If you can um thank you is Reverend Branch on okay we will um come back to that is there a uh motion for the approval of the minutes motion okay any objections okay the action will be taken there are no chair remarks we will now close public comment public comment is now closed do we have anyone here in the audience who'd like to make public comment if so you can take the seat right there and once you get there you can press the button and the microphone will turn green which we know you know the routine mr.

Foster good morning sir you'll have two minutes um good morning through the chair morning couple things I want to just come down um yesterday when you guys were having a rule rules meeting over at the police department they was having a simultaneous meeting as it pertains to ERPA the ERPO Act I believe that it may be a good act in paper but here in the city our officers have too many Brady issues they have not shown to be prudent people or compliance with the reasonable person doctrine and I think that is important that that be understood when we start empowering officers here over something very important as civil liberties and future harm if there's mistakes made now officers um have been convicted of stealing shoes from each other you have a judge here that has pending litigation for um bad acts against vulnerable people until the city gets control and has a clear balance here of what reasonable behavior is in our capacities I don't think that they should be empowered any further um to to potentially cause further harm free speech is covered under political beliefs there should not be any retaliation for free speech at all first amendment this body has the authority to put anybody under oath and the minister uh Miranda rights if you want to use anything that anyone is saying down here outside of a minister and the oath and um thank you mr foster then there's nothing that could be done thank you mr foster thank you so much um miss j is the timer working now thank you mr foster good morning madam chair yes the timer works okay our next caller is we have eight hands raised for public comment the first caller is betty a verner miss warner you have two minutes and good morning ma'am good morning uh to all within the uh sound of my voice uh can I be heard please can be heard please please yes thank you uh Betty A brown the president of DeSoda Ellsworth Block Association and the other day I watched a program uh miss Theo's feedback program there was a guest speaker on named uh Mr.

Jesse Miles and he I didn't get the full name of his organization but he abbreviated and he said they're the rescue group and his telephone number is 313808594 again 313 8008594 and what he does they his group they're a disaster uh helping group that if there's a major disaster in the city they assist people for example he used like the floods and uh what they do they assist people all the time with food um so if you're in need of food they assist and if the funding is available they will assist with paying your mortgage your rent and your utility bills and their email is r e s test group dot org again that's r-e-st e a m r e-st group dot org and they have a website and uh the website is www dot rest group dot org www dot restgroup dot or telephone number 313 800 eight five nine four and they're looking for volunteers and my organization we still need help with our think recorder and our part project thank you miss boner the next caller is the next caller is William M.

Telephone number 313 800 8594.

And they're looking for volunteers.

And my organization, we still need help with our think accorder and our part project.

Thank you, Ms.

Bonner.

The next caller is the next caller is William M.

Davis.

Mr.

Davis, you have two minutes and good morning, sir.

Mr.

Davis.

Good morning.

Can I be heard?

You can be heard.

Oh, okay.

I think a greater effort needs to be made to reduce the number of lawsuits and reduce the number of lawsuits that we are paying for.

I did 34 years in the water department.

And uh during the time I was in there, if we if we falsified official documentation, we would be terminated.

But seems like things have drifted quite a bit.

And especially as it relates to the police department.

You know, we need to make sure that we don't have people that's going to jail or prison because an officer falsified a report.

We need to make sure that we, the people of Detroit, and many of our officers don't live in Detroit, are not paying for what some officers should not be doing.

Also, we need to make sure that this city is a safe, productive city.

We need to have uh like I was uh a FEMA intimate commander, you know, dealing with how to do with emergency response to a number of things.

You know, the city is not doing as much as it used to do or could do.

Uh, because like at the wastewater treatment plant, you know, we had these tank cars of chlorine, and Detroit is an international border.

You know, so we had to make sure that we was responding to and have was up to date on treaties and what will what could possibly harm a lot of people.

I don't see that no more.

And I don't see the city being prepared or really even care about what could happen.

So hopefully y'all could help to encourage the city to be a little bit more responsive, more up to date, and reduce the number of losses.

That would help me as a city of Detroit retire.

We had my pension cut and cost of living, and I knew the clawback took, and that was 15.5%.

I don't think any of y'all could live on 15.5% reduction.

So y'all have a good day, and hopefully y'all could be productive today.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Um Davis.

Our next caller.

The next caller is Cunningham.

Mr.

Cuttingham, you have two minutes.

31349114, 31349114.

31349114.

That number was made so you can remember it.

You can contact me through that number.

You can text message me through that number.

You can listen to the message that's on that number.

You can put that in for cash app.

You can put that in for Patreon, you can put that in for Facebook.

You can put that in to see articles done by different uh media sources.

Again, 313 4449114.

Please continue to speak in the Holy Spirit chant, speak my name out in the atmosphere, Brother Cunningham, and my mother, Cheryl Marie Lyons, uh of the Rivers of Gross Point at this time.

Um, I'm praying for you.

You pray for me, honorable council person.

You don't have to treat me like that.

You don't have to gaslight me, gas light me for months and months and months.

When you say you're gonna do something, you should do so.