Councilman Scott Benson.

Councilmember Johnson.

Present.

Councilman McCampbell.

Present.

Councilmember Miller.

Here.

Amen.

Councilman Santiago.

Present.

Councilmember Walters.

Present.

Councilmember Woodfield Callaway.

Council President Po Tim Young.

And Council President Tate.

Yep.

You have a quorum, Mr.

President.

Thank you.

We have a quorum present, which means we're now back in session, and we do have all of the documents in front of us.

Mr.

Corley.

Thank you.

Thank you, Ms.

President.

Good evening.

Thank you for your indulgence and patience.

He missed out on the hustle on the city council hustle.

So we have before you the documents that's on the voting schedule.

And so if we can talk about Schedule B, because that's the one that reflects council's changes to the general fund.

And I would say that the big pieces there is that the administration wanted to reduce um these surplus funds differently than what we had on our spreadsheet.

So we were suggesting so to subtract about $3.5 million from the blight remediation fund.

That's fund 1003.

They rather uh administration rather subtract six million from that.

Um and then we were taking about five million from the fund 4533 as capital projects.

Um they are only subtracting about 2.6 million from that.

Administration rather not touch the pot relative to the the fleet.

You know, there was 20 million dollars for fleet, and they want to keep that intact.

So they're um taking monies from the parks and recreations surplus dollars that was in the capital project fund.

Um so but and but in terms of the total money that you need for your changes, that's still intact.

They're just changing the way that they're taking the money away, you know, from the different pots.

So we're we're fine with that.

You know, that's administration's prerogative, and you know, they want to they want to make sure that they're addressing their priorities.

Um I just want to let you know that the the sources is this being used differently than what we had on our spreadsheet.

Gotcha.

Um so that's really the biggest piece.

Um Mr.

Johnson can fill in if there's anything else major, but I think that's the major one.

Okay, we'll let Mr.

Johnson go uh next, and then call do you have anything you want to add, Mr.

Johnson?

Uh thank you, Mr.

President.

No, not much more to add.

Mr.

Corley summarized it very nicely.

We just had some tweaks to where we would debit the money in terms of quantity, and I think we're in agreement on that.

But at the end of the day, everything that this body wanted to um include and and get funded has been funded as part of the schedule B thank you so much.

Got two colleagues who wanted to um provide discussion uh in advance of us going through the agenda here.

Uh start off with member waters, then member Benson.

Thank you.

Uh I'm looking at page six, the very last page.

And so you have started with city council.

You said city council member at large number two, then you go all the way down to districts one through seven.

Where's city council at large?

Number one, Mr.

President, that's on the previous page, page five at the bottom.

It's on the previous page.

Page five at the bottom.

The last line.

Okay, I'm sorry.

Yeah, I understand.

Oh, I missed that one.

Thank you.

Okay.

Thank you.

Member Benson.

Um to uh Mr.

Corley.

Should we care where the sources for our uses?

You know, you say no, then I can keep it.

I was I was I would say um you know you know I'm deferring to administration's wish and how they want to deploy the dollars.

The the dollars in total are the same, but they don't want to um impact for instance the 20 million dollars for fleet.

You know, we would we were subtracting from that.

They they want to keep that money intact because you know they're looking to purchase um emergency vehicles and other you know vehicles for fire and and and police.

So you know, as long as for me, as long as the is the total sources out there for council changes.

I'm fine with that.

Okay, and the sources will be found in the schedule B.

Yes, okay.

Thank you.

Discussion with further discussion, member Johnson.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Um, I wonder if Mr.

Johnson might be able to help us understand how this impacts GSD.

Mr.

Johnson.

Um thank you, uh Mr.

President, and um thank you uh through you too, Councilmember Johnson.

Um the impact on GSD is I would say relatively minimal.

Um there's still unspent capital from previous allocations that they're they're they're working down, but the amount of parks improvements that we'll do in the next fiscal year will be produced.

Um however, we have a pretty robust grant seeking around that.

We was do we we do receive a lot of philanthropic and state funding, and that usually helps offset any cuts we have in our own capital.

Um, and so we're not overly concerned about a major impact on the parks and recreation improvement plan.

It just may slow it down a little bit.

But remember, there are a lot of um commitments in the administration closing resolution for parks capital that is going to pretty critical um recreation and and park uh investments, um, particularly our recreation center.

So um I would say a minor impact on just the neighborhood parks type improvements, but not anything particularly large.

Thank you for that.

I did receive the district four parks that were going to be improved in fiscal year 27.

So I would like to uh request the general services department just to provide whether or not what whether or not that's going to change based on this.

So thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you.

Uh member Benson.

Through yourself to Member Johnson.

What were you looking for from GSD?

Member Johnson.

Thank you.

Uh, through you, Mr.

Chair to Member Benson.

I had already communicated with the director to understand which parks in district four were going to be improved for fiscal year 27.

So I'm just wondering if that's going to change as a result of this.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Colleagues, any further saying none.

Councilman McCampbell for resolutions.

Items 20 2.1 through 2.4.

Member McCampbell.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Um motion to approve uh line items 2.1 through 2.4.

Colleagues, there's a motion to approve line line items 2.1 through 2.4.

Any objections?

Seeing none, that action shall be taken from the city council legislative policy division, madam clerk.

Councilman McCampbell, two resolutions, items 3.1 through 3.2.

Member McCampbell.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Motion to approve line items 3.1 and 3.2.

Colleagues has a motion to approve line items 3.1 and 3.2.

Any objection?

Discussion.

With discussion, member Benson.

Discussion line 3.1.

3.1, which is schedule B.

Should tie to all of our spreadsheets.

Um that you created.

Correct.

Mr.

Corley.

Yes, yes, Mr.

President.

Um, Councilmember Benson, other than what I just described about the sources, but yes.

Okay, and then everybody's had an opportunity to verify their okay.

Thank you.

Okay.

Uh member, oh, I'm sorry, since my any additional colleagues.

Oh, member.

Someone send me the schedule B.

I don't I don't have that.

We'll send it to her.

Okay.

And if we could, I just I'll I'll wait to see after this one is over.

Can we have someone from uh send it to her now?

Um I don't know if someone from her team has the document.

Oh, we we have we'll try to do it, you know, ASAP.

Thank you.

All right, we want to make sure she has an opportunity review it as well before we move forward.

Mr.

Johnson, thank you, Mr.

President.

While we're while we're um waiting on that, um I would like to make sure I note that we do have a request for a waiver on all of the items on tonight's agenda, just formality.

Absolutely.

I don't think there'll be any objections this evening for that one.

Uh through the chair, while we're waiting on that, was there ever we we sent over a request to know what rec centers were being identified as part of the midnight basketball, but which ones were going to be considered and we never got that answer.

I did speak with Malik about it a couple of times and sent over documentation.

I know that this money is coming out of DSD.

Is there a does anybody know which ones are being considered for the mayor's um initiative?

We do have Mr.

Washington in the committee of the whole.

Um he's gonna check and see, and it's gonna get back with this uh member.

Thank you.

Yes, ma'am.

Member Miller, let us know when you have received the documents, please.

Are we have we sent it to uh member miller?

Yeah, Miss Corley's going downstairs.

Um she she'll be doing it next 10 minutes.

If not, I'm sorry.

So Miss Corley went downstairs to just send it to Oh you said Miss Corley.

Yeah.

I'm like, hold on, yeah.

Gotcha.

My my better looking rendition there you go with Corley.

There you go.

No offense, but yes.

Thanks to my wife.

I just received it.

Thank you very much.

Okay, awesome.

Give you an opportunity review uh quickly before uh we move forward to make sure it comports with what you saw earlier one information, uh Mr.

Chair.

Yes, sir, member McCampbell.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Can we just make sure that we recirculate um the corrections letter and two point one and also the tax statement for two point four, just to make sure all the members have it?

Um please Johnson.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

I will I'm actually crafting the email right now to everybody.

So member Miller, I I I heard something coming from your your screen.

recirculate um the corrections letter and 2.1 and also the tax statement for 2.4 just to make sure all the members have it move umson thank you mr president i will i'm actually crafting the email right now to everybody so member miller i i i heard something coming from your your screen where was that uh thumbs up that you've approved no okay just one second i had to share with my team yes ma'am we don't have the hard copy yes ma'am thanks for dinner mr president appreciate yes sir absolutely very good glad everyone was able to enjoy it bar says future mr tyrector tied thank you mr president um members of this honorable body may i be heard absolutely sir thank you just figuring while while you are waiting if you wanted to jump ahead to uh the schedule a not for action but just for clarification and a reminder uh we did of course review the document as prepared by the administration it does comport with your actions of uh march third when you approve the awards for block grant uh there is a column on the schedule a that reflects the administration's changes uh uh their revisions uh and again that's all consistent with the discussions that you have had uh they did make adjustments in order to come up under the cap for the administration the administrative cap as required by hood the only other thing that I wanted to make uh to remind council of and of course particularly our new council members we have yet to receive the entitlement from the federal government as has been the case for the last 10 15 years so therefore this will require uh more than likely uh an amendment to the schedule a later on in the year at such time that we receive the actual entitlement so again that's been our practice for the last uh uh 12 15 years thank you sir thank you we approve okay all right uh I just want to say th through the chair welcome back Mr.

Todd um I was you were definitely in my prayers your mind passed and um thank you for sharing the beautiful um the information you I know you did it all by yourself it was beautiful and I I can't imagine being in your position but it's nice to see you in spite of everything you've endured this weekend thank you all right um madam clerk uh I think we left off on 3.1 and 3.2 correct yes memory all right member McCampbell I believe move for approval line items 3.1 and 3.2 colleagues any objections seeing none that action shall be taken uh from the city planning commission madam clerk council member johnson the resolution item 4.1 member johnson thank you mr chair move for approval with discussion as a motion to approve line item 4.1 with discussion member johnson thank you mr chair through you to director Todd um just want to clarify i see schedule a does it include the additional organizations that were approved for funding after the initial list have been provided to us thank you mr chair through you to member johnson just to be clear uh you're speaking to the adjustments that were made uh at the table um with regard to the actual awards and not those other groups that would be subject to a future reprogramming uh that's the current if that's the clarity that you're looking for yes it does include the additions that could be added within the cap uh but again there were other groups that were identified that would have to be um uh funding would have to be found through reprogramming at a later date all right thank you thank you mr chair thank you welcome uh colleagues again there's a motion for approval line item 4.1 any objections seeing none then action shall be taken discussion with discussion member benson uh through yourself to mr johnson uh in the the closing it talks about no vacation time will exceed 20 days is that a new policy mr johnson uh through the uh through you mr president to council member benson uh no that is not a new policy that's that's been the policy for i think since the bankruptcy okay we've had the 20 day accrual okay all right uh is there a uh is there a request for a waiver on all oh i'm sorry uh thank

In the the closing, it talks about no vacation time will exceed 20 days.

Is that a new policy?

Mr.

Johnson.

Through you, Mr.

President, to Councilmember Benson.

Uh no, that is not a new policy.

That's that's been the policy for I think since the bankruptcy.

Okay.

We've had the 20-day accrual.

Okay.

Right.

Is there a uh is there a request for a waiver on all oh, I'm sorry.

Uh member McCampbell.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Request a waiver on 2.1 through 2.4 and 3.1 and 3.2.

3.4.

So is there a request for all?

Request for a waiver.

Okay, colleagues request for uh waivers to be applied or attached to all approved items uh this evening.

Any objections?

Seeing none, waiver shall be attached.

Yeah, we did 4.1 as well.

All right.

So that was kind of anticlimactic.

Y'all just kind of quiet.

Yes.

So indulge me, please, for just two two minutes.

Um, you know, this is our uh the first budget of this particular term uh with new members.

Uh we know it was a little bit of a challenge for one of our members, but she was uh trooper and made sure that she was here um all the way through the end.

So we appreciate you uh member uh Miller for uh your steadfastness and all of our colleagues actually.

Um we accomplished a whole lot in a little bit of time, and uh it is our sincere hope that uh what we do uh within this budget reverberates for generations.

Uh Detroiters have been um counting on us to get this right, and I believe that many Detroiters will be pleased, uh realizing that you know not all of the things that we want to see done and residents want to see done will be accomplished in this budget.

Um, but we're gonna be right back at it.

Um but we put a lot of work into it.

I want to personally thank uh Mr.

Corley, uh Mr.

Whittaker, Mr.

Todd, and their entire teams.

The people that you never hear their names, but they do the work behind the scenes and they do a tremendous job.

Thank you for the level of detail, the long hours and the work done behind the scenes to uh make sure that every member uh excuse me, every number in every word um is in place and it has not gone unnoticed.

So we appreciate you and we thank you so much.

To our clerks, uh we got Miss Louise here.

Uh to our clerks, thank you for your consistency as well as your professionalism.

Yes.

Um, you have been at the table with us, you know, this entire time throughout this process and making sure that everything is properly recorded and moving as it should.

So thank you as well.

To all city council staffs and each and every office.

Thank you for your support that you have provided, my colleagues and I, every day during this budget process, juggling the district work uh and committee responsibilities, uh, while sifting through the numbers and conducting negotiations uh with other offices and the administration.

It is not for the faint of heart.

Uh and all of you have been there every step of the way.

So thank you, all the members of the council offices.

And I gotta get a little personal with this, and I want to thank my team.

Uh, this was for many of them their very first, but actually, all of my policy team, very first budget.

Um, and some of them literally started during the budget process, and they grew up real fast.

Um, they adjusted and uh they made it work, they made it happen.

So, Jackie and the rest of the team, thank you all.

Great job.

Great job.

A lot of things that happened out of the view of folks, and they made it work.

So thank you for that.

Uh I also want to acknowledge Mayor Sheffield um and her team and the administration, especially, uh CFO Stademyer, uh, Deputy Budget Director, uh Donnie Johnson, as well as the entire um uh team over there on that side uh for the budget that was presented.

Um I recognize that the effort that went into uh putting forward this budget.

Um it was a proposal that really reflected the priorities that we have consistently raised as a council over the years, and we truly I'll say certainly me.

We appreciate the willingness to work in alignment with this body on behalf of our residents.

So thank you all as well.

Please, uh Malik, take that to the mayor personally.

Thank you for your trust.

I take this role very, very seriously, and I hope that I fulfilled your expectations for the person who sits in this seat navigating our budget process.

So thank you for trusting me as well.

Well, we did not always agree on every item.

Most of them we we we pretty much did, though, to be honest with you.

That is part of the process.

What matters is that we respected the work, respected each other, and we move forward together.

I am proud of what we accomplished, and this is not the end of the work that I just mentioned, but it is a very meaningful step.

And I'm confident that uh this body with in our ability to continue delivering for the awesome, phenomenal, hardworking, and well-deserving residents of the city of Detroit.

So thank you all.

Thank you.

No.

Spoiler.

Pro Tim, go ahead.

Well, first of all, I just want to say thank you, everybody.

Um, Ms.

Barclay, if I wanted to say I'm gonna I know we're gonna correct some things afterwards, so I'm gonna send you a document.

That's where I've been.

You know, for the documents, so I'll send it to you.

I don't want to waste any more time.

I just want to say there's some things I want to change, but I'll send it to you.

Just criminal error and stuff like that.

Otherwise, I just want to say thank you so much to you, Mr.

President, all your leadership and all the things.

Can we get another round of applause for his great leadership?

Thank you and appreciate you.

It is such a great honor and privilege to work with professionals in this room.

Thank you so much.

It's been the honor of my life as well.

And so I just want to say thank you and I appreciate you.

All right, thank you.

Uh Mr.

Johnson.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Um, I want to thank I have uh just a few brief remarks as well.

Um I am delighted to say that um I am now officially the budget director and deputy chief financial officer.

Um, and uh for this being my first budget sitting in this chair and doing this thing, um, you know, this body gave me a run for my money.

Um you put me through my paces, and I wouldn't have had it any other way.

This was a lot of fun.

I really enjoyed it.

Um, and um uh just want to thank you all for your partnership.

I know this was a challenging budget with our revenue constraints and things like that, and you were excellent partners um, you know, working with us and coming up with compromises and reasonable solutions, and that's what it's all about is coming up with these compromises, these solutions so we can come together and do what we're here to do, which is help the traders rise higher.

And so we're gonna keep doing that together, and I'm excited to keep doing that with you all.

Um, I really want to thank my team.

Um, we mentioned earlier there are a lot of names that go unspoken, a lot of faces that go unseen.

You know, in the Office of Budget, I do want to say their names because it often isn't said, and so I want to thank my team of Matt in no particular order, Madison Prinsing, Malcolm Walker, Justin Bus, Lisa Fields, Bianca Cooper, Anita Hoskins, Kevin Dillon, Cindy Bonn, Noah Brandon, Carrie Rivers, Sneha Patel, Talisha Belk, Lynetta Walker, Matt Spith, my deputy budget director, Rachel Woods, my assistant budget director, Steven Colbertson, soon to be our assistant budget director as well.

Um, obviously, our wonderful CFO and my mentor, Tanya Stodemeyer, our chief deputy CFO Regina Greer, and our other chief deputy CFO and finance director, John Naglick.

So this is the team that budget can't do what it does without all these people.

I'm, as I joke, I'm the pretty face.

I show up here.

But I am just the I'm the conduit for the work of the team at the Office of Budget.

That's really my role is to take the incredible hard work they do, turning this budget, making the sausage is always challenging, and no one likes to see it, and they live in that process every day of their jobs, and I can't do what I do without them, without Matt at my side, um, just an amazing team.

So I want to thank them for that, and obviously thank um you know, Madam Mayor um for having confidence in me and the budget team to carry her first budget forward and through this process.

It was a lot of fun, and um looking forward to that as well.

So thank you all.

Thank you to LPD.

Um, this was a wonderful experience, and I look forward to getting this budget on the road and getting these things going.

All right.

You do have to go through public comment, unfortunately.

No, we already did that.

Didn't you?

Yes, sir.

Where were you at earlier?

We take care of business, we are efficient.

Colleagues, if there's no objections, this meeting now stands adjourned.