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Dearborn Heights City Council Meeting taking place Tuesday, November 26th 2019.

A

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to call the meeting to order. Mr. clerk, would you please take roll call Dave.

B

Up Donnell here bill bezzie here, Robert constant here, Lisa Hicks Clayton is absent. Don't you smell it on schematics? Well, here ray musky here, Tom Wentzel. Here, madam sure we have a coin. Thank.

A

You I'd like to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

C

With liberty and justice for all thank.

A

You other one, please be seated.

D

One's gonna say.

A

Hey first item on the agenda is agenda approval, madam.

E

Chair councilman.

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E

Move that the agenda for tonight's meeting be approved for the November 26 2008 team meeting as presented the approved support, support.

A

By councilman Abdullah is there any discussion you.

F

Madam chair counselor, as you I'll, be voting against this agenda because of the item. We talked about the moratorium, okay,.

A

Any further discussion doctor.

G

Chair councilman one side possible to take 11a off the agenda tonight. Well,.

A

When we got to 11a I was just gonna make the announcement that it's really not necessary anymore, because the applications have already been sent out, but we're just going through the motions. You will just vote it down at that point: okay, instead of it easier for them to keep records in the clerk's office. Thank you any other discussion.

C

Cosmos before we continue I'd like to make it aware that you know there was a police officer that was just killed and I was hoping that we did a a minute of silence for the Fallen officer and their.

E

Family worked at their surgeon.

A

Okay, any other comments. I might.

D

Just if I might man I'm sure the officer in Detroit has a link to Dearborn Heights, and so it really is like we lost a good friend in the city, and a lot of people may not be aware of his activities in Dearborn Heights, but he was very much loved and appreciated and it is a hard hit close to home. Yes,.

A

E

Did work at the Richard Young Centre for time and even after he stopped working there, he would stop by and check on things and.

A

Okay, thank you at this point. We need to get back on the agenda. Okay, this is for agenda approval. All those in favor say aye. Those opposed no husband, as he is opposed next item on the agenda is approval of minutes. This is minutes from the regular meeting of November 12 2019. Damn.

H

Sure, councilman of double I move that we approve the minutes from November 12 2009 teen, regular meeting of the diamond Heights City Council is outlined in item 4a support, support.

A

By council and Bazzi, is there any discussion.

A

We need to go back up underneath Pledge of Allegiance.

A

Also we'd like to.

A

Next item on the agenda is public hearing and comment on agenda items agenda items only. Oh no.

F

We have to vote on that five minutes. Okay,.

A

Is there any discussion, all those in favor say aye aye, those opposed the eyes have it. Next we have public hearing and comment on agenda items. Please limit it to two minutes and it must be agenda items only.

A

No comment: okay at this time, we'll go on to the next agenda item. This is fun transfer and current claims.

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Council, chair councilman.

C

Muscat I move council approves or fund transfers and current claims since 1 through 32, as submitted support. Well.

A

That comes my constant. Is there any discussion, I'm.

H

Sure, cousin Adela I had a couple items on there. The first couple are for directors. Tell me if you don't mind, I know sometimes I see them he's back there. So items number 3 and 8 and I brought this up before word and I'm starting to really be concerned about it and I, don't know, I, don't know what the final solution is.

H

Vice think we're spending a lot of money to outside resources between the tree service and the lawn, cutting and I was just wondering, like the tree service, for example, is 18,700 for one month, I'm, sorry, the the lawn service, and then we got the tree service. 9600 misses despite the fact that we were in winter, where it could be even more during 7 month, there's no way at all possible if we had to add more employees. I know this is something we'd have to discuss.

H

Maybe for the budget, but maybe add I mean maybe I'd love if you could come up with a game plan, obviously but adding more employees, something where we start doing their in-house and save ourselves just between the two there and again this is kind of an off month. We got a good sort of the 28,000 give or take per month on that is there any way at all by adding more employees that maybe can do both or maybe you move employees employees around and we start doing it in-house. Instead of sending it out all.

J

Time if we could hire employees, that would be something that we could probably do in-house. We are currently down six people and can't get applicants to five four full-time jobs, let alone seasonal jobs. So.

H

You're on board with something like this, but your issues getting people don't need to want to work and.

J

The grass cutting contract is something that we were gonna go out for bids this winter early spring. To revisit that the tree contract, this council approved it two-year contract with Dearborn tree just recently to do work. That is beyond the scope of the city's capabilities. Talking 70 80, 90 foot trees.

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H

Art, it's not doable, it's not doable, then maybe you know at least for the future. The the lawn service may be doing that in-house, because I just think it's just a lot of money that we're.

J

The amount of grass that this company cuts and to the best of my knowledge this year, there was not one single complaint about high grass. The area that they cut is very vast, especially along this fan born corridor, the incinerator all along the river. That's a lot of work.

H

Okay, I'm just saying you know, suggesting something to consider yeah and an item number 23, which I believe you'd be able to answer. Also I had a concern on that one, and this is one with plant Maran and this particular invoice for the audience. Just in case it says invoice pertaining to the analysis of the activity within the water and sewer fund as it relates to forecasts of long-term user rates. An amount of charge was eight thousand one hundred ninety nine I'm, not an expert on this particular charge. It seems like a lot of money.

H

Is there any thinking or thought process behind that? That particular seems like a pretty high amount to just analyze the water and sewer fund right.

J

Well, they they do take a deep dive into that fund to do analysis, so it is very time-consuming I. Maybe you can. Maybe the controller can speak a little bit more detail to that. But the you know the the water rates is a very scientific type thing. It's. You know, there's a lot of analytic, analytical work that goes into it and the very time-consuming.

H

And then I've got two more quick ones: number 28 we hit I know I talked about the chief I know they sent us Thank You chief. They sent us a new copies, but unfortunately it's still I, don't think it's you guys is falling. It's the original cider company that didn't put together good print out of the receipts. So is there any way on that particular one I'm, a I, don't want to not pay. Somebody personally would I would suggest. Is we pay them conditional upon getting a final, clear copy because I believe the email.

A

We have the owner of our company tonight, Rick.

H

You're gonna play now or.

K

Be in question, but I just happen to bring that copies, that we have in-house.

A

I'll take them in distributing.

H

A

I can get them back to you, I think.

H

It's the carbon or something iron today, because it's the second time it's happened where it's not paid clear, which one did you want? Why I don't know what's wrong now, like I, said I, don't mind yeah.

K

This is much better I've been made aware that there's some additional information that you guys recently saw in-house diligently. We made sure that we were working on VIN numbers and that sort of thing worse than the past we've done this vehicle number correct. So we tried to correct that. There's anything else. I need to correct I more than help, but we'll get to it. Okay, maybe they get 30 or 60 days. In the meantime, if I could get paid at least eight no.

H

I agree like I, said: I agree what you didn't pay that just let you see better copies, any fine sent us they scanned them. So you know it's whatever they had. So whatever Thanksgiving.

A

Very good enough, they're, not very good at all, I was trying to read them. They're horrible beautifully make sure that okay, okay, I, see.

C

Our new chief is here mr. Petrie, chief Petrie, but again I want to stress that there's some vehicles that need to be left out of the public's eye. They may say it that way that it would be beneficial to our policemen who work for their safety, that we don't publicize. Some of these vehicles, I.

A

Think they do that already, don't you I mean it's already done before it gets to us.

C

Well, that's what I just want to make sure that you know when when there's something that's omitted, if we can call the chief and let him tell us personally what it is, so we don't publicize the type of vehicle or whatever, because I got you know we need to look out for their safety more than more than we know. Thank.

A

F

I'm sure councilman bazi, so again, the item 63 I know was touched on. I still have have an issue. I know we brought it up before with the way that contract or the bidding went through and we're still using the same company without any bids and I know that was bits that were sent out. The second item that we have here is six four charged to the water department. The sweepers I'm not sure why the sweepers are charged with a lot of department, I.

C

Think we discussed that once before, because a sweeper the street sweeping is part of the process of keeping the drains clean and mandate. I think it's man a to mandated by this by the state that it falls under. Unfortunately, they they get their hands and everything and because I checked into that heavily and unfortunately we got to do what we got to do with within the confines of the state regs. It's.

J

Actually mandated by this state to enforce our motor acts and stuff like that, so it is a function of the stormwater permits that the city has you.

F

The second last item this 623 will play Moran and I did mention that the last two meetings that excessive amounts are going to plant Moran. Obviously we haven't seen any bids going out for for a lot of these services. I think we're getting close to 200 if not exceeded, 200,000 I don't know. This is very coincidence that after the forensic audit going through the forensic audit stuff, all of a sudden, a lot of stuff is being done with plant Moran. So again, I have an issue with that. One.

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C

I have one on 631 the old orchard, Pond restoration for 4717 dollars and 32 cents, and here we go. We got the budget before is a million five hundred and sixty eight thousand six. Eighty eight ninety nine I know that's not the budget for the Orchard Lake pond that was 250, 200 thousand fifty thousand dollars, plus a small fee that went to weight trim, so I can't see it where.

C

Where is it showing me how much money we have left in the pond restoration and what's left in paying way, trim I can't I think we need to hold this one back to. We get some proper numbers here.

D

Manicure there we are very close. In fact, this is monitored by my office of myself. Personally, we are, we I can comfortably say we are within budget, and most likely will be under budget will not exceed those amounts. In addition, all, but the landscaping which we probably will not be able to do now till next year, we should be in excellent shape in regards to the amount we will not go over it. Mr. Keaton, mr.

A

Council, chair, councilman Muscat, it's.

C

Great that you say that, but how could I approve something with an amount before payment of a million 568 688 99, when it was only $250,000, because that is the total budget, but that took for the water. But it wasn't for the budget for the pond restoration right. The Pond restoration had a budget and so give me that comin.

A

We have comptroller advance step up to the microphone. Please.

L

So the number that you're seeing there since the water budget has not been adopted. Yet the number that you're seeing there on any of the water invoices, like I, told you would be the cash account. That's why you're seeing that big number, because it's the balance of the cash account until the budget is formally approved by the council there. That's, the only number I can give you I.

C

Agree with what you're saying and honestly I do, but we also agreed on a budget for the pond restoration a long time ago, I.

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L

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Just old, when you put Pond restoration, how come we don't have that account number and the money? That's in that that account manager.

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L

That budget hasn't been adopted, it's just not added to it sure, but I mean I could check the balance and tell you let's.

A

Have a nutshell: oh oh.

H

What if we did it this way and I obviously know about accounting a lot more than I. Do so I understand. Okay, from your perspective, this is the accounting way and that's one way we could do it, that's fine, but what if we did just like you would do like an asterisk. Just and I know the councilman had asked for it before just below here, or maybe some other additional paper just giving a total breakdown of what we spent so far. How much is left I mean it could be done that way, that'd be simple.

H

L

Could and we're hoping at the next meeting that the water budget will be adopted. It.

D

Will be a non-issue, we're gonna present it at the next meeting, and we hope that the COTS will find time to both deal with the audit presentation and also the end we're giving you two almost two years worth of budget on the water apartment, because we're so far into this year. It should make sense to do a two-year budget. I know, but.

H

It shouldn't be that difficult, though you know just get total breakdown. We had 250,000, we subtracted ten thousand for this five thousand for this or for that, and we have a hundred eleven thousand. If.

L

You look at the way trim budget, the bill. I, don't know what number that was 631 when you look at 631 on the bottom. Wade trim has an amount.

L

You see that they were allotted $25,000 and see that they've build seventeen thousand to date, there's seven thousand nine hundred dollars. So there's something that's telling you that that portion has not gone over budget and if you get a pace statement from the contractor, you're gonna see on that pay statement, how much they've built for how much they or how much their contract was, how much they've build for. So you can see it indirectly.

L

If you, if you're looking at the invoices, you should be able to see that neither one of those parts have gone over and if they haven't gone over, then that budget hasn't gone over.

L

You know, sir, you could ask me before the meeting and I could have a tally.

C

Well, you didn't ask me: I mean.

I

I'm she's, not the first time I've, asked I, know but I've said it's what three four times already at three different meetings, but we.

L

Don't have a budget adopted so I can't so in particular, you want this one to have a breakdown. I have no problem doing the breakdown, but I need to know in advance. I can't just we've.

C

Already had a budget for this before the pond restoration fan, four-way trim, yes, so that was signed, sealed and delivered. So all they have to do is put down the amount left after that's.

I

It I'm not asking for for anything, that's not.

L

I could give you if you asked me in I. Just don't know that number, the clerical that does these every day. He doesn't know that. That's what you want for that particular rectum. To do that then I mean I can yeah like.

C

I said I understand, but you know what I'm gonna say this again: we already budgeted X amount of dollars for this a long time ago. It doesn't matter if we got a water budget today or tomorrow. We had a budget for this and that mouth should be here. I shouldn't have to ask for it it's here and that's all and I've been saying that all along we have okay. So this is not something new, it's something that I've been asking for, and this was a done deal a long time ago. This.

A

Is the last time we'll direct you to make sure that you give us a balance from the budget, for that is.

L

It is that the only item you want me to do that for I mean I'm doing what you're asking by putting this the cash account, because there is no budget I have no problem doing it know.

C

L

That's what you want anything.

C

That's been budgeted if in the past needs to be put on on anything. That's been budgeted. Okay, I.

M

Do want to remind the City Council that the mouse that you see expended for the River Oaks pond is gonna be more than the two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The city is fronting the residents who are paying us back over the 15 years, 98 dollars a home for 15 years, the money for the rest of the construction, so the expenditures you're gonna see is more than the 250,000 that the city is you're, gonna, be approving all the expenditures for that construction project and then we're gonna be getting paid back as.

C

Long as it's detailed and the proper backups are put on, I have no problem approving them right, but.

M

I got them out, 250 kept being thrown out earlier you're, going to see more expenditures than the 255 and.

C

I understand that, but again as long as we have the proper backup, yep.

I

I'm, okay, with it, okay.

A

Let's move on any other discussion.

A

All those in favor say aye those opposed postman as you as opposed passes next item on the attendant and the agenda is reports from city officials. We have building to director domsky BSN, a field inspection net, Building Department net and online community development, I'm.

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Move that we concur with building an engineering director, larry domsky, what he's proposed that they're looking to buy tablets for the inspectors and online services for the home and business owners as well, the contractors and realtors, and this will assist in eventually offering limited inspection services on Friday without closing the city? I'm, sorry costing the city more money and staffing and opening up a brick and mortar facility.

H

This would help the building department and this is gonna, be building department net and it's also a BSN, a online community development where people would be able to pull permits. So he is asking for the second page that we approved the purchase of the field, inspection, dotnet, Building, Department, dotnet and BS, an a online Community Development for a total of cost not to exceed 11110 and authorized the mayor and clerk signed the attached agreements.

H

In addition, he's asking me: carbody authorize the payment upon successful execution of the agreement, as outlined in item 9, a support, support.

A

By Bob telephone constant, is there any discussion future counseling.

G

Director domsky here, yes, can you explain this to us what your what you got planned here.

N

Filled inspection they'll be setting up. If we setting up for the computers on inspectors, we have their laptops in the car when they do their inspects and there would be no everything's done on paper right now. I saw it date it that's that part of it, then the building part well would be with the Comptroller the treasurer in the building apartment. No, it would be a computer in our area where we we do the their permits. We can give them a SKU number or a barcode number. They take it to the treasurer's office pay it.

N

Then you come back and we print out their inspection automatically and the last one for the community on service. That's like everybody can go online, get their permits a surmount of them like the easy ones they don't have to be approved. They can get it go online and get that's what that's you.

G

Mean on Fridays, they can go online and certain jobs could get a permit on Friday.

N

G

And Sunday I mean how how severe of a job could that get there well.

N

Where I start out with the basics, the roofing minor electrical plumbing anything that needs plan review do not gone through our office. Okay, councilman.

H

Abdullah, so if if a resident has a city inspection I know they'll be able to pull up their city inspection online right now, which is great because in the past sometimes they it's come into the department to pick it up. But let's say they have an inspection. Repairs are done. You guys come out to re-inspect it and hypothetically two items don't pass. Would they be able to go online and look up what two items did not pass? Yes, sir: okay, culture, Thank You.

A

Cosmo must get.

I

You know yeah I have.

C

A problem with some of this, like a roofing permit, why do we even need a roofing permit? There is no inspector there when they tear it off nobody there to inspect, though the the roof substrate. Nobody there to expect. If all the underlayment and freeze guards put on properly and to me it's just like a payment for a homeowner they'd have to pay for nobody's climbing on the roof, to check to see if there's any exposed, nails even.

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N

Sir, most cities- don't we that's just a protection for the resident, there's something unlicensed contractors out there. That cannot do good work and we do to follow up on and make sure they have the permit. If we had no permits for roughing a vo vo. So.

C

Will this here protect somebody from an unlicensed contractor? So not just anybody can go on there and apply for this. It.

N

Has to be a licensed, contractor or homeowner and have to have proof there's a homeowner okay,.

C

So and I can understand that better. If you got your license, you got to put your license number in to get the to get in to prove manager.

H

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H

Councilman must this is something that dear one's been using for all I know many cities do but dibbles been using it for a long time and I know a lot of residents really really really like it. Well.

C

I think contractor legitimate contractors will love it.

H

Right, right and I know what this will create: I think that will help the department there'll be a lot less people come up to the counter there. That's.

N

Correct: okay,.

A

Thank you any further discussion, all those in favor say aye Hey, those opposed the eyes have it next item on the agenda is fire chief Brogan update to squad purchase via a DC, Grant Council.

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C

Move council authorized the payment for a new squad being purchased with the meed Sea Grant funding in the amount of one hundred ninety seven thousand five hundred and seven dollars. This purchase is 100 percent covered with grant money with payment upon receipt, as outlined in 9b support.

A

Support comes from Bazzi. Is there any discussion, all those in favor say aye, those opposed the eyes have it next item on the agenda is from former police chief bolt attorney and we do have our new police chief Petrie here today. This is for flashback, HD upgrade kit and equipment purchase and payment. I'm.

H

A

Cosmo Abdullah I move.

H

That we concur with former Chief Dan Volta Toni, requesting authorization to purchase and pay upon receipt for the following five flashback: HD upgrade kit and I'm a gonna repeat them all six other items. Well, actually many many other items. The cost for this project is twenty-one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine dollars and seventy five cents- and this is as outlined in item 9c- support, support.

A

By Councilman, who bazi any discussion, all those in favor say aye those opposed the eyes have it. Next item on the agenda is also from former police chief old attorney l-3 communications service agreement, cherub cheer house.

E

By Carson I move, we concur with our former police chief dan belt attorney and approve the renewal for the l-3 communications service agreement in the amount of eight thousand twenty eight dollars to run till November 19 2020, as outlined in 9d support, becomes.

A

One bazi: is there any discussion, all those in favor say: aye those opposed the eyes. Have it next item on the agenda under ordinance and resolution. This is a council resolution for smoking, lounges I'm, going to suggest that we just go ahead and vote on it because it's no longer necessary. We should just vote no on it, I'll open it to discussion, but it's no longer necessary because I'd be really on there. First, you know: we've already sent out the applications and that's why we had to come up with this sounds.

C

Chair, we still have to.

G

Have everything on the floor? Okay, okay, motion.

A

C

Make a motion just to open up the discussion to approve the resolution as outlined in 11 8. Okay, support for.

A

A councilman, oh.

G

G

Knows that these applications were sent out, I believe in in October was that the date I'm not sure the day after our meeting I believe after.

A

The last may not that other one that.

G

You talked about so November applications have already been sent out, and so there's no reason for a moratorium be added on no.

A

G

Months or whatever, at.

A

The time we had requested it there was a need for it, but it's no longer necessary. So, like I said we just I would suggest we just vote it down, but you can vote whatever way. You like, council, chair, councilman, Scott I, know.

C

Everything was in limbo with a with everything on this and a lot of the businesses that we have are running into a problem with being able to do everything, that's necessary and I. Don't know if it's, if correct and saying that they could be the the seven businesses that are there. If they're give it going to be given extra time to complete this I'm going to ask mr. clerk what he feels on that before I say anything on it because they do have their applications do they do you think they need extra time for this?

C

B

Well, I think there's some statement here as to when the applications went out what the purpose was and what this resolution was all about.

B

If this honorable council remember some five or seven weeks ago, we we met here, I explained the difficulties we had I explained that we were putting an onus on our businesses that they had to comply with now an ordinance it was explained quite clearly that they had further requirements by the state of Michigan and that they had to complete those between January, 1st and January 31st.

B

That is my understanding that failure to complete that will result in them not getting a smoking exemption license which would theoretically shut them down. So when we met.

O

B

And discussed it on this honorable body asks the attorney to do the resolution. If you remember correctly, you were the ones who asked the attorney to do the resolution based on that title. Based on that discussion, the applications were not sent out the next day. The applications were not sent out until you did not act on it.

B

Three weeks later after that, so at that time, based on some prudent judgment that I thought I exhibited, I decided not to delay those business owners any further from being able to fulfill what the ordinance was requiring them to fill and I could no longer delay for another two weeks. That would be a five week delay. So therefore, that's when I sent those out I'm sure.

C

I'm not done yet with okay I.

P

C

The clerk tell to respond to something, so would it be fair that this body extend a another little period of time for these businesses to comply with distance, we're running short here on time for these to comply with a small portion of that ordinance, which was part of the application, and we can give them some extra time to complete it, even with the background checks when they get something with they can get on I chat, which would give our police department of break board I.

C

Don't have to do all the backgrounds that they produce it off of I chat. So that would be my recommendation to this council to to give these business owners a another small little extension just on the application part. But not you know, so we don't stop the ordinance because I don't want the ordinance to stop when we voted for this ordinance and we over rid of veto on this ordinance, so I think the Vita.

C

The ordinance is something we need, but we got to give the the business owners a little time to make up that difference from the time the moratorium ended and time you sent them out and not from your fault at all, because you were not clear on on what had to happen. So that's how I.

A

Actually tried to put it on the last agenda and all the council members said they needed time to read it. That's why it was delayed.

C

We also waited a long time to get from point A to point B, and that was not the clerk's fault, but it was a mix-up at Best, Buy Wow before.

A

I go on I'm gonna. Ask mr. clerk: is this still necessary? This moratorium you fellas still necessary or that's.

B

That's your decisions are necessary. What I stated to you and based on my.

B

Discussions with mr. Chrisman from the Michigan Health Department that if this is not completed by January 1st, that they are in peril of not receiving a smoking crack and that's.

C

Why that's why I would ask for the seven businesses that are in it that's covered under our ordinance, be given some extra time to complete this councilman.

A

H

One of the issues, if you recall the last time we had the meeting it was at the study session I believe it was. There was the attorney and I'm blanking on the name of.

L

H

Yeah Jeff we had instructed them to put together an app an application, if you recall so mr. clerk, if we sent out an application, what application would have been because remember we instructed them. We said because you had you had on your end. You said the ordinance wasn't very clear on a lot of different items and then we instructed them to put together some sort of an application process that I'm sorry application package that we would I presume approve or some people to prove it and I would start sending them out.

H

So what application was sent out? Do you know offhand I.

B

Don't believe you're properly recalling what happened at the meeting. Mr. Clark said that he already had reviewed an application that I had formulated, and then it followed the ordinance. So that was good. What.

H

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B

Application was sufficient prefers.

A

That review the median he did say that perfect, I'm, comin, ozzie, okay,.

F

So I don't think about this. The first thing I have to say on this resolution is too vague.

F

I mean the next thing we're gonna put down is okay. We need the resolution to not enforce any speed limits or stop signs or lights. We're asking not to do an enforcement, which is ridiculous in this resolution. So I think we need to vote on this and, if the new, the existing seven, if they need extra time, I, actually prepared a resolution that I can put it on agenda at the next meeting to extend if they're required to extend so we still have at least two.

F

Maybe three meetings before that deadline, so I think we need to find out if the businesses that you sent applications to if they need extra time, if they do, if they need actual time like I, said I, do have a resolution already tight ready to introduce that's the first item.

F

The next thing is again, you know this. This resolution is very vague and it's not really mentioning. What is this pertain to which place they're just existing and again the state. When there's nothing in place, the state can give any license to anybody, because, as of right now, there's nothing in place. I mean.

F

Obviously you said you sent the application I'd like to say that the application to see what what it entails again, you know, as we mentioned at the last meeting, you know this thinks somebody already mentioned that this application was that's an administrative thing.

F

I mean I just like to see if you know just to look at it at least I have what I mean I haven't seen it or I haven't seen it online.

B

F

That's the one that you sent was the one that you sent out. Okay,.

A

At this point, let's keep on.

F

Okay, so this again I to reiterate this is too vague. Okay, and if we need extra time, I can like I said: I have a resolution already typed up. Okay,.

A

Let's keep it to this and or any other discussion in regards to eleven a the smoking lounge.

P

A

Go ahead, Oh corporate council.

Q

Yes, as you all know, mr. Clark is the one who is working on this particular matter. Has anyone discussed with mr. Clark the legal ramifications of not adopting this and what this could end up, meaning as I? Don't know that there was any communication. Mr. Clark spoke to me briefly about what normally the city would be looking for in terms of the resolution in general at all I've deferred completely to him other than to allow it.

Q

You know, give him a little general information and I caught the tail end of your discussion and I was under the impression that there were other reasons to end up adopting a moratorium, which it appears that the city clerk is alluding to other than just the application itself. So I think would be prudent for this honorable body to have mr. Clark's input before doing something definitive with respect to this.

A

Okay, thank you. Councilman constant I.

E

Mean we, it might be an idea just to table this to that. Our next meeting.

A

Let's just do that, it's taking up too much time and we're not getting anywhere with it.

C

We have an ordinance in place on smoking. Lounges excuse me, council, chair and I. Don't want that to be held hostage by stopping the application process. Okay, the application process has got to go through we're, putting a bind on a clerk's office by not going one way or the other. He needs to have a definitive direction of what to do he's taken it upon him upon himself to do a lot of work, a lot of research and and even through the toughest time of a year election cycle.

C

You know our indecision here has put him through a lot here, so I think a vote on this one way or the other, and if councilman Banzi has something that we can extend a time period for the the applications and to go to give them more time, and that gives us a time that maybe we can even set a fee if we'd like to okay.

A

Well, at this point, we do have a resolution that we need a vote on.

A

We write the councilmen constant, like.

E

I said another possibility, would I do this or not make the changes now to this and then pass it that councilman Bazzi may have in mind. Well.

F

I think we should wait for the next meeting for what.

A

Does ever want to do ghusl.

I

Chair councilman.

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G

To clarify mr. clerk, when, when did you mail, those out to the businesses and and how many did you, mail, 15 businesses, I.

B

Mailed them all today after the council did not take action. I've.

H

Been two weeks ago in October 23rd, a.

G

Fella and you're, in your opinion,.

G

Could they be filled out in a week by a business? That's is it means of actual think.

B

I I can't answer for any businesses. Council I, don't know they have to impersonal.

A

All right at this point, I think we should just go ahead and either just say we're going to table it or if we're going to vote on it.

C

We have a motion on the floor to address.

A

The motion- okay, it's.

C

Been seconded okay,.

A

Any further discussion, all those in favor say aye those opposed no.

N

A

Fails next we have new business business, license renewal for Bellagio banquet located at two three: nine: zero zero wast, worn voucher.

H

Cosmo, no della I mean we approved the business license: renewal application for Bellagio banquet located at two three: nine: zero: zero West Warren Avenue Dibble Heights, as outlined in item 13, a support support.

A

By councilmember Z is there any discussion council.

C

A

Houseman loss yet.

C

I've been getting a lot of emails, I'm sure everyone has about this business from a group of people or a person at work and I. Believe our building engineer department tried to get a hold of me and had the wrong phone number. Could you tell us what's at least tell us what's going on and the everything that was cited in those emails that I forwarded that so we have a kind of an idea of what's I believe.

N

Mr. BAE dooms, uh we gave him a temporary, won't tilts, the anyway sunk it he has everything completed on the inside the building. He has everything the patty was all past last week. Please wait in a letter for a letter from M died because they're allowing him to keep one driveway ribbon and he wants to finish his landscaping and he was in about maybe a week and a half ago and said it should be done by January 1st I.

C

See em dot had closed up some of those on Telegraph. Is there a reason why they closed those.

N

That's they don't approve it; they they have their own sets of rules. Why I.

C

Mean there's rules being broken there? That's the question just know.

N

They you were already them drives, were there he's started using them and that's he's working an out, I believe I'm, not saying he said, M dad spent. Let him keep one, that's what and he will have a letter for us. So.

C

As far as you're concerned, everything is up and up with bellagio parking lot structures in the whole nine yards. Everything cept.

N

The landscaping and the MDOT decision, what's gonna, be done. The railings up in the back, the carport was approved or the patio out back was approved. I believe it was last.

C

So, according to the city, he's all ready to go, he.

N

Has a temporary civil final landscaping and to empower people? Okay,.

H

Thank you, safety items. Yes,.

C

Yeah I just want that out in public that everybody everything is good with the city so with.

A

Our and it's good, that's a different entity that he'd have to deal with I.

N

Mean it's a beautiful building. I didn't tell you that dosent.

A

Sure constable.

G

Wetzel, are there any issues with the county? I know there was the runoff into the into the Rouge River there. The parking lot drainage that.

A

Would be the county? Yes,.

G

There was no would that stop us from giving a certificate if it is a price issue with the county. No.

N

Mr. BAE doona said the only issue was outstanding right now.

N

C

Shouldn't we know that though I mean I mean he comes in and says this, but should we know that but.

A

It's a different, a level of coming.

N

You have not received any letter from Wayne County that he's in any kind of violation: okay,.

C

That's that's what I want to hear.

C

G

Two curb cuts that are on Telegraph. The one main entrance is closed off and a little tiny one down and Donald wage is open. The most dangerous one is opened and I was wondering why the one down was the end.

A

That thing we wouldn't know we wouldn't have privileged to that information unless we called em god I would think.

N

He has belly parking for everybody, so they go check out the front of the building. mmm It's fairly only. You know Milian.

G

A

Sure, thank you. Cosmo costume, yeah.

E

And I think for our concern is, is you know- and it says here as water bills paid the property taxes are paid and so forth. I know there is some issue regarding parking and so forth, but I don't know that that's are to renew the license. That's that really.

A

Has nothing to do with it? What we have on the table here is to renew their license only nothing with the county and nothing with the state. That's a different energy.

A

So, at this time we're going to take a vote on renewing Bellagio banquet halls business license any further discussion. All those in favor say: aye aye, those opposed the eyes have it next I'd like to apologize to dr. Musallam I'd like to introduce him. If you come up, I totally flew past it. He as I, knew in superintendent for crust with school district. Would you like to say a few words for us? Please.

F

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R

So my apologies I come up here. I sound, like Kermit, the Frog, so I've been I, didn't actually swallow a frog, but it is an honor to be here and it is an honor to serve the Crestwood community as the new superintendent across four schools. I'm also honored, to have a wonderful team with me. You know we have president & senic trustee Kaminsky, trustee, fellows and trustee Garcia, who are here with enough force. As you all know, trustee Lindstrom I.

R

Want I asked for the honor and the privilege to speak to the council into the Dearborn Heights community, because I truly believe in 22 years of education, 16 of those years I've been in administration. The strength of the schools comes from the strong partnership with the city working hand-in-hand and when you look behind you, you look at the seal of the city of Dearborn Heights and you see a family and you see them walking to a structure that represents. You know the center of the city.

R

I want the Crestwood schools to be the center of our city, because we all know that the success of our children in a partnership between the city officials, the city council, the school board, the superintendent, the teachers, the children, I, had a great meeting with the city clerk last week, where we discussed how we can expand our partnerships and I want to continue to expand those partnerships I everyone else, principal of River, Oaks, Elementary School for the Dearborn schools, but River Oaks as you're talking about the River Oaks pine part of the Dearborn Heights community and chief Gavin, was the chief at the time.

R

It used to come by the school all the time. I want to build that partnership, which he Petrie I want to build. That partnership with the council. I want to build that partnership where our students see City Council. They see our police officers, they see our fire department as partners, because that's the key to the success of our students and I will tell you as a superintendent. It's not just my responsibility and it's not just a responsibility of the board of myself to be a power rate, because that's what I call it's a power.

R

We work together. It's the responsibility of us not just to have the highest level of education, but to have a strong infrastructure, a strong partnership and a growth with the mayor, the City Council, the city offices, the police force, the fire department, I, truly believe and I've said this many times and I'll continue to say a lot of times. When you go into a new position, no leadership, it's hard to see the light at the tunnel as a superintendent question, schools has been one month. It's not hard to see that, like the light is bright.

R

The light is shining and I look forward to getting closer and closer to that light, because I know many of you were at my interviews and I saw the earth. I was trying to sneak out the back one thing that I continuously mentioned about the Crescent schools.

R

That our goal is is that the crust with schools and the cross word community in the Dearborn Heights, the city of Durban, Heights becomes a beacon, becomes a lighthouse district where people want to be in Dearborn Heights, where people when they're looking for a new house, they want to buy a house in their own eyes what people are trying to determine what school they want to go to. They want to go to the quest with schools.

R

That's our goal and I'm here to say that we are your partner and I know you are our partner and I can't wait to build that partnership, because we are nothing alone. We are everything together and I hope to see us all working together in a constant and continuous and systematic fashion, because our children are the ones who are gonna suffer if we don't work as a team. So again, I want to thank you for this opportunity to speak to you this evening, I truly, truly truly, madam chair city, council, mr.

R

mayor I, truly can't wait to build our partnerships, so thank you. Thank you. Thank.

A

F

Gotta make a quick comment: I actually had experience with dr. McCollum. Few years ago, I was deployed for 14 months. That was probably one of my hardest deployments. Excuse me for the Marines, and so we had a chat. You know before my deployment and I told him that I was leaving for 14 months actually was about. You know close to 15 months, I was out and what he's? What he said is everything is true and I experienced it.

F

He actually helped my kid, my son, and he assigned he had the counsel, the counselor semi-continuous emails to update me on. What's going on with my son, you know his grades and everything so every month I was getting an email. So thank you for that. So I mean it was hard to begin with to be deployed to that region, but it made a lot easier.

F

Knowing somebody like yourself was taking care of my son and one of the things I know that you advocate for veterans and when I returned I remember you started something at the high school for Memorial, Day and so I know. I came spoke few for a few times every year, I was invited to come to the school and speak on behalf of some veterans and I know that you're always good with the parents, so I want I mean I'm an echo.

F

What you said you are for the veterans, I mean you took care of my son, you took care of you, take care of veterans, I mean you started this thing to teach students about the value of what the veterans have done for this country and I've noticed that every every time we come to your school, the students they listen and I mean you can drop a needle in an auditorium, and you can hear I mean you can we can they're very in interested and what the veterans have to say. So, thank you for that.

F

I appreciate you and we're proud to have you here. Thank you, sir. Thank you.

A

Next item on the agenda is comment from councilmembers I'm, going to start off with stating they're armed, our Police Department is doing stuff a SWAT truck. This will be this Saturday November 30th 2019 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Dearborn Heights target located at 266 t-50 Ford Road. They ask you for a new toy donation to benefit Dearborn Heights good fellows, so no child is left without a Christmas. So please stop by Target on Saturday and donate a new toy between 12 and 4, and that's Target unfor drones.

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A

Councilman oneself.

G

A few things like a new police chief Petry will be asking for an update and you might have to get these from former police chief on body cam beds. We mentioned this months ago. We haven't got any bids on that yet, and a contract with de canine officer we'd, like some information on that, also like to thank the past members from the dance club for being here and our newest members from Alaska for be near, attend to me tonight. Thanks for coming out, welcome back Dan Brooks nice to see you back there again.

G

Last week, I had the honor and pleasure of attending the veterans Resource fair at Bellagio, very nice establishment, really nice. It was attended by dignitaries from around Wayne County, including our own councilman Bill baazi and Wayne County Diane Diane Commissioner, Diane Webb. Was there several others, a very dynamic speech, sir speaker sergeant major Greene, unbelievable this guy. You could listen him all day talk, but there was a mention during that speech that only less than 1% of our citizens that are able to join the military, that's in 1 percent.

G

So as I do it all the meetings I'd, like all of our veterans, to stand up, please be recognized.

G

Thank you. Thank you for your service. I, really appreciate that also I attended me and my family attended the Wayne County light fest and end after glow at the Warren Valley Golf Course, very, very nice nice event and like to thank Wayne County and I also congratulate Wayne County Parks and for their 100th anniversary this year, and one other thing is I've gotten calls about this recycling since we've been brought it up. So many people have asked me about it.

G

Are the recycling are the material, that's in the recycling cans or not, and the question I that I want answered? No because I know is: do we pay extra for recycling.

D

So recycling is part of the contract. It's.

G

Extra though I mean it's it's extra right. Well, it's part of the bid contract I mean I, know it's not extra. It's just one big thing. You.

P

G

So if we paid risa, so we could just okay, no there's no extra charge for recycles. It's the same as this as we picked up regular trash. So if we got rid of recycling that charges the same, it was figured in yeah. It's figured in, but I mean. Is it? Is this something that's that was regular? Garbage shows up was $10 and recycling was two, so I told bill is 12, but.

S

You're gonna increase, though you're gonna increase your landfill costs and then your CW csa will increase your tonnage. Cost will increase more.

D

That went to recycling had a reduction in the amount that went to the landfill, so there was a significance, one of the things that some communities decided to do. We did not do that here, because I didn't want to take on the risk, and the council agreed with me because there was an aftermarket for recycled and that was true years ago and so the community, some of the communities said no. We want to control that and get all the revenue from that, so they segregated in their contracts, but they took the risk.

D

So now we're you, don't have a market for it, they're having to pay a significant amount of money to get recycling products that cannot be recycled and they have to incur the cost of getting rid of it. We didn't do that in our particular case. I shifted that risk to the garbage company. Okay, now could.

G

We get the representative from gfl at a meeting coming up real soon first of the year. Would that be possible? Mayor I have.

D

Talked to them about it, I need I need to get a date and a time, and they would be as long as there's enough advance notice. They would they would come. I have already reached out to them, but I've not received a date or time from the chair. First me.

A

D

Be fine? No, you got to give me a lot of times, I, don't know where January first, you got to give me a date. It.

A

Would be the second Tuesday in January before I mean the date? Is that guy I don't know I can.

D

Get back to you on that! That's what I knew I'm, not putting any blame on.

A

The second and fourth Tuesday in the first meeting we have is the second Tuesday.

A

G

One more thing is: I got contacted by a local, nonprofit, Food, Bank and they're in need of shopping carts. It doesn't hate business out there that would like to donate some shopping carts to this nonprofit Food Bank. You contact me our Facebook message me on Facebook or or call me. Thank you. Thank.

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H

Just want to take this opportunity to congratulate our new police chief, Mike, Petry and looking forward to working with you and I'm sure you lure absolutely great job, just like our Alaskan I.

H

Think police department for serving putting their lives on the line for all of us. Thank you.

F

A

F

Got a couple items so with this chief actually I was talking to what chief had that I know. We did that about two years before Dearborn wanted to challenge a lot of surrounding cities for the Toys for Tots I, don't know if you are aware of the Toys for Tots program, that's the Marine Corps, actually reserves that heads it, and so they want to challenge they Dearborn Heights and again you know surrounding cities, and so they do have a drive and I'll be at that one as well.

F

But if you want to take their challenge there, actually there's they're doing a publicity publicity event out of channel two at the studio. If you're interested you can get ahold of me I'll, let you know we're going to be at the studio to advertise. We can advertise this one and the one endearment which is December 10th. So if you're interested in taking a challenge and again all the toys that that are donated will go to the local areas we in this area.

F

Here they don't go anywhere, but this area and I've been part of it for at least 27 years and I've. Seen you know the other side of it, people that actually come and take the toys and I've last year, I was at the warehouse and majority of the the kids that came to get the toys were from Dearborn Heights by the way.

F

So this is this is a good program and again, if you want to participate in it, let me know I can see if you can go on air with us at channel 2, maybe channel 7 as well last best item the item before.

A

You go on I want to make sure I would tell everybody. There's gonna, be a SWAT truck in targets parking lot. So don't panic nothing's wrong. It's just they're collecting toys.

F

Second item that the councilman, once we mentioned again, thank you for being there and mr. Jackson was there as well and his his wife I, want to thank Wayne, County Treasurer for hosting the event, and they picked Dearborn Heights. They don't have to do that, but they did. This is their third annual resource, fair, that it was at the Bellagio and they had a full house. I mean there was. There was so many veterans, they were there and there was a lot of resources to help veterans.

F

Everything from me from the VA, a representative to a lot of vendors insurance education. So, like I said it was, it was. It was full packed house and I want to thank I, think Wayne, County, Treasurer, Sabri and also I want to thank Taylor. Actually they posted this on their website, even though it wasn't in our city, but they posted it and they advertised for this event. So I want to thank Taylor as well. Thank you thank.

A

You culture, Kasbah, muscat,.

C

Thank You mr. chief Petrie, for stepping up to the plate to become our chief wish. You a lot of luck and work safely, more of like of an announcement I'm imploring everybody in a city that cares this to please place your trash cans somewhere other than the street they're. Still we're still doing that and everyone. You know it makes it hard for our DPW director, our DPW workers to do a proper job in whatever they're doing it's, either plowing snow, cleaning, the streets and just a reminder.

C

Our brand new street sweepers I, don't believe, are capable enough of picking up big hunks of leaves, and it's prudent that we maintain the front of our homes have a little pride in where we live kind of sweep up underneath the curb is get as much as we can off there. So when our street sweepers do come by, they can do a proper job in in maintaining our roadways for our own safety, because those leaves can get just as slick as a sheet of ice when they get wet, especially large pieces.

C

So please put your trash containers in a proper place, either on a lawn or on the approach of your driveway and keep your cars off the street on trash pick-up day and even when there's three inches or more of snow, we still see a lot of cars on the street and the other thing is I, sent an email today to mr. McIntyre about the newspapers that are being delivered again. I counted 30 of these newspapers on Rob and Dale alone, from Warren to Hass they're, all over the place.

C

It just seems like somebody just doesn't care until we write a ticket for each and every one of them and take them to court. If we have to the ordinance is there has been supported by our courts and Cincinnati. So there's no excuse why we can't stop this now and I did a lot of research on this worked hard on this Garry meet. Mr. Miyake did also some work and research on it.

C

So I think it's time to start writing tickets and if you look through the whole section from Telegraph, do I believe gulley from Hass to Warren through all over the place that whole section we can go cut like I, said 30 just on Rob and Dale alone and I believe. There's a gentleman here tonight that brought a whole bag in for us that he picked up in his area and that's the area I didn't ask you to get up I just wanted.

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C

Brought them, and so again, I implore everyone in a city to up to chip in and let's see if we can keep this city clean and prosperous. Thank you. Thank.

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My costume thank.

E

You and I also want to wish our new police chief chief Petri good luck. If you need any help, there's a gentleman behind you served as a police chief for a little while our former chief lee gavin, who I'm sure all the Secretary of State, is taking applications.

E

The redistricting for our congressional districts and our state House and Senate, which used to be a partisan process, is now my ballot initiative been made nonpartisan and they're taking applications for commissioners to serve that will redraw the the congressional district, State House and state Senate that were gerrymandered and gerrymander badly. There's certain requirements. You can't have held partisan office and so forth, but I encourage everybody to that is interested to apply it's going to be a paid position and it's it.

E

The ballot initiative was just passed and brings interesting to see the results of how things work. Thank.

A

You any further comment. Mr. Clerk thank.

B

You, madam sure, I appreciate you alone, reach time to speak. We believe it or not. We're already gearing up for the March 10th presidential primary election. I just want to make you aware that that election is coming up, we're getting phone calls already. We do not have the applications, yet the applications will be out talk to the printer today, sometime towards the end of this month. I want to caution people that we do not automatically send out ballots.

B

If you are on that permanent AV list, permanent absentee voter lists, you get an application, there's going to be many nuances in this election. Probably most notably, you will have to select a party to get a ballot. There will be two different ballots: a Democratic ballot and a Republican ballot.

B

So I just want to make people aware of what's going on that, that's a law made by our legislators right mr. conscience, not the clerk's office. People get angry with us that I'm not telling you what party I want, but that's the law with that being said, please watch our website I'm, going to start delineating many things that are going to happen with this March 10th election and with that being said, I'm going to segue into we're going to need a lot of poll workers. It's going to be a busy year.

B

The presidential we expect, hopefully, is 70, plus percent turnout. I want to get eight poll workers at every poll.

B

Please consider spreading the word and we need a lot of help. Folks, it's like that all over the state, every clerk will tell you we're begging for help. So we've got a lot of department heads out there. We got council people with are.

C

We allowed to do that now.

B

C

Yes, so please.

B

Please do that and the last thing I'll say thank you for allowing me some time, and this leads into I want to congratulate the board on an excellent choice.

B

Have an hour of his valuable time here recently and what we did talk about and I'm sure you all know, and all of our people that watch the council know that we have a great partnership with the Crescent Schools Honor Society in in using the students and working the elections, and it's been going on for several years, and it's just a marvelous thing in a part of our discussion was expanding that and I.

B

Thank you for for the time that you gave me in the fruitful discussions that we had and I look forward to working with you and once again, congratulations he's a great great choice. So, thank you, madam sure. Thank.

A

You any other comments from the table at this time, I'd like to open it up to announcements regarding our community, and you have five minutes. I forgot one thing: Oh. Mr. clerk has one more thing: Happy.

B

Thanksgiving everybody enjoy your day with your family and have a great end, safe and serene Thanksgiving. Thank you.

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T

Little council, chair and mayor just want to touch in a couple of upcoming programs, a first off Wednesday December 4th at 6:30 p.m. at caroline kennedy library. We will be presenting at sister pi a story of sweet success, join Lisa, Levin ski author owner and head maker of sister pie as she shares the story of her small but phenomenally successful bakery.

T

And next, as Christmas nears Santa Claus a once again be making a pre-holiday pit stop you will be on hand for pictures and stories. Wednesday December 11th at 7 p.m. at Carolyn, Kennedy, Library and Monday December 16th at 6:30 p.m. at John, F, Kennedy, jr. library, so come on out for some holiday cheer. That's all for now! Thanks for your time and see you at the library, Thank.

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U

Give you any console good evening there, oh and also I, want to say Happy, Thanksgiving everyone and then I'm compelled to say. Thanksgiving is also the number one time for cooking fires in the kitchen, so be very careful. This Thanksgiving there a lot of cooking fires, mostly peer, getting distracted, a lot of amateur cooks that day also but mostly its family or on getting distracted. So just be extra extra cautious.

U

We don't want any fires on Thanksgiving, but also I'm here on behalf of the good fellows December 6th and 7th, that's from the that'll, be a Friday and a Saturday we'll be out collecting for to make sure, there's no kids without a Christmas, and this is the 91st year of Durbin heights good fella. So it's a great organization with great traditions, no child without a Christmas and that night, the night of the 7th there there'll be a victory party at the stick post.

U

You know people are invited to come and we'll fight we'll do our totals for the year and hand out the awards and again just a great cause. So watch out for the people selling newspapers out on the corners those days and be very generous and remember it's all for for local kids, for there are less fortunate Christmastime Sher Khan's.

C

Combusken kind of piggyback a little bit on that, but I want to ask chief Petrie if we somehow can't make it saturday for the purchasing of toys for the children, can we donate money money ahead of time, corporal.

I

Happens in charge that I can get her in something.

C

If there's that Saturday is going to be a tough day, especially from 12:00 to 4:00, if you get my drift going on in Ann Arbor that day, I hate to say it, but it is so, but I don't want to miss it if I, but if I can donate something but beforehand I'd like to I.

C

Don't like mentioning the other team, ok.

C

Schools to the south, yeah you're wearing the right colors do any.

A

More I know it's been had.

V

It good evening, Council, mayor I, just want to let you know. As the mayor brought up at the last council meeting next week, next Tuesday December 3rd, we will have our annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony at 1:00 this year. It's gonna be at Warren, Valley, Golf, Course, 6:30, Crestwood, High, School, Jazz Band will be starting and Santa will arrive about 7 7:05 in a very unique way.

V

We'll just say that I spoke with him earlier today, because we have a something in common, so we're gonna have some fun with some cookies and face painting decorating and yes, I have some about hot chocolates and games outside, so I look forward to seeing everybody there and have a happy and safe holiday season. Thank you. Thank.

A

You any other public announcements.

W

Director Hashim good evening, mr. mayor, madam chair, council, members and the public quickly just for the public I'm director, Hashim I run the block grant for the city of the urban Heights. Even though we work for the city directly, we do receive our money from the federal government in the last couple of months. We have a lot of recording to do.

W

We have a lot of financial reports that we have to send out, and luckily we did send them all on time and I'd just like to read one paragraph that we received from now basically says that the city of the urban Heights has met all the timely timeliness standard.

W

In addition, the city's single audit was submitted our timely basis with no issues or conditions related to the CDBG funds. That were noted were noted. We have determined that Gemini's has the capacity to administer and successfully met the federal requirement of the Community Development Block Grant, so I just want to thank basically. This is not I'm not tuning. My horn, but I want to thank everybody that was involved with this. That would include the Comptroller Linda Vance include my coordinator, who helped me out a lot on this thing.

W

A little bit of the administration as well. So I want to thank you all for helping us out and I'm gonna ask my coordinator, Chris plump shark, to come up and talk a little bit about t NOFA, which is done notice of funds available the availability which I think we should. You know, keep talking about because we have a deadline.

W

Thank you. Thank.

X

You thank you Joe mr. mayor council, then members of the public, as Joel mentioned, we are in our beginning stages of our NOFA, which is our notice of funding availability for the upcoming 2020 CDBG program year that began early in November and that's our normal cycle. We try to file all the timely windows to ultimately get our grant application in on time every year. Hopefully, we've been hovering around just over a million dollar the past several years, so we're optimistic that that will hopefully be our around what we are going to receive next year.

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We are in the process now of accepting proposals for that funding and we urge the public and city officials any entities out there nonprofits, please, if you think you may be interested in applying for some of that money that we get every year. We are accepting those proposals right now. This is our window. It will go till January 16th of 2020, it's almost here in the new year and we'll be accepting those proposals for consideration. We do have to vet those out and you know, do go through that process.

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But now is the time and it's all online you can call our office. We will be happy to assist on nonprofits or other entities that may be interested in a walking through that process, where our doors always open and we're happy to do that and, like it says, honor now spent. The final word here is, if you have any questions regarding the submission, please contact the Community and Economic Development Department well in advance of the deadline for assistance right now. Is that time well in advance? So again we welcome anyone that may be interested.

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If you have any questions at all about the black grant program, please don't hesitate to give director hashem or myself and our staff a call we'll be happy to assist you in any way. We can. Thank you again. We look forward to another successful Community Development Block Grant year. Thank you and Happy Holidays Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. Thank you for recognizing the vets as well. My dad was a World War, two vet, so I appreciate and thank all the vets for their service at all times. Thank you. Thank you. Any.

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Further public announcements, hi.

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Madam chair john riley, treasurer for the city of Dearborn, Heights I've, been very humbled to serve the commune for 26 years, but I'd like to put you on notice that I'll be retiring, effective, April, 30th of 2020 I'd, like maybe the council, to let Corporation Counsel, give you how the position will be filled after my retirement and that you will need somebody not just a figurehead but somebody who's willing to roll up their sleeves and getting to work and dig into the numbers.

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I've done my best over though at that time, but it's time for me to move on so I really appreciate all the time and the support over the years. Thank you.

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Okay, any other announcements.

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This is public announcement.

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Okay hi madam chair mr. mayor Mike, Dhoni with the district, seven dance club I'm, the active treasurer. This is Sully gonna, be no she's. The active vice president I just wanted to recognize, madam chair and the rest of the council for everything. You're doing for the districts of a dance club and I have just a plaque for you here, for you guys.

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Thank you very much. Thank.

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As the superintendent said from Crestwood, you know we're all a family here and for all one City with your support. We can help these kids learn new sports and have fun and just become a community. Thank you guys very much. Thank.

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Personal one so I just.

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Like to say, there's something about the dads club, thanks again for the members that came here and the dance club, we we're proud to support the dance club. It's it's been in existence for nearly 70 years. It's probably the oldest nonprofit youth sports organization in the country and going out for long time. It's all the past members who founded it and kept it going. The new members and I keep up the tradition. We got to do what everything we can make that happen. Thanks, dad's club.

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This time I think we're gonna open up like Hammond. We.

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Got one one more ability? Oh.

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Do we have any more public announcement, Oh Diane.

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You flew in forget.

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Cities and two of them do their council meetings on the same nights, so I have to go to one and then come to the other, so I'm, sorry marathon running so first of all, I wanted to say: I want to I'm gonna, give you the bad news. First, the County Commission committee and public services voted unanimously to sell the Hinds Park property today. So it was very yeah.

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It killed me, but you know it's very short-sighted. It's the hundredth birthday of the Wayne County Park system this year and that property that was given to us by the Ford Foundation was for Park Park used for public use. Public taxpayers have paid two hundred fifty seven million dollars over the last 25 years for the public accessibility of that parkland and now about six and a half acres and two of the mill sites have been sold to private developers and just gotta.

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Stop I, don't know, I, don't know how you ask people to support something with their taxes and then sell it out from underneath them to me. That's a blatant public betrayal, but I gotta tell you a Glenn Anderson fought with me and Tim Killeen fought with me and it's gonna come before the full board on December 5th. Over 200 people came to the meeting today. There's a handful of special interest. People I mean the artists that work with Tony Rocco, who wants to buy Wilcox mill were there to support it and the people.

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The preservation people were there, but we can preserve this and we could put anything we wanted to under a lease agreement. We don't have to sell it to repurpose it so anyways. We try to communicate that, but the people who are on the committee didn't even ask a question. It was like unbelievable.

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It was on believe they didn't even ask a question. So evidently it was a done deal before it all started, but I just want to give kudos. So there's a lot of Dearborn Heights residents there that drove down there and made the meeting today they fought for for a Warren Valley Golf Course, huge kudos to all of you for standing up and stopping that sale of Warren, Valley, Golf Course and stopping the flooding and the environmental disaster and keeping parkland in the public domain. You know your leadership is commendable.

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I I wish I surrounded myself with that where I'm at. But you know, unless I can clone you and take you downtown I I. Don't have that for the majority down there. It's just there's just I, don't know no commitment to that. So anyway. I think you guys did the right thing, I'm glad you did it and unfortunately that wasn't the case. These are private businesses and they have deed restrictions on them, but as soon as they sell them, the deed restrictions are gone. So they can sell them to anyone.

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One of them's going to do some retail space. They're gonna put a distillery on Newburgh &, Hines Drive, so it'll be a bar in the park and then it'll be retail space, storefronts and stuff, and then the other one is going to be an art studio as long as the guy that bought it is alive and then, after that, I have no idea what it's going to be so anyway, that's the bad news.

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So now I'm going to give you good news, okay, so the good news is that we raked twelve hundred and fifty bags of leaves for low income, senior citizens and disabled veterans for the 11th annual make a senior smile day and I want to. Thank you all for supporting it. Like you. Do.

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Thank you so much for doing that. It's a wonderful thing! We couldn't do it mayor. If you didn't, let us have the Eaton Center as a staging thing. You didn't let Christine come in she's phenomenal. Some of the seniors down at the South End come in and help us every year, which is fantastic on their own time.

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Your former police chief and your current fire chief come out with us all the time, police and fire support this event, so give it up for the police and fire and.

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Help us all the time in your court actually picked up with your community service folks, a couple of them were, you know some people that committed and then they had other obligations. We had a few houses that they went back and got him so so Matt Larry, Larry Bell was awesome to help us do that and then I want to thank the the groups that came out from your community.

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The Annapolis high school Key Club came out and helped us with their advisor mikela frost, the Dearborn Heights Allen Park hockey, families came out which was really cool with their kids. The Junior National Honor Society from Robichaud junior advisor tanya ray, came out with a couple of her kids and the the MSU Extension Master Gardeners came out, and your garbage hauler GFL sends us about 15, big, able-bodied, guys that come out and do a lot of leaves for us every year, which is just super community, giving back thing. So, all together we were able to.

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We were 124 volunteers, strong in my district, and we did 58 houses. So thank you. Thank you. Thank you and have a happy Thanksgiving.

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Madam chair, through the chair, Thank You, commissioner you're, the one that makes this happen. All the kudos should go to you.

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Any other public announcements, let's open it up to public comment, come to the microphone state. Your name and you have three minutes.

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My name is Ed Fralick I recited in Robin Dale Street I want to congratulate all the council. People for their election and I came here about the papers. I brought the papers, but councilman mascot addressed issues, so I dropped that issue, but I don't want to be charged this time here, but I want to tell you a little story. Okay, and this might get your hearts a little bit. Okay, it was a little girl.

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She had leukemia and her parents were grandparents who were doing a fundraiser for her okay to try to raise some money and I heard this song that the same line is Polish festival.

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It was a Polish band playing and I put some of the words for mine in there and I told the grandma, because the grandma knows my wife and me to sing this song to the girl and and for the girl to sing that her to okay when she goes to the hospital I want you to hear, listen to a song, so let the sunshine in shake hands with your neighbor and happiness will never leave your heart.

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Thank God for this day say a prayer or two and Jesus will be with you and the glow girl sang that, and this is the truth. The little girl went into a mission grandma come to taking me I said. Don't thank me check the one upstairs because he heard your purse. That's the truth and to Tom Wenzhou I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart, because you standing up for the veterans. My father now was a World War, two veteran. He was an urban vision.

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He received a Purple Heart, and people like that. I take my hat off. Okay and but my other thing is: there's a light out on Warren Avenue I've been dressing dust but that somebody's gonna get hurt. Now, since Diane Webb is here, is that but run by Wayne County.

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It's been there for over five months, like that, down that you need to be taken care of okay,.

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In Vermont and what about the curbs? The curbs are so bad. There's Community, Choice Credit Union by the funeral home there, some cave in this winter time, they've snows coverage, somebody's gonna go down there and fall down and you're falling into the wrong thing. Somebody could get killed.

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That's all I wanna say thank you very much.

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I have a good night, okay. Anyone else public comment come to the microphone. Please name and.

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My name is Ed. Jackson live around Kings, very few things. I'm gonna bring up tonight. I know for the last couple council meetings. You have a lot of discussions about stop signs over by the bruins slur being blown off and people driving like a bunch of maniacs the while back I came up and I got to the mayor, and he Gavin about the barricade coming down right over here at the core of the park, I was told the situation's got to be monitored two weeks ago. A stop sign popped up.

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Your blue sky had nothing going on at all. So far, I've watched, FedEx UPS the post office, the garbage people n city vehicles blow by that you might get one out of ten people that are actually stopping at that sign. You should have either put a yield sign up or put the barricade back up some corners, kids gonna get hurt. Let me say: do you recall a conversation?

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Man, okay, yep all right, you said just like you asked me to let you know what it was it's out of hand and for the most people in the city, I'm sure. No me is the I, don't know I've been accused of being the crazy veterans advocate, but I don't mind that title.

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There's a few things I'd like to touch on here we got the soldiers Cross fixed a couple months ago we got the area cleaned up by the remote at wall, I'd like to see a light and I mentioned before a light put over that soldiers cross. For one thing: it's not only security for the statue, but social security walking up to City Hall, it's a very dark area.

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If you go out to right now, you have four big lights, not one that Mehran waiting ones, a little interior lights up like things on top of City Hall that should be lit up. I mean there's no reason for that whatsoever.

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The attendant de Blasio has been mentioned, and commissioner Webb was there one of the biggest things that was mentioned was 1% of our population. There have been veterans at one time of their lives or whatnot. There's 83,000 veterans in in Wayne County, there's a very small percentage of population here, I, don't know what we have here in Dearborn, Heights I'm gonna find that out, hopefully through the census, but this is the event that we had over at the Bellagio. Like Millard mentioned travels around to the county.

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Every year he's put on by the county treasurer's office. Like we had officers, we had representatives from congressman Dingell to leave Williams miss Webb. Was there Warren Evans center rep different people from the Veterans Court Murray Davis? Was there Michigan's Veterans foundation, Gift of Life? They wrote chapter from the Vet Center buddy to buddy the VA and our two council members, mister one Suleman shahbazi showed up the thing that kind of disheartened me and I understand it when he gets busy. I really I really do.

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This is a missed opportunity, for our city to promote ourselves is not only being veteran friendly, but a very well-attended. There was over 300 people to dis event. What disheartened me little bit. Mr. Rondeau, you were busy with the police chief, but it was a missed opportunity. You're, our leader, I, look at you as a goodwill ambassador I really wish you would have made an appearance. I mean it was a missed opportunity, big time, I, don't see where this, the City publicizes any of our veterans.

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Events there's times that I feel like our populations being overlooked. I find it unnecessary. I can see, I consider myself a kind of take the title of being the Lippe vet or whatever you want to have been caught by a lot of different things by a lot of different people. But if somebody doesn't get up and say something nothing's going to change, I mean it's nice. The time we'll sit here and say everybody. The council meetings will have that stand up. It's wonderful! We've got stuff out here. It's fantastic as I've been publicized.

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It's not on the city website. You have a nice shot of City Hall. If you look at it back to camera up a little bit put your memorials in there publicize the positives that the city has I've mentioned before about a possibility, and this would be something for the American consider a Veterans Commission right now. There's no information about veterans, defense, fares, information, nothing goes out to your city whatsoever, there's I, don't see any reason for that. I feel that Veterans Commission would be a good thing to put in place.

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You have nothing else to commission. If you take that responsive you put that information out, beat the website coming here. There's times, I feel like I'm, the only one speaking up for this stuff and while I know it's been gratifying. A few people I cannot do everything on my own or expect to be the only person coming to these meetings. So people can find out on TV the websites out there we put out a magazine what twice a year put some stuff in there 1% of us do vote.

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We do care the two events I'll bring up to you since I'm up here on December 14th, it's Saturday at noon. It's st. hedwig Cemetery and a great link Cemetery out in Holly reefs across America, is going to be doing a program there. What that is, they do their best to put a wreath on every military grade.

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There is I'm, not sure how many are saying had we, but I've done the ones out in Great, Lakes and Great Lakes is like I, don't want to take a wild guess that I mean the places keeps expanding, but these are programs that need to be attended need to be attended, not as generous on that point. Anything is that you folks by any means, but go out. There spend 10 minutes to your date. I realize how he's a long time, but I also know for a fact doing: 83,000 vets.

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Just in his County a lot of you have friends, family relatives out there or people you went to school with sure some respect this holiday season. For please.

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I'd like to say something: yes, the Great Lakes I've been to that one when they gave out the wreaths, because that's where my dad is buried and it's it's something to attend at least once.

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The energy that day, when everybody's passing the reefs out to the different graves that you just can't explain it.

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Other public comments come to the microphone. You have three minutes.

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Good evening, sir, a breath I have chosen randomly one form of an employee who applied for four years, credit toward the service and basically he's paying for it on every two weeks around ten dollars. So it's going to take him 68 years to pay the rest. That's not the reason. I have a form here and I like to read from it a statement from this forum, which he sign I, also understand and agree that any past present or future purchases crediting of service time shall not exceed the total of 48 months.

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If you all remember last year, I believe there was a letter to extend the benefit from contract negotiation to allow the purchase of five more years.

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That was illegal because everywhere I went through every one of those people who bought every one of them signed this form. If they bought 48 pounds, how could they buy five more years in the future if any negotiation happened? I like the city council before you approve any purchase of any credit toward their service to have somebody who, as a letter, always report how much it's going to cost the city? How much it's going to affect the taxpayers in the future?

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If this happen, if we keep selling five years and three years and four years, this is going to affect the budget in the future and the millions of dollars and I wish. Somebody will challenge me and tell me I a monk. Thank you. Thank.

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You any further public comment, move.

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One more sorry.

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Congratulations, chief III, but I do have a few questions for him. If you would like to answer them for me, please, okay, would you like to when any sort of resident calls the police department to seven seven, six, seven, seven zero, pushing a prime number three dispatch were confirmation, who is it their line.

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You always have an officer available to answer that phone call.

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Okay, could you double-check if there's the number is always being answered, our.

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Calls are always answered, I can't say what specific was in here: okay,.

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Because, unfortunately, when president are calling their number, they are going to voicemails, so we don't know if any other situations there did happen specifically with me. Five different types like it use a different phone number for them to answer. Okay. Thank you. Thank.

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You, okay, is there any other public comment at this time? I'm do I, hear a motion to end our meeting question.

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To John second.

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All those in favor say aye meeting adjourned.