City of Dearborn Heights, MI Dearborn Heights City Council Meetings, 19 Apr 2022

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From YouTube: Dearborn Heights Special City Council Meeting - 4/19/22

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The Dearborn Heights Special City Council Meeting taking place Tuesday, April 19th 2022 in the Dearborn Heights Council Chambers and via Zoom.

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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, I'm calling to order the special meeting of the darwin heights city council and it's called to order at 5 04 p.m. Madam clerk, can you please take a roll call? Yes,.

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Dave abdullah here.

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Ahmad here, moby dune.

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Nancy breyer here, robert constant, it's.

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Ray muscat here and tom winslow is absent. um Matt.

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Mr chair, you have a corner. Thank.

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You very much madam clerk. Next up is our pledge of allegiance and the pledge of allegiance is going to be read. I'm sorry.

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By our human resource director.

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Of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

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Thank you very much. Well, you got a spot there right. All right. Next up is agenda. Approval council.

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Chair councilman, b dune, uh I moved that to the urban heights city council approved the agenda of the special meeting of april 19 2022, as submitted in this new chamber.

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Support okay motion made by councilman b dunes supported by councilman muskay. Is there any discussion on that council chair councilman, go ahead.

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I have no discussion on it.

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I just want to.

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Try the new mics, okay,.

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Any other discussions on that all right hearing none motion carried next up on agenda is public hearing and comments on agenda items only you will have two minutes. Please state your name in a city that you live in.

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All right we have. Oh, we have one.

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It's the budget right.

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Well, no, this particular one is for the closed session and the budget is going to be right after that.

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Could have been the first on the podium.

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There will be public comments at the end if you want to do a public comment. It's up to you, okay, anybody else. Madam clerk, is there anybody else on zoom there?

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Nobody no hands. Okay! Excellent! Next up is members of the public. uh First of all, let's start with comments from council members. Council, chair, councilman baidu go ahead.

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Just to give some recognition over here I know we are celebrating april as american heritage month.

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A lot of successful arab americans that have migrated from over the middle east and a bunch of different arab countries just want to recognize them and recognize my fellow arab americans on this board up here, councilman dave, abdullah, councilman, ahmad and obviously our very own mayor uh to be the first ever american mayor here in the city of dearborn high school I'd like to recognize you guys, I salute to all you guys and respect each and every single one of you guys.

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um I also want to give just a huge congratulations to mr bob bancroft, who I know was excited to put this together with the help of the administration, uh the help of uh haley deeb and the mayor guys. Congratulations this. This is absolutely beautiful. My only question is: how do we dim these lights up here?

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You? Don't you don't you got it um and then uh just my let's just put some closing remarks here. You know I looked over this budget. I also want to thank the comptroller to marianna, hernandez and the mayor for putting this together. I know this was something you know you know: we've had some back and forth going on with the comptroller, but you guys are able to get this done. I appreciate you guys sincerely to you marianna and the mayor as well. Thank you guys.

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Just to piggyback on that, uh mr and crap, you and I have seen this place here. We fought for it, you kept giving us the hints that we needed it. um We finally got it and thank you, mr deep, for helping setting this up, and uh this is uh I I wonder if we can go over to where councilman abdullah says over to the smithsonian and see our.

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Council chamber.

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The greenfield village yeah yeah.

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Thank you. We did send it over there. We didn't send it over there. Well, I also want to comment on this, uh mr d and the rest of the administration. I commend you guys for putting this uh these new console chambers together.

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This is not only nice for us, as council members and the mayor, but it's also nice for a lot of the residents that will be attending they'll have access a lot more information via a lot of the fancy technology that's been put in, and I thank you for all the work that you did and also my condolences to the family. I know the main contractor, unfortunately passed away during this project, so my condolences to that family. Thank you awesome glad.

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Yeah, I I have the same sentiments, thank you bob and crap, but you worked on this even the studio over at berwin, and uh this looks fantastic, very nice, very professional uh uh city, engineer, ali deeb. Also thank you for all the work you put into this and uh mayor bazi in your office. Thank you.

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Sir, yes, I also would like to commend everybody raja well done. Thank you, mr deep. Thank you, mr antra, mr mayor and I know everybody celebrate many people celebrated easter this past weekend. I hope everybody was was a joyful and a safe day, and I also would like to wish councilman ray muscat, a very happy birthday. I think it was yesterday.

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I love you man. Thank you. Thank you. Thank.

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You constitution. Thank you. Okay, any other announcements.

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Okay, hearing none next up is members of the public public comments. You will have three minutes, please state your name and city and street. You live on.

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Well, this is public comments. So technically you could comment anything you want, but budget is going to be right after the mo the reason for this particular meeting just to open it up, so that we could have a closed session, we're going to a closed session and then right after that, we'll be starting the budget.

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Okay, no problem anybody else here that would like to comment. Nobody, okay,.

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Anybody on zoom.

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Adam clerk, okay, nobody on zoom, so thank you very much. So next up we have on our agenda is a closed session. This is mayor: bazi, chief of staff, hernandez corporation council miyake and shane nolan, cummings and mclaury davis and acco plc. um Madame clerk, is it or uh gary? Is it okay to say the name.

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Couldn't you could say it, I believe it's an administrative claim, though, is it the michigan department of civil rights, no.

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So, as I mentioned, plc fatty saad versus the city of durban, heights council.

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Councilman, muscat.

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I move that the dearborn heights city council move to a closed session at 5 10 p.m, so that legal council may discuss fatty assad versus dearborn heights and pending litigation.

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Thank you very much appreciate it motion made by councilman, uh I'm sorry musket supported by councilman ahmad. Is there any discussion on that? Okay? Next up, uh madam clerk, if you could do me a favor and take roll call vote by count um I'll actually I'll, take the roll call. Okay, um all in favor of going into a closed session, please stay die.

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Any opposed hi.

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Myself, councilman dave abdallah; yes, councilman, yes, councilman constant, yes, councilman breyer, yes, okay! So it's all in favor, madam clerk.

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Council chair, yes, real, quick! Let the minutes reflect that robert concert now has attended the meeting.

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Yeah we got it. Thank you. Okay,.

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So motion carried uh next up, we're gonna go ahead and go into a closed session and we'll be right back.

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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, we're gentlemen, I'm sorry we're.

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Going to be doing.

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uh 2000, oh I'm sorry. We got to go back sorry about that.

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Okay, um next up we're done with the closed session. uh This was uh mayor: bazi, chief of staff, hernandez corporation council miyatki, shane, nolan, cummings and glory davis and echo fatty sod versus the city of dublin heights council.

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Councilman ray muscat.

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uh I moved at the dearborn heights city council returned to open session at 5 35.

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Okay motion made by councilman muskats, supported by councilman, constant any discussion on that.

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Okay, all in favor, please stay die hi. Those opposed. I motion carried council chair councilman.

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Muscat, I move that uh city council uh agree with corporation council on the pending litigation, as was explained to us in those sessions, support.

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Okay motion made by councilman muscat, supported by councilman bay doon any discussion on that hearing. None all in favor, please stay die.

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Those opposed the eyes have it. Motion carried council, chair, councilman,.

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Muscat, I'm uh I moved at the dearborn heights city council adjourned.

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The meeting support okay motion made by councilman musket, supported by councilman bay, dune and discussion on that motion carried.