1 to discuss.

There's been a motion to discuss.

Mr.

Washington, do we have someone on to uh speak on this?

Anyone from the administration.

Are you on mute?

Sorry.

Good morning.

My apologies.

Um through the chair, could you please repeat the question?

Is there um someone on to discuss uh 6.1?

Yes.

Um we have Gert Melillo.

All right, good after good morning.

I keep thinking that it's afternoon.

I'm stuck in budget financial audit.

That is if we could um elevate them to panel.

Mr.

Chair, they've been promoted, they just need to uh turn their camera on.

Good morning.

If you can turn your camera on and then state your name for the record, please.

Hello, good morning.

Uh Gert Malil, uh Planning and Strategy Specialist.

Uh and Millil is how you pronounce it.

Yes, sir.

All right, good morning.

Um, if if you can just give us insight on um the reason behind um this contract and emergency request.

Yeah, so this was a uh it was a fire response.

So basically, we got this from the uh from the fire department.

So we had to have people mobilize fairly quickly.

So um we got a letter from the fire department, so we did not put this out as we generally do for RFP.

So this was uh yeah, we had to have a domo uh basically mobilize on site.

We did not release this as a normal emergency demolition, and that's probably why I see the cost being a little higher.

Gotcha.

Thank you.

And all right, um, member Wars.

Do you have any questions on this?

No.

Okay.

Without any is there a motion to approve 6.1?

Motion.

There's been a motion to approve without any objections.

6.1 will stand approved.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

That will move us on to 6.2.

Yeah, you need to also say incentive formal.

Oh, yes.

Let me restate.

Is there a motion to approve 6.1?

Oh, and to send it to formal.

Okay.

There's been a the motion has been approved on 6.1 and to be sent to formal.

Is that correct?

For approval.

Yes.

Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Parliamentary.

All right, that'll move us on to 6.2.

Um, this is a contract number 6007 672, 100% blight funding to provide environmental instruction and educational services and re-accreditation as applicable for staff.

Um, the contractor's environmental testing and consultant incorporated located at 3890 West Huron River Drive and Romulus.

The contract approval, the contract period is through May 31st, 2029.

Uh total contract amount is 200,000.

Is there a motion on 6.2?

Is there a motion to discuss?

Motion.

There's been a motion to discuss just a quick question on 6.2.

Um is this is this reaccredit?

Is this will be sorry?

Will this be used to train current staff as well?

Oh, yes, this is for our current staff.

And um this is also as a contract over three years.

So that 200,000 is being accrued for those three years.

And this will be available to um be used for all of the staff that may come into that period.

Yes, for all the staff on construction and demolition, just so we're complying with uh Eagle and OSHA.

And so we have people trained out there, and um just so we're complying with everybody.

All right.

Thank you so much.

Is there a motion to approve 6.2 motion?

There's been a motion to approve 6.2.

Um without any objection, 6.2 will stand approved and sent to formal for approval.

Or sir, um, with recommendations.

To approve.

All right, gotcha.

Thank you.

It's Monday morning.

All right.

Uh that'll move us on to 6.3.

Uh contract number 600 7698.

This is 100% grant funding to provide service for ending the HIV epidemic, a plan for America, the Ryan White HIV AIDS program.

Contract or is Matrix Human Services located at 450 Elliott in Detroit on the contract period is for a period of three years.

Total contract amount is 1,792,722.

Um, and is there a motion to discuss 6.3?

Discussion, yes.

Yes, and I believe we have um contracts relating to HIV.

Actually, you are correct.

Yeah, therefore, all the way up to um six point nine.

So if there's a motion to discuss uh six point three through six point nine motion, all right.

Thank you.

There that motion has been made.

I believe we have Miss Smith on.

Good morning.

Good morning, Miss Smith.

If you can just take uh state your name for the record.

Absolutely, Leah Smith, director of administrative operations for the Detroit Health Department.

All right, and uh before we go to member words, Miss Smith.

I know this may be the these are the contracts that we've been discussing for a while for the the next iteration of these grants.

Is that correct?

Through the chair, yes, that is correct, and so there will be a combination of sub-recipient agreements coming forward for approval through committee and then through formal city council.

Some of them are funded through the Ryan White Part A program, and some of them are funded through the ending the HIV epidemic program.

Many of the subrecipients are funded through both, and so they and so many of them will have two agreements for each funding source.

Okay, member waters.

Um thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

Um these um services um because they're different with uh different companies, I think.

Organized so are they similar services?

Uh 6.7 and 6.8 uh or rather large ones through the chair to council member waters.

So these contracts are for different services, so each of our sub-recipients have specialized areas that they focus in.

And so many of our subrecipients have one or two or three what we call like program areas that they work in, and then some of our contractors have larger um more areas that they cover, and so some of the larger contracts are you are because they offer more services than some of the other subrecipients.

And so some of the larger contracts are you are because they offer more services than some of the other subrecipients.

So for example, a lot of times um our Henry Ford Health contracts, our community health awareness group contracts, those are sometimes larger than some of the other community-based organizations that we have sub-recipient agreements with, because they are capable of providing more services than the smaller um organizations that we work with.

So are we servicing uh Detroiters only um through the charity council member waters?

So it depends on the funding source.

So for the Ryan White Part A funding, we're responsible for the entire Detroit eligible metropolitan area, which is inclusive of the counties of Le Pierre, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St.

Clair, and Wayne, which also includes the city of Detroit.

Okay.

For ending the HIV epidemic, we have a targeted area of service, which is the state of Detroit and Wayne County.

And so it depends on the funding source.

And so because ending the HIV epidemic is only a five-year grant, that's why we have more specialized services and special projects and a more targeted area of service with that funding.

So how many how many people would you say we have here in the city of Detroit at this time?

Just a rough estimate receiving such services.

Um in the last fiscal year, so for fiscal year 24, um, through the ending the HIV epidemic, we had 1,329 clients that receive services.

For the Ryan White Part A, that's that entire service area.

It's 3,676 clients receive services.

I can request from the program more specific numbers for the Detroit area for the Ryan White Part A and provide those numbers later on today or tomorrow.

So it sounds like it's um the epidemic is is on the rise.

So many of the clients that receive services actually ended up achieving uh viral load suppression, which means that the virus is no longer detectable in their system.

And so for example, um, Ryan White Part A for fiscal year 2024, we had those 3,676 clients receive service.

Um 88.5% achieved viral load suppression, so 3,256 clients for ending the HIV epidemic for fiscal year 24.

We had 1,329 clients receive services, and out of those clients, 86.2% achieved viral load suppression, which was 1,145 clients.

And so while it may appear like the initial virus is on the rise and it's still continuing to be an epidemic, we are seeing a lot of um early intervention that's made possible with these dollars, which is how we're achieving a lot of that viral load suppression within our client base.

Wow, I'm I'm I'm happy to hear about those numbers as well.

All right, then all right.

Well, thank you so much.

Thank you.

Thank you, Member Waters.

Thank you, Ms.

Smith.

I I have an additional question.

You kind of touched on it, but these services are they are there are these services just for treatment or are they also for prevention?

Um so it's a it's a wide variety.

So we offer um prevention services as well as case management, medical case management, assistance with prescription.

We also work with our um housing programs to make sure that our clients have stable housing, and then as well as other services like medical transportation support groups, and just really making sure that the clients enrolled in these programs are able to achieve a high quality of life and are able to receive all of the services that they need and are qualified for.

Thank you.

And when you talk about viral suppression, um, not only is that helping to folks who um are HIV positive, um, maintain and and live healthy lives, correct?

But is this also it helps to prevent transmission to others as well, right?

When they're able to achieve viral load suppression.

Um through the chair, that is correct.

It does decrease the potential of um passing on the virus, however, we would still encourage people to uh be safe and practice safety when they are you know engaging in those types of activities that may lead to you know transmission of that virus.

Absolutely, thank you, Ms.

Smith.

And that's why also that's why I asked the question on prevention.

I'm glad that these programs provide that, um, whether it's through prep or other ways to help um prevent the transmission.

So thank you.

Is there any further discussion on no?

That is it.

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

And just to note for the record, we are discussing 6.3 through 6.9.

Um, is there a motion to approve uh recommend to approve the 6.3 through 6.9 uh with the recommendation to uh approve to formal and to also send to new business?

Motion.

There's been a motion made without any objections that action shall be taken.

Did I get that right, Miss Palamental?

Madam Parlementary.

Okay, okay.

All right.

Thank you.

No, I'm learning.

I'm learning.

Thank you so much.

Um that would move us on to 6.10, contract number 6007565, 100% city funding to provide DPD fire and maintenance services at 8441 Spinoza and 400 Fort Street, 470 4th Street.

The contractor is metal treatment technologies LLC, um, located in uh um Colorado.

Uh this contract period is for a period of two years.

Total contract amount is 150,000 dollars.

Is there um a motion on 6.10?

Motion to approve and send a new business.

There's been a motion to approve and send to doing business, but there are no objections.

That action shall be taken.

We'll move us on to 6.11 contract number 600 6963-a1.

This is 100% public lighting decommissioning.

Uh amendment one to provide or repair and service underground cable for PLD assets, contractors energy group incorporated, located at 160 East Grand Boulevard, suite 300 in Detroit.

Um the contract period is um through March 11th, 2027.

Um contract increase amount is 1.5 million.

Total contract amount is 4.5 million.

Is there a motion on um is there a motion to discuss 6.11?

Motion.

Uh Mr.

Washington, do we have folks to on to discuss 6.11?

Yes, through the chair, we do have Dan from the public lighting department, as well as Kelly Tremail.

All right, if we can promote them to panelists, please.

So the chair, they've been promoted.

Good morning.

If you can just state your name for the record.

Good morning.

I'm Dan Vich Levich.

And then is that the only person we have for?

Do we have uh Miss Tremalo?

Um to the chair, I do not see Miss Tremell out at the moment.

Well, just have a quick question on this.

Um, I know we are contracting this out.

Um, but is there as we're has there been any discussion or is there I know this is a contract increase, but has there been any discussion on bringing this work in internally or or anything like that?

The public landing department no longer has any employees that are capable of doing that work.

You don't have any employees, period.

Okay.

You're all right.

Okay, thank you for the information.

Yes.

Okay, all right.

Um do you have any questions?

Well, um, uh if they they could just uh explain the reason for the increase.

Do we underestimated the amount where we'd be using this contractor?

We used them to harvest the cable wire that's no longer being used so that we can sell it for the scrap value before the thick uh people steal it from the city.

And we're they are able to uh increase their harvest more of the metals and we're uh profits from the decommissioning fund to take care of future decommissioning costs for the public lighting department assets.

I I I gotta tell you, Mr.

Chairman, when it comes to this public lining authority, I I get awfully confused by what it is they really do.

Excuse me, ma'am.

What uh this is this public department, not public lightning authority.

They're two separate I yeah, I said this is the I thought this was the authority.

Okay, let me say department.

Okay, well, same thing.

All right.

So I I I I guess they have a reason for thank you, Member Waters.

I just have an additional question.

As you talk about the salvaging and and and decommissioning, have we do we have the numbers of as we salvage it?

Are we using it in other places or are we selling off the material?

We're selling off the material.

And do we have any numbers on how much we have brought in from that process?

Actually, I did a spreadsheet this morning.

We pull it up real quick.

I did not.

I sent it to Regina Greer and John Primack.

Okay, and Andre Blair.

Uh here we go.

So far this fiscal year.

We paid energy group a million three, and so two point three million dollars of of uh scrap copper aluminum and whatever other metals are in there.

Last fiscal year, total expenses of 1.8 million, total revenues of 2.6 million in 24 is 1.3 expenses and 2.8 revenue.

Mr.

Chairman.

Member Waters.

Um, what's what's the um rate of theft when it comes to uh pld?

Uh people stealing a lot, and if so, what do you estimate the the losses?

It's gone way down.

We have less material out there for them to steal.

And the uh scrapyards are being uh monitored by the state much more closely than ever were before.

And so that helps us very much.

Okay.

All right.

Well, that's good to know because they were just going crazy with copper in the past, Mr.

Chairman.

Indeed.

Yeah.

All right.

Thank you, Member Waters.

Thank you, sir.

Uh, and through Mr.

Washington, if if there is a way that we can get that spreadsheet or the report of those numbers for council, that would be great as well.

Um, is there a motion to approve 6.11?

Motion.

Uh without any objections, um, 6.11 shall be approved and sent to formal with the recommendation to approve.

All right.

That moves on to 6.12.

A contract number 600 5375-82.

This is 100% major street funding.

Amendment two to provide an extension of time only to accommodate the addition of work along what were adjacent to Grand Circus Park.

The contractor is major contracting group, uh, located at 1222, Greenfield in Detroit.

The previous contract period was for June 13th, 2023 through March 31st, 2026.

The amended contract period will be extended to June 30th, 2026.

There is no contract increase amount.

The contract total amount is six million three hundred and forty-three forty-eight thousand three hundred and thirty-five dollars forty-six cents.

Is there a motion to approve six point twelve?

Motion to approve.

There's been a motion to approve six point twelve and to send to formal with the recommendation to approve.

Um, without any objections, that action shall be taken.

That'll move us on to six point thirteen contract number six zero zero seven six two two hundred percent grant funding to provide accident culture repair service.

Contractor is Midwest Bus Comport Corporation located in Owasso, Michigan.

Um this will be for a period of five years.

Total contract is six million.

Um is there a motion on six point thirteen?

Uh is there a motion to uh approve and to be sent to new business?

Motion to approve.

There's been a motion to approve 6.13 um sent to new business with a recommendation to approve.

Is that correct?

Motion, yes, motion.

Okay, all right.

If that there's been a motion, if there are no objections, that action shall be taken.

But I will do uh uh to uh madam parliamentarian okay, all right.

Thank you.

All right, um that'll move us on to 6.14.

100% DWS D CIP funding to provide 10 utility hydrant trucks.

The contractor is Bob Maxy Ford located at 1833 Jefferson Avenue in Detroit.

On the contract period will be for two years.

Total contract amount is 2 million 49,920.

Um is there a motion on 6.3 motion to discuss?

Motion to discuss.

There's been a uh motion to discuss.

Um there, I think we have um Miss Wilch on to the chair.

I do not see them online at the moment.

Mr.

Washington, do we have someone on for this line I don't know?

Yes.

Chair, they have been promoted.

Good morning.

If you can just state your name for the record.

Yes.

Good afternoon.

Can I be heard?

Or good morning.

Yes, you that's exactly what I was doing.

Um, yes, you made good morning.

Uh if you could just give a rundown um of 6.14 and the equipment there.

Absolutely, Chair.

Um, also I wanted to mention um Mr.

Washington.

I'm not sure if you can see Ms.

Welch should be on.

She said she's on as an attendee, so I'm not sure if she could be promoted as a panelist.

Um, if not, I can provide an overview of there's a technical challenge there.

Um, to the chair, if they could raise their hand, it might be easier to find.

I cannot see them online still.

Ms.

Walter, if you can raise your hand.

All right.

And Mr.

Chair, I can go ahead and start providing an overview.

Um, and hopefully, Miss Welch can join us if not and can answer questions and um we can hopefully get her added in the next few minutes if that's okay.

Okay, yep, please do proceed.

Okay.

Um, this purchase, vehicle purchase is for 10 utility trucks for our hydrant team.

Um, our hydrant team inspects repairs and replaces hydrants all throughout the city on an asita basis.

And these hydrant trucks um help our hydrant team to do that work.

Um, and actually I see Miss Welch just joined, so actually I'll go ahead and send it over to her as a subject matter expert on this one.

Good morning.

I'm uh not sure how much we went into, but uh the purchase that's before you today is for uh vehicle fleet replacements in our fleet department.

Um these hydrants so these hydrant trucks support um not only our hydrant team, but also our minor asset team.

So these trucks are equipped to repair hydrants, replace hydrants, and um general water main brake repairs.

Um these are 10 current vehicles that are inoperable due to age, exhaustive engine hours, as well as the repair costs exceeds the value of the vehicle.

Um the replacement uh purchase has been approved by DWSD's capital improvement planning budget as well as our DWSD Board of Water Commissioners.

Um, it went before them for approval on January 21st of 2026 and also for mayor review January 23rd of 2026.

Um these trucks do include upfitting on the vehicles and a five-year extended warranty and up to 1,000 um 100,000 miles.

Um, the upfitting includes hydraulic crane and underdeck PTO uh air compressors as well as the lighting components for our hazardous vehicles, um, which allows the compressors to work from the engine in the transmission when they're out in the field.

Uh procurement did advertise four bids for these for the purchase of these uh vehicles, and they were out for 21 days.

We did receive two responses, and Bob Maxy uh was the lowest responsible bidder.

Um the Bob Maxi is a Detroit-based business.

They hold two CRO certifications as Detroit headquarters in Detroit based.

And so DWSD procurement is presenting it to the public health and safety committee for your approval and recommendation to the full council for approval.

Um, we did just put this on generally our vehicles do not reach council's threshold, however, because there were 10 being replaced all at one time.

The bids came in at an above amount of two million dollars, which is why you see it before you.

The bids came in at an above amount of two million dollars, which is why you see it before you and unfortunately we do apologize in advance that we don't have enough time to kind of um educate prior because Ford has a vehicle uh ordering window, and so when they open up the bank to order, there's usually a date that it opens, and we have a certain period that we can order the vehicles, but they don't put them on order until we execute a full approved uh PO, um, which we're unable to do until we take it through all of the thresholds.

And so that's why you guys saw it um at a late moment where we were unable to give it to you earlier than now to give you a heads up that it was coming.

So I'll yield for any additional questions, but these are replacements and they are in line with our five-year capital improvement and replacement policy.

Thank you so much, Miss Welch.

And uh Miss Patel, uh member Waters.

Do you have any questions?

Um is there a motion to a um is there a motion to approve six six point fourteen sent to new business with the recommendation to approve?

Motion, Mr.

Chairman.

There's been a motion made.

If there are no further, if there are no objections, that action shall be taken.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Um that move us on to 6.15.

Um, the Department of Heels and Hearings has filed the findings and demolition orders of the hearing officer for the dangerous building hearings hearing to be held January 30th, in accordance with section 8 17 24 of the 2019 Detroit City Code.

I'm gonna refer to LPD here, I believe.

To discuss motion to the there's been a motion to discuss 6.15.

Do we need to just receive and file this or what's the my understanding is they want you to concur.

I think it's up to the administration.

It's not my call, but that's my understanding of what they're asking.

Mr.

Washington motion to concur, Mr.

Chairman.

Okay, but there's been a motion to concur with 6.15 um without any objections that action shall be taken.

All right, that move us on to 6.16.

Um this is a from the Office of Grants and Development.

Uh the Michigan State Police has awarded the C of Detroit Police Department with the F the fiscal year 2026 Dearborn Auto Theft Unit Grant for a total of $56,691.

Is there a motion to um approve and send to new business with the recommendation to approve?

Motion.

There's been a motion made without any objections that action shall be taken.

I move us on to six point seventeen.

You know, actually, let's take up 6.17 through 6.19.

These are all um grants that have been awarded to the DPD.

Um 6.17 is uh a grant from the city of Novi for the high intensity drug trafficking areas crime gun intelligence center grant at 50,000.

6.18 is the city of Novae.

Another HIDTA uh drug overdose grant at 40,000 to DPD, and 6.19 is a also from the City of Novae.

Um similar grant for the total of 19,008.

Is there a motion to approve uh and sent a formal recommendation and sent to new business?

Motion, Mr.

Chairman.

There's been a motion made um without any objections that action shall be taken.

All right, from the legislative policy division 6.20.

Legal research on the property management agreements.

Is there a motion to discuss motion?

And I'll defer to LP.

Receive and file it, Mr.

Chairman.

Receive and file.

Is there a mo there's been a motion to receive and file 6.20 without any objections that action shall be taken?

And um 6.21 uh request for information on no to republic.

Is there a motion to receive and file 6.21?

Uh motion.

There's been a motion made to receive and file 6.21 without any objections that action shall be taken.

From the Department of Public Works, City Engineering Division, the petition number 2026 013.

Um this is a resolution from DD, a request from DD Metro LLC for a vacation with the reserve of a utility easement part of Arburn Avenue line southerly at Glendale Avenue.

Is there a motion to discuss 6.22?

Motion.

We have Mr.

Doherty on.

Yes to the chair, he's been promoted.

Good afternoon, Mr.

Doherty.

If you can just state your name for the record.

Thank you so much.

And can you if you can just um explain 6.22?

So Auburn south of Glendale is a dead end street.

But if you kind of were to look on Google, you wouldn't even know that there is a street there.

It kind of has been absorbed in the industrial site.

And it's and there's no construction over it.

So it can be converted from public right away to a utility easement.

The property would transfer uh to these parcels or would get added to this taxable area and the tax rules and it uh and they're requesting it for security of their site.

Uh you know, uh concerns over uh illegal dumping, et cetera.

100% of the impacted property owners have signed and agreed to the vacation.

So thank you, sir.

Any uh member water any questions?

Uh no, Mr.

Chair.

Is there a motion to approve 6.22?

Motion.

Uh there's been a motion to approve and send to um formal with the recommendation to approve without any objections that action shall be taken.

Thank you.

Gonna move us on to 6.23.

This is uh from uh chair Santeo Romero, a memorandum requesting regarding request for ordinance updates and enforcement data.

There's been a request to bring this back in two weeks.

Is there a motion to bring back in two weeks?

Motion without any objections that action shall be taken.

6.24.

Uh this is also from Chair Santiago Romero.

Uh submit a memorandum regarding city cameras, flock, and public spaces.

There's been a uh a request that we also bring this back in two weeks.

Motion.

There's been a motion to bring back in two weeks without any objections that action shall be taken.

6.25, a memo from Chair Santiago Romero regarding DWSD response plan to citywide funded flooding.

Um this has been also requested bring back in two weeks.

Motion.

There's been a motion to bring back in two weeks without any objections that action shall be taken.

And 6.26.

Um Chair Santoga Romero joined by Pro Tim Young.

Uh a resolution in support of women in construction week 2026.

Um is there a motion to discuss?

Motion.

For LPD, do we have this yet?

It's been provided by the council members.

Oh, yes.

Sometimes they just forward it to uh formal with recommendation for adoption.

All right.

Sometimes they ask us to look at it and revise it or approve or whatever.

It's entirely up to the committee.

Is there a motion to uh approve and send the formal word recommendation to approve?

Motion.

There's been a motion without any objections, that action shall be taken.

Uh move us on to the last item under new business, a um from member waters, 6.27.

Submit a memorandum requesting information on blight violations.

Um we've been asked to bring it back in two weeks, but I would defer to you, Amember Waters.

Um motion to bring back in two weeks.

There's been a motion to bring back 6.27 in two weeks without any objections.

That action shall be taken.

And we'll move us on to member reports.

And we'll start with member waters.

I guess so.

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

Uh we are winding down on our town hall meetings this week uh regarding um deed frauds, stopping deed fraud.

That's that is the uh the purpose of these town hall uh meetings, just to um inform our residents about what could potentially happen to them because a number of them have already certainly uh been hurt by by deed fraud.

Um we wanna we're we've been educating them.

Um what red flags to look for?

We've had some helpful people out to give them some very valuable information, and we are assisting uh those who requested with uh registration uh with the register of deeds office so that they can receive alerts regarding their properties.

So this Tuesday, that's tomorrow from 4 to 6 p.m.

Uh, we'll be over in District 4 uh with Member Johnson on uh with the town hall meeting, and that's gonna be at the Samaritan uh Center at 5555 Connor Avenue, and it's gonna be in the Kilpatrick Room.

That's 555, 45s, Connor Avenue, uh the Samaritan Center, and that's tomorrow, Tuesday, uh February 24th from 4 to 6 p.m.

On Thursday, we will be in D7, District 7, with uh member Matt Campbell.

We're going to be at Central Baptist Church at 9620 Sorrento uh Street, and that is from 4 to 6 p.m.

That is Thursday from 4 to 6 p.m.

at Central Baptist Church in District 7, 9620 Sorrento.

Uh on Saturday, February 28th, we're gonna be with uh member Miller at the Considine Recreation Center from um 10 a.m.

until noon at 8904 Woodward Avenue, and that's Considine Recreation Center on Saturday from 10 until noon, 8904 Woodward Avenue.

Um if you have any additional questions, if I went too fast for those that might be listening and want to participate in one of these districts, and uh Mr.

Chairman uh the Turner House has been really great.

People are thirsty for this information, they want to learn how to protect themselves.

And I had there was one senior when we were at the meeting in District 3, and she just talked about how they're constantly harassing her, wanting her property.

You know, she says it's very stressful for her.

And um, I I mean I don't know how how we stop those kind of kinds of people from harassing people, you know.

They somehow they get the telephone numbers.

Um, but we we certainly want to make sure that people are able to protect themselves as we await additional legislation from Lansing.

It's my understanding that they're working on some.

So that would be absolutely great.

And so, with that, for people who will be joining us virtually, uh, we've also had uh over 200 for each meeting to join us virtually as well.

So the rooms have been packed, it's been packed virtually.

People want this information, and we want them to have it.

And so call my office at 313-628-2363, 313-2363.

Um if you don't have the virtual link uh for these meetings this week.

All right, then thank you so much, Mr.

Chairman.

Thank you, Member Waters.

Yes, I am looking forward to the defraud event on Thursday in District 7.

We had a coffee hour last weekend that even just the conversation around it at that coffee hour when I mention that we would be having the event that that brought up a whole discussion on this.

So I thank you for having these events across the city and making them accessible for folks and definitely looking forward to Thursday.

So thank you.

And and thank you so much for joining us last week for our first uh skill trade.

You see, that was a packed house.

It was a packed house.

Yes.

Yes, people want jobs, and so we want to encourage uh more women uh to to get into the skill trade.

I mean, it certainly is uh a career opportunity, uh Mr.

Chairman.

Yes, you know, yes.

Uh that's an opportunity too to leave generational wealth as well.

Thank you, Member Waters.

Yes, please do um our next skill trades uh town hall will be next month, March 18th at the IBW Local 58.

So please do join us if you miss the last one.

We look forward to seeing you for my member reports.

Uh again, please do join us this Thursday for the deed fraud town hall, the member waters mentioned.

Um for District 7.

We will also be having a um a coffee hour this Saturday, February 28th at 10 a.m.

Uh from 10 a.m.

to 11 at the Metropolitan Church of Guy, which is located at 1340 Chaefer Highway.

Um also want to mention um I know we are here at the PHS uh committee meeting, but also uh what's happening right now is that Mayor Sheffield is announcing the launching of the Office of Neighborhood and Community Safety.

And I know various members on council have talked about the programs that will be in this uh this office, whether it's around CVI, community violence entry pro intervention programs, ceasefire, survivor advocacy programs.

And just really uplifting the neighborhood's safety and well-being in the city of Detroit.

So definitely looking forward to learning more about that office and seeing the impact on that because again, these are issues, making sure that our neighborhoods are vibrant and thriving and also safe are issues that I know myself and my colleagues, and of course the mayor um is paying attention to.

So good to see that happening.

That is it for my member reports.

Uh it's since there seeing that there is no further business before this committee, is there a motion to adjourn?

Motion.

There's been a motion to adjourn.

Take care, everyone.