City Council - Regular Meeting
The Highland Park City Council meeting on July 20, 2026, was called to order at 7:15 PM but was immediately adjourned at 7:16 PM due to a lack of quorum. Only two council members were present.
About this meeting
- Government Body
- City Council
- Meeting Type
- City Council
- Location
- Highland Park, MI
- Meeting Date
- July 20, 2026
Transcript
39 sections
Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. You don't get that kind of gift out of me.
It's insane. If anything, you get to be on my end because I'm the elected official. You're just a regular citizen. An employee. Exactly.
You're not like me.
I don't know what you're talking about.
What's going to happen?
Nothing. They so fool with their eyes and brown. That's what it's all about. They so fool with their eyes and brown.
Oh, that didn't work. Did you have a minute? Okay, good.
When he said out his mouth, he didn't want to come in.
There was no reason for him not to start on time. He knew he had to start on time.
He said out his own mouth, standing right there. So if he knew that he didn't have no reason to delay this meeting, he should have started on time.
The whole city just want to come. Wow. Okay. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Showing up, they can bring this. I'm gonna wait on the end of the year.
Yeah, true, true. True, true.
What you gonna do for Paula, Ms. Gray?
Come on. Oh, you got to spill the tea. I mean, after 30 years, you got to spill the tea. I know it's some stuff that we may have been wanting to do for some time. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, I'm jealous as hell. Yes, I am jealous. I'm saying truly jealous.
40 years, not 30.
Yeah, 40 years. It's been 40 years, right? 30 as a clerk and 10 you worked for the previous clerk, right?
I worked for two previous clerks.
Okay, see that?
40 years.
I don't know if I had that level of commitment.
40 years.
I don't think I got that level of commitment. Yeah. Where did the time go? Yeah. I don't know, Ms. Green. I don't think I got that level of commitment. I'm not going to tell you no lie. I could probably squeeze out 20 and that's pushing it, but 40, I don't know if I could do 40. And no job, I don't know if I could do 40 at a job. Okay.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. so so So. So. So the vision of the future.
I think it's, I think it's, I think it's later on tonight.
By 11, maybe 12.
Yeah, I think about 11, maybe 12 o'clock.
In fact, I hope so. We need to go back on the mic. I'll take you right back. Yeah, I think we need to go back on the mic.
I'll take you right back.
They're talking about around about 4 a.m. to late. Yeah, they're only tomorrow. Yeah.
tomorrow morning, at least is what the news is saying, but you know they don't normally get stuff 100% accurate. Yeah.
Yeah.
Hopefully the rains will put it out. It's only going to rain for an hour. From four to five.
I'll be fresh. Yeah. Thank you. Yes.
Okay.
It is 7.15. Call in the regular city council meeting to order. July 20th. Unheard, can you call the roll? Councilman Ashafi. Present. Councilwoman Martin. Present.
Councilwoman Manta.
Council President Robinson. Present. We do not have a forum, so I'm calling the meeting at 7.16.
We apologize, ladies and gentlemen, but two of the students and Ms. Martin jumped. 7.15 and a half.
Okay.
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