Detroit public meetings in 2023
4 substantive meetings from 2023, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Public Health and Safety Standing Committee
The Public Health and Safety Standing Committee recommended three contracts for approval in formal session, including maintenance for Public Safety Headquarters and demolition services. Several other contracts and memoranda were tabled for future meetings or referred to the Internal Operations Standing Committee.
- Recommended approval of $2,930,172 contract for Public Safety Headquarters maintenance (3-0)
- Recommended approval of $16,650 emergency demolition contract for 19932 Coventry (3-0)
- Recommended approval of $2,039,819.40 contract for fill material replacement at demolition sites (3-0)
- Referred $2.5M Genetec Master Contract extension to Internal Operations Standing Committee (3-0)
- Referred $11M Verizon Wireless cellular services contract to Internal Operations Standing Committee (3-0)
- Approved minutes from July 24, 2023 (3-0)
- Received and filed memoranda regarding Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, Dwyer Street Property, and Jefferson-Chalmers water project (3-0)
Rules Standing Committee
The committee approved the minutes from February 20, 2023. Several items regarding office assignments and informational reports were removed from the agenda. Two items regarding legislative objectives and public address procedures were tabled for the next meeting.
- Approved February 20, 2023 minutes (3-0)
- Removed item regarding office, parking, and seating procedures from agenda (3-0)
- Removed item regarding assignment of offices by Building Authority from agenda (3-0)
- Removed three items regarding walk-on language, LPD assignments, and Teeter Reports from agenda (3-0)
- Tabled proposal to amend Section 23.1 regarding annual legislative objectives and benchmarks (2-0)
- Tabled review of Section 22.0 regarding procedures for persons wishing to address Council
Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee
The committee recommended approval of a $47,591,000 HUD grant for storm recovery and moved to advance amendments to the city's inclusionary housing requirements. Several other items, including tax abatement reports and a just-cause eviction ordinance, were tabled or rescheduled.
- Recommended approval of $47,591,000 HUD CDBG-DR funding for storm recovery (3-0)
- Recommended approval of inclusionary housing requirement amendments (3-0)
- Requested Law Department opinion on inclusionary housing ordinance amendments (3-0)
- Requested LPD report on 10-year area medium income and poverty rates (3-0)
- Closed public hearing on Krainz Woods/Sojourner Truth Homes Historic District (3-0)
- Rescheduled zoning public hearing for Selden Ave/Michigan Ave block to Oct 12, 2023 (3-0)
- Tabled Lear Corporation Industrial Facilities Exemption Certificates (Petitions 1329-A and 1329-B) for one week (3-0)
- Removed request for cannabis facility spacing reduction and Metro Signs advertising sign request (3-0)
Neighborhood and Community Services Standing Committee
The Neighborhood and Community Services Standing Committee approved the minutes from July 20, 2023. Several contracts for park services, equipment repairs, and graffiti removal were motioned to be brought back in one week. Multiple new business items regarding park expansions and grants were moved to new business.
- Approved minutes of July 20, 2023 (3-0)
- Tabled $1.425M Elmwood Park Pathways design-build contract for 1 week (3-0)
- Tabled $200,000 construction equipment repair fund increase for MacAllister Machinery Co., Inc. for 1 week (3-0)
- Tabled $350,000 graffiti removal fund increase for Fontenot Landscaping Services, LLC for 1 week (3-0)
- Tabled time extension for Hotsy Midwest Cleaning Systems power washer maintenance for 1 week (3-0)
- Moved to new business: $150,000 Joe Louis Greenway video management contract (3-0)
- Moved to new business: $750,000 citywide blight tree removal contract (3-0)
- Moved to new business: $885,200 Jayne Ball Field lightings design-build contract (3-0)