City Council - Regular Meeting

Okay, welcome everybody to the council meeting on June 2nd, 2026. I'd like to call the meeting to order at 6.30. Pledge allegiance, please. Mr. Plato. Roll call, please.

Mr. Patz?

Here.

Mr. Clark?

He's excused.

Mr. Armstrong?

Here.

Mr. Wallace?

Here.

Mr. Thede?

Here.

Mr. Thomas?

Here.

Mr. Johnson?

Here.

Mayor Woolley?

Here.

Mrs. Bauer? Here. Mr. Dragone?

Here.

Just a note, graduation tonight, and Mr. Clark has a daughter that's graduating. That's more important than this. Can I get a motion to approve the agenda? Motion to approve, Mr. Chairman. Support. Motion by Mr. Thomas, supported by Mr. Armstrong. Any discussion? Anything from the audience? Hearing none, all in favor say yes. Yes. All opposed, yeses have it, motion carried. May I get a motion to approve and accept the minutes of the meeting held May 19th, 2026 in dispense with oral reading? Motion. Support. All Mr. Thede, supported by Mr. Armstrong. Any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor say yes. Yes. All opposed, yeses have it, motion carried. We're going to move to 5.1, which is mayor's communication.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Item 5.1 is a motion to approve to conduct the draw for the 2026 Junior League World Series.

Support. Motion. Support. Motion by Mr. Armstrong, supported by Mr. Thomas. All in favor? Yes. Yes. All opposed? Yeses have it. Motion carried.

Mr. Chairman, Mr. Hort and Mr. Watkins will walk us through the process. Good evening.

Good evening. Okay, I'm going to read this word for word so I don't screw it up. Under the direction of Little League Headquarters in Williamsport, we are conducting the draw for the 2026 JLWS. A total of 12 teams are participating again this year, consisting of six teams in the United States bracket, and six teams from Mexico, Canada, Australia, and Little League regions of Latin America, Europe, Africa, and Asia Pacific make up the international bracket. The local District 5 tournament will again be played at Heritage Park, and the winner will earn one of the U.S.'s six spots in the 2026 JLWS. As required by Williamsport, no region or country who received a buy in 2025 tournament can again receive a buy in 2026. As such, we will first determine the buys for each side of the bracket and then proceed to fill out the remainder of each side of the bracket. So the two international teams that received a bye last year were Canada and Australia. So Mr. Watkins has pulled those two balls. Now it's on you. The first ball drawn will get a bye and it'd be team number six in the bracket. Latin America. The second ball drawn will get it by and be team number five in the bracket.

Asia Pacific.

Okay, we're gonna stop and put the two balls we took out back in. The third ball drawn will be team number four in the bracket. Australia. The fourth ball drawn will be team number three in the bracket. Europe, Africa. The fifth ball drawn will be team number two in the bracket. Mexico.

Mexico.

And the sixth ball drawn will be the number one team in the bracket.

Canada.

Okay. We got it. Thank you. All right. The U.S. teams, the two teams that received a bye last year were the East region and the Southeast region. So we'll pull those two balls out. The first ball drawn will get a bye and be team number six in the bracket. The second ball drawn will get a bye and be number five in the bracket. Southwest. We're going to stop and add the two balls that we took out. Let them pick. The third ball drawn would be number 14 in the bracket.

Hold please. Yes, District Five.

District five, number four in the bracket. The next ball will be team number three in the bracket. The fifth ball drawn will be number two in the bracket. And then the last ball is the number one team in the bracket. Did I miss one? Thank you very much. Was it as exciting as you hoped it would be? It was very exciting. I've always wanted to do this. This year marks the 44th JLWS to be played in Taylor, making us one of the longest running international youth sporting events in the world. The JLWS will begin with our opening ceremony on Saturday, August 8th. You will receive a chance to meet all the teams and will conclude with a ceremony with a very nice fireworks display. The tournament games will begin on Sunday, August 9th. Games will be played throughout the week, and you'll be able to see every game on ESPN+. Our championship game will be held on Sunday, August 16th, and I hope you will all be there at some point during the week. Thank you for your time. We appreciate you. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

Mr. Chairman, that's all I have. That's it? Yep. Okay. So we're going to move to the consent agenda. All these are considered routine. Unless somebody wants to talk about an individual one, we're going to make a motion to approve all of them. So can I get a motion?

Make a motion to approve the consent agenda.

Motion by Mr. Wallace. Support. Supported by Mr. Thomas. Wait a minute. 6.1 through 6.5. Any discussion? Anything from the audience? Hearing none, all in favor say yes. Yes. All opposed? Yeses have it. Motion carried. We're moving on to the regular agenda. 7.1, motion to approve the City of Taylor budget amendment 2026-008 dated June 2nd, 2026. May I get a motion?

Motion.

Motion by Mr. Wallace. Support. Supported by Mr. Patz. Any discussion? Anything from the audience? Hearing none, all in favor say yes. Yes.

Yes.

All opposed? Yeses have it. Motion carried. 7.2. Motion to approve referred petition to vacate all Utility easements located an alley adjacent lot 96 through 112 and 475 479 through 485 as as described below Motion motion by mr. Thomas second second by mr. Edie any discussion You got a look on your face

Through the chair. Yes. Is there anybody here representing this request? Thank you.

Good evening to the chair. This is my first time presenting in front of you guys. I'm the city assessor. I'm Jessica Gracer, so it's a pleasure to meet you all. And I'd be happy to, this is my item, so I'm more than happy to answer any questions you have.

Through the chair. I noticed when I was analyzing this as we do all of these things that there is a single property owner that owns a strip mall and all of the lots over on West Point. So in effect this vacation would turn it into like one large piece of property. Now the first two lots south of Mercer on West Point is another individual property owner who did not sign this request. That's number one, that whole thing there. And number two is, all of the alleys are vacated all the way down from Northline all the way to Eureka, except this stretch. And I'm curious why they wouldn't vacate the whole south part of it, too, all the way to Eureka. So that was my major question. It just looked very unusual to me.

mean to the chair it what I found is if there's no necessity and if it isn't pursued independently by the homeowners or for the greater good of the city then it stays vacated until it is pursued so that's probably why it hasn't been pursued in the past as to the yes that is correct my What my understanding is is the intent is to combine all of the properties Besides those two parcels that have been missing as I've listed the missing signatures, yes Through the chair.

Um, I understand there would be other things required to do so but is it is it very clear that If this happens those properties would be combined but I believe they're zoned very differently and

So to the chair, I apologize. So at this point, no combination application has come through my office, which is where it's initiated. So nothing has been pursued. But if they do choose to pursue it, it will be evaluated for potential at that time. So for the time being, their intent is just to have the alleys vacated and have the existing parcels absorb the portion that they're able to receive.

And my last thing through the chair, the property owner that owns the first two lots off of Mercer on West Point, were they notified of the intent of this

So to the chair, yes, I have spoken to the petitioner. He has been in contact with the other individual because the attempt was made to get that signature because it's two parcels, but only one owner owns both of the properties. And I think they were a little unclear they were worried that they were getting more than they thought it was more complicated than what they were being presented with so they did not want to sign at that time and it was more or less they didn' t want the hassle they thought it was going to be a huge hassle for them to sign off on it that' s my understanding from the petitioners

contact with with the chair so so nobody here from the city spoke with this individual who didn't sign this is a representative of the person who wants this done that said that yes that is correct yes

if I may add to that I'm sorry so because this is a situation where we don't have a hundred percent signatures that's why it's being referred to the Planning Commission the Planning Commission will review their request and give a recommendation to the council and set a public hearing which will give that individual the opportunity to come in and have their say so to speak so there is checks and balances for them to be heard

to the chair if I can. Jessica, just so I be sure I understand. So this property owner that did not sign did not object. He just did not feel comfortable signing the petition.

That is correct. Yes.

Pardon me through the chair. That is according to the petitioner. Nobody from the city spoke to the property owner. Sorry.

Thank you.

Correct. And I'm pretty sure that once the Planning Commission gets a hold of it that they will speak to them.

For the tribute. Through the chair, though, is that the normal process? But normally they're just notified and they have the right to come here and speak out against it, correct?

To the chair, in the event where there is not 100% signatures, yes, that is correct. It is not atypical for this to happen.

I just want to let everybody know that. Yep. Okay, any other questions or comments? Hearing none, all in favor? Yes. All opposed? Nope. Roll call, please.

Mr. Armstrong?

Yes.

Mr. Wallace?

No.

Mr. Thede?

Yes.

Mr. Thomas?

Yes.

Mr. Patz?

Yes.

Mr. Johnson?

Yes. Motion passes 5-1. Okay. 7.3. Motion to approve on X for the final payment of October 2025 for Google Workspace license in amount of $12,428 funded through General Fund IT Contractual Services. May I get a motion? Motion. Motion by Mr. Patz. Support. Supported by Mr. Armstrong. Any discussion? Anything from the audience? Hearing none, all in favor say yes. Yes. All opposed? Yeses have it. Motion carried. 7.4. Motion to approve RICO for the purchase of 60 copiers, printers through my deal contract in amount not to exceed $249,674 plus 60 months service terms as disclosed. Purchase includes complete refresh of all printers, copiers, new card readers, transfer of print and scanning software funded through the general fund Court and IT capital outlay. Motion to approve. Motion by Mr. Thomas. Second. Second by Mr. Thede. Any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor say yes. Yes. All opposed? Yeses have it. Motion carried. 7.5. Motion to amend CCR number 6.220-25. Blanket purchase agreement to increase authority for federated health care, an additional 10,000 for Lindy Gas, an additional 4,000 funded through the General Fund Fire Department ALS account. Motion. Support. Motion by Mr. Wallace, supported by Mr. Armstrong. Any discussion? Anything from the audience? Hearing none, all in favor say yes. Yes. All opposed? Yeses have it. Motion carried. 7.6, motion to approve the clerk and the mayor to sign the amendment to the water service agreement between the City of Taylor and the Great Lakes Water Authority. May I get a motion?

Motion.

Support. Motion by Mr. Wallace, supported by Mr. Patz. Any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor say yes. Yes. All opposed? Yeses have it. Motion carried. Motion to approve Plumbers Wholesale low bid for the purchase of vacuum breakers for cross-connection program in amount not to exceed $79,380 funded through the Water Department Capital Outlay. May I get a motion? Motion. Support. Motion by Mr. Thede, supported by Mr. Wallace. Any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor say yes. Yes. All opposed? Yeses have it. Motion carried. 7.8. Motion to approve JK of Michigan low bidder to complete Cooper Street lift station rehabilitation project for a contract amount of $546,000 and a 10% contingency of $54,600 for a total amount not to exceed $600,600. It was funded through the Sewage Department Fund Reserve. Motion to approve, Mr. Chairman. Support. Motion by Mr. Thomas, supported by Mr. Patz. Any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor say yes.

Yes.

All opposed? Yeses have it. Motion carried. 7.10. No, 7.9. Motion to approve weight trim. and associates current vendor to perform construction engineering services for the amount not to exceed $78,000 funded through the Sewage Disposal System Fund.

Motion.

Motion by Mr. Armstrong. Support. Supported by Mr. Wallace. Any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor say yes. Yes. All opposed? Yeses have it. Motion carried. 7.10, motion to approve Oracle America to provide annual license for platform and integration services in amount not to exceed 9,386 funded through the general fund, fire department, water department, sewer fund, IT contractual services. Motion. Motion by Mr. Patz. Support. Supported by Mr. Armstrong. Any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor say yes. Yes. All opposed, yeses have it, motion carried. 711, motion to approve CDWG, low quote, for the purchase of 30 laptops to be utilized as electronic poll books in amount not to exceed $23,311 funded through the general fund clerk's office election supplies. Motion. Support. Motion by Mr. Armstrong, supported by Mr. Wallace. Any discussion? You good? Okay. Hearing none, all in favor say yes. Yes. All opposed? Yeses have it. Motion carried. 712, motion to approve CCR number 12.531-25 for Belfour Property Restorations. To increase the authority by $152,636 funded through TBA insurance proceeds. May I get a motion? Motion. Motion by Mr. Thomas. Support. Supported by Mr. Wallace. Any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor say yes. Yes. All opposed? Yeses have it. Motion carried. 7.13 Purchase to approve Ventura LLC selected as qualified contractor to provide design and construction installation services for the new all-inclusive playscape to be installed at Heritage Park for the amount not to exceed $1,300,000 funded through the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity and a TBA capital outlay account for the year 2026 and 2027. Motion. Motion by Mr. Armstrong, supported by Mr. Thede or Mr. Thomas.

Any discussion? Yeah. I would just like to say I'm incredibly proud to be able to bring this motion. This is going to be a fantastic upgrade to this park, and I'm excited to expand on our parks and recreations.

Chairman, I want to thank Senator Erica Geis for securing this grant for us. I know that it's going to be in great hands with Mr. Yulin and his team in charge of that. And I know, Mayor, that this has been something that you've been wanting for a very long time. Do you want to speak on it?

Sure. Through the Chair, It's something we've been talking about for a few years now and when it is complete, we're still going through the design phase. We'll put it out there. Me, Mr. Yulin and Melanie, we've been kind of going over some concepts and it's going to be incredible and it's going to allow everyone. to play on something or with something and it's going to be all inclusive. Um, it is going to be based around the existing playscape that's there, but we are going to put pour and play on there, but it's going to be a whole nother, um, we're going to add a new playscape with a bunch of other stuff that we're going to kind of keep secret for now, but it's going to be built around the existing playscape, but it's going to be, uh, a whole lot more and it's going to be incredible and everybody here is going to be very proud of what we're going to be able to accomplish here probably in the next eight to nine months. We're looking at probably the spring of next year. Um, so it's going to be a very, very, uh, it's going to be an awesome park. And again, thanks to Senator, uh, guys for securing these funds and Guido and Melanie for putting in all the hours and work and our, and definitely our recreation commission. They did a lot of, uh, Work on this as well. They sat through many hours and going over different proposals and everything like that So they get a lot of props on this too. So we're very excited and we're getting into the The real depths of the design phase and so it'll be soon that we'll be able to put it out there of what we're gonna be doing I was just like to make a comment that Mr. Yulin and his team have a lot of things on their plate

They're doing Lang Park. They did this. They did the petting farm. Just great job.

Great job all the way around. And to the chair, I can't tell you how many other municipalities that I get along great with reach out to me and ask if they, you know, ask me for, you know, like, hey, would you mind if I talk to your parks director? You know, because they see what we're doing. And the first thing I say is, well, what do you want to talk to him about? So just to his credit and his team, you know, they're always looking at what we're doing and wanting to, you know, and by all means, he's, him and his team are the first ones to always, you know, we're always willing to help out, you know, one of our neighbors and stuff. So to their credit, you know, I agree with you 100%. Through the chair, Mr. Euling, you got anything you want to add?

No, he's not my dad. Humble as always.

Okay, any other comments? May I get all in favor? Yes. All opposed? Yeses have it, motion carried. We're going to 7.14, a motion to receive and file first reading of parcel 60-220-99-001-017 to rezone I1B2 light industrial business regional Taylor Dearborn Heights Gateway overlay to a I1PUD light industrial plan unit development. Property is located on the south side of Van Boren in Clippard in Merrick. Motion. Support. Motion by Mr. Thomas, supported by Mr. Wallace. Could I get Laura up to talk about this? Let everybody know what could be happening.

Good evening, through the chair, chair, persons. This is the site of the Maskell Corporation on Van Boren. We are very lucky and very fortunate that the Applicant has purchased the property and has the vision of preserving this campus-like setting building. It's the most unique one in the City of Taylor. It's approximately 18.75 acres. It's located at the southwest corner of Amborn and Merrick Street. The existing multi-story building is approximately 417,000 square feet. There are no other buildings in the city with the design and layout of this building. This site has been currently vacant for a number of years. This PUD rezoning is going to pave the way for them to do a planned unit development there and do the uses they're proposing that could be included in the PUD. The following uses include 132,050 square foot limited, it's an upscale self-storage facility. It would be like paintings, artworks, things of that nature. A 60,000 square feet event and conference center and a 75,732 square feet of professional offices. This industrial PUD would allow for a wider variety of uses such as entertainment and recreation uses. It also has the potential to permit uses and special land uses in the light industrial district. And I might add that the Planning Commission has put a condition on their approval with the exception of any manufacturing uses and intense industrial uses, such as motor vehicle uses, transportation and warehousing uses, construction uses, and manufacturing uses. And any use currently listed in the I-1 that's special land use will go back before the Planning Commission for approval.

Mr. Chairman, I would just like to say that Matthew and Brian are both here in the audience, and I just want to say from the start of this process, they've been great to work with, and I want to thank you guys for taking a chance and purchasing that building and keeping it for the way it is. They've been great to work with and working with our team, and so we're very excited that you took a chance in doing what you're doing. We're all very excited, and we'll see how the vote goes. but it has been a very good working relationship with them. And they're here to answer probably if you have any questions as well.

Any other comments from the?

Through the chair. Going through the package, this is one of the last thing with the Playscape's awesome. We will be a model when it's done. That'll be something to be, there's a lot of things going on to be proud of. This thing is absolutely gorgeous and just we're really blessed This goes through and they get to develop the way they're looking at it. It's very, very nice.

Any other discussion? Hearing none, all in favor say yes. Yes. All opposed? Yeses have it. Motion carried. Now we're on to open business. Got any open business? Through the chair. We're going to do the council first.

Council first tonight? Yep. Through the chair, I would like to make a motion to approve. This has been requested by the city clerk. We're required to have an official newspaper for publication of legal notices, and our city clerk. Bauer has asked us to make a motion to approve the News Herald, current vendor, as the official newspaper for the publication of legal notices for the City of Taylor, funded through various sources.

Support. Any discussion? Motion by Mr. Wallace, supported by Mr. Thomas. Any discussion?

Mr. Chairman, just thank you for adding this last minute and As you can all see, the bid that came in from the USA Today was extremely high. So I thank you for doing this and giving me the grace to work this next year and hopefully get some other competitors in this field.

Thank you. Through the chair, this is tentative, correct? This would be it?

Mr. Chairman, if someone can come along and meet all the criteria and You know what I mean? We'll discuss that further. Mr. Plato had also sent something out today as well regarding a different vendor too. So now that we have more vendors in the field, then yes, that would be great to maybe bring something forward in the future. It's just by the charter we have to name someone by this meeting.

Sure. Thank you. Thank you. Any other discussion? Hearing none, all in favor say yes. Yes. All opposed? Yeses have it. Motion carried. Now, any other open business from the council?

Through the chair, one thing. live in the city I'm really proud to be in the city and you get an opportunity go look at the crane business report interview with Mayor Woolley not one for patronizing anybody but in this case it was a really great job we have a lot of very important and good things going on in the city for development A lot of vacancies are being taken care of. And I just thought it was a very, very good interview and a good way for you to see what's going on in the city and something we can be proud of. Thanks.

Anything else from the council?

Just a reminder that the next council meeting will be moved to Lakes of Taylor. Same start time, 6.30 p.m. Study session will still be here. And I apologize. I believe the date is June 16th, Tuesday, June 16th. I'm wrong on that. I'm sorry. And then the study session would be that Monday, June 15th. I think it's that meeting and then the first meeting of July, and then we should be back here at the second meeting in July, possibly. But we'll advise. And it is posted. It's posted here. It's posted at Lakes of Taylor. I will not be at the next meeting because I have training out of town. I was in training all day today. Absentee ballots will be sent out at the end of the month. So watch for those if you do register for one. And then the charter amendments that we had sent in the Attorney General and the Governor did notify me that they did receive them and they are under review.

Okay.

Thank you.

Any other thing from Council? Okay. We'll go to the audience.

Sir? Name, please. 2400 Gully Street. Again, pothole. Tore up grass between the sidewalk and curb at the golf course. Was here two weeks ago, spoke to Don. He came out, looked at it, said, blah, blah, blah. Here we are two weeks. How long do I got to wait for somebody to come out and throw a couple little spoonfuls of patch in the street and fix the grass? Did someone come out? Yeah, Don came out the next day. Did they come out and weed whip? Nobody's done nothing. No weed whipping at all? No.

Okay.

If we can address that in some kind of timely manner, I don't know how long I got to wait before I got to go out there and then maybe submit a bill to you guys for me taking care of the mess that's been created by whoever the contractor was that was doing the bridges on the golf course. It's not that big a deal. I see the trucks going around putting patch in the streets and I got a pothole like this is getting worse and worse. The bus comes flying through there on the bend and every day, you know, there's another piece that just comes flying out and is getting bigger and bigger. So I don't know how long or I have to wait, but it just seems kind of ridiculous. I was here two weeks ago and somebody came out and then it's like, here I am again today pleading the same case. So if you can address it for me, please and thank you. I'd appreciate it. I just got a nod back there.

It's going to be taken care of.

Thank you, sir.

Name for the record, please.

Good evening. Caroline Patz, 6860 Jackson. First off, next... Well, tomorrow, today's Tuesday. Tomorrow is the 15th year for the Taylor Community Conservatory Concerts, and it is also the Taylor Alumni Night. So if you're a Taylor School District alumni, please come out and check out the table. Come in and sign so we can see how many Truman, Kennedy, Taylor Center, and Taylor High School people show up. And then this weekend is Colonial Days. The Taylor Historical Society sponsors Colonial Days. And it is on Saturday. It starts up with their camp opening at 9 o'clock. It's actually, they'll stay the night, so they'll be there at night. Starts at 9 o'clock. Officers call. They'll have their colors. They'll have a British Army drill. They have encampment members doing things. They have a set up their cooking and their arts and crafting and doing all kinds of things on Saturday. On Sunday, it's going to be a slow, kind of like a soft opening because the Happy Souls run is going to be at the same time that morning. So the camp will not be running from 10 to 10.30 with the Happy Souls. for fish and loaves, that's for fish and loaves. But then it'll continue on then from 10.30 on starting at 11 o'clock is an American drill. There's an encampment thing going on, mini militia. I think they have a cannon too that they'll be shooting off. There's a battle at 3 o'clock and then the closing camp closes at 4 o'clock on Sunday. So tomorrow come listen to some awesome music, Bob Seeger, and then on Saturday and Sunday come out to Heritage Park.

Thank you. Sir?

Good evening, I'm Tim Construcci, Dwarven Street. I'm going to go over some of the things in the 287 agreement to address that again. I came from trying to clear up some of the misconceptions last time. I'd like to cover some of the things that are actually in it. I don't think it's really occurred to me that a lot of the members of this board weren't here when it first got signed on and may not have actually had an opportunity to read it and may not know what's actually in it. So I'd just like to go over some of the things real quick. So, right here in Section 1, Purpose, in the very first section on the very first page, it says, the purpose of this MOA is to set forth the terms and conditions pursuant to which selecting a law enforcement personnel will be nominated, trained, and thereby approved by ICE to perform certain functions as an immigration officer under the direction and supervision of ICE within the Lear's jurisdiction. So to be very clear, any of our officers who wouldn't be committed to this program are under ICE's supervision. They're not under our supervision anymore at that point. And that's repeated throughout the agreement. creates the power to arrest without warrant, so Section 5. To arrest without warrant any alien entering or attempting to unlawfully enter the United States in the officer's presence or view, or any alien in the United States if the officer has reason to believe that they're an alien. Now, of course, because Taylor is not on any border, no one's going to be seen coming in illegally, which means that ultimately it's just reasonable suspicion, which, as we know from ICE's practice, means, well, it means profiling. It means racial profiling. They've already determined that based on how you sound, that you can be determined to be possibly an immigrant. And then, of course, the power to... the power and authority to issue immigration detainers. So these are different from judicial warrants. So these are in essence self-signed search warrants, self-signed detainers. It bothered me a lot when the police chief was concerned that we were giving immigrants special rights or special treatment by not acting on these. But the reality is that these are not the same as warrants that you wouldn't act on. Administratively, when you have officers just carrying this out, you run someone's name, the name pops up, therefore you think you detained them. But in reality, the detainers here have not gone through the judicial process. So she needs the same as they would is to discriminate against them. But the most important part without question in section 14. Sir, you're at your three-minute limit. All right. Thank you. Yes, which transcends liability to the federal government, which removes liability to hold us accountable. Thank you. Thank you.

Sir? Hi, I'm Matthew Stryker, 8914 Holland. Long time resident, first time board study session, so bear with me. I'm coming here in regards to tomorrow's planning commission meeting regarding the property rezoning to Wick and Holland. I talked with several of the residents and we have quite a few concerns that we wanted to bring up prior to that. And I'm sure you've heard all of it already Holland by the train train tracks the curve there people dump boats Mattresses, there's an oil drum that seems very bloated that's been there for about six weeks that my wife and I and Other neighbors have called on to get rid of and removed because we're not sure if it's leaking we'd hate to think that anything's leaking into the grounds over there and But we're concerned that with this new Property rezoning if it does get rezoned that if it's an industrial site, what kind of hazards could be inside of it? The noise we already have we already have airplane noise. We already have train noise We already have cars speeding up and down the road over 25 miles an hour yesterday for an hour between we' ve been in the parking lot since 2 p.m. And 3 p.m. I counted 35 semis and commercial vehicles that go back and forth on the road which has been detrimental to the pavement to say the least especially with the semis. Basically the we've all heard that the train yard used to own the properties behind the five houses on Holland Road but we heard since recently found out that's not the case and it's actually marked industrial already and so we all know that something could go there at any given point in time and I work for General Motors so industry I get it I understand that we need it but what we're looking for is none of us really heard too much about this proposed plan prior to this notice and me knocking on everybody's doors so we're hoping that it doesn't get passed tomorrow and that if that if there's future discussions on it that the developers would come and talk to the residents and speak to us about what could be done to you know to ease our tensions so there's not flooding there's not problems in our backyards and there's not noise pollution because me personally I work midnight shift so I sleep during the day so it's already loud over there already and I need to sleep I drive to Flint six days a week so I got a long haul and I can't be driving and falling asleep so we're just concerned we want to try to work with taylor see what we can do to keep the green space and uh you know just keep everything everybody happy and never like you're at your three minutes appreciate appreciate the comments appreciate you thank you all mary souza beverly road

I know this is old business of City Council. It's already been passed and all of that, but I just wanted to have, and I was not able to be here to share my thoughts. So on April 21st, 2026, this council voted against the master plan and voted six to one. One member's discussion at the meeting went like this, and I quote, through the chair, what year was that? 20 years ago. And I want to remind everybody that this is indeed conditional rezoning. There is nothing that can be done with it as far as it being industrial. It has a very specific use, so the danger of this is zero. The people doing this have long contributed, the families have, to the city of Taylor in various places. They have gone through a grueling thing to get this done, end quote. I would say grueling is a very dramatic word. I cannot imagine that this family went through hardship to get the process done. This member, as far as I'm concerned, insinuated that because the master plan was this old, it just wasn't relevant and this family suffered more than anyone else who had gone through this process. The fact that the plan is 20 years old and the family wanting this has been long contributing to the city of Taylor and it was grueling for them should not matter. What was so grueling that it made it so important to appease this family and go against the master plan? No explanation was given as to how it was so difficult for them. That being said, how was their situation so different from anyone else applying at this city? I believe this property was brought up at the last sitting council and voted down. I believe it. I believe so. I also realize that you want to move things along and be opposite of the last council's inability to do so on certain issues. This does not mean council should ignore what is in front of them. Issues should not be rushed through because some on this council are impatient and believe just because a master plan is 20 years old, it is worth ignoring. You as a council need to be mindful of what you are doing with this master plan. If this council's plans go against the master plan in the future, you need to make amendments or update it to move forward from here on out. My question today is, when is the master plan up for reevaluation?

So through the chair, I can tell you that we are going through the process right now. I think Laura, we're going through all the legal procedures. Laura can kind of touch on it better than I can. Laura, please come to the mic so everybody else can hear.

The master plan that was adopted in 2007 has been reviewed by the Planning Commission and updated every five years. We do that every five years. Okay.

But through the chair, if anybody is, you know, we do put that out. If anybody wants to be on a committee, we will put that out too.

Thank you. Ma'am?

Hi, my name is Teresa Garcia. I'm with the Taylor CERT. We are putting on a fundraiser this year, the Battle of the Bands. We're thankful that the city gave us the open air pavilion to use, but I guess there's other expenses we have to come up with. If there's any way somebody in the city could, I could maybe meet with and get information on how Things to help us move this along so we have a successful event. Things like how to advertise. We're trying to do it on Facebook, but not everybody has Facebook. Even some of our members do not use Facebook. We've done a lot for the city, and we've always, just recently we started getting some supplies from the fire department. Prior to that, we supplied our own supplies. All of our medical equipment, everything, we bought it. We either had our AEDs, we had donated to us by going out on the streets. I'm trying my best to... solicit myself at businesses that's not my forte I'm an RN I've been an RN my entire life I'm not used to going out to people my my job is in the Taylor medical section of it but I'm trying we're trying to get this event to turn out we just we need help we need help and like I said, for advertisement, giving us suggestions on where to go to get things, you know, because right now we're kind of blind. The person in charge of the event, Kim Dupree, she's very good. She said she's done these before, but the rest of us have not, and we kind of feel like we're lost, and we don't want this event not to go well. But I know we've done a lot for the city, and when it comes to things like... One of my members wrote down things because she knew I would forget Through the chair not to cut you off.

Like I literally met with Blaine earlier today. He told me I talked to him yesterday and so You know we can talk after the meeting Okay, like you know and Elaine or yourself anybody can reach out to me at any time because you know you talked to Blaine today and

know i met with him about a pretty good thing yes and i'll tell you what we've been working on that thing since i joined in 2015. well it's done now so that's what he told me he goes i knew you would be happy with it so um but yeah we just want to keep going and we really need to somehow get a way to increase our membership going to some of the businesses on telegraph road I went to the cordial shop and I talked to Ron and he said to me who are you guys I've never we've never even heard a certain so I had pulled out all the pamphlets and everything and I said well this is us you know you see us at the first day things like that but we'd if there's a way to I don't know how to increase the membership, but we really need to, we'd really like to see about getting younger members in there.

The majority of us are old. Mr. Wallace would like to say something.

Thank you, through the chair. I'm one of the newer members of the CERT team, and I really think it's worthwhile. A lot of people should get involved with this, and hopefully we can find ways to support of this great activity. And I just wanted to put in, you know, a few more good words for this. And certainly, I'll help, too, since I am a member. My wife and I are members of the CERT team, and you get a cool green backpack and everything, too. But thank you. I'll be one of the people that will be trying to help.

Can I just say one more thing, Nat? To do with CERT, this last month, there was a situation At my home, we had to have the police out. They were top notch in handling a mental health situation. And you hear nothing but bad. I saw the chief back there and I thought, I have to say this. Well, thank you for that.

We need to hear things like that because, like you said, all we hear is the bad stuff. And there's a lot more good than there is bad.

And I know how hard it is in mental health because I did it for a little bit and I said, no. I told the heritages, have you ever put me back on that floor? I'm out of here. Thank you. It was the last time. But no, they were great.

Thank you.

Mr. Chairman, Mr. Mayor, Cindy, and council members, my name is Debbie Burnham. My family's been in the city of Taylor since the 1920s. I have a couple of things I want to make sure you guys are aware of, because you're very intelligent people. We got a good town here, and I want to make sure you guys are aware of some things. Maybe you're not, maybe you already are. I did a, it's sort of like a Google thing, but it's called mypfasgrade.replit.app, and you can put in your zip code, your town, and it'll tell you about your water. And I am aware that you sent out things about the lead in our water. This is forever chemicals. The grading system is A, B, and C, and Taylor's water is rated C. We have forever chemicals in our water. I don't know if you guys are aware of it, but you can look it up, like I said, and it shows anywhere. And this is from the EPA. So we got a C, not good. Don't know what we can do about it, but it's not a good look. plus we know we have the lead, correct?

Through the chair, it depends on the house, you know, like, so we do random checks, we reach out, you know, those things we send out. I know you do. Certain people got, like, depending on where they test, I can tell you through the chair, I was a little upset with the response they made us do because it scared the heck out of everybody. Sure. You know, and off the record, they kind of agreed with me because it was like they said, if we have a major catastrophe... You know, people might not listen. So what we do is the random checks, and if people are concerned, you know, we can reach out as far as we get our water tested every year and we pass. Right. You know, and we put that into Taylor today. We have to by law. So, you know, that's all we can kind of. Got to look at this, though. Yeah.

These are forever. These are in our babies, our grandchildren. I've got seven of them and one great-grandchild. I'm not happy about that. You know, so if you'd like to keep look at this.

Yeah. And through the chair. We buy our water through the Great Lakes Water Authority. We don't supply water.

I understand. I understand. We just service. The authority. It goes through the authority. I understand that.

We service the infrastructure.

But maybe there's something that can be done where our water is filtered and stuff. I know there's a place in Allen Park that does the cleaning up. They need to look into that. That's dangerous, especially for our children.

Ma'am, to the administration. Are you on the Water Authority Board? I'm on the DUA Board, which is the waste. Oh, the waste? Yeah. Is Mr. Mack, you on the board over there? Can you talk about this any... What was the question?

Forever Chemicals, PFAS. We did do an unregulated contaminants sample. It was 2024, and our levels came back low. But there is no regulation yet on PFAS and PFAS in our system yet. But that will be coming down the pipe eventually. So we have to get ready for it. Yes.

Right. So through the chair, what they'll do is they'll regulate GLW a, uh, or yeah, great lakes water authority. So the state is kind of going through through the chair. I do know that they're really cracking down on the PFAS. So that will be regulated on great lakes water authority. That's who we get our water from. So cause they're even cracking down on that, like on the wastewater that like all the municipalities in this area, We took it over from Wayne County, and we have those meetings here once a month. Actually, we have it on Thursday, but it's going to be in Southgate because they're going to start working on this room. And I sit on that board. But Eagle has really stepped up in the limits and stuff like that, but that's why they even lowered the lead, and that's why we had to send out that flyer because we dropped a little bit. But it's only in certain houses, and what we suggested was if a house is kind of falling off, We automatically, and that's our policy anyway, so we instantly go to that house and change out their line. They move right to the head of the list. Okay, great. And I think that's what the state should mandate rather than scaring everybody in the entire city, you know, and stuff. So we do our due diligence the best we can, but those restrictions will be given by the state and put on the Great Lakes Water Authority directly. And, like, as you can see, Wyandotte's kind of under a little bit of a, you know.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I thought you should have that. No, I appreciate it. I wanted to share it with you, you know, because I know you guys, you know, do your best and you look into things, so. And I have a couple quick things, too. Thank you very much. Thanks, Jason. Okay. There is something disturbing I found that you know these, you know about the AI and you know about the data centers. And most people don't want data centers in their town. I have a question for all of you. Is there any plans for a data center in the city of Taylor?

Through the chair at this time, no.

Okay. I hope to God you guys don't do that to us because there's all kinds of problems with them. The sound, the pollution they put off. They make our electric bills go up higher, and they're already too high now. And our water, and they use drinking water. And then they recycle it, and they say, oh, but it goes back into the system, 90% of it. But you know what's in it? Lead, mercury, all kinds of chemicals. Stuff that stops the corrosion in the pipes, that all goes back into it.

Ma'am, we're at our three minutes, but I want to make a point.

Well, he was talking through part of mine.

I know. She stops it every time. Okay. But when you say, I hope you don't do that to us, we're us. I know. We're us.

And I trust you guys. I elected you guys. I want you guys to be smart.

We got a moratorium on data centers right now until we can look at ordinances and see what's... What can be done? Go ahead and give you your last question.

Okay. Some of us were wondering about, you know, I know we have parks in Taylor, but it would be nice if we were left with some natural green spaces. They're very healthy for people, especially in urban centers where it's all cement. We don't want to have high temperatures like the city of Detroit and Troy and Birmingham, places that are nothing but cement. I understand we need Factories and we need you know other buildings and stuff for jobs and stuff and Taylor But please can you guys maybe put in your planning a little bit of natural green space Taylor's got? Nice trees that it's great, but it also helps People you feel better when you see trees and stuff and not all cement and all buildings and things like that I think a lot of people would appreciate some natural green spaces when I was a kid We used to go to Verde Sam, which is now a hospital, but we had fun ma'am Okay, okay, all right your time's up.

I'm gonna respond to you.

Okay.

We all agree with you

Okay, we all agree with you.

We want green space. I have three acres. I have deer in my backyard. I think it's wonderful. Here's the problem. We did an area off of Beverly. Toxic waste thing that buildings going in and everybody I voted for it. It was a right or wrong I I think I made a good decision on that so people will disagree Here's the here's the problem. They said well, what if it's in your backyard? Guess what? I got Unifirst in my backyard, right on Inkster Road. If you don't own the property, we can't keep it. They have a right to build. That's the whole problem. And the planning department does its best to get as many trees and buffers as they can. But the ordinances and that, if they own the property, And it's zoned that way, but we all agree.

But before they own it, you guys own it, we own it, the city of Taylor, the people own the land.

We own property. Yes. But not much of it, not compared to the rest of the city.

But who sells it to them, you guys?

Through the chair. But what I'm saying is, we own property, okay? But all that property is not enough to worry about. It's lots here and there. It's not 500 acres, is what I'm saying. And I would love to have a bunch of green space. If somebody would take the initiative to raise our own taxes and go out and get a petition signed and have 5,000 people sign it and get it on an election to raise our tax by one mill, that would bring about a million dollars a year, then we could buy property that could be forever

Green spaces, natural- Through the chair though, I don't mean to interrupt, but we do have a lot. We have Fletcher Park, we have- Yes, we do. There is a lot of green space in this city.

I'm talking about parks that are built out.

But that is designated green space. And some of it just might have a path through it and stuff like that. And we do need that. But at the end of the day, we are a city too. You know, and it's kind of a, you know, we have to keep a balance, which I agree with.

Exactly. But we don't have to be so urbanized that, you know.

Thank you, ma'am.

Thank you. Thank all of you. Thank you.

You're welcome.

Through the chair. Yeah. I just don't want any misunderstandings when. lady was talking about it, I started grinning a little bit. It's because Charlie and I were just talking about this right before the meeting, exactly what you said. So I don't want you to think I was making fun of you or anything like that. I was giggling because I thought we just talked about this as we were walking in.

He was.

Ma'am?

Hello. Good evening, Council and Mayor Woolley. I'm not the most eloquent speaker, so I'm going to read from this just so I stay on task and meet my three minutes. I also want to acknowledge that I heard what you guys were talking about with the, you know, abandoned Places that we have in the city and what you're doing with it. So I was paying attention and that has to do with what I'm going to talk about. My name is Anna. I'm a Taylor resident and I'm here tonight because I want to talk about an issue that I think needs to be revisited. The rats I've been seeing in our city. This issue has become a part of my everyday life, but I know I'm not the only one dealing with it. From the information I've gathered and conversations I've had with other residents, it's clear this is affecting people across our city. Neighbors are talking about car wires being chewed, fences being damaged to a point that they don't even want to replace them because they think they'll just be damaged again. People are removing bird feeders, giving up our vegetable gardens because they know it's contributing to the food source. Residents are buying trips ourselves, setting them ourselves, and spending our money trying to manage this on our own. That matters. It shows residents care. It shows people see this as a real problem. And it shows this issue is impacting our homes, our property, and our daily lives. I'm finding dead rats on the sidewalk, in the street, in my yard, seeing them drinking rainwater, and I'm not using poison on my property. I'm having to dig them out under my disabled neighbor's deck for her because I can end up smelling them in my yard a couple days later. Sadly, our beautiful Taylor backyards, known for their ducks, are at war with the damage and safety that these rodents are causing us. As a parent, this creates a serious safety issue before my son can even go outside to play in his backyard. I'm walking the border for dead rats. That should not be a part of anyone's daily routine. I also want to say this clearly. I don't think that a solution should rely on neighbors reporting neighbors and turning this into a finger pointing issue. This is not about blaming each other. This is not about who keeps a perfect yard. This is not about creating tension between residents. This is about identifying root causes, uh, because paying a citation and solving a problem are not always the same thing. A neglected abandoned house is still neglected and abandoned after a citation is paid. I'd also like to ask whether the city has been collecting data since we talked about this in 2018, maybe mapping some phone call complaints that we're getting, or if you need us residents to call more about them. Has the current approach actually reduced the rodent activity we've been seeing in the past eight years? Has resident complaint patterns changed? Are there hot spots tied to vacant places, construction areas, open fields? Because if we're not measuring it, it's hard to know whether our strategy is working. Poison alone does not seem like a long-term solution. Nearby communities such as Southgate and Riverview have partnered with pest control services. Residents can call the city and they send the pest control out to set traps, treat the active areas until they are no longer needing to be treated. That feels proactive. Can you tighten it up? I'm so sorry. Not as code enforcement paperwork. That's all. Thank you for your time. Alright, thank you. Thank you so much.

Next.

Hello, I am Megan seats and I couldn't wait to get in here and talk to you guys.

I've been kind of just posted closer.

I'VE BEEN WATCHING AND LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY. I'M PART OF TAYLOR IN THE KNOW, AND I HAVE BEEN CONTACTED ALSO, PROBABLY LIKE YOU DO, WITH ISSUES AND THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. I'M NOT REALLY CONCERNED WITH THE ISSUES AS MUCH AS I AM WITH COMING UP WITH SOME EASIER SOLUTIONS INSTEAD OF THE BIG ONES THAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO COME UP WITH. OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO READ A LITTLE BIT TOO TO MAKE IT EASIER. Over the years that I have been in this community and born and raised here, I've had opportunity to hear from hundreds of residents and I've attended the meetings and just simply observed the patterns. But what I've learned is most residents are just looking for solutions. They want safe neighborhoods and they want functioning infrastructure. They want responsive government, confidence that when they raise a concern, someone is listening. I think you guys are doing everything except for the last part so well. So that's the spirit in which I'm going to speak to you tonight. And I can also bring back to the residents too and make them feel a little bit better. So I want to begin by acknowledging the good stuff that you guys are doing. We're really happy and proud of you guys.

Can you get closer to the mic? I can hardly hear you. This is terrible.

We've seen that the police officers and investigators working difficult cases have been making a lot of progress. And we know that there are leaders throughout the city serving on boards and churches, nonprofits, scholarship programs, schools, youth organizations, community groups. So there are people here who genuinely care about the city, and we know that. So that's why it's so frustrating, because the pieces are already here. Over the past year, residents have come before this council with a plethora of concerns, ordinance, communication, trust. At first glance, they look like they're separate, but they're not. I want to share a few examples. We have a disabled resident spent years trying to be heard. He came before the council again and again asking for accessibility concerns to be addressed. He wasn't being difficult. He wasn't being disruptive, and he was right. Today, those concerns are being taken more seriously, and that's good. It's not just a lesson about accessibility. And I'm glad that you guys are doing this with the parks and everything too. I also want to briefly mention Kathy Carroll. Whether residents agree with backyard chickens or not, many people feel that the situation has become symbolic of something much larger than chickens. A resident followed the process and we see where we're at now. It's not helping move the city forward. And I'm asking that the case be dropped. and that a review of the charter can happen so that we can get some eggs. It's expensive. I just bought them $10 a carton just to get the good eggs. I wish I could go to my friend Kathy's and pick up some eggs, but I can't. I would also ask if we could pay attention to the residents who have reported concerns for years, like the trees that were marked about three years ago and haven't been addressed yet. Ma'am? Okay, I'm almost done. All right, Mr. Woolley, can I just talk to you real quick?

No, everything through the chair. Through the chair, please. Ma'am, ma'am. It's not a question and answer. Ma'am, through the chair, please.

Oh, I'm sorry. Okay, so you guys have everything that you need really to work, and if you need help with the communication and talking to the residents, I would like to help. Okay. And we have some really great ideas. We have people in the gardens. They just need a little direction.

Okay.

Deal? Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you.

Hello. My name is Gary Blum. I live in the city of Taylor. I wanted to talk to you about garbage pickup. I live in a sub off of Northline, one of the most heavily taxed subs in this city, and I cannot get consistent garbage pickup. I have not got it since Rizzo through GFL. I have to say priorities seem like they got a pretty decent start, but they're down to the same thing. Most recently, it's yard waste pickup. We had it there, and I called one week and got no response as far as getting it picked up. I called the second week. And then finally I came down and spoke to Matt. Our pickup day is on a Friday. It was picked up on a Wednesday. Had it have gone till Friday, there would have been three weeks worth of yard waste out there in the whole sub. It's not just me, it's everyone there. So I'm dealing with that. A couple other things that I wanted to point out, the feature down at Eureka and telegraph that had been hit by a vehicle sat there for six months to a year. They finally picked it up and got rid of it. Um, You put these features throughout the city, and yet it's the archway. You put the feature out there, and then it's got to be coming close to two years now. So it's just gone? Is that ever coming back? Is anybody going to repair it and fix it? I'm curious about that.

So Ed can talk about that. To the chair, the main reason that's been held up is because there are so many different moving parts to that. The truck that was involved, who's going to cover it? It really all relates to insurance issues and who's going to provide what insurance to cover the repairs to that. That's really blaming it on the insurance companies, not the city.

I can understand that, but it's been a year and a half now, so we should know who's paying for it by now.

It often takes that long. It takes that long, unfortunately. I've been here 12 years and some of it is just ridiculous. But I have to give a shout out to our DPW director. He got tired of seeing that and he got rid of it. Now we're just waiting for it to get repaired.

And the other thing I wanted to bring up is just that the football bridge, from its conception, The contractors must have scratched it or something because they took a bunch of spray bomb and touched it up. I used to be a painter. I noticed it right away, but I thought, oh, well. But as the years have gone by, the sun fade is a lot different from what's originally painted there than what's been touched up there. I think the contractor who put that thing up should be gone after and said, hey. You need to repaint this thing.

I think that's a little too late.

It's been a while. And I've been talking to them because it's starting to fade. And actually, they're saying that it's the seal on top of it that's starting to fail. But I'm telling them that, okay, if the seal's starting to fail, that Eventually the is the structure is going to start to fail so seems like I'm gaining a little headway, but you know now that the final force coming I'm using that as a like an argument so.

But I agree with you if you look at it, it's the base that has been painted it's faded more than where they touched it all up because you'll see the spots that. and it's just uneven. It just looks bad. But the garbage thing is my main reason for being here. And I don't disagree with you. I'm so tired of the garbage.

I talked to the garbage company myself, because a resident on Part E, and I was going to bring that up in open business. A lot of rain, a lot of yard waste, and they're behind, and they admit it, and they're trying. They had four trucks out Sunday, and I keep on the phone with them.

Yeah, well, I got... Let's see, I got garbage picked up on Saturday. I got recycle picked up on Sunday. And I'm still sitting there.

You know, we had the holiday in there.

After a good rain, those bags are breaking open. I know.

I know. But, you know, they're aware that we're not happy. And I'm pretty sure that our DPW director is on it. Right, Ralph?

It's been an ongoing problem.

Thank you.

All right. Thank you.

Thank you.

I just have one quick question in regards to that. Aren't they charged a certain amount?

If they don't get it within 24 hours, they should be charged $100. You're still doing that? It's got to be reported though and recorded.

Okay, because I know Dearborn Heights is really going crazy right now.

Yeah, the $13,000.

And they should pay it.

Taylor Festival coming up.

I've been asked to blame to get this for several years now because we get called into the carnival. for first aid, they'll say, there's somebody down at such and such a ride. Is there any way we can get a map of where these rides are so we're not running, trying to find out where this is at? And I keep saying to Blaine, Blaine, we need a map. We have given them one of our radios so they can tell us.

Yes.

But a map with a location to say, hey, go to the south end or go wherever. That would be a great help.

Yep. Through the chair, remind me.

I don't do very good with sign language.

Mr. Chairman, Councilman, Mr. Mayor, we map it out once they put the rides up so all of our officers have that. We will make sure they get that this year.

Okay. Great. And through the chair, I believe the carnival is going to be more out in the front this year, I think they said. I'm positive. Oh, okay. All right, I guess they changed.

Ma'am? Yeah.

We have received $0 for them and billed them for $0. We have done absolutely nothing different since I've been in the police department than we're doing now. We've done nothing. We have not shared IT. We have not done anything. Not one second of additional work. We've done absolutely nothing for ICE, with ICE, nothing.

Chief? Could you explain that when you sign that agreement, it's not just ICE, it's Homeland Security, it's a bunch of other people, and you're a government entity, and they're a government entity. Explain that whole situation again.

We've entered many agreements with many federal agencies. This simply was done, as I've stated for 13 months now, to show a cooperation with them. We were required to obtain federal funding via COPS to not interfere or subvert the efforts of immigration enforcement. We have shared nothing with ICE, despite the fact that any federal agency at our call will come in and assist these taxpayers in the city of Taylor. The FBI is here all the time. Homeland Security will be at our festival. Those are the agents I referred to. at no cost. They're not looking for illegal immigrants. All they're doing is helping us out, providing support. That's all that they're doing. So these agreements have been signed since before I walked through the door. There are many copies that are next door. I've shared them with council. I've shared them with many news agencies. This is nothing is new at all. We're not changing our tactics. We've not spent one second of time nor one penny of the taxpayer's money doing anything for ICE. Thank you.

Okay. Any other questions? Any other comments?

Yes, just to answer the thing about cost, that's covered in Right Inspection 10, participating LEIA personnel, yeah, participating LEIA personnel will carry out the designating functions at the LEIA's expense. including salaries and benefits for local transportation and official material use. Whether or not the REIA receives financial reimbursement for such costs through a federal grant or other funding mechanism is not material to this MOA. So, no, we don't get any money from the feds. We have to pay money in the event that we act on it, and that is something that falls on the local tax plans. So that is not something that they would be merciful for. And, yeah, I'm just trying to S.O.L. on that one. So also the agreement in question is not with any other department. It is not with the Department of Homeland Security in general or FBI. This agreement, the 2017 agreement, is specifically for us and no one else. Moreover, that agreement did not exist. prior to this current administration. It was stopped during the Obama administration and had not existed until this year again. So this is not something that we've just been doing continuously for this entire time. This is uniquely different from the other agreements. Thank you.

Thank you. Mr. Chairman, I'm just happy to say that we have one of the best police chiefs in the business, and I couldn't be happier.

Thank you. Thank you. Any other questions?

Make a motion you come to the podium Residents are we supposed to be finding like calling somebody and who if we are finding these dead rats in public places Do you want us reporting that I would think that you would report them to the DPW.

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Okay. Am I correct? I called the city and they told me to just, like, come pick up poison at the animal shelter. So I'm just looking for some guidance on what more I can do.

Right. So I would report it to the DPW.

Okay.

You know, eight years ago, I think, we've come out with the first thing that's on the Facebook. It's on, you know, our Taylor site. about trying to prevent rats. And I agree with you. We don't want to start pointing fingers at neighbors.

I got cinder blocks in every corner. I took out my bird feeders. Ma'am. Wait a minute. Sorry.

I said, I agree with you. We don't want to start pointing fingers at each other.

Right.

But here's the problem. It is the other person.

Well, it's dangerous to take it like a wild, wild west thing. And I was talking to residents. Right. Like, hey, you need help with your lawn. It looks... Like it could be helping the rats. You know, I don't really want to offend anybody either.

Oh, and I understand that.

I'm trying to find what the correct plan of action would be.

Our ordinance can't go into their backyard without their permission. I had one guy actually wanted me to get the ordinance to tear down a garage door.

Right.

Can't do that. I'm sorry.

Of course not.

You know, but we're aware of it.

I do want to say I did call about an abandoned house that's near me. I haven't seen anybody living in it the two years I've been here. And the city did come out and cut the lawn. And then the lawn place came out two days later to cut it. So I'm just, you know, after, how long after do we do, how long do we do that for, basically?

Cutting the grass?

Yeah. They'll do it.

Once it's on the list, they'll keep cutting it.

But then what, just write another citation, then cut it again?

That's not really- Well, they bill the owners.

They don't seem to care.

It's unfortunate. Yeah. And it's not just here.

Right. It's in Dearborn. It's in Dearborn Heights. It's in Southgate. Cities in the area. Yeah. So I get it. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you for the clarity.

Yeah. Anything else from the audience? Anything from the council? Can I get a motion? Motion to adjourn. Support. Motion by Mr. Thomas, supported by Mr. Armstrong.

All in favor? Aye.

Yes. Yeses have it. Motion period. Meeting adjourned at 7.54. 7.56. 6. Or 57.