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Sherrie Smith
After discussion, councilmembers postponed a vote on an ordinance that would allow non-Detroit residents to be honored with secondary street signs in certain circumstances. A vote on a $2.7 million contract to improve city seawalls for flood mitigation on the lower eastside was a
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It’s Tuesday, May 28th! I’ll be live-tweeting the Detroit City Council Formal Session at 10:00am for #DETdocumenters
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09:04 AM May 28, 2024 CDT
While you wait for today’s meeting to start, check out the thread from last week’s meeting here:
Here is the agenda for today’s meeting. It’s also available online at:
pub-detroitmi.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?I…
For info on how to attend today’s meeting check out the Detroit City Council webpage page:
detroitmi.gov/government/cit…
Council members in attendance at the start of the meeting. Both Council President Mary Sheffield & Coleman A Young II have excused absences and Member Fred Durhal is late but on his way
Mobility Industry Club Team Members receiving their Spirit of Detroit Award. Learn more about the team here:
bgcsm.org/detroit-youth-…
Members of City Council with the Boys and Girls Club of Michigan Mobility Industry Club Team
Public Comment is cut off, there are 19 online hands raised. Comment will begin with residents present in the auditorium
🗣️ PUBLIC COMMENT 🗣️ Each speaker will have 2 minutes to speak
In-person Commenter: Person stated that the DPD covered up her assaults and she is being stalked in the shelter
In-person Commenter: BL wants people to remember her voice and return the property taxes stolen from Detroit. Encouraged everyone to go to the Jim Crow Museum at Wayne County Community College
In-person Commenter: MM wants to have red, black, and green flag fly over the City of Detroit for Juneteenth. Also needs the Martin Luther King Memorial Park cleaned up before the June 23rd event commemorating the March to Freedom
In-person Commenter: RF Community must have common goals, appreciates item 9.4 and would like to be involved in the Veterans Department.
In-person Commenter: ST protesting Contract # 6006155 re: Cemetery Operations & Maintenance and feels her company was not given a fair chance to bid
Online Commenter: Multiple callers expressed concerns about current residents commuting around the city without being inconvenienced during the Grand Prix
Online Commenter: Resident of State Fair Grounds neighborhood called in support of the solar park investment in their neighborhood
MEMBER REPORTS -
: District 6 Community Office Hours
6/5: District 6 Meeting w/ Blight & Code Enforcement
6/14: Member Durhal Coffee Hour 9am-12pm
: District 6 Community Office Hours
6/5: District 6 Meeting w/ Blight & Code Enforcement
6/14: Member Durhal Coffee Hour 9am-12pm
MEMBER REPORTS -
Councilmember James Tate has kicked off the “Protect Your Crown” Campaign focused on mental health awareness and encouraged everyone to take the anonymous survey here:
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Councilmember James Tate has kicked off the “Protect Your Crown” Campaign focused on mental health awareness and encouraged everyone to take the anonymous survey here:
MEMBER REPORTS -
Councilmember James Tate has kicked off the “Protect Your Crown” Campaign focused on mental health awareness and it even has a theme song:
Councilmember James Tate has kicked off the “Protect Your Crown” Campaign focused on mental health awareness and it even has a theme song:
This concludes my live-tweeting of the Detroit City Council Formal Session for 5/28/24. For more meeting coverage, check out:
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