2026-10-20 - City Council

00:08All right. I call to order this regular

00:10schedule meeting of the 35th Dearborn

00:12City Council for October 20th, 2026 at 7

00:16p.m. I'd like to remind everyone in

00:17attendance, please silence your cell

00:18phone or communication devices as to not

00:20disturb the meeting. Uh, Mr. Clerk, can

00:22we have the role?

00:23>> Uh, yes. Council member O'Reilly

00:26>> here.

00:26>> Council member Enos

00:27>> here.

00:27>> Council member Paris

00:28>> here. Council member Abraham

00:30>> here.

00:31>> Council member Hammud,

00:33>> Council President Prom Malawi,

00:36Council President Sereni

00:38>> here.

00:38>> We have a quorum.

00:39>> Thank you, Mr. Clerk.

00:42Um, at this time, I am have the honor of

00:46introducing Pastor Ryan Wilson of

00:49Dearborn Free Methodist Church, who will

00:51deliver our invocation tonight. I'd like

00:53to invite everyone who can stand to

00:55please stand for our pledge of

00:56allegiance and uh for the invocation and

00:59remain standing for the pledge of

01:00allegiance.

01:01>> Well, before I pray this evening, I just

01:03want to uh just read a short scripture.

01:06James 15 says, "If any one of you lacks

01:08wisdom, he should ask God who gives

01:11generously to all without finding fault

01:13and it will be given to you." So, let's

01:15pray. Gracious God, thank you for

01:17Dearbornne and the people who call this

01:20city their home. Thank you for the many

01:23cultures and generations and experiences

01:25represented here in this room and for

01:28the opportunity we have to care for one

01:30another tonight. Lord, we ask for the

01:32wisdom you promised to give so

01:35generously.

01:36Give us wisdom for the decisions before

01:38us, humility to recognize what we don't

01:42know, and patience to listen and learn

01:44from one another. Bless our mayor and

01:47our city council and every member of our

01:49city staff. you know the

01:51responsibilities they carry and the

01:53challenges that come with serving the

01:55public. Renew their strengths. Keep

01:58their hearts tender toward the people

01:59they serve and give them courage to do

02:02what is right, even when it's difficult.

02:04As they consider the matters before them

02:06tonight, help them see the people behind

02:09every concern and the family trying to

02:12make ends meet, the business owner

02:14working to keep doors open, and the

02:18older adult who needs support, and even

02:20the young person wondering what their

02:22future holds. May those voices who are

02:25easily overlooked also be heard and

02:27valued.

02:29So Lord, shape this conversation and the

02:31way we speak to one another. Help us ask

02:33thoughtful questions, listen without

02:36rushing to judgment, and help us to

02:38disagree with respect. Where trust has

02:42been strained, help us rebuild it

02:44through honesty and fairness and

02:46faithfulness.

02:48And Father, remind all of us that caring

02:50for this city is our responsibility.

02:52It's one we share. Make us generous

02:54neighbors, willing servants, and people

02:57who bring hope through what we say and

02:59do. So guide this meeting tonight, Lord.

03:02May the work done here tonight reflect

03:05your wisdom. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.

03:08Amen.

03:10>> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

03:13United States of America and to the

03:15republic for which it stands, one nation

03:18under God, indivisible, with liberty and

03:21justice for all.

03:30>> Thank you, Pastor

03:34All right. Uh, Mr. Clerk, can we have

03:35the first item of business?

03:37>> Item four is resolution by council

03:39president Sereni, supported unanimously

03:41recognizing Capri Bakery for 53 years of

03:44outstanding commitment and tradition to

03:46food and services in the Dearborn

03:48community and requesting immediate

03:50effect.

03:51>> Thank you, Mr. Clerk. Uh from its famous

03:53Italian breads, pepperoni rolls, pizza

03:55to its pastries, desserts, and authentic

03:58Italian specialties. Capri Bakery has

04:00become a household name and place where

04:02countless memories have been made. In

04:052007, John and Ronda Erggo, is that

04:07pronounced right? Irele, uh proudly took

04:10over the family business from their

04:11mother, continuing the tradition and

04:13dedication that made Capri Bakery such a

04:16special part of our community. As Capri

04:18Bakery uh prepares to close its doors on

04:20October 31st of this year, we recognize

04:23that this marks the end of an incredible

04:26uh chapter in Dearbornne's history.

04:28While the bakery uh may be closing, the

04:31memories and friendships and traditions

04:32created over the past 53 years will live

04:36on for generations. On behalf of the

04:3835th Dearborn City Council and our

04:40entire community, I would like to extend

04:41our heartfelt congre uh gratitude to

04:44John and Rhonda for the and their family

04:47of course and all the employees past

04:49present who have contributed to the

04:51Capri Bakery's uh success. Uh we want to

04:54thank you for your years of dedication,

04:56service, and for being such an important

04:58part of Dearbornne that makes what what

05:00makes Dearborn special. as you begin on

05:02your well-deserved retirement. Wish you

05:04both good happiness uh health and a

05:07wonderful more years to come. I know I

05:09had an opportunity to speak to uh John

05:12um and uh his wife before uh Rhonda, but

05:15if you like to come forward uh just to

05:17say a few things on behalf of your

05:18family. No, Rhonda,

05:23you sure? I know it's hard. I had a

05:25great conversation with them before uh

05:26hand. Um

05:28you know uh for all the residents out

05:30there, we always talk about the big

05:32companies in in Dearbornne and and and

05:34of course they they're great. Uh but the

05:37lifeline of the city of Dearbornne has

05:39always been small business as I

05:42>> All right, come on up. I got you to

05:43speak. Come on up.

05:44>> This guy is so emotional.

05:46>> I know. I know. We We'll just have you

05:48Rhonda come up and just state your name.

05:50come up to the microphone and then we'll

05:52have you give us a little Yeah, you can

05:54stand right. You have to stand facing

05:55the council. So on the other Yeah,

05:57that's okay. On the other side.

05:59>> Yeah, they'll they'll see it on the

06:00screen. So Rhonda, thank you. Uh the

06:04floor is yours. We'd like to hear

06:05something from you and your and your

06:07family.

06:08>> I cannot even express the gratitude that

06:12people have shown us in the last month.

06:15I don't know how to tell them thank you.

06:19I did not grow up in Dearbornne. I

06:22married into the family 40 years ago. So

06:25I missed all the I came here every day

06:28from Fordson and I skipped out of school

06:30and I have pepperoni rolls and my

06:33grandkids and my grandma brought me. I

06:36don't have that personally but I'm into

06:38it.

06:41Everyone cries in front of our register

06:44and they're going to miss and we know we

06:46are part of like your traditions. Every

06:49birthday we have an unbaked pizza. Every

06:51like Christmas Eve, this is what we

06:54have. We've shipped I cannot tell you

06:56how many hundreds of pepperoni rolls in

06:59the last couple weeks to people that

07:01just want to have that one last grasp.

07:04And it's time. We served my in-laws like

07:08I know you all know town of Virginia and

07:11they gave to this community for years

07:14and years and years and they loved it

07:16and they breathed and they lived here.

07:18We live in Brighton and like

07:22we understand like the heartfelt like

07:25what you're going to miss. We understand

07:27that and I don't even know how to

07:30express our gratitude but it's time and

07:34thank you. Oh, it's our it's our

07:36pleasure and we appreciate you coming

07:37forward.

07:37>> Our employees, I cannot even tell you,

07:40we have such a dedication from our

07:43employee and that makes a business.

07:45Everybody knows that. Like if you don't

07:47have people that care about what you do

07:49and what you sell, you aren't going to

07:51go anywhere. And our people,

07:54>> look what they're hanging on for these

07:56last two weeks. And we are, if you've

07:59come in the bakery, have you been in the

08:00bakery?

08:01>> Yes.

08:01>> Come in. We are like running like crazy

08:05and they're staying and they are like

08:07we're one big family and I just want to

08:10thank everybody our customers and all of

08:13you. Thank you. Well, we appreciate it

08:15and and and I was was as I was saying, I

08:17know uh how hard it is for small

08:19businesses today and uh I had the same

08:21situation with my appearances and uh

08:23Uncle Sam's Village Cafe and you know

08:26there's a time where it does run its

08:27course and um it's not the product, it's

08:30not the service and uh I hope these next

08:33two weeks will will be cherished and um

08:35>> a lot of good things happen uh you know

08:37as a chapter closes. So, I know I it's

08:40tough. Um, and um, only advice I want to

08:42give I I want to make sure this is

08:44correct. I heard somebody walked in and

08:45wanted 167 pepperoni rolls at one day

08:48>> probably

08:49>> and didn't call it in and you guys had

08:51to let them know. Yeah. So, if you guys

08:53want to get your pepperoni roll,

08:55>> if you need more than 10 or 20, order

08:57it. Call ahead.

08:58>> Uh, look, you guys are are are it's very

09:02meaningful. I I know

09:04>> how hard it is. Um, you know, we had the

09:06same thing. I mean, I grew up in our

09:08place and when we shut the door and

09:10close the chapter, it's hard. Uh it's a

09:12there's a separation there, but on the

09:13other side, there's always something

09:15much uh better and we do appreciate it.

09:17Yes. If you'd like to step forward.

09:19>> Yeah.

09:20>> Well, no, we have to, ma'am. For the

09:21record, we have to have you state your

09:23name.

09:25>> Okay.

09:25>> Um my name is Karen Lawrence and I've

09:27worked at Capri for nine years and I

09:29have to say I've never felt like an

09:32employee and John and Rhonda have never

09:34felt like employers to me. I've known

09:36the family for years and the commitment

09:39they have to this community just blows

09:42me away. It's just amazing. But we were

09:45a family. She always refers John and

09:47Rhonda referred to us as the Capri

09:49family. It's never an employee and they

09:53they treat us like family.

09:54>> Yeah, it's special. I mean that's the

09:56the the the app the the the

10:00way the small businesses work especially

10:02in Dearbornne is that you are part of

10:04something bigger than just you know the

10:05register and what's coming in the door.

10:06So uh it's it's glad that you had a

10:08chance to to experience that and uh we

10:11wish you guys the very very best.

10:12>> Thank you.

10:13>> Well, yep,

10:17mayor. We're going to remark for the

10:18mayor and then we're going to have the

10:19council come down and get a photo with

10:20you guys for your presentation. Mayor,

10:22>> just uh you know on behalf of the city

10:24and my family, I just want to thank you

10:26for the decades of service. You don't

10:28find uh small business owners who give

10:3153 years of life back to the community

10:34and you speak to you're not sure how to

10:36convey your gratitude. I think it was

10:38conveyed in uh every product that sold

10:41and walked out of that bakery that was

10:43made with love. And so I think uh when I

10:46saw the announcement, folks were

10:47reaching out to me saying, "What did you

10:48do?" And I said, "I didn't do anything.

10:49It wasn't me." Um, but we we can't tell

10:52you how thankful we are. And you know,

10:53on the personal side, um, the first

10:56pizza, uh, when my wife and I had our

10:58first daughter, the when she was old

10:59enough to want to be in the in the

11:01kitchen with us, the first pizza we ever

11:03made was we picked it up from your shop.

11:06Uh, you provided it to us, uh, topped

11:08off with the cheese, and then we just

11:09threw some toppings on at home and put

11:10it in the oven. Um, and it's a memory

11:12that we'll cherish forever, and I think

11:13that speaks to volumes on how many

11:15families you have touched, uh,

11:17throughout the city history here in the

11:19city of Dearborn. So, thank you both.

11:21Congratulations. God bless your families

11:23and um thank you for all the memories.

11:25>> Excellent. All right. So, the council

11:27ran the council come down and mayor

11:28clerk uh with the owners and then we'll

11:30get a picture with the extended uh

11:32family.

13:07Got it.

13:33I didn't know that.

13:42a clerk up,

13:45>> George. All right.

13:52>> Ready.

13:54>> All right. Thank you very much. And Mr.

13:56Clerk, you will have a unanimous ro

13:58shall be attached. Next item. Item

14:01number five is a uh by council president

14:04Sereni supported unanimously offering

14:07condolences to the family Hassim Hussein

14:09and requesting immediate effect. Thank

14:12you Mr. Clerk.

14:14We are deeply saddened by the passing of

14:16Hazam Hussein, a 19-year-old Dearborn

14:19resident whose life was tragically cut

14:21short while performing an extraordinary

14:23act of kindness and courage.

14:25Uh Hamzi uh selfishly stopped to assist

14:29a woman involved in a vehicle accident

14:32on the Lodge freeway when he was struck

14:34by another vehicle and tragically lost

14:37his life. His actions reflected

14:39compassion, bravery, and willingness to

14:41help someone in need, even at even at a

14:45great personal risk. Although his life

14:47was cut short, Hamzy's final act of cons

14:50kindness will forever stand as a

14:52validation of his character and

14:53humanity. We extend our deepest

14:55consolences

14:57uh to his family and friends

15:00during his heartbreak during this

15:01heartbreaking time. May they find

15:03comfort in the remar in the remarkable

15:05life that he lived and the enduring

15:07example that he leaves behind and the

15:09countless memories they share. May this

15:12may his memory be cherished forever and

15:14may may uh he rest in eternal peace

15:18and a unan unanimous role shall be

15:20attached. Thank you, Mr. Clerk. Next

15:22item.

15:22>> Yes. Uh it is time now for public

15:24comment.

15:25>> All right. So at this um

15:28the council rules were enacted to allow

15:29a 30 minutes of public comment prior to

15:31our business items to better serve our

15:32residents. Uh we'd like to remind

15:34everyone here would like to address the

15:36council to please fill out these comment

15:38cards are on either side and hand them

15:39to the clerk. Kind reminder, you have a

15:41three-minute limitation. You will be

15:42given a 30 second warning. Again, if you

15:44are here to address an item that is

15:46before the council, we ask that you wait

15:48until that item is uh presented and

15:49that's when you'll be able to speak. All

15:51right. So first we have uh Rasan Sud.

16:04>> Good evening, gentlemen. It's Gassan

16:06Suede.

16:07>> Suede.

16:07>> Um I live on Welssley Street right by

16:10Old City Hall.

16:12Um, for the past two years, I've been

16:14having a problem with uh

16:18the garbage pickup from that strip, the

16:22parking lot owned by the city,

16:25uh, picked up by Priority, which is

16:28probably based in Birmingham. They are

16:31coming in

16:344:00 a.m. or 5:00 a.m. to pick up the

16:36garbage. Um, and I've been trying to

16:40solve that problem for the past two

16:42years.

16:44Um,

16:46>> I know we had spoke earlier.

16:47>> Yes.

16:48>> If you like. Yeah. I So, I know that I

16:51had talked I know I've spoken to the

16:52mayor a little bit, but I know I spoke

16:53to the city uh attorney and the past

16:55city attorney several times because this

16:57has been happening throughout the city,

16:58not just only your location. Um, and

17:01what we found out is that these uh

17:03companies and just for the record, uh,

17:06Mr. Carter, I believe it's 7:00 a.m. or

17:08is it 6:00 a.m.?

17:10>> 7 a.m.

17:10>> 7 a.m.

17:10>> So 7:00 a.m. They're not supposed to

17:12pick up before 7:00 a.m. And I've

17:14received videos also, not from your

17:15location, but another location where

17:17they're coming at 4:40 and 5:00 a.m. So,

17:20um, and I know that we spoke beforehand.

17:23It It's a problem because we actually

17:24found out in the past city attorney

17:26where it was continuous. We found out

17:29that uh the company end up paying the

17:31tickets like every three three or four

17:34of them every week and just continued to

17:36pay. So there's no escalation. So I did

17:39speak to the city attorney before the

17:41meeting as well and I know we have your

17:43address. So uh I'd like to direct to the

17:46city attorney to see if we can uh take a

17:48look at our ordinance, see if we can

17:50revise it and have some more teeth

17:51because it's not stopping. And currently

17:54it's a it's a civil money payment. So

17:56there's no, you know, criminal action,

17:59but what we can do, you know, for sure

18:01it's Republic, correct?

18:02>> What's that?

18:03>> You said it's priority.

18:04>> Yes. I

18:05>> Kadia law.

18:06>> Yep.

18:07>> Exactly.

18:08>> Mayor, what' you say?

18:09>> The Kadia law.

18:10>> Yep. Yep. So what I would like is I

18:12would like to refer to legal to to look

18:14at the ordinance to be reddrafted so

18:16that we could find out what we could do.

18:17And then in the meantime, uh, with the

18:18mayor's, uh, uh, blessing, we'd like the

18:20city attorney to draft a letter and make

18:23a phone call to Priority Waste

18:26Corporation Council to them and make a

18:28copy of the letter sent to the council

18:30indicating that this is a fragrant uh,

18:32um, disregard of our ordinances and that

18:34we are looking at uh, escalating this

18:37farther. Uh, Mayor, do you have it? Is

18:39that okay on your on your part?

18:41>> Yes.

18:41>> Okay, Mr. uh, Carter?

18:44>> Yep.

18:44>> Okay. So, we'll get a copy of that. We

18:46have your info. Uh, Mr. Suede. So, I am

18:49going to make sure that we send that.

18:50We're going to call Priority because the

18:52other location that I talked to you

18:54about that I'm aware of, it's three

18:55different companies that come each time.

18:57So, we It's hard to We have to wait for

18:58the video footage to see yours. It's

19:00only priority.

19:01>> No. Well, there's two. So, you got Is it

19:04different than Priority?

19:04>> The other company comes in, but they

19:06come in after 7.

19:08>> Yeah, but they're allowed to do that.

19:10>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We I don't have a

19:11problem with that.

19:12>> Okay. The only thing is priority

19:14consistently comes in at 4 or 5 in the

19:17morning. Yes.

19:17>> 5:30 in the morning. Always three, four

19:20times uh a week.

19:22>> Okay.

19:22>> Um just a suggestion. I don't know. By

19:24law,

19:25>> can they station like a

19:28a police car down there? I'm I see them

19:31stationed all around that area. Maybe if

19:34they see a police car down there,

19:36they'll

19:37>> Right. Well, I I mean, the resource of

19:38the police department is handled by the

19:39chief and the the deployment. But here

19:41here's where we have I'm sorry. The

19:42issue is is that it's a civil

19:44infraction. All they're going to do

19:46they're paying the tickets. That's the

19:47problem. We send them a ticket and they

19:49pay it. Uh that's what happened last

19:51time and then they ceased after we had

19:53our corporation council talk to them.

19:55Now it's happening again. So what we're

19:57going to have to do is is send them a

19:58letter. We'll get a copy so you can see

20:00it and our attorney will actually

20:01contact them directly and let them know

20:03that this and they'll contact their

20:04legal department so that they know

20:06because what's happening is it's a it's

20:08it depends on the driver. different

20:10drivers each time. So, they have to be

20:11notified by their employer that they

20:14cannot come before 7 am. And then we'll

20:17get you uh Jackie will get we have your

20:19information here. All I ask if you can

20:20is just if you provide her your email

20:23>> and then we'll make sure you get a copy

20:24of that letter and then uh we'll make

20:26sure that you contact the council if it

20:28persists after we send the letter out.

20:30Okay.

20:31>> Okay.

20:32>> We do appreciate that though for

20:34bringing it to our attention.

20:35>> Thank you guys.

20:36>> Thank you.

20:36>> Thank you.

20:38>> All right. So, we have that referral.

20:41All right. Next, we have uh Paula Paul

20:44Rosinski.

20:45>> Rosowski.

20:46>> Rosowski. Yes, sir.

20:52>> Good evening. Thank you.

20:55>> Thank you for hearing me. And uh 10,000

20:58thank yous. This is concerning.

21:00>> Just your name for the record, sir.

21:01>> My name is Paul Keslowski. I'm the owner

21:03of Head totail Inc. It's a dog in FE.

21:06It's a K9 and feline grooming salon in

21:09the city of Detroit at 930. And I'm

21:12here. I only have three minutes. It's

21:14concerning the abandoned closed coame

21:18bank at 850 Telegraph North Telegraph.

21:22Thank you. 10,000 thank yous to the very

21:25functional city of Dearbornne. They

21:27abated the exterior of the building

21:30which was overgrown. Uh, I mean, there

21:33was rat holes, trash, vagrants,

21:36graffiti. It's bad. But my question that

21:38I'm here for now is

21:41the city can keep on coming out there.

21:43From what I understand, the neighbors

21:45have, and I'm kind of a spokesperson for

21:46the bu for the other uh buildings.

21:49They're they are telling me that this

21:50has been going on for 5 years.

21:54Is there a statute of limitations when

21:56they have an abandoned building that

21:58they either have to uh uh rent this

22:01building out, get it renovated, sell it,

22:03or do something? But for five years, for

22:06a building to be vacant, we're heading

22:09for disaster in this city, if this is

22:11where the process is going to be and

22:13they can get away with this. Now, I know

22:15that with our building, our buildings,

22:17they come and we love it. If they

22:19violate us for weeds, we take care of it

22:22three times a year. they come in for

22:24anything, I'm all open doors. Everybody

22:26is. We love it because it keeps

22:27everything clean, safe. But if it's a

22:31larger building, is there a

22:33discriminatory or a favor favoritism or

22:36is

22:36>> No, there's no favoritism. Sir, there

22:37there's regular there's regular

22:39inspections. Um, but you you have an

22:41operating business.

22:42>> So my so my question is when is this

22:45building going to be closed, raised, or

22:47open? Well, the the business well the

22:49government we don't have the oper you

22:51know we don't get involved on who sells

22:53it or if they sell it. What we have to

22:54do if you're asking about what's the

22:56what is our responsibilities to make

22:58sure that it's maintained plus um Jackie

23:00I this has been brought up before and I

23:03requested the list of Mr. Carter I

23:05requested this on the record a list of

23:07the ownership how many owners there were

23:08and we never received the answer for

23:10that unless I missed it. So this has

23:12been an ongoing uh problem. I asked to

23:14to know who's the current owner and I

23:16wanted to see the chain of title. So I'm

23:17going to ask it for the last time. I'd

23:19like to count fourth width. I want that

23:20sent to council. I'd like to know the

23:22violations that's happened on it. Now

23:24what you're indicating, sir, just I'm

23:26hoping this is that I get you correct.

23:29If the building is condemnable, which

23:31means it's not serviceable, if there's a

23:33problem with it, we would have to prove

23:35that and go and ask for it to be demol

23:37to be demoed. And I don't know if that's

23:39the case yet. All the complaint no let

23:41me just tell you all the complaints that

23:42we have been receiving was aesthetic

23:45outside aspect but uh at this point I I

23:48would like to refer to have uh uh to

23:50legal department to see

23:51>> I can speak to some of the abatements.

23:53>> Yes of course but we but we want to find

23:55out though uh mayor one second um if we

23:58can get access to the building to see if

24:00the building is is is in a nonable

24:03state. Mayor,

24:04>> you you can't go inside of a building.

24:06And so the way it works is so we

24:07recently did a weed erasing abatement,

24:09which is what killed all the weeds on

24:10the outside. And so we brought in that

24:12contractor. There was the graffiti. We

24:13took care of that. We bill all this to

24:15the property owner. If they don't pay

24:17it, it rolls over to their property

24:18taxes. On the demolition side, you know,

24:20I can give you an example like the

24:22Oakman Boulevard Apartments or Village

24:23Plaza. What we do is we challenge that

24:26it is a dangerous building as deemed by

24:28the demolition official and then it goes

24:30before a board and that's where the

24:31property owners have the right to

24:32determine if it's deemed dangerous. At

24:35this point in time, we have no rationale

24:36to determine why this building is

24:38dangerous.

24:39>> It's just it's vacant. Uh and the

24:41building seems to be structurally sound

24:43from what we're looking at on the

24:44outside. And so we don't have the legal

24:45right to walk in or anything. It's from

24:47the outside perspective does our

24:48building official determine it to be a

24:50dangerous building. as it pertains to

24:52the ownership to my understanding um it

24:54was sold to a credit union. Uh that

24:56credit union was then acquired by a

24:58larger banking chain and it's kind of

25:00lost. I don't know if the new banking

25:02chain knows that it owns this property.

25:04Uh and so uh it's going through that

25:06merger and acquisition process and I

25:08think that's why it's kind of just it's

25:10empty but the owner 5 years ago sold to

25:11a credit union. The credit union

25:13recently sold because or it was acquired

25:15and so with that that property was also

25:16acquired.

25:17>> Correct, mayor. uh when we do get a sale

25:19uh there has to be an inspection on the

25:21property. So, let's get the director up

25:22here so we can find out because we we we

25:24do have ability to access the building

25:26in the situation. I mean, the reason why

25:28we were able to

25:30>> uh take care of those other buildings

25:31that you indicated is because we were

25:32able to gain access. So, the problem is

25:35is that if it changed ownership, they

25:37have to file a reoccupancy and we have

25:39to be able to inspect it. Is that

25:40correct?

25:40>> If they're open.

25:42>> So,

25:43>> let her let her answer.

25:45>> Yeah. So, and I'll make sure that this

25:46gets reached out.

25:47>> Just your name for

25:48>> Yes. Thank you, Council President. Kayla

25:49Bianini, deputy director of economic

25:51development. Um, I did do a memo

25:53response to this. I'll make sure you

25:54guys see this. This was sent back in

25:56September, but I'll forward it back. So,

25:58that's correct. Yes. But I'll make sure

26:00it's right on top for for everyone. Um,

26:02but essentially, the credit union uh

26:03it's Community Financial Credit Union

26:06has owned the property since 1219 2023.

26:09And so since then we've issued uh just

26:12in 2026 eight abatements for tall grass

26:15uh and essentially ticketed for all

26:17those offenses. Same with the graffiti,

26:18same with the exterior maintenance of

26:20the property. Um to I think everyone's

26:23points, you do are required to register

26:26the property as vacant, right? As a part

26:28of that process, we do request an

26:31inspection of the the building um when

26:34when that occurs. problem we're having

26:35right now is essentially the property

26:37owner is not responding. Um they've also

26:39a lot of these are civil infractions. So

26:41to your earlier point, they simply pay

26:43the tickets. So we're looking to see if

26:44we can also uh get an administrative

26:46search warrant to go into the building

26:48to see if it does meet statutory

26:50criteria for demolition. But that's very

26:52strict uh standards. Outside of that,

26:55what our legal purview is is we can

26:56continue to abate the property, ticket

26:58it for the nuisances as they come up,

27:00whether it's the graffiti um or even

27:02just most recently, we wrote uh

27:03citations under international property

27:05maintenance code for the parking lot. Uh

27:07the reason the weeds are growing is

27:08because it's not maintained, right? So,

27:10they need to go in reseal everything so

27:12the weeds can't grow. Um we issued

27:14citations for that. So, we'll continue

27:15to to be on it, including powerwashing

27:18any graffiti that comes up.

27:19>> Well, I appreciate that and we'll look

27:20forward that for that as well. But

27:21you're indicating though just so I

27:23understand this because we were un under

27:26I was under the presumption that there's

27:27been several changes of ownership but

27:29there hasn't. It's been one owner

27:30>> took over since 2023.

27:32>> That's correct. Yep.

27:34>> Okay.

27:34>> All right. My concern is that's fine.

27:38However, what you're opening a door to,

27:41from what I'm hearing, if and correct me

27:43if I'm wrong, you can operate in the

27:45city of Dearbornne, abandon a building,

27:48and just leave it there basically, and

27:51nothing can be done. This is five years.

27:53There's got to be some law on the books,

27:55some ordinance or something that says,

27:56"Hey, you're burning up your money on

27:59the city just to abate these build this

28:01building every so so many months. Um,

28:05it's becoming a fire hazard. You got

28:06people pulling in behind the building.

28:09You got graffiti. Uh you're asking for a

28:12problem. It's a fire hazard. It's

28:14there's a lot of other issues. Um I'm

28:17just asking is there anything on there's

28:19got to be laws on the book. You just

28:20can't abandon a building and just leave

28:22it there for five years and just say,

28:24"Hey, well, we're just going to spend

28:27the city taxpayer money abating it."

28:30>> That's really not resolving the problem

28:31at all. That building can be vacant for

28:33another 10 years.

28:34>> Right. Well, we appreciate it and you're

28:35you're absolutely right, but that's why

28:36we're going to we have to go through the

28:37process. Unfortunately, property rights

28:40are very sacred uh of course in the

28:42United States and they own the property

28:44and we have to go through a due process

28:46to let them know what's going on. So, we

28:47are going through that.

28:48>> But we we do

28:50>> you're sending a message to all the

28:51other buildings, forget the tickets. If

28:53I get them, hey, they're not going to do

28:55nothing.

28:56>> Well, I I don't I don't I don't agree

28:57with you, sir. I mean, we have that's

28:59the process, right? When you get a

29:00ticket for speeding, they don't take

29:02your car away and put you in jail,

29:04right? They give you a ticket and you

29:05have a process.

29:06>> Five years, sir. Right. Five years.

29:08>> Yeah. Absolutely. It's been It's been a

29:09problem as you hold it was it was sold

29:12in 23 and I believe the credit union is

29:14being acquired right now, which is the

29:16process where this is happening. You

29:18very seldom find property in Dearborn

29:20that stays vacant for this long because

29:22it's too expensive. To your point about

29:24abating it on taxpayer dollars, yes, we

29:26abate it on taxpayer dollars. If they

29:27don't pay the fee outright, it rolls

29:29onto the property taxes with a search

29:30charge. If they don't pay their property

29:32taxes for three years, then we have an

29:34opportunity to acquire the building. So

29:36sometimes what you'll find is

29:38>> they won't pay the property taxes or the

29:39payment fees by year three. If they

29:41don't pay it, Wayne County then gives us

29:43the first right of refusal to acquire

29:44the building. If it does come up for

29:46acquisition, I can tell you that we will

29:47likely take it.

29:48>> All right. I'm just saying acquire the

29:50building because

29:52>> it's the neighborhood look look

29:55terrible.

29:55>> We understand. Absolutely. We appreciate

29:57it and and we will do our best. Thank

29:59you for coming forward.

30:00>> All set. Yeah. Uh Councilman Paris.

30:03>> Thank you, Council President. I I just

30:04want to make mention to uh sir, don't

30:07think that you're not heard. Uh I've had

30:09a number of people I live generally in

30:11that area uh across Telegraph. I've

30:14turned that place in several times and

30:17in including recently. And in fact, the

30:20last time that I re received a response

30:22back, it was from the code enforcement

30:24manager saying that it was baited at

30:26least six times uh through August

30:28anyways at that time and that it was

30:31supposed to be on a list for demolition

30:33several years ago according to the code

30:36enforcement manager. So that was then.

30:39So I hear you. We have turned it in. Me,

30:43other people it's brought to our

30:44attention. It's an attractive nuisance.

30:46I personally, because it's right across

30:48the street from the bagel shop there, I

30:51have personally been on the side street

30:53and see a person going behind there, a

30:56vagrant, and defecating in the back

30:58parking lot. I've seen it, so I

31:00understand it. It's not falling under

31:02deaf ears. I think we have all heard

31:04this. So, I appreciate uh you being

31:07concerned enough that you can approach

31:08us and speak your mind on this topic. I

31:11appreciate it. Thank you.

31:12>> Thank you. Thank you, Kaylee. Sorry,

31:15just for

31:16>> Yeah, Councilman Hamu Katy.

31:18>> Yes,

31:18>> I'm sorry. Councilman Hamu wants to

31:19speak.

31:21>> Yeah. So, thank you. I I was able to

31:22find the email, but I think kind of

31:24going to council president's point. I

31:26was also interested in it. Um, could we

31:28get the chain of ownership since 2019,

31:31for example? So, that's why because it

31:34only has the the most recent one. So,

31:36we're curious. Uh, a little bit

31:37>> like before that. So, since 2019.

31:39>> Even before then.

31:40>> Okay. Yeah. As long as I know the the

31:41start time of when you want the time

31:43period.

31:43>> Yeah, she needs a start time. What's the

31:44start time you requested?

31:45>> 2019.

31:46>> Okay.

31:46>> 2019 because you said even before that.

31:48So 2019

31:50>> before 2023.

31:51>> Just a change.

31:51>> Gotcha. Understood. Thank you.

31:53>> Okay. Thank you.

31:54>> Thank you. All right. Next we have uh M

31:57Darlene Scott

32:02Cox. I'm sorry. Cox. Yes.

32:04>> My name is Cox. Resident of Dearbornne

32:07for 18 years and also an employee of the

32:12city of Dearbornne.

32:14Uh, I'm here with concerns for my

32:16neighbor and my neighbor's house. The

32:18house is a hoarded house.

32:21Besides a threat of fire hazard and a

32:24haven for rodents, I'm concerned about

32:26the well-being of my neighbor.

32:30I have an incident report. It's number

32:3323-46639.

32:36And I would like to share a few lines

32:38with you.

32:41This was written by

32:43officer uh badge 562

32:48and he responded to the residence due to

32:51a neighbor's concern, my concern

32:54uh that the homeowner has not been seen

32:57in four weeks and both her vehicles were

32:59parked outside the home. While checking

33:01the residence, I found the front door

33:03unlocked and held shut by a bungee cord.

33:06I took the bungee cord off and attempted

33:08to open the front door. The door could

33:10not be opened about a foot and I

33:13observed boxes and other article

33:15articles stacked floor to ceiling and

33:17dust covering the area. I checked uh the

33:20back door and it revealed it locked. It

33:22was revealed as locked but could see

33:25more boxes with limited areas to walk

33:27through in the home very unkempt. Due to

33:30my experience with previous hoarders, I

33:32immediately identified this was a

33:34residence of a hoarder.

33:37Several neighbors that I spoke with

33:40brought up the fact that she is a

33:42hoarder, lives alone without being asked

33:44if she was. Her vehicles are usually

33:47filled with junk along with her home.

33:52The house is only being used for mail

33:55delivery that includes lots of packages

33:57and boxes.

33:59My neighbor comes each evening to

34:01retrieve both mail and packages and to

34:03shuffle her items between the hoarded

34:05house and her other residents.

34:08I'm here this evening to ask the council

34:11to help me understand the city of

34:13Dearborn protocol for hoarded houses and

34:17also is there a program that might be

34:19beneficial for my neighbor. Thank you

34:21for listening.

34:22>> Thank you for coming forward. I what

34:24we're going to do is refer this to the

34:25police department. they have a a process

34:27in order to go through and do a welfare

34:29check and then they have resources uh

34:31which they then can provide to them and

34:34maybe somebody the family if you have

34:36information of the contact person

34:38>> uh that Yeah. So maybe we'll have you

34:40give that to our um our staff Jackie and

34:43she'll take that information so the

34:44police can contact you because sometimes

34:46it's better to get a family member

34:47involved where they can then uh go ahead

34:49and okay

34:50>> and contact them. Thank you for coming

34:51forward and we'll make sure that this is

34:53referred to the police department for a

34:54welfare check and and see what we can

34:56do.

34:57>> Y thank you so much.

34:59>> Thank you.

35:00>> All right. Uh next we have Mr. Robert

35:02Hattis.

35:09>> Well, I don't have everything in order

35:10right here, so I might be a little

35:12haphazard up here speaking and so forth.

35:15But first, I want to say the no kings uh

35:17rally that we had. I was attended one in

35:20Leavonia then I understand they may have

35:23had something here in Dearbornne but uh

35:25most of the rallies were focused on

35:26trying to get people to get out and vote

35:28early and that's going to be really

35:30critical this year and I think you're

35:32already seeing if you're watching the

35:33news the numbers are going up in terms

35:35of the percentages of people that voted

35:37in this primary versus the last primary

35:40the midterm I'm saying primary the

35:42midterm let me correct myself and so

35:45forth and and and really my message is

35:48for everyone in America Okay. All

35:50parties,

35:52everyone. I I would assume there's

35:54people in both parties or other parties

35:56that don't agree with what's going on

35:58with our administration in Washington.

36:00And unfortunately, we can't sit here and

36:02talk about just local issues and so

36:04forth because everything that's

36:05happening at the top is filtering down.

36:08So much so that I I worry about votes

36:11that are going to be counted in this

36:12city, whether we're going to see any

36:14interference and so forth, whether uh he

36:16declares uh some uh some type of

36:20catastrophe so that he can uh invoke an

36:24insurrection type of deal and bring in

36:27our National Guard. The odds may be

36:30little, but if January 6 means anything,

36:34if January 6 could happen and people

36:36would have told you, you're nuts if you

36:37think something like that will happen.

36:39Well, January 6 did happen, and that

36:42won't go away from anyone's minds.

36:44Anyway, his most recent activities, uh,

36:47obviously one of the major ones, his

36:50deals with Putin and Chi, he's supposed

36:51to be meeting with, he's cut a deal.

36:54We're supposed to have sh sanctions on

36:56Russia. What sanctions? this guy's

36:58claiming he's going to bring in uh a

37:00deal, bring in x number of dollars uh or

37:02barrels of oil and so forth. People, pay

37:06attention. Don't look back and say you

37:08didn't pay attention, that you weren't

37:10told. I warned people about this guy

37:12before he was even nominated for the

37:15Republican party in 2015.

37:19And

37:21if you're looking around the world,

37:24you're seeing rioting in France provoked

37:27by what? What's happening in Iran and so

37:29forth? The straight of Harmus. And

37:31again, we know who dragged us into the

37:33the war in Iran. And if you think he's

37:37just looking at the Ukraine, well, look

37:39beyond the Ukraine. It's not just the

37:41Middle East. You ever take a look at the

37:42map, everybody? If you've had your

37:44story,

37:45>> 30 seconds remaining. Poland is next to

37:48the Ukraine.

37:50So I would say Polish people, Middle

37:52Eastern people, you better take note.

37:56Get out and vote. And if you are against

37:58these policies, get out and vote and so

38:00forth. He's just endorsed Netanyahu

38:04for his next term. And that election's

38:06coming up shortly in Israel. And this

38:08guy's gone wholeheartedly. Look at the

38:10friends that he's keeping and so forth.

38:12And in the West Bank, these quote

38:14settlers, I'm sorry, has talked about

38:17river to the sea. Well, these settlers

38:19are interfering with people trying to

38:20harvest their own olives and so forth.

38:24So, pay attention. Okay. Thank you.

38:29>> Thank you, Mr. Hannis. Um, on that

38:32point, uh, mayor, I know that we had to

38:34spoke with the chief of staff and the

38:36deputy corporation council at the

38:37committee the whole regarding what

38:39powers the council has because there has

38:41been some concern regarding um, federal

38:44interference in the state elections. So,

38:46Mr. Carter, were you aware of that?

38:48>> I was. Yes.

38:49>> Okay. So, just in coordination with the

38:51with the uh mayor because the mayor was

38:53not there, this chief of staff was,

38:54hopefully we could have something soon

38:56regarding what powers the council can

38:58and can deliberate regarding

39:00interference on the federal aspect and

39:01elections that are going to be coming.

39:03Uh so, we want to make sure we're

39:04prepared for that.

39:05>> Okay. We have

39:05>> So, we have a draft resolution that I'll

39:07share with you. Excellent. We'll get

39:09>> Okay. Just wanted to make sure that that

39:11because we we do agree that that is

39:12something that could cons could happen.

39:14We want to make sure that the uh clerk

39:16has clear direction on what what the

39:18council or the city government like.

39:19Absolutely.

39:20>> All right. Thank you. All right. At this

39:22time there is I don't see any other um

39:24comment cards. Nope. All right. So we it

39:28has we will close uh the first part the

39:32force the first uh public speaking uh

39:35portion of the council meeting. There is

39:36one at the end and um Mr. Clerk uh I

39:40will take all of the offer and supports

39:41of council.

39:43>> Okay.

39:43>> All right. So before we move forward on

39:45the consent agenda, are there any items

39:46that any member wishes to remove from

39:48the consent agenda to discuss

39:49individually?

39:53>> All right. Hearing and see, Mr. Clerk,

39:54you may proceed.

39:56>> So item number seven is a resolution in

39:58need of an offering.

40:00>> All the items on the consent agenda.

40:02>> Offered by Councilman Enos, supported by

40:04Councilman Abraham.

40:07>> Mr. Clerk, can we have a roll call vote?

40:09>> Council member O'Reilly?

40:10>> Yes.

40:11>> Council member Enos?

40:12>> Yes.

40:12>> Council member Paris? Yes.

40:13>> Council member Abraham.

40:15>> Yes.

40:15>> Council member Hammud.

40:16>> Yes.

40:17>> Council President Sereni.

40:18>> Yes.

40:19>> Six days. The resolution passes.

40:21>> All right. Can we have the next item of

40:22business?

40:23>> Next item will be item number 15, a

40:25resolution by council members Enos and

40:27Paris approving the minutes of the

40:29previous regular meeting of October 6,

40:312026.

40:32>> All right. Uh thank you, Mr. uh clerk.

40:35Um is there any additions, deletions, or

40:37modification to these proposed minutes?

40:40All right. Hearing seeing none,

40:42unanimous role shall be attached. Next

40:44item,

40:44>> item 16, ordinance on the table,

40:46ordinance number 26-1874,

40:49an ordinance to amend the traffic and

40:50motor vehicles chapter, chapter 18 of

40:52the code of ordinances of the city of

40:54Dearbornne by amending section 18-507

40:57entitled responsibility of parent

40:59guardian and by adding section 18-508

41:03entitled operation of electric bicycle

41:05and scooters within downtown commercial

41:07corridors. Section 18-509 entitled

41:10sidewalk operation of electric bikes and

41:13scooters outside of downtown commercial

41:15corridors. Section 18-510 entitled

41:18enforcement of non-compliant vehicles.

41:21Section 18-511 entitled penalties and

41:24fines. And section 18-127 entitled

41:28electric bicycles, skateboards, and

41:30scooters. Resolution by council members

41:32Abraham and Hammud to take from the

41:34table for its final reading.

41:36>> All right. Thank you, Mr. Clerk. and the

41:37announced take from the table for its

41:39final uh reading. Before I go into this,

41:42I know that we had received this late,

41:44but there was a lot of discussion at the

41:45uh mayor's briefing. So, I'd like to

41:47open it up before we go into it if

41:49there's some uh questions or any

41:51concerns regarding the final markup.

41:53Councilman Hammud.

41:54>> Yeah. So, um I've been discussing with

41:56some of my colleagues and um while we do

41:59agree on a huge majority of the current

42:02ordinance, there are still some nuances

42:03that we wanted to try and work out in a

42:06study session. So, I'm going to um

42:08motion to uh table this for a later date

42:12if I can get the support of council.

42:14Loud support.

42:16>> All right.

42:18Um, I don't see any any problem with

42:20that because we did have a uh meeting at

42:23the committee the whole but this

42:24resolution was brought forward by

42:26Councilman Abraham and Councilman

42:28Hammud. So, I know that you're willing

42:29to coun before you do the motion. Maybe

42:30we just have enough to do it. I don't

42:32have no problem. Council Amar, would you

42:33agree this way we can withdraw it?

42:38I think from a

42:40>> I think from a uh procedural standpoint,

42:42there's a offer to table uh with support

42:46and I think we can just proceed that way

42:48to table it to table it. So we need a

42:51roll call vote to table.

42:53>> All right. So we have an off So we have

42:54a a ro we have an a motion made by

42:57councilman to an an offer to table the

43:00motion and we have a supported by

43:02councilman Paris.

43:04All right. Anyone have now we can

43:06discuss any other Anyone have any other

43:07questions or comments?

43:08>> It's non-debatable.

43:09>> Non-debatable. That's right. Also non

43:11debatable.

43:11>> Yeah, it's non debatable. Yeah, he's

43:13right. Thank you.

43:13>> My bad.

43:14>> All right. Um, so Mr. Clerk, can we have

43:16a roll call vote?

43:17>> Uh, Council Member O'Reilly,

43:19>> yes.

43:19>> Council member Enos,

43:20>> yes.

43:21>> Council member Paris,

43:22>> yes.

43:22>> Council member Abraham,

43:23>> yes.

43:24>> Council member Hammud,

43:25>> yes.

43:26>> Council President Serini,

43:27>> yes.

43:28>> Uh, six days. The offer to table is

43:31accepted.

43:32>> Okay. So, we'll have our staff uh

43:33schedule this and get with the

43:34corporation council on regarding it. All

43:36right. Next item.

43:37>> Item 17, resolution by council members

43:39O'Reilly and Enos awarding a soul source

43:42contract to Amigo and Amigo Art Studio

43:44in the amount of 63,360

43:47for one winter art installation as part

43:50of the Dearbornne's Wonderlights holiday

43:52event and requesting immediate effect.

43:55>> All right. Thank you, Mr. Clerk. The

43:56Department of Community Relations is is

43:58uh introducing Dearboards Wonder, an

43:59annual city event featuring interactive

44:02installations that combine technology,

44:04art, and storytelling to create a unique

44:06holiday walkthrough experience. The free

44:09family uh friendly event will de debut

44:12Oh, nice picture there on the screen

44:14there. Now, November 19th, 20 of this

44:17year, November 19th at RP Park West and

44:19run approximately for two months during

44:21the winter season. The design to this is

44:24designed to attract thousands of

44:25visitors from across Metro Detroit.

44:27Wonder is intended to establish Dearborn

44:30as a regional destination for holiday

44:32celebrations while providing residents

44:34with and families with engagement

44:36throughout the season and experience.

44:38The Department of Community uh relations

44:40in conjunction with purchasings

44:42recommends an approval of a soul source

44:44purchase contract with Amingo and Amingo

44:47to provide this winter installation. The

44:48cost of the contract is $63,360

44:52and is requesting immediate effect. Any

44:54questions or comments on this?

44:57Any objection to unanimous role?

45:00Unanimous role should be attached. Next

45:01item,

45:01>> item 18, resolution by council president

45:04Sereni and council member O'Reilly

45:06awarding a soul source contract to Creos

45:09Experts Concels, Inc. in the amount of

45:12$68,748.77

45:15for one winter art installation as part

45:18of the Dearbornne Wonders holiday event

45:20and requesting immediate effect.

45:22>> All right. Thank you, Mr. Clerk. This is

45:23a companion piece for uh this year's

45:25Dearborn Wonderlands event at the

45:26Department of Communications requesting

45:28approval for an additional winter

45:30installation to enhance our holiday

45:32experience at the Peace uh Park West. Uh

45:35the community relations in conjunction

45:36with purchasing is uh asking for the

45:39soul source contract with hero exports

45:41in the amount of $68,748.

45:44Funding will be provided through the

45:45community relations special events

45:47budget with immediate effect being

45:48requested. Any questions or comments on

45:50this item?

45:52Any objection to unanimous role?

45:55Unanimous role should be attached. Next

45:56item. Item 19 is a resolution by Council

45:59President Sereni and Council Member

46:02O'Reilly awarding a contract to Spalding

46:05D. Decker Associates, Inc. in the amount

46:07of $8,852,625

46:11for professional engineering design and

46:13construction engineering services for

46:15existing city local and major roads

46:18phase one and phase two of Dearborn job

46:21number 2027-016

46:25and 2027-017.

46:28>> Okay. Thank you, Mr. Clerk. the city of

46:30Dearborn's uh long-term coming. The road

46:33work uh currently includes uh

46:35approximately 36 miles of roadways in

46:38poor pave condition using a pacer rating

46:41uh from 1 to three. The engineering um

46:43division plans to address approximately

46:4515 of these miles using uh in-house

46:47resources while the remaining 21 miles

46:50will require more extensive improvements

46:52including water main replacement, road

46:54reconstruction, and sewer infrastructure

46:56upgrades. To address these conditions,

46:59the city is seeking a comprehensive

47:00engineering design and construction

47:02engineering services. The scope of work

47:04includes um utility coordination, geo

47:07geotech investigations, traffic calming

47:10studies and designs, water main

47:11replacement, copper service transfer

47:13lines, ADA compliant sidewalks, just to

47:16name a few. The project will be

47:17implemented over a three-year period

47:19construction period through from 2027

47:22through 2029. 2027 there approximately

47:25three miles will be completed. 28 the

47:27plan is approximately nine and a half

47:28miles and in 2029 an additional nine

47:31miles will also be completed. Uh

47:33throughout the construction program a

47:3412-h hour residential hotline will be

47:37available to address questions and

47:38concerns. A the project manager,

47:40construction engineers and dedicated u

47:43resident response personnel will

47:45coordinate to ensure residents receive

47:47timely information and assistance during

47:49this construction period. The valuation

47:51team on behalf of the Dearborn public

47:53works and facilities engineering

47:55department is uh requesting a reward of

47:57a contract for this uh design

48:00in the amount of $8,852,625.

48:05Any questions or comments on this?

48:08>> Yes, Mr. Hatis, you like to step

48:09forward?

48:11>> Um just just a side question.

48:13>> Just your name for the record. You have

48:14to say your name for the record.

48:15>> Robert Hattis. And in in the interest of

48:18all city administration and council

48:21people and so forth, I'm just curious uh

48:25most of you travel these roads and so

48:27forth.

48:29Are these roads designed to to last?

48:31Because it seems like every couple years

48:33there's construction on Michigan Avenue,

48:36on Ford Road, and so forth. And I'm not

48:38casting blame on anyone. I'm don't know

48:40what the specs are and so forth, but

48:42they're obviously not like some of the

48:44European roads. I know they have a

48:46deeper base and so forth. Is there a

48:48cost analysis that they go through to

48:50see whether it's worth it to have

48:52something more along those lines and

48:55have it last or are we looking to create

48:57more jobs every so often and so forth.

49:00Just just a side note and only because

49:02I've done

49:03>> I haven't I haven't done road work but

49:05I've been around uh

49:07>> well just so you know the Michigan

49:08Avenue state and the counties for road

49:10but it's for these are Dearborn roads

49:12only and yes we did have a study session

49:14regarding this and there's a lot to it

49:16as you indicated whether the asphalt you

49:18know the side and the curtain will be in

49:19in cement we did do a lot of research on

49:21which is the best way to unpave and

49:24repave in the long time but you got to

49:26remember up here in Michigan is is you

49:28know the the salt does a lot of damage

49:30damage to and and the Europeans. Well,

49:32then maybe if you don't need the salt,

49:34maybe you do something that the

49:35Europeans are doing because their roads,

49:37these people are traveling on the

49:39autobond at uh crazy speeds, as you

49:42know, anywhere up to 170, 180 miles an

49:45hour on some of these roads and so

49:47forth. So, maybe it's time we start

49:49looking elsewhere unless it's just to

49:52keep businesses going. If that's

49:53>> No, no, it's not to keep business. This

49:54is a long time coming. So,

49:56>> if that's more profitable, fine and

49:58dandy. But I know when you're putting on

50:00an asphalt coat, I've seen asphalt coats

50:04uh what are they? A inch, two inches

50:06sometimes at best. And it's not just

50:08here. It's every it's in a lot of

50:10places. Just a side comment.

50:12>> No, I appreciate it.

50:13>> Mhm. You have a question?

50:14>> No com. Okay. Um any other questions or

50:17comments?

50:19All right. Any objection to unanimous

50:21role?

50:23Unanimous role shall be attached. Next

50:24item. Item 20 is a resolution uh by

50:27Council President Sereni and Council

50:30Member Enos authorizing to accept the

50:32fiscal year 2025 FEMA assistance to

50:35firefighters grant award in the amount

50:37of $193,53744

50:42with a local match in the amount of

50:45$17,594.32

50:48to be utilized to provide specialized

50:50training for all firefighters. Also

50:53authorizing the chief financial uh chief

50:56financial officer or designignate to

50:58recognize and appropriate the grant

51:00revenue in the amount of $193,53744

51:05which includes the city match in the

51:07amount of $17,59432

51:10within the general fund fire department

51:13account and requesting immediate effect.

51:15>> All right. Thank you, Mr. Clerk. The

51:16Dearborn Fire Department has been

51:17awarded a fiscal year 2025 FEMA

51:20assistance to firefighter grant in a

51:21total amount of 193,53744

51:26to support specialized firefighter

51:28training and emergency response

51:29capabilities. The uh the purpose of the

51:31funding will be used to uh provide

51:34technical rescue training, driver

51:36operation training as well as fire uh uh

51:39standpipe training. Uh the resources

51:42will ensure firefighters are prepared to

51:44the strength and operation skills that

51:46they needed and then support the

51:47department's ability to respond uh uh

51:49safely and efficiency for emergencies

51:51throughout our city. The project cost is

51:53$193,53744

51:57which requires a 10% match by the city

51:59of $17,594.32.

52:03Um and it is being requested immediate

52:06effect. We do appreciate this. Is this

52:07through the philanthropy or is this the

52:09fire chief wrote this grant? Chief. All

52:11right. We appreciate it. Yeah. Our our

52:13chief has a PhD, so I know you used to

52:15write them in the pack. We appreciate

52:16it. Uh every dollar that we get back

52:18from the government that was ours

52:19anyways, we appreciate the reortion.

52:21This always helps us. So, we do

52:22appreciate it. Chief, any uh questions

52:24or comments, any objection to unanimous

52:27role, unanimous role should be attached.

52:29Next item. Item 21, resolution by

52:32council members O'Reilly and Paris

52:34authorizing to accept the fiscal year

52:36FEMA assistance to firefighter safer

52:38grant award in the total amount of

52:40$4,63,44348

52:44with the local match in the amount of

52:461,557,653.34

52:51to be utilized to hire 12 new

52:53firefighters. Also authorizing the chief

52:56financial financial officer or designate

52:59to recognize and appropriate this grant

53:01revenue within the general fund fire

53:04department account further authorizing

53:06to increase the total FTE count of sworn

53:09firefighters within the fire department

53:11from the current 146 to 158 and granting

53:15additional funding in the amount of

53:17150,000 to equip new firefighters with

53:19appropriate equipment and requesting

53:21immediate effect.

53:23>> Thank you, Mr. Clerk. and the Dearborn

53:24Fire Department uh was awarded the 2025

53:27FEMA safer grant. This will support the

53:30hiring of 12 additional firefighters to

53:32increase our department size from

53:34staffing levels of 146 firemen to 158

53:37sworn firefighters firefighters. Uh the

53:40safer grant is designed to help our fire

53:41department increase frontline staffing,

53:43strengthening emergency responses and

53:45maintain adequate personnel to protect

53:47the residents responding uh response and

53:50effective the emergencies as well. The

53:51grant project is valued at $4,63,44348

53:57which requires a city match of $1,557

54:01650

54:031 million I'm sorry 5557,653.34

54:08the 12 new firefighters. It it is also

54:11being requested with immediate effect.

54:13Uh thank you again chief. I know you

54:14would you like to come forward on this

54:16because I think this is something that

54:17we really pride oursel on and have been

54:20able to move it around and I think we've

54:23won it a few times. So Chief, if you'd

54:24like to just give us some background on

54:26this.

54:26>> Thank you, Council President. Uh Joe

54:28Murray, fire chief. Uh yeah, this is the

54:30third uh grant that we received, the

54:33safer grant. So uh it's been very

54:35effective for us. It's a three-year peri

54:36uh period where uh we um have a cost

54:40share with the federal government, but

54:41they they take the the bulk of the the

54:43cost of that and uh it's been very

54:45helpful for us as our run volume has

54:47continued to escalate. Uh we've had to

54:49add firefighters over the years just to

54:51keep up with the uh the demand for

54:53services. So, we are uh very excited. We

54:56appreciate the the mayor's support and

54:57the council support for allowing us to

54:59write and take take this grant. It's

55:00very important for us. Uh and we believe

55:03uh with this number that uh we'll be

55:06able to effectively meet our call volume

55:08uh improve response times, make sure all

55:10trucks are in service at all times

55:12>> and I think with this number at the

55:14highest staffing level again in city's

55:15history. So we broke that record already

55:17and this increases on that.

55:19>> Yeah, this is phenomenal. I I really

55:20appreciate, mayor, administration, of

55:21course, chief. I mean, long-standing um

55:23that you've been working on this and and

55:25and making sure that we get this because

55:27I mean, this grant does help us put more

55:30firefighters on on the streets and and

55:32it does matter because we do maintain

55:34them. So, it's working like the grant is

55:35supposed to do too, right? It's not made

55:38for you get people for four or five

55:39years and then you have to lay them off.

55:40I mean, we've been able to retain them

55:42and continue to grow. So, I really

55:43appreciate it

55:44>> and we appreciate the support.

55:45>> Thanks, Chief.

55:46>> Thank you.

55:46>> All right. Any other questions or

55:48comments on this? I have one comment.

55:50>> You got a comment on this one?

55:51>> Sure.

55:52>> All right. Step forward, Mr. Had.

55:53>> I sure do.

55:54>> You got it.

55:54>> That's the only way I can get in front

55:56of you.

55:58>> You can move back into here more. You

55:59get in front of us more.

56:00>> Well, if you put me on the agenda and

56:02give me more than three minutes.

56:03>> Go ahead. Go ahead, Mr.

56:05>> That might that might work. But anyway,

56:07with respect to this, uh, I might

56:10complain about some stuff going around

56:11on the country and I think it's

56:13justified and so forth, but I'll also

56:15give a compliment. Obviously the people

56:17is this involve grant writing and so

56:19forth on behalf of the city. You must

56:21have a good grant writer then because

56:24every time I Well, I'm just saying you

56:26got to give credit to a person that's a

56:28good grant writer because I know when my

56:29wife worked with Access and so forth,

56:31one of the people in there that was she

56:34was working under at the time, she ended

56:35up heading uh the workforce program for

56:38Access and she was an excellent grant

56:40writer. So it really pays to have a good

56:42grant writer. So, the administration has

56:45to I have to take my hat off to him on

56:47that one.

56:47>> Thank you.

56:48>> Thank you, Mr. Addis. We appreciate it.

56:49Yeah. Under uh the mayor uh Hammud uh

56:52when he did take over and under the 34

56:56city council, he created a grants and

56:58philanthropy department which has paid

57:00tremendous dividends. And what I like to

57:02see even more is that we still

57:03coordinate with the fire chief who

57:05actually uh has the expertise in this

57:07area and was able to uh to write this

57:08grant. So, we do appreciate that. Thank

57:10you, um Mr. Addison. Thank you, mayor,

57:12for that. Yep. Just another comment.

57:17>> We'll find the grant writer for the

57:18Ottabon for you.

57:21>> Jeez.

57:22>> Hi, Dennis Doug in Morley Manor,

57:24apartment 110121800.

57:27>> Um,

57:30a little bit of a two-sided coin here. I

57:32there's nothing that I would take away

57:34from uh the fire department and all of

57:38the efforts and everything, but I as a a

57:42person who went to 90% of the charter

57:44commission and all of the good that the

57:47charter commission was and that it that

57:49it ended up not not because of the

57:52echelons, the higher echelons of the

57:54fire department, but be because of the

57:55union uh fighting that down with a very

58:00plausible line of saying, "Support your

58:02fire department." Who wouldn't? But I I

58:05I there's a little bit of a gnaw in me

58:09watching all of the good of that charter

58:12go down because of kind of a

58:16uh

58:18an incomplete analysis, if you would

58:21say. So, I I'm very happy for everything

58:23that was just said, but uh I still have

58:26that memory back there of a lot of good

58:28work went down the tubes.

58:31>> All right. Thank you, sir. All right.

58:33Any objection to unanimous role?

58:36>> Unanimous ro should be attached. Next

58:37item.

58:38>> Item 22. Resolution by council members

58:40Enos and Hammud approving a notice of

58:42intent resolution authorizing capital

58:45improvement bonds general obligation

58:47limited tax and the amount not to exceed

58:50$70 million to finance the underground

58:52sewer and water infrastructure projects

58:55associated with the road revitalization

58:57project and requesting immediate effect.

59:00>> All right. Thank you. Uh Mr. Clerk, the

59:02city of Dearborn's roadwork uh network

59:04includes between 18 and 21 miles of

59:06streets that are in poor pavement

59:08condition and require significant

59:09infrastructure improvements in addition

59:11to the road reconstruction and hot mix

59:13al asphalt surfacing. These coordinated

59:16uh coordinated requires essential

59:19underground utility upgrades including

59:21sewer separation, water mane

59:22replacement, lead line replacement,

59:24copper service transfers, and fire

59:26hydrant maintenance to support the

59:28underground water and sewer

59:29infrastructure improvements uh with

59:31associated with these road initiatives.

59:32The city is requesting an approval to to

59:34have a notice of intent to issue capital

59:37improvement bonds. our bond council Pat

59:39um Macau is here tonight and was with us

59:42from Miller Canfield um at our committee

59:45the whole meeting our mayor's briefing

59:46meeting and we are establishing a

59:49maximum borrowing amount of $70 million

59:51I know we have our CFO here as well Mr.

59:53Kennedy if you'd like to come forward

59:55Mr. outcome forward, please. So, the

59:57proposed information uh infrastructure

59:59improvements are planned from 2027

1:00:01through 2030 with essential estimated

1:00:03costs of approximately $70 million of

1:00:06bonds will be repaid throughout the

1:00:08revenues generated by the city's water

1:00:09and sewer systems. It is important to

1:00:11note that an approval of the notice of

1:00:13intent does not authorize or require the

1:00:16city council or the city to issue bonds.

1:00:18Rather, it establishes the maximum

1:00:20amount of debt that may be considered.

1:00:22The city council will be presented with

1:00:24a separate bound authorization

1:00:25resolution and the approval is requested

1:00:28for this is for just the intent to

1:00:30notice and it is requested with

1:00:31immediate effect. Mr. Kennedy, would you

1:00:34like to just give us a high level

1:00:35background then we'll see if there has

1:00:36any questions.

1:00:38>> Good evening. Michael Kennedy, chief

1:00:39financial officer. Um high level

1:00:41background been said a few times today.

1:00:44We have poor roads that need

1:00:47revitalization

1:00:49and there's infrastructure underneath

1:00:50those roads and we need money in in

1:00:55advance to construct those and engineer

1:00:58those and that's why we're issuing this

1:01:00intent to bond. Um we've done work with

1:01:03the uh Miller Canfield. Pat McGau here

1:01:07is representing them um as bond council

1:01:09before when we bonded for OPED pension

1:01:14capital other improvement bonds in 2017

1:01:172018

1:01:18and so this is a welcome partnership

1:01:22and uh we're looking forward to it

1:01:24because this is a uh a monumental task

1:01:27that uh has been taken on and it's going

1:01:30to help revitalize the community and uh

1:01:33bring it up to the standards it

1:01:37deserves.

1:01:38Thank you, Mr. Kennedy. U Mayor, would

1:01:40you like to speak uh regarding this as

1:01:42well?

1:01:42>> Yeah, so uh as a part of the most recent

1:01:44budget that was adopted by council, uh

1:01:47we kind of took um a stab at addressing

1:01:51an issue that has long been a pain in

1:01:53many a resident's eyes. I can tell you

1:01:55my neighbors talk to me about my road

1:01:56every single day uh wondering when it's

1:01:58going to be fixed. uh we were spending a

1:02:00few million dollars per year on capital

1:02:02improvement towards our roads and

1:02:04towards the uh infrastructure

1:02:06underground. The way state law operates

1:02:08is we receive an allocation from a bill

1:02:11known as act 51 that provides us

1:02:14resources to repave and reconstruct our

1:02:17roads. However, when you dig up that

1:02:19road, you are not allowed to legally use

1:02:21those dollars to touch anything

1:02:23underground. And so we largely lean on

1:02:25our water and sewer bills that go out to

1:02:28address the water and sewer

1:02:29infrastructure underground. Um, and so

1:02:32we thought rather than spending seven or

1:02:34eight million, this budget was actually

1:02:35only supposed to fix one road. We said,

1:02:37what if we use that to apply it towards

1:02:39a debt payment to bond out a hundred or

1:02:41excuse me, to do a hundred million worth

1:02:43of road work to fix all the poor roads

1:02:45within a short period of time rather

1:02:47than continually having the cycle of

1:02:49you're fixing 10 miles, but you got 20

1:02:51miles going bad each year. And so we

1:02:53have about 300 miles of residential

1:02:55road. The project before us as passed by

1:02:57council is to get through 40 miles of

1:02:58the worst roads within the city of

1:03:00Dearbornne. And our goal is that by 2030

1:03:02you essentially have no residential

1:03:04streets with potholes. Like that's the

1:03:05the ultimate target. And not many cities

1:03:07will be able to do that. And so uh

1:03:08before you is a portion of our need to

1:03:11bond of which the water and sewer bills

1:03:13will cover the debt payment on this

1:03:14bond. It's and our uh goal, we obviously

1:03:17haven't issued the bonds yet. Uh but the

1:03:19goal is to have uh competitive interest

1:03:21rate and our target is a 10-year bond so

1:03:23we can pay this off very quickly

1:03:25although the infrastructure is supposed

1:03:26to last you know say 100 years and so uh

1:03:28that's how we're trying to be effective

1:03:29because we'd like to then enter pacer

1:03:31for rated roads which is about 75 miles

1:03:33of across the city.

1:03:36>> All right. Thank you mayor. Uh just for

1:03:37myself, I know that me and mayor the

1:03:38mayor have had many conversations uh

1:03:40when I started on the council years ago

1:03:42and we had presentations regarding the

1:03:43roads. Um it was very concerning for me

1:03:47uh because we had valuations indicating

1:03:49that between five and six miles a year

1:03:52were becoming to the point where they

1:03:54needed to repair be repaired and we were

1:03:56only repairing two miles a year. So with

1:03:58that math we were never ever going to be

1:04:00uh caught up. So, um, unfortunately, we

1:04:03did have a b a ballot proposal, uh, that

1:04:06didn't go through and we had to

1:04:07restructure a lot of things in the city

1:04:09to get a balanced, uh, budget. And this,

1:04:12uh, administration at this time, I think

1:04:14we have agreed that this is the time to

1:04:17move forward on the roads. Um, we have

1:04:19to have good quality roads in our city

1:04:21for our residents to be happy. And I'm

1:04:22so proud that this is going to be done

1:04:24in a really short time. In regards to

1:04:26the bonding, though, I appreciate uh,

1:04:28Mr. McGown here from Miller Campfield. I

1:04:30want to see if my colleagues have any

1:04:31questions, but as far as the time frame

1:04:34the mayor indicated, that's a very

1:04:35aggressive from my understanding 10

1:04:37years, which I'm glad that we're going

1:04:39to do that. Can you speak a little bit

1:04:40regarding what the standard usually is?

1:04:42Is it 20 or 30 years as far as the

1:04:44bonding?

1:04:44>> Uh, yeah, sure. Thank you. Uh, good

1:04:46evening, members of council,

1:04:47administration. Pat McGau here from

1:04:49Miller Canfield. Um under Michigan law,

1:04:51cities can issue bonds for

1:04:54infrastructure projects for a period of

1:04:56time uh no greater than 30 years or the

1:04:59useful life of the infrastructure. So

1:05:01when we talk about water and sewer

1:05:02pipes, which is what this is, most

1:05:04engineers would say that's 40 plus years

1:05:06of useful life. So in theory, the city

1:05:08could issue bonds up to 30 years for

1:05:11these improvements. Uh the city has

1:05:12looked at a lot of different options,

1:05:14has been monitoring the interest rates

1:05:16uh provided by the financial adviserss

1:05:18and is looking at a 10-year bond issue

1:05:20to kind of shorten that. I would say

1:05:21typically most cities issue water and

1:05:23sewer bonds like this for 20 years,

1:05:25sometimes 25, and this is intended to

1:05:28get these bonds paid off, which will

1:05:30reduce the overall interest cost during

1:05:32that time frame.

1:05:33>> Yeah. No, I I was really proud of that.

1:05:34It's aggressive time frame and uh

1:05:37hopefully we can stick to it. So, we do

1:05:39appreciate it. Any other questions or

1:05:40comments for my colleagues?

1:05:44All right. Thank you both. Thank you for

1:05:46being here, Mr. McGall. Thank you, uh,

1:05:47CFO. Any objection to unanimous role?

1:05:52Unanous role should be attached. Next

1:05:53item.

1:05:54>> There are no other items on tonight's

1:05:56agenda.

1:05:56>> All right. Thank you, Mr. Clerk. Uh,

1:05:57before I turn it over to some of my

1:05:59colleagues, I just wanted to um give a

1:06:02little recognition. and sorry we didn't

1:06:03have a picture but a longtime Dearborn

1:06:06resident Ali Seed good friend of mine uh

1:06:09the founder and operator of Hype

1:06:10Athletics was named 2026 Chamber of

1:06:14Commerce community leader of the year so

1:06:16we're very proud of him um we uh didn't

1:06:19have his picture we missed that one

1:06:21sorry but a a great long-standing

1:06:23Dearborn resident for some of our older

1:06:25time Dearborn people that remember Adri

1:06:27appliance

1:06:29I know you guys are going to shake your

1:06:30head up there no comment on this

1:06:32All right. But uh I look at Al Mr. Say

1:06:35as the the the new Adre appliance. Not

1:06:38that it can be taken away from him of

1:06:40putting a lot of youth into a great

1:06:43facility. Of course, partnered with uh

1:06:45our Wayne County, but to be recognized

1:06:47like this, I thought it was well um

1:06:50worthy for him to be recognized.

1:06:52Longtime Dearborn resident, and I still

1:06:54remember when he pulled out the little

1:06:56uh basketball nets at Hemlock Park and

1:06:58started right there in in Hemlock. So,

1:07:00uh, congratulations to Mr. Ali Sad. And

1:07:03then I wanted to, um, I think this is

1:07:06the last last councilman we didn't get

1:07:08to recognize Mr. Gary Enos's birthday.

1:07:10And, uh, it was a, a great birthday

1:07:12party. Anybody that had a chance to stop

1:07:13by Falls Lounge,

1:07:16I did make it there. I did uh, make it

1:07:18uh, there a little late. Uh, but

1:07:21>> yeah. Well, the donations went to the

1:07:23burn drive and I know that uh, Gary,

1:07:25it's a it was 6.

1:07:28You got anything you got to say about

1:07:29that? cuz I'm not there yet.

1:07:30>> I just want to thank everyone for the

1:07:32birthday wishes, everyone for donating

1:07:34to the burn drive. We raised $1,126

1:07:37for my birthday. I didn't want anything.

1:07:38I have enough stuff. I don't need any

1:07:40more things. And I am now a proud member

1:07:43of the 60-year-old club, which is uh

1:07:45goes which I'm happy of. Me and uh

1:07:47Councilman Paris, I think a little over

1:07:4960.

1:07:51And then I think uh I had just missed uh

1:07:54my esteemed uh dean of the council,

1:07:56Councilman Abraham, and he made a

1:07:57comment earlier to saying that's the

1:07:58first time I walked into a bar before he

1:08:00had left. I said, "Yeah, that's probably

1:08:02true. That's true. I said I would make

1:08:04it. I had a dinner engagement, but I

1:08:06made it a great crowd, uh great

1:08:08atmosphere, and uh it's always good when

1:08:10you have friends, folks. I mean, you

1:08:12know what? We're all going to go and not

1:08:13nothing to take with you. Uh the

1:08:15memories that you have and the people

1:08:16that you surround yourself, the

1:08:18memorabilia there of your your brother

1:08:20that was 85.

1:08:21>> That was 8 jersey. 1988 Rose Bowl.

1:08:24>> Danny Yeah. Danny Enos's brother played

1:08:26at So Ford and we see I seen the jersey

1:08:28with the Michigan State and the Rose

1:08:30Bowl uh emblem up there. Uh great great

1:08:33uh uh tradition.

1:08:33>> Yeah.

1:08:34>> And uh Gary, if you like I got a I got a

1:08:36guy that can get you into silver

1:08:37sneakers early.

1:08:40>> I'm I'm going to look into that.

1:08:42Seriously, let me know. got silver.

1:08:43>> They got to take advantage of it.

1:08:45>> That's a good one.

1:08:46>> Silver.

1:08:46>> All right. Anything else for my

1:08:48colleagues?

1:08:49>> All right. Mayor, from yourself,

1:08:50administration.

1:08:51>> Uh, just a few events for all to note.

1:08:54Uh, Wednesday, October 21st, which is

1:08:56tomorrow at 6:30. It's Meet the Arts and

1:09:00Culture Commissioners Night. This is one

1:09:01of our newest commissions. Uh, so you

1:09:03can meet the commissioners at the Pesky

1:09:04Art Gallery. Tuesday, October 22nd,

1:09:07Henry Force Centennial Library is having

1:09:09their Halloween dance party. This is

1:09:1010:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. A

1:09:12family-friendly event. Uh,

1:09:15trick-or-treating, downtown development

1:09:17authorities, Michigan Avenue East and

1:09:19Michigan Avenue West. Saturday, October

1:09:2124th from 1 to 3. It's happening both at

1:09:23Peace Park East and Peace Park West.

1:09:25>> Saturday, October 24th, our Deb Police

1:09:28Department is partnering with Blue Hands

1:09:29United for a sensory friendly trunk

1:09:31retreat. We also had one earlier today,

1:09:33which was phenomenal from 4 to 6. Uh and

1:09:35lastly, uh Dearborn downtown Fall

1:09:38Bazaar, also known as the Market on

1:09:40Maple, is happening Saturday, October

1:09:4224th from 4 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. over at

1:09:45Peace Park East and on Maple Street. Uh

1:09:47so those are the events that that are up

1:09:48and coming.

1:09:50>> Thank you, Mayor. Uh Mr. Clerk, anything

1:09:52from your department?

1:09:54>> Well, speaking about up and cominging,

1:09:55two weeks from today, we'll be voting. U

1:09:58some of you might decide to vote before

1:10:00that. As a matter of fact, we've

1:10:02received 5,000 absentee ballots that

1:10:04already have been returned. About 45% of

1:10:08the 11,000 that we've sent out, which

1:10:11still means that there's 6,000 out

1:10:12there. So, uh, let's fill them out as

1:10:15quickly as possible and try to get them

1:10:17to us as quickly as possible because the

1:10:19mail sometimes is a little slow. We want

1:10:21to make sure that all of those votes get

1:10:24counted and end by election night. Uh

1:10:27early voting will be starting at the

1:10:29Performing Arts Center this Saturday. Um

1:10:33beginning on Saturday, October 24th and

1:10:36ending on Sunday, November 1st. And in

1:10:39honor of Dolly Parton, we'll be open

1:10:41every day from 9 to 5.

1:10:45>> I appreciate that. That's a good one,

1:10:46George.

1:10:46>> 9 to 5.

1:10:47>> That's a really good one. How we doing?

1:10:49How are we doing on uh election workers?

1:10:53We are looking very very good for

1:10:55election workers. There are still people

1:10:57that are are coming in actually uh even

1:11:00today to apply and we're looking for if

1:11:03we can't fill you uh in that spot, we're

1:11:06going to be hiring you as a backup

1:11:07person because as you know, we always

1:11:09need backup people for the ones that

1:11:12might not show up on election day. So,

1:11:14we're building our reserve list right

1:11:16now and we are accepting applications

1:11:19all the way up probably until the at

1:11:21least the end of this week.

1:11:23>> All right. And then we do start this

1:11:25Saturday for early voting. Correct.

1:11:26>> Yeah. I want I'm going to make sure that

1:11:28we we get out there to vote. No matter

1:11:30if you're voting blue or red, uh the

1:11:33Green Party, doesn't matter. We need

1:11:35people out there to vote. Dearbornne has

1:11:37always been known uh as one of the

1:11:39highest voting percentages cities in the

1:11:42state of Michigan. Um and we want to

1:11:45keep that record up and make sure that

1:11:47people continue to come out to vote. Uh

1:11:50last or eight years ago we had u 54%

1:11:54turnout for a gubanatorial race and

1:11:57we're hoping to reach that 54% again

1:11:59this year. Uh so

1:12:01>> be great.

1:12:01>> Don't forget to vote. is very very

1:12:03important and um hope to see you out

1:12:06there. If not on election day, we'll see

1:12:08you at early voting for those nine days.

1:12:11>> Appreciate it. And then, Mr. Clerk, on

1:12:13um because there's a lot of national

1:12:15media regarding the the absentee ballot

1:12:18in Michigan, you the the ballot must be

1:12:20received. Can you explain that a little

1:12:22bit by a certain time?

1:12:23>> Yeah. Yeah. We have to receive the

1:12:25ballot no later than 8:00 p.m. on u on

1:12:29election night on Tuesday, November 3rd.

1:12:32So at 8:00 p.m. that's that's the final

1:12:34deadline. It's it's the one of the worst

1:12:36feelings that a clerk can have when on

1:12:38the next day or the next day or the next

1:12:40day after that we still get mail from

1:12:42people returning their return returning

1:12:45their absentee ballots but cannot be

1:12:46counted. Andre so we're hoping that that

1:12:49doesn't happen.

1:12:49>> All right. We have we have drop boxes

1:12:52throughout. So if you end up being you

1:12:53know someone that maybe procrastinates a

1:12:56little bit to the end they could drive

1:12:57the ballot right here to the to the box

1:12:58and put it in there. Correct.

1:13:00>> Yeah. they can use that box here or

1:13:02there's five other boxes around the city

1:13:04of Dearborn as well. So, uh they're

1:13:06they're out there so please use them.

1:13:09>> All right. Thank you, Mr. Clerk. All

1:13:10right. At this time, we will move

1:13:11forward for our second and final public

1:13:13uh comment. Anyone here to address the

1:13:15city council regarding city business? We

1:13:17ask that you fill out a comment card and

1:13:19then you'll be addressed. If not, you

1:13:21could just raise your hand. I'll make

1:13:22sure that you'll be noticed. Kind

1:13:23reminder, you do have a threeminut uh

1:13:25time limit and that you will receive a

1:13:2730 second warning from our clerk once

1:13:29that time when your time is about to

1:13:31expire. Uh first we have Mr. Joseph

1:13:33Barajio.

1:13:39>> Thank you Joseph Barajio. Dearborn uh

1:13:42Ysef Ben Ali,

1:13:44you often have appear before this august

1:13:46body what is called a white elephant. Uh

1:13:51Webster's dictionary defines a white

1:13:53elephant as something limited of dub

1:13:55dubious value. Also an endeavor or

1:13:58venture that proves to be a conspicuous

1:14:00failure. This group comes before you

1:14:03trying to criticize the city of Dearborn

1:14:05not being taking negative actions

1:14:07towards the Christian community in the

1:14:09city. Well, I'm going to lead to another

1:14:12point right now that makes a connection.

1:14:15In Iran, there are 35,000 Jewish

1:14:18residents. They live a very wonderful

1:14:21life. They're highly regarded and

1:14:23respected by the general Iranian

1:14:26population.

1:14:27And that particular group always

1:14:29emphasizes the fact that they're are

1:14:31loyal and to their country that they

1:14:34love their country of Iran. Now you take

1:14:36that point and go across the region, not

1:14:39in a very short distance to Israel where

1:14:42Christians are treated very poorly,

1:14:44having their churches blown up, even

1:14:46blown up and destroyed and their

1:14:48property stolen. And the Armenian the

1:14:50old Armen Armenian quarter, Christian

1:14:52Armenian quarter in Jerusalem has

1:14:54recently attacked and forced out of some

1:14:57of their their belongings. And the worst

1:14:59of it, the the worst of it is when

1:15:02Christians walk down the streets of

1:15:04those of in Israel, they're actually

1:15:06spit upon. Spit upon. Now, this being

1:15:10spit upon in this country is considered

1:15:12a a fiscal assault.

1:15:15Now, what I'm saying to the group that

1:15:17comes before you, these these uh uh

1:15:21white elephants, they should take their

1:15:23cause

1:15:25to where it really counts. were where

1:15:27Christians and Christianity has really

1:15:28abused and that's by the fascist Zionism

1:15:32led by the Ashkanazi Jews who have done

1:15:35such harm to the Christians there. Take

1:15:38their your cause there. You have no

1:15:40cause to belittle the city of Durban as

1:15:43as what it does to its Christian

1:15:44community because there's nothing there.

1:15:47Thank you.

1:15:48>> Thank you.

1:15:50All right. U Mr. Clerk, do we have any

1:15:52other cards?

1:15:52>> I do not have any other cards. Anyone

1:15:54here would like to address the city

1:15:56council regarding city business, please

1:15:58step for state your name and address for

1:15:59the record.

1:16:02>> Uh Sue Sachina, I'm speaking as a

1:16:04Dearborn resident and not as a reporter

1:16:06tonight.

1:16:08When I drive through my neighborhood on

1:16:10the east side of Dearbornne, I am

1:16:12constantly watching out for children,

1:16:14young children on e scooters and ebikes.

1:16:18I have slammed on the brakes numerous

1:16:20times when kids drive from sidewalk to

1:16:24sidewalk between cars, when they ride

1:16:28down the streets weaving in and out.

1:16:31I am terrified that I'm going to be

1:16:35writing about the loss of a child's life

1:16:37very soon. I'm glad that you are looking

1:16:40at banning scooters from the downtown

1:16:42district, but I think we need to get

1:16:44more aggressive

1:16:46in our ordinances as permitted by state

1:16:50law to get these kids off these powerful

1:16:54electronic scooters and bikes to protect

1:16:57them, to make sure that kids that are

1:17:00old enough to ride them wear helmets. I

1:17:02don't want to be writing an obituary

1:17:04about a child hit by a car on a scooter.

1:17:06We really need to put some teeth. We

1:17:09need to have the schools send home

1:17:10letters to the parents. I think the

1:17:12parents are caving into the kids who are

1:17:14begging for these cool toys. We have got

1:17:17to protect our children's lives and we

1:17:19have to have some really tough tough

1:17:22unpopular laws to keep them from zooming

1:17:25around on these things and killing

1:17:27themselves. Thank you very much.

1:17:28>> Thank you, Sue. We appreciate it. I know

1:17:30you were at our our mayor's briefing

1:17:31where you seen the discussion. We are

1:17:33our full support with you on that. And

1:17:35as you you've seen our city attorney,

1:17:37we're trying to balance between the

1:17:38state law to make sure. But you're

1:17:40absolutely right. We're going to try to

1:17:41have the toughest laws we can. And we

1:17:43don't want to see anybody hurt. And it's

1:17:44it's a very big problem. So

1:17:46>> how does state law prevent us from

1:17:49having tougher regulations?

1:17:51>> Well, I mean, the city attorney can

1:17:52address that, but there's some things

1:17:53that are statutory which I don't think

1:17:55we can supersede or be inconsistent

1:17:56with. Mr. Carter, would you like to

1:17:57address that issue?

1:17:58>> Sure. There are certain issues in state

1:18:00law where the state uh does what's known

1:18:02as assuming the field. So, um, when they

1:18:05regulate, we cannot reeregulate what

1:18:07they've already chosen to do. For

1:18:08instance, uh, state law dictates that 16

1:18:11is the age at which you can get a

1:18:13driver's license. We can't uh decide

1:18:16that, you know, 16-year-old shouldn't be

1:18:17able to drive, therefore 18-year-old

1:18:19should be able to drive. State law

1:18:20already has a series of regulations

1:18:23related to ebikes and and we can't

1:18:25supersede their regulations or act uh

1:18:28outside of their regulations where

1:18:30they've assumed the field. So, that's

1:18:31sort of the limiting factor. There is a

1:18:33there are actually multiple uh bills

1:18:35going through the legislature right now

1:18:37that uh will add further regulation and

1:18:39teeth on this issue. So we're monitoring

1:18:41that carefully, but um for now we're

1:18:43trying to do everything we can within

1:18:45sort of those limits.

1:18:47>> Thank you.

1:18:47>> Of course.

1:18:49>> Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Carter. And

1:18:51thank you, Mr. S. Uh last card we have

1:18:54is Mr. Adel Mod.

1:18:58>> Thank you. Uh, President Serini, uh,

1:19:01Mayor Hammude and city council and Mr.

1:19:04Clerk, obviously um, it's very important

1:19:07topic. So, thank you so much for raising

1:19:09it. And I actually made a video not too

1:19:11long ago about also having the same

1:19:14situation where a kid literally zoomed

1:19:16in while I was going way below the speed

1:19:19limit. And I almost had uh I was

1:19:24watching I was able to slam the brakes

1:19:26and I talked to that kid afterwards

1:19:28about the importance of knowing their

1:19:31surroundings and and not to uh speed

1:19:35with that scooter. And we actually at

1:19:37the school district um by the way

1:19:40trustee Mo again u at the school

1:19:42district we have approved a policy last

1:19:45meeting that we are asking uh riders to

1:19:49walk their bikers on school property and

1:19:52there will be signage that will say that

1:19:55so students will know and they will be

1:19:57educated. There will be a kind of a

1:19:59campaign also about telling them about

1:20:01this policy change. uh they will be

1:20:03disciplined if they are seen zooming in

1:20:07on school property. Um so they will have

1:20:10to just walk because those ebikes you

1:20:13can change the the settings where it

1:20:15could be just used as a regular bike or

1:20:18you have the the motor on. Uh the other

1:20:21thing that I wanted to speak to I think

1:20:23the clerk already mentioned I was

1:20:24watching the video is elections day and

1:20:28um uh I'm glad now that we have early

1:20:32voting. It is a great opportunity for

1:20:34our community members to exercise their

1:20:37right to vote. And a lot of folks used

1:20:39to complain that Tuesday was a busy day

1:20:41for elections day and you have to

1:20:43provide a reason for absentee. It's no

1:20:45longer the case. You can ask for an

1:20:48absentee ballot, fill it out on the spot

1:20:51at the city clerk until uh Friday or

1:20:55actually until elections day.

1:20:57>> Uh well, up until 400 p.m. the Monday

1:21:00before election.

1:21:01>> Yeah. Thank you. And then early voting

1:21:03happening at the Ford Performing Arts

1:21:05Center, which we call the Civic Center,

1:21:07from 9:00 a.m. or 8:00 a.m.

1:21:10>> 9 to5

1:21:11>> 9:00 a.m. to to 5:00 p.m. uh even on

1:21:14Saturday, Sunday. So, those are are

1:21:16available times where voting is made

1:21:18much much easier. I encourage everybody

1:21:21to early vote because you don't know

1:21:23what you're going to be doing on

1:21:24elections day. I mean, it's a busy,

1:21:26hectic day. And there is a

1:21:28transformational bond for our school

1:21:30district on the ballot and I would

1:21:32encourage everybody to attend any of the

1:21:34community uh sessions that we have uh

1:21:38did 21. Um I think there are still five

1:21:40more to go uh out of those 21. And you

1:21:43can also watch, we taped the Miller one,

1:21:46so you can watch that on the district's

1:21:48website. And if you have any questions,

1:21:50you can reach out to myself, uh, any

1:21:53district uh, administrator, the

1:21:55superintendent, Mr. Mike Calei as well.

1:21:58>> Thank you, M. Appreciate it.

1:21:59>> Thank you.

1:22:00>> All right. Anyone else here to address

1:22:01the city council regarding city

1:22:02business?

1:22:04Right. Do I have a motion to entertain

1:22:06to adjourn? We have a motion by

1:22:07Councilman Hammud.

1:22:09>> We are adjourned. Thank you.