Taylor City Council Meeting Summary — September 15, 2026

The Taylor City Council met on September 15, 2026, with Mayor Woolley presiding. The council approved an amended agenda and the September 1, 2026 minutes, adopted the consent agenda, and acted on a full regular agenda, including the FY 2027 budget amendment, a CDBG public hearing, the second reading of a fireworks ordinance amendment, and the award of the 2026 CDBG road construction contract. The council also recognized Hall of Fame inductees, and the mayor and clerk gave storm-recovery and election updates. Note: This summary is based on a partially garbled raw transcript; unclear passages are reported as stated rather than interpreted.

Consent Calendar

• Agenda approved with the deletion of item 7.19 and the addition of items 7.22 and 7.23 (CDBG road construction).
• Minutes of the September 1, 2026 meeting approved.
• Consent agenda approved unanimously; the mayor noted it comprised routine items.

Public Hearing — Program Year 2025 CDBG CAPER

• The council opened a public hearing on the Program Year 2025 (July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026) Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report, which was attached to the agenda and made public.
• Staff said one additional drawdown of roughly $50,000–$100,000 will cover expenses incurred before June 30, 2026.
• The city spent 100% of CDBG expenditures on low- and moderate-income benefit; no demolitions or other non-eligible activities were undertaken.
• Approximately $60,000 was spent on housing rehabilitation, with additional expenditures pending.
• No public comment was offered; the hearing closed and the motion carried.

Regular Agenda — Motions Approved

• City budget amendment 2027-001 (dated September 15, 2026) — approved.
• Data National, sole source, AS400 hosting, one-year term, $27,394, from the general fund — approved.
• Recoast, sole-source service covering the PaperCut and Intercard value loader with reader and cards — approved.
• School Resource Officer (Beacons) Agreement with Lincoln Park Public School District and the City of Taylor, from signing through June 30, 2029 — approved.
• Payment of $16,199 to National Faith Home Buyers for down-payment assistance (HOME grant, home buyer 2026-005) — approved.
• One Community Development employee to attend the Michigan Community Development Association all-conference — approved.
• Professional services agreement with a biomedical-waste sole-source vendor — approved.
• Columbia Collision repair of Squad 2, not to exceed $18,970, funded from the general fund fire repair budget — approved.
• IGA work order 47242 with Wayne County for North Line Road cost sharing — approved.
• MI Custom, sole source, additional precinct banners, not to exceed $2,274, from general fund election supplies — approved.
• 2026 CDBG road construction contract to Construction Incorporated, lowest qualified bidder: $330,110, plus a 10% contingency of $33,011 — approved.
• Hennessy Construction, engineering/inspection/testing for CDBG 2026 — approved.

Ordinance — Fireworks (Second Reading)

• The council gave second reading to an ordinance amending City Code Chapter 22, Article 54, Section 97 (fireworks).
• A dissenting council member said he supports reasonable regulation and public safety but did not believe restricting lawful businesses is the answer; he had made the same point before the first-reading vote so residents would know what the revision would not do.
• On the requested roll-call vote, Council Members Armstrong and Thomas voted no; the ordinance carried.

Presentations — Hall of Fame

• A speaker honored Earl Jones and the other inductees. Jones ran the fastest 600-meter time in the nation as a senior (high school and collegiate) and earned a full-ride scholarship, as did the speaker.
• Jones coached Taylor Junior Football for more than four decades. Three of his former assistants became Division I head coaches, including Lloyd Carr at Michigan. The speaker described how he became a coach himself when a team could not find one, with his wife playfully noting that meant the end of “homemaker” projects that year.
• The speaker said Jones taught that you are not better than anybody else and that you do what you can to help people.
• A community representative thanked the city, parks and recreation, and Mayor Woolley for first-aid support at city events and said the event will move to a different date next year.

Council and Mayor Updates

• Redevelopment of the former Masco headquarters: after about six years vacant, the iconic building is expected to anchor a new multi-use project. A council member noted the approvals are conditional, so any change would go back through planning; another said Taylor would be the first downriver city to have this kind of project; and a member who has long watched the surrounding residential area (strong housing on both sides) asked that residents’ feedback be gathered.
• Mayor Woolley said he is content to serve as mayor and is not running for any other position. He reflected that when he first joined the council the city was emerging from a deficit.
• Storm response: DTE outages were down to about 1% of customers; brush pickup is continuing, and the compost center is accepting free drop-off through next week. A council member said those who control the situation need “a come to Jesus meeting” and “can’t hand them all the cards,” and the discussion noted the difficulty of tree-removal decisions because “every time we cut a tree down we got people that are throwing a fit.”
• Parks: major renovations have been made at Lakes of Taylor, and work is now moving to the Meadows course.
• City clerk: absentee ballots will be mailed on or by September 24; four ballot drop boxes are located across the city; voter information is available through the Michigan Voter Information Center.

Key Outcomes

• All consent-calendar items and regular agenda motions carried. The only roll-call vote recorded was on the fireworks ordinance, which carried with Armstrong and Thomas voting no.
• The CAPER public hearing was closed; a final drawdown of approximately $50,000–$100,000 remains.
• The 2026 CDBG road construction contract was awarded at $330,110 plus a $33,011 contingency.
• Absentee ballots mail by September 24; free compost drop-off and brush pickup continue through next week.