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From YouTube: Dearborn Heights Study Session (3) - 6/21/22
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The Dearborn Heights Study Session regarding the Warrants – Charter Section 8.9 taking place Tuesday, June 21st 2022 in the Dearborn Heights Council Chambers and via Zoom.
A
B
B
C
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
council,
chair
and
honorable
counsel
for
hearing
us
this
evening.
Corporate
counselor
miyaki
has
already
stated,
and
I'm
sure
you
have
a
copy
of
his
july
20th
2021
letter
from
a
treasurer's
perspective.
I
came
before
you
at
a
previous
councilman
meeting
and
shared
several
concerns
in
how
we
were
applying
this.
That
particular
section
8.9
of
the
charter,
so
that
was
you
know,
is
very
important
that
we
address
these
things,
because
what
we
need
is
clarity
to
provide
continuity
in
our
daily
operations.
C
A
very
clear
interpretation
concise,
so
we
can
be
consistent
in
doing
so.
However,
I
did
want
to
state,
and
as
mr
miyaki
mentioned,
we
we
really
don't
looking
at
the
past.
We
really
cannot
find
or
we
don't
we're,
not
aware
of
how
this
was
handled,
but
I
did
want
to
go
to
the
resolution
on
page
two,
and
I
know
that
chief
of
staff-
we
we
met
on
this
and
discussed
it,
but
there's
two
sections
in
here
that
we
flagged
for
you.
C
However,
based
on
our
conversations
and
review,
we,
our
recommendation
from
the
finance
team
is
five
thousand
dollars
versus
fifteen
hundred
because
of
inflation
and
other
things.
1500
really
doesn't
go
very
far
as
you
mentioned
earlier,
so
that
was
the
first
thing.
We
noted
the
second
thing
that
we
noted
that
we
wanted
you
to
take
into
consideration.
C
700
to
750
000
each
pay
period
you're
already
over
that
amount,
if
you
have
three
pay
periods
in
one
month,
so
that
is
our
recommendation,
but
everything
we
else
we
agree
with
and
again
it
is
about
being
compliant
with
the
city
charter,
section
8.9
we're
just
seeking
that
continuity,
as
mr
mayaki
outlined
for
us
in
his
letter
and
his
resolution
that
you
have
before
you,
we
know
you're
not
voting
on
that,
but
we're
asking
you
to
take
into
consideration
the
two
points
I
just
shared
with
you.
Thank
you.
A
A
Sure
you're
rid
of
us,
I
I
have
a
little
bit
of
a
concern
on
my
end,
the
over
1500.
I
get
that
and
I
get
that
that
needs
to
be
raised.
I
know
it's
been
used
for
years
and
years
and
years
and
obviously
with
inflation
that
needs
to
be
brought
up,
but
I
do
have
some
serious
concerns
about
the
3
million
threshold
and
I
want
some
clarification.
It
just
seems
like
that's
a
pretty
high
number.
A
A
A
C
Again,
it
depends
on
uncontrollable,
so
if
you
have
a
holiday
or
emergency
or
who
knows
what,
but
like
I
use
an
example
with
payroll,
we
do
have
months
where
there's
three
pay
periods
in
a
month,
yeah
july.
So
you
got
you
know,
but
but
this
is
just
taken
into
consideration
to
prepare
for
those
exceptions
and
what
what
I
had
said-
and
I
think
our
chief
of
staff
agreed-
was
the
exception
list,
because
we
know
there's
going
to
be
things
like
that.
That
happens
like
where
you
have
three
payrolls.
C
C
B
Yeah,
I
was
just
going
to
say
certainly
the
the
the
5
000
dollars.
The
only
reason
I
have
a
concern
with
regard
to
the
1500.
I
have
to
end
up
looking
at
our
current
bidding
ordinance
because
it's
been
a
while,
even
though
I
drafted
it,
but
I've
drafted
a
lot
of
ordinances,
so
we
could
change
it
to
two
five
thousand,
but
we
might
need
to
end
up
doing
that,
not
just
by
resolution
but
by
an
actual
ordinance
change
with
respect
to
the
1.5
million.
B
It's
whatever
you
feel
comfortable
with.
I
mean
remember
part
of
the
reason
for
doing
this
is
to
clearly
authorize
what
my
understanding
was
of
the
minimum
that
we
could
end
up
doing
to
basically
reflect
what
has
been
done
informally
for
years
based
on
what
everyone
believed
to
have
been
covered
and
already
authorized
so.
B
So
the
real
issue
here
with
regard
to
that
amount,
is
it
the
way
I
would
view
it?
If
I
was
in
your
shoes,
is,
can
the
administration,
or
does
the
administration
justify
that
by
virtue
of,
for
example,
certain
critical
points
where
money
is
needed,
and
I
I
would
assume
that
mariano
is
going
to
end
up
addressing
that
issue,
and
the
city
treasurer's
address
that,
but
from
a
legal
standpoint,
it's
not
it's.
B
A
My
issue
is
transparency,
checks
and
balances,
and
then
to
me
the
more
layers
of
checks
and
balances
in
in
in
the
eyes
on
it,
the
the
the
lesser
probability
of
potential
issues,
problems
or
god
forbid.
You
know
a
whole
other
section
of
illegal
eating
right.
So
next,
I'm
gonna
go
to
councilman
tom
wenzel
and
then
we'll
go
to
mariana.
Then
we'll
go
to
councilman
constantly
gary
address.
C
C
C
C
E
Hello,
council
members:
I
just
wanted
to
share
a
little
bit
of
what
I've
discovered
through
this
process.
So,
first
of
all,
historically,
I
have
felt
like
the
1500
1500
limit
was
established,
because
that
is
the
limit
that
we
currently
have
on
bidding
process.
So
in
our
procurement
process,
that's
the
limit,
that's
there,
but
there
was
nothing
associated
with
that
for
actual
purchases
or
warrants.
E
So
that's
just
a
little
bit
of
something,
and
I
also
want
to
point
out
that
there
are
a
few.
There
is
one
more
thing,
that's
very
important
for
us
to
include
in
this,
and
I
know
that
it's
been
discussed,
but
I'd
rather
do
things
as
a
package
rather
than
piecemeal
things,
because
it's
easier
to
track
them
in
the
long
run,
run
and
put
them
in
one
document.
E
But
I
know
we've
had
a
conversation
about
potentially
allowing
the
budget
amendments
to
be
done
if
the
department
itself
is
going
above
its
approved
budget
for
the
department
rather
than
line
item
by
line
item.
So
we
just
went
through
all
of
the
line
items
that
meet
need
approving
for
the
next
council
meeting,
and
it
is
quite
an
exhaustive
process
when
truly
what
we're
doing
is
not
going
above
the
budget
we're
just
staying
within
the
department
budgets
but
moving
funds
around.
E
So
I
would
like
to
potentially
include
that
as
well,
if,
if
that's
possible,
additionally
again,
the
main
problem
with
this
is
the
city
has
very
contradicting
documents.
So
the
charter
says
one
thing:
the
policies
say
another:
the
practice
is
another.
So
what
we're
trying
to
do
here
is
just
bring
all
of
those
documents
and
all
of
that
history
together
and
documenting
one
that
we
will
hopefully
move
forward
with
in
the
future
charter.
E
D
D
And
then
it
turns
out
the
amount
is:
is
ten
thousand
dollars
more,
so
we
issue
payment
and
then
it's
incumbent
upon
the
department
or
whoever
to
get
the
budget
amendment
to
to
budget
that
or,
like
you
say,
move
the
money
around
to
go
through
a
lot
of
rigor
role
to
say
the
charter
doesn't
allow,
for
that
is
ridiculous
and
then
to
mr
miyatki.
The
resolution
speaks
about
payroll
correct.
So
it's
the
idea
is
here
to
allow
the
city
to
function
and
to
issue
the
payroll.
B
D
B
Is
that
the
reason
why
the
amount
shown
here
in
this
motion
needs
to
track
the
amount
of
the
procurement
is
otherwise.
You
potentially
end
up
having
the
mayor
authorized
by
virtue
of
this
motion
to
end
up
doing
something
that
he
and
the
city
cannot
do,
because
it
would
violate
the
bidding
procedures
that
we
have.
B
In
other
words,
he
would
potentially
be
able
to
go
out
and
buy
something,
even
though
there's
an
ordinance
that
specifically
says
that
there's
a
certain
dollar
threshold,
so
the
two
issues,
even
though
they
might
seem
to
be
unrelated,
they're
related
in
terms
of
the
practical
working
here
and
the
fifteen
hundred
dollars-
was
just
an
amount
that
was
used
because
that's
what
had
always
been
done
and
understood
again,
it
could
be
changed.
It's
not
necessarily
a
problem,
but
it
needs
to
track
what's
included
in
the
procurement
ordinance.
B
Otherwise,
what
we
have
is
a
situation
where
the
mayor
goes
out
and
let's
say
let's
say
the
amount
is
fifteen
hundred
dollars.
The
mayor
goes
out
and
buys
something
of
three
thousand
dollars
value
without
going
out
and
following
that,
because
five
thousand
dollars
is
what
stated
here,
but
that's
inconsistent
with
the
ordinance.
A
Council
members
have
that
they
want
the
corporation
council
to
change.
I
know
for
myself.
Personally,
I
I
I
don't
like
seeing
the
three
million
dollar
amount.
I
think
we
could
raise
it
a
little
bit,
but
I
for
myself
personally
I'd
feel
more
comfortable
staying
either
at
the
1.5
million
right
to
2
million,
but
I'd
like
to
get
other
counselors.
You
guys
got
to
give
your
opinions
so
that
gary
can
know
how
to
devise
this.
B
A
A
Then,
at
least
you
know
what
so
at
least
we
have
a
number
on
there.
Let's
make
it
two
million
for
right
now
and
if
we
had
somebody
decide
anything
different,
we'll
decide
during
the
council
right.
Is
there
anything
else
between
the
three
sections
of
our
government?
They
are
concerned
about
anything
else
from
the
council
members.
I.
D
E
Additionally,
pursuant
to
city
charter
section
8.9,
the
total
amount
of
such
payments
made
between
any
successive
regular
meeting
of
the
city
council
shall
not
exceed
one
million
five
hundred
thousand
dollars.
We
constantly
with
contractual
agreements
exceed
the
one
million
five
hundred
thousand
dollars.
We
have
arpa
funds
right
now.
Those
projects
are
14
million
dollars
and,
above
that
you
have
to
make
payments
right
away.
E
So
I
feel
like
I
would
be
constantly
violating
these
rules
with
major
development
projects
that
are
on
the
pipeline
for
the
city
to
go
through
again.
I
would
be
perfectly
okay
with
having
exceptions
or
separating
it
right.
So
perhaps
you
could
have
additionally
any
expenses
that
are
above
that
five
thousand
dollar
threshold
cannot
exceed
the
fifteen
hundred
dollars.
E
Fifteen
hundred
sorry,
one
million
five
hundred
thousand,
however
again,
if
they
are
contractually
agreed
upon
and
approved
by
the
council,
there
should
not
be
no
limit
because
I
don't
know,
I
don't
know
what
that
means.
If
you
allowed
for
a
permit
of
14
million
dollars
for
water
main
breaks,
then
you
already
approved
it,
and
I
have
to
pay
it
so
I'm
concerned
about
that.
What.
E
B
Corporation
council
answer
councilman
wenzel's
issue,
not
to
not
to
try
to
be
a
debbie
downer
about
this.
I
can
use
that
term,
but
the
issue
becomes
whether
or
not
if
something
is
contractually
mandated
and
already
authorized
in
terms
of
the
budget,
whether
or
not
you
as
a
body
are
going
to
be
able
to
track
whether
or
not
you're
on
your
way
to
going
over
the
amount.
That's
what
the
potential
difficulty
is.
That's
the
only
you
know.
A
So,
at
the
same
token,
though,
if,
if
there's
a
a
contractually
authorized
and
approved
amount
of-
let's
just
use
hypothetically,
I
know
eight
hundred
thousand
dollars,
but
we
can
also
at
a
council
meeting,
reject
the
amount
couldn't
we
yeah.
I
obviously
would
leave
ourselves
potentially
open
to
a
lawsuit
by
whoever
that
particular
contractor
is,
but
just
the
same
way,
you're
saying
it's
already
been
approved,
but
at
the
same
time,
during
the
council
meeting
we
can
decide
like,
let's
say,
company
abc
we
can
as
a
body
vote
and
say
we
don't
want
to
pay.
B
Right
and
and
those
are
not
normally
going
to
end
up
being
issues
if
you're
doing
it
with
respect
to
something
where
there
is
a
clear
amount,
that's
going
to
end
up
being
due
and
you're
going
to
have
it
budgeted
all
right.
So,
for
example,
you've
got
bond
payments
you're
going
to
make
you've
got
insurance
payments,
you've
got
utility
payments
and
they're
generally
going
to
end
up
being
the
same.
B
That's
not
the
problem,
but
in
my
experience
over
time,
employee
overtime
has
been
something
that
has
been
a
really
big
issue
and
people
have
not
necessarily
ended
up
budgeting.
Well
with
respect
to
that,
it's
been
overly
optimistic
in
terms
of
the
way
people.
I
think
have
approached
that
because-
and
I
say
that
just
as
a
matter
of
having
observed
over
years
because
it
seems
like
everyone
complains
about
overtime.
B
This
body
complains
about
overtime
and
that's
the
difficulty
you
may
not
know,
because
you
don't
have
necessarily
as
much
of
a
grasp
on
the
overtime
and
I'm
just
mentioning.
I
mean
you
know,
I'm
not
here,
to
give
you
budget
advice,
but
I'm
just
saying
when
the
councilman
asks.
If
there's
a
downside,
I
have
to
basically
end
up
saying
whether
or
not
there
may
be
a
downside.
E
All
of
the
expenses
should
be
presented
to
council,
even
the
ones
that
are
under
the
5
1500
limit,
and
we've
already
discussed
that
with
the
treasurer.
She
does
send
the
reports
of
all
of
our
monthly
expenses
to
you.
So
to
me,
that's
where
we're
transparent
with
you
and
where
you
can
question
any
of
those
monthly
statements
from
the
treasurer's
office.
F
F
F
F
The
problem
you
are
gonna
have
to
deal
with
is
whether
you
want
to
limit
the
ability
of
the
mayor
as
being
given
by
the
charter
to
allow
for
necessary
payment
as
long
as
it
does
not
exceed
the
budgeted
you
know
fund.
Now
you,
the
council,
approved
the
budget
according
to
line
items
not
according
to
the
fund.
F
F
Has
the
authority,
as
you
see,
fit
or
she
see
fit
to
approve
any
payment,
be
necessary
in
his
opinion,
as
an
elected
official,
according
to
the
charter,
to
spend
up
to
the
whole
fund
as
the
male
wish,
but
from
the
legal
point
of
view
mr
miyaki
came
last
year
and
says:
no:
no,
no!
No,
we
are
not
going
to
be
able
to
approve
anything
beyond
the
line
items
because
that's
how
the
council
approved
the
budget
and
we
had
that
discussion
with
plant
morale.
F
I
wasn't
happy
about
it
planned
when
I
wasn't
happy
about
it,
because
here
we
are,
we
are
actually
limiting
the
mail
now
to
approve
only
what
budget
for
every
line
item
and
me
and
you,
chairman
abdullah.
We
had
that
lengthy
discussion
and
you
you
adamantly
says
no.
I
want
to
limit
the
mail
according
to
the
charter,
according
to
how
we
approve
the
budget,
which
is
line
items
so
now
we
are
venturing
into
a
discussion
way
beyond
and
has
nothing
to
do
with
the
clear
language
of
this
particular
section
8.9.
F
F
If
you
want
to
limit
the
mayor
from
spending
what
the
mayor
see
that's
necessary
to
to
to
to
to
pay,
as
as
the
you
know,
days
common
goals,
you
can
you
can
limit
by
amending
the
way
you
approve
the
budget,
so
you
can
amend
the
budget
to
say
the
mayor
is
limited
to
a
pay,
a
payroll
okay,
if
they,
if
they
are
not
exceeding
the
total,
a
payroll
amount
or
you
can
say
the
mayor
is
not
allowed
to
pay.
You
know
during
the
between
the
two
city
council
meetings
up
to
the
budget
per
department.
F
F
It
need
legislative
actions
by
you
that
you
know
making
sure
to
keep
the
budget
flexible
to
keep
the
mail
able
to
pay
the
daily.
You
know
necessary
payment.
So
if
you
wanted
to
tackle-
let's
say
the
apparel
by
itself,
you
can
tackle
the
pill
by
itself.
You
know
they
can
come
up
and
says.
Well,
you
do
an
amendment
to
the
budget
allowing
the
mail
to
pay
whatever
the
payroll
comes
and
calculate
by
price,
but
by
paylocity
or
and.
A
Without
prior
approval,
payments
may
be
made
for
okay,
I'm
sorry.
Let
me
go
to
the
right
one
here
we
go.
Payments
may
be
made
for
the
purchase
of
materials,
goods
supplies
and
other
things
or
things
for
a
cost
not
to
exceed
the
proposal
that
we
have
today.
Five
thousand
dollars,
which
I
had
a
conversation
with.
F
A
F
F
B
B
Chair
corporation,
you
have
to
comply
with
both
provisions,
you
don't
basically
say
well.
We
have
this
authorization
that
we
went
through
about
through
8.9
and
the
mayor
doesn't
have
to
comply
with
the
rest
of
the
provisions
in
terms
of
procurement.
Just
because
you,
you
have
to
end
up
going
through
the
appropriate
procurement.
A
D
F
Play
into
the
console
you
know
further,
I
only
I
only
trying
to
do
from
my
institutional
experience,
explain
you
know
and
plan
english
layman
language.
You
know
what's
what's
good,
what's
not,
I
personally
oppose
any
limitation
on
the
layer
of
the
page
or
not
pay,
because
it's
given
by
the
charter.
Now
you
can
regulate.
What's
funding
it,
you
can
regulate
what
the
mayor
can
pay
by
regulating
how
you
approve
the
budget,
so
you
don't
come
and
piece
it
here
and
there
you
need
to
make
your
decision.
F
According
to
the
city,
you
know,
treasury,
the
charter,
accounting
according
to
gab
accounting.
You
know
standard
accounting
practice.
I
mean
there
is
a
lot
of
issues
into
this
when
you
come
and
try
to
play,
you
know
with
the
charter
and
try
to
limit
here
in
limit
there.
The
charter
is
very
clear:
give
the
mail
the
authority,
as
an
elected
official,
to
make
the
necessary
payment
when
it
is
to
continue
and
operate
the
city.
A
Yeah,
I
I
I'm
not
I'm
not
comfortable
with
that,
so
this
this
does
not
pertain
to
a
person,
so
we're
not
talking
about
mayor
bassey
or
mayor
jones
or
mayor
julie.
No,
no!
No!
I'm
talking
about
as
a
as
a
body.
I
don't
want
any
type
of
administrator
to
be
able
to
make
an
open-ended
decision.
It
doesn't
make
sense
to
me.
F
Yeah
blank
plan,
brian
down
here
and
that
plant
moran
from
their
experience,
expertise.
There
are
too
many
different.
You
know
ways
of
understanding,
grant
wanna
have
the
gap,
expertise
they
have
this.
They
they
have
the
charter,
accounting
expertise.
They
have
the
they
have
too
many
expertise.
They
come
and
explain.
F
Amount
of
honorable
council
chair,
please
listen
to
me
and
listen
to
me
carefully
by
approving
your
budget
right
now.
You
are
limiting
the
mail
to
the
line
items
and
the
budget.
So
this
notion
is
that
I
am
leaving
you
know
open
forever.
It's
not
true.
The
truth
is
right.
Now
the
city
budget,
whoever
the
mayor
is
he
or
she?
F
F
F
A
We
I
was
under
the
understanding
from
the
chief
of
staff
from
the
corporation
counselor
and
from
the
treasurer
that
they
were
all
on
the
same
page
and
in
agreement.
So
if
this
is
not,
then
you
guys
got
to
get
together
and
then
redo
this.
But
from
what
I
understood,
you
guys
were
all
in
agreement
and
they're
all
pointing
to
me
that
they're
all
in
agreement
so.
F
The
agreement
they
are
on
that
was
triggered
by
me
last
year,
so
I
know
what
they
are
agreeing
on
and
what
they
are
not
agreeing
on.
I
am
just
making
sure
you
know
I
I
only
interject
thank
you
so
my
amendment
or
my
proposed
one.
I
was
involved
with
this
and
I
am
just
making
sure
okay
advising
you
because
of
my
of
my
trusted,
as
is
public
servant,
the
5,
000
or
1
1500
has
nothing
to
do.
The
limit
right
now
of
the
mayor
is
not
1500.
F
The
1500
is
a
myth.
Okay
and
it's
a
practice
like,
like
the
city
corporation
council,
stated
a
practice
that
the
mayor
stated
that
in
the
past,
to
limit
himself,
you
know
or
herself
in
the
past
that
don't
don't
get
confused
between
fifteen
hundred
dollars
that
you
know
make
it
make
a
mistake
and
allowing
to
to
approve
1500.
F
But
right
now
the
charter
stated
according
to
what
you
approve.
The
budget
based
on
the
mail
now
is
authorized
to
make
any
payments
necessary
if
it
doesn't
exceed
the
line
item
so
forget
about
this.
Fifteen
hundred
dollars
forget
about
this
five
thousand
dollars.
Those
are
myth.
They
are
not
reality
and
not
according
to
something
so.
E
Hello,
council
members:
I
think
that
we
skipped
the
fact
that
we
didn't
read
section
8.9
which
clarifies
what
mr
jamal
is
talking
about.
So
I'm
going
to
read
it
if
that's
okay
with
you,
so
it
says,
warrants
how
drawn
shall
not
be
drawn
when
no
money
shall
be
drawn
from
the
treasury
ex,
except
upon
the
warrant
of
the
mayor
and
counter
signed
by
either
the
comptroller
or
the
city
clerk
every
warrant
shall
specify
the
fund
from
which
it
is
payable
and
shall
be
paid
from
no
other
fund.
No
warrant
shall
be
drawn
upon.
E
That's
what
mr
jamal,
referring
to
your
budget
limits,
the
expenses
just
plain
and
simple
from
what
this
is
saying
in
the
first
paragraph.
The
second
paragraph
opens
it
up
to
what
you
choose
to
do,
which
is
what
we're
doing
here
today.
So
the
second
paragraph
says
no
warrant
shall
be
issued
until
the
same
has
been
first
authorized
by
the
council,
provided,
however,
that
warrants
may
be
issued
for
the
payment
of
any
necessary
expense
without
prior
authorization
of
the
council,
if
authorized
by
the
mayor.
E
E
E
Each
invoice
shall
be
approved
by
the
official,
incurring
the
expenditure.
So
again,
it
is
up
to
you
on
how
to
run
the
city
as
the
administration
or
all
we're
asking.
You
is
to
give
us
some
guidance
and
give
us
some
flexibility,
because
even
with
gas
bills,
for
example,
in
order
for
us
to
pay
shell,
which
is
our
provider
right
now
for
some
of
our
departments,
those
bills
are
often
above
the
1
500
threshold.
E
So
do
we
postpone
and
get
our
council
suspended
until
they
get
payment
two
months
later
because
of
council
meetings
and
approval,
or
do
we
authorize
to
have
that
as
a
contractual
agreement
that
we're
allowed
to
pay
everything
up
to
whatever
that
gl
amount
is
and
if
we
are
exceeding
that
budget
amount,
then
we
come
to
you.
So
that's
that's.
How
we're
trying
to
fix
some
of
the
issues
we're
facing.