[0:05] Welcome to December 9th, 2025 city
council meeting. Roll call, please.
[0:08] » Mayor Webb
>> here.
[0:10] » Mayor Pro Washington
>> here.
[0:12] » Council member Londo
>> here.
[0:14] » Council member Sullivan,
>> she is ill and excused.
[0:17] » Council member Liro,
>> he is ill and excused. He was in the
[0:21] building and we were have a quorum. So
we released him to go home to conale.
[0:28] » Okay. The approval of the revised
agenda, please
[0:32] » move approval of the agenda is revised.
>> Second.
[0:37] » Any dension discussion?
[0:42] » We have a special visitor from North
Pole.
[0:45] » We have a special visitor from the North
Pole.
[0:52] » I hear the bells.
[0:57] Does it?
>> It does.
[1:00] » Oh, hey Santa.
>> It's Santa Claus.
[1:03] » What's up, Santa?
[1:10] » How are you doing, sir?
>> Love the suit.
[1:13] » I uh got a little bit of a reprieve from
the North Pole to be here, so I
[1:16] appreciate your your kindness.
>> I love it. Uh want to apologize that I
[1:20] was a little late on the tree lighting
ceremony. may forgot to make the left
[1:24] turn at Albuquerque, but you know, we'll
get that all straightened out next year.
[1:28] So, just wanted to say hello. Thank you
again for having me back again this year
[1:32] in the city. Um, let you know what's
going on the next couple days. Um,
[1:37] Friday, I'm having dinner with the the
fire department and enjoying some time
[1:41] with them and some fellowship with them.
And then Saturday is a very busy day for
[1:46] me. Uh, starting off at 9:00 a.m. at the
rec center, we're going to have the
[1:52] parade stopping by. How many schools do
we do? Do you know?
[1:56] » Uh, we have the map downstairs. I
thought it was 10, but if you're telling
[1:59] me nine, my chief of police, I will let
him know. He's here. And we will let the
[2:03] fire department know as well. And we
will do 9:00 if that's good for you.
[2:07] » It is 9:00 because I'm at the museum at
10:00.
[2:10] » All right.
>> So, from 10 to 1 at the museum. So, all
[2:12] right. And that 10:00 start time is
flexible depending on how many children
[2:17] that I visit with at the schools. And
then following that, I'll be at the rec
[2:22] center for lunch with Santa. All right.
>> I think that's the rest of the events
[2:27] for this year
except for the 24th when I'll be flying
[2:32] in to deliver presents.
>> Well, Santa, we just want to thank you
[2:36] for spending so much of your time. We
know that you're dealing with boys and
[2:40] girls all over the world who want
presents and we're just so pleased that
[2:44] you've been able to spend so much time
with us here in Little Hazel Park. And
[2:49] uh we hope that all the kids come out to
visit you on Saturday at the parade. We
[2:54] will be posting the route on Facebook
and the website starting tomorrow.
[2:59] » All right, sounds good. Thanks again for
having me, Santa.
[3:02] » We'll see you soon. See you next Santa.
>> Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.
[3:11] » And that takes us down to the civic
announcements.
[3:17] » Anyone have any civic announcements?
Ed,
[3:21] » I do not have any civic announcement
other than to uh remind folks that the
[3:25] Santa parade will be now starting at
9:00. Thank you, Santa, for clarifying
[3:29] that. And uh he'll be making his way
from the rec center down to Hoover uh
[3:34] high school across I can't remember the
entire route but we will have it. He
[3:38] will go to Ford school. He will go to
Webster and then he will find his way
[3:42] back at the
>> historical museum and he will be
[3:46] escorted by our police officers and
firefighters.
[3:51] » All right. Well, thank you sir.
And that closes civic announcements.
[3:55] Public discussion. I got uh someone here
at Philadelphia slip, William and
[3:59] Katherine Dresby.
[4:04] » Can you come to the microphone, please,
sir?
[4:06] » I just need your name and address for
record.
[4:15] » Okay.
[4:19] » Thank you.
[4:22] » Thank you, Andrea.
What was your address again?
[4:27] » Uh, good evening. Uh, William Dre. My
wife Katherine is here with me. Uh, 429
[4:32] West Garfield.
Um, bought 1997. So, I've been there 28
[4:38] years, longer than all all the other
places combined.
[4:42] Um, this this will take just five
minutes. I want to speak about the uh
[4:46] code enforcement or lack thereof in my
case.
[4:51] um in October 2023, so 26 months ago, I
went to code enforcement and with a set
[4:57] of pictures of what the neighbor was
doing. You might actually all be
[5:01] familiar with this neighbor at 4 437
right next door to me um who's been
[5:07] cited for, you know, the holes in the
garage roof and the raccoons and the
[5:12] rats and storing of the garbage and
whatnot.
[5:16] Um anyway, so this is my view outside my
kitchen window. Has been for years. Um
[5:24] and
so if you let me follow along here.
[5:29] Um
anyway, uh page two, picture A shows her
[5:37] her fence corner um where it turns the
corner goes behind her house. Both of
[5:42] both myself and her are in agreement
that the fence is completely hers. We
[5:45] everyone knows we know where the
property line is. Um
[5:49] she has and just perusing through the
Hazel Park uh codes
[5:55] uh limiting residential fence heights at
6 ft. She has a 4ft chain link fence. up
[6:02] against that. She's tipped seven just
under seven foot tall dogeared
[6:07] uh fence panels salvaged from another
site that are non-conforming for height
[6:13] reasons as well as the paint and stain
and you know repair issues. Uh she
[6:20] supplemented that with rows of 2x4 by 8
ft studs with tarps attached to them and
[6:28] the tarps get shredded. They hang over
the fence. They flap in the wind, all
[6:33] kinds of stuff. Um,
so, and this goes the entire rear yard
[6:38] property, uh, all the way. Uh, moving on
to page four, she's got two junk cars on
[6:44] the property, no license, no license
plates, uh, you know, broken windows,
[6:50] duct tape, all that kind of stuff. Um,
I I I don't call her my neighbor. She's
[6:58] the homeowner. The bounty hunter that
came looking for her daughter a couple
[7:01] years ago says that she owns a house in
Detroit and Royal Oak. So, and so she
[7:06] doesn't live there. She comes around
once a week, mow the grass, shovel to
[7:09] the lawn or shovel the sidewalks and
collect her mail and then takes off
[7:14] again. Um, the last picture on page five
is what the other side yard used to look
[7:21] like until that neighbor complained
against her. That side's been fixed. Uh
[7:26] when I was here in October 2023, I went
to code enforcement and I I I failed to
[7:32] get his card. I've got Ryan Anderson's
card, but I think he was a person before
[7:36] that. The person I spoke to was uh
Caucasian male, 6'4, 6'5, heavily built
[7:43] uh sitting in the small room off to the
left
[7:46] » uh when you're when you're at the
counter. So it was his office. So I
[7:50] don't recall his name. He was interested
enough to come out that same day. looked
[7:54] around, told me he he had already cited
her for the same issue and ordered her
[7:59] to tear down all this stuff. She only
tore down the other sideyard and
[8:04] apparently when they came by to check,
they saw that the other the sideyard
[8:08] where you can actually see up the
driveway was cleared. My side never was.
[8:13] » So repeated attempts to, you know, get
this fixed have gone on deaf ears. So,
[8:20] uh, I'm a military combat veteran, 100%
disabled. Uh, I'm a retired
[8:26] architectural engineer and,
um,
[8:31] » Mr. Clobisher.
>> Yeah, we'll take a look at this.
[8:34] Obviously, uh,
>> and see what's going on.
[8:36] » Jump in the chain of command.
>> Our, uh, our code enforcement supervisor
[8:41] is not here tonight, so we'll find out
in staff meeting tomorrow and, uh, we'll
[8:45] have an update. Is this
>> is this your contact information?
[8:49] » It is up there. Okay, I'll speak with
them. We'll try to get you an update to
[8:53] see where this is. There may be tickets
in progress already.
[8:57] » Remember, we've got this pesky thing
called the Constitution and
[9:00] » All right.
>> We've got, you know, due process and all
[9:03] those things. So, I'll find out where
they are because apparently they've
[9:06] already taken action on this and this
may be something as you said that he
[9:09] went by and looked and it looked like
from what he could see everything was
[9:14] cleaned up. if that's the side that the
driveway is on and he may not be able to
[9:18] see your side. So, we may be able to may
need your yard to access this so we can
[9:22] take uh the appropriate action and they
may think that it's resolved but
[9:26] apparently and these text these pictures
were taken today I think or
[9:31] » some of them were yes
>> and so this is clearly not resolved. So,
[9:35] we'll get on it first thing tomorrow
morning and I'll have somebody call you
[9:38] and give you an update. Thank you. Okay.
>> Have a good night.
[9:42] » Thank you.
>> Thank you. You have a good night as
[9:44] well. Sorry, you have to And you're
saying the house is unoccupied?
[9:47] » Most of the time it is.
>> Okay. Very good.
[9:49] » Y
>> Thank you.
[9:50] » Thank you for coming.
>> Yep. I'm sorry you have to look at that.
[9:53] » Thank you.
>> Any more public discussion from anyone
[9:58] in the audience?
[10:02] Closing public discussion.
Consent agenda item seven. Did you guys
[10:07] want to talk?
>> Yeah. If as soon as there's a a a motion
[10:10] » motion to bring it up,
>> move approval of the consent agenda
[10:13] items one through nine. Uh and pulling
item seven.
[10:16] » No, you can leave it on there, but just
uh we'll have him come up and talk about
[10:19] it before we cast the vote.
>> Support
[10:23] » support
and pulling item seven for discussion.
[10:28] » Yep.
>> So, uh where is Dusty? Do you want to
[10:32] bring the contractor up? Dusty Barber
from DPW is here. She's taken over point
[10:37] on the uh poleb barn construction
process and she has the uh contractor
[10:44] here that has the bid that we are
recommending that you approve today and
[10:48] uh he would like to introduce himself
and his company and speak for a short
[10:52] little bit about what's going to happen
over there.
[10:55] » Yep. Thank you. I wanted to introduce
James Robinson. He's with Elite
[10:59] Contracting. He's the one that we're
awarding the bid to for the poleb bar.
[11:04] » Fantastic Dusty. Thank you for all your
hard work. James, you want to say a
[11:07] couple words about uh your company and
what your expectations are for this
[11:10] project?
>> Yep. Um so my name is James Robinson. I
[11:14] am the owner of Metrole Contracting. Um
and I'm looking forward to working with
[11:19] the city of Hazel Park on this project
um to renovate the pole barn. um
[11:24] basically creating a new meeting space.
Well, an additional meeting space tying
[11:29] into the existing um community space
that's there. Um right now it's just
[11:35] essentially just a shell storage space.
Um so this is going to be a complete
[11:39] interior renovation with all new
finishes on the walls. Um new bathroom
[11:44] facilities. Um there's going to be like
a new um ticket type area um that has a
[11:51] rollup door and concession. Yep.
concessions. Um there's going to be a
[11:55] new awning um that's put on on the
exterior and then there is going to be a
[11:59] connection between the two buildings. So
there'll be a new hallway between the
[12:03] two buildings um that have passed
through. Um so we're really excited
[12:07] about this project. Um this is pretty
much within our wheelhouse. This is what
[12:11] we do projects of this size and
complexity. So we're really looking
[12:15] forward to it
>> and we're looking forward to working
[12:17] with you as well. And uh after they vote
yes on this, this contract will be
[12:21] approved and we can get this process
started.
[12:24] » When do you intend to be done?
>> Um so it's set for September. The end of
[12:29] September is when everything has to be
complete, but we don't think it'll take
[12:33] » to the grants.
>> Okay.
[12:37] » Well, thank you.
>> Nice to meet you. Thank you. We're
[12:39] looking forward to working with you on
this project. And Dusty, thank you for
[12:42] all your hard work on this.
>> Thank you.
[12:45] » Thank you.
[12:49] I have the motion. I have a support.
Uh any dension?
[12:55] » No sir.
>> Discussion anymore? No.
[12:58] » Nope.
>> Motion passes.
[13:01] » Congratulations.
>> Yes.
[13:04] » Uh Minister of Reports, Title 8, Health
and Safety, Chapter 8.28, Vehicle
[13:09] Storage. Second reading.
>> Mr. Mayor, this is the second reading of
[13:12] an ordinance. James uh Fininkley briefed
you on this uh at the last meeting. The
[13:16] administration is requesting approval on
second reading. Please
[13:20] » move approval of an ordinance to amend
the Hazel Park Municipal Code Title 8
[13:25] Health and Safety Chapter 8.28 vehicle
storage.
[13:29] » Second,
>> any discussion?
[13:32] » Uh discussion. I'd just like to uh say
thank you to James and all of the staff
[13:37] uh who worked on this. Um a lot of these
ordinances are housekeeping. Uh, but
[13:43] that doesn't mean that there's not a ton
of leg work that goes into researching
[13:47] these, updating them, and making sure
they're compliant with local code as
[13:50] well as state law. So, just wanted to
say thank you for getting these updates
[13:54] in front of us uh so we can modernize
our code.
[13:58] » Yes.
>> Okay.
[14:01] Uh, anyone boards, commissions? Seeing
no one old business, none. New business,
[14:07] anybody?
uh just looking forward to uh
[14:11] reintroducing citizen and business of
the month at our January
[14:15] » January meeting
>> city council
[14:17] » and again I am glad that uh you brought
that up uh council member because uh
[14:23] we're going to bring that back. I don't
know if we had that when you started. I
[14:27] think that was something that was a
thing in the '9s and the 80s and how it
[14:33] worked then and you guys can structure
it how you want it, but it rotated from
[14:38] month to month and each member of
council was responsible for picking a
[14:43] citizen of the month and a business of
the month. And we would recognize those
[14:48] individuals here at uh city council
meeting and we get a chance to talk
[14:53] about why they were chosen. if they were
a a resident or a a citizen of the
[14:59] month, it was usually because they had a
long record of community service and
[15:02] volunteer activities and service to the
community and business because uh they
[15:07] did something outstanding in the
community and did something noteworthy.
[15:12] So, uh Luke wanted to became he became
aware of this program and uh he
[15:17] approached me about bringing it back.
So, usually we would start with the the
[15:21] mayor and uh then the mayor prom
and uh for February and then since it
[15:28] was Luke's idea, Luke in March and uh we
can begin to uh recognize some amazing
[15:36] » citizens that we have and some amazing
businesses. And uh this goes way back
[15:41] to, you know, when uh someone I know
very well was on city council back in
[15:45] the late 80s and early 90s. So, and it
was very successful. And there are still
[15:50] some businesses that have those
certificates on the wall, you know, 30
[15:56] plus years later.
>> Yeah.
[15:59] » Yep.
>> Okay.
[16:00] » Anything else?
>> No, sir.
[16:02] » Uh, takes us to communications from
department heads. Anybody?
[16:06] » Tim, we know you have all this
information about your trucks cruising
[16:09] around town digging holes in people's
yards.
[16:12] » Oh, yes. Oh, yeah. That's the uh that's
part of our uh state uh revolving fund
[16:18] pro project. Uh what we're doing is
identifying the 2,000 plus unknown uh
[16:24] water service lines uh homes. So we're
trying to determine who may still have a
[16:29] lead service line or a copper service
line within the city. And that's step
[16:33] one of the process. And then step two,
which will start after uh the the
[16:38] holidays, we'll be starting to replace
all these uh that we have identified. So
[16:44] hopefully within a couple of years,
we'll be able to say our city is
[16:47] completely lead free and uh it will be
quite an accomplishment.
[16:53] Um what I came up here to say tonight is
uh most of you know we had a I had a a
[16:58] family health crisis. I had to step away
from my job for a short time to take
[17:02] care of my wife. Uh, so I just came to
thank everybody for their support. I
[17:07] wanted to give a special thanks to Dusty
Barber, who you just seen up here a
[17:12] minute ago. Uh, Nolan Twimman and Dylan
Rogers, our foremans for our crews.
[17:18] Maddie Brown, our DPW secretary, Tory
Duval, and Julian um,
[17:25] uh, for city hall water sewer
department. Uh they did a fabulous job
[17:30] at keeping the department running uh
making sure that nothing was left behind
[17:35] or unsaid. A special thanks also to Mr.
Ed Clobacher. He and I were in contact
[17:40] daily uh giving me encouragement and uh
letting me know the city's uh the city's
[17:46] sound with what we're doing. So so thank
you to everybody. I really appreciate
[17:50] it. Tim, we're just so happy that your
family got great news from that health
[17:56] challenge and she's doing well. And uh I
kept council fully informed. They always
[18:02] every one of them was uh inquiring uh
about her and wishing her well as was
[18:07] everybody else in city hall. And it's
wonderful when we get a great result and
[18:12] somebody is uh on the road to uh
>> a long and healthy recovery and a long
[18:18] life. So it's fantastic.
>> All right. So everybody have a merry
[18:21] Christmas, happy new year and thank you.
>> Thank you Tim.
[18:24] » Happy holidays.
>> Yellow department heads
[18:28] » chief.
[18:33] » Hi. Uh I just wanted to uh remind the
residents that uh with the holiday
[18:40] season, make sure you keep your doors
locked. Uh make sure those gifts are put
[18:45] away. Um, also uh be attentive with uh
your packages that are being delivered.
[18:52] U make sure there's someone there to uh
get those packages off the porches so
[18:57] they don't end up stolen. Uh also um if
you would also be mindful that there are
[19:05] a lot of scams out there involving um
where people are trying to get personal
[19:09] information, especially this time of
year. They're going to use uh um schemes
[19:15] of trying to get that information,
claiming that uh your card is being used
[19:20] or asking if you're authorizing it and
then they're going to try and uh obtain
[19:24] personal information from you. Um, so my
advice is, uh, if you get these phone
[19:31] calls, um, be mindful that it could be,
um, a prank call, uh, where they're
[19:38] using, uh, say your Chase Bank
information or Chase Bank phone number
[19:42] will be popping up on your phone or
they'll you'll receive a text from Chase
[19:46] Bank saying your credit's being
compromised. Uh, my advice is not to
[19:52] react to that particular phone call. I
would hang up and then contact uh a
[19:57] known phone number of your bank or
creditors uh to verify if that's any
[20:03] type of uh problem that is existing. So
that on that note, I just wanted to wish
[20:09] everyone a merry Christmas and happy
holidays.
[20:14] » Thanks, Chief. Thank you.
>> Thanks, Chief.
[20:16] » City Manager.
>> Yeah, absolutely. First, I want to echo
[20:20] what Melissa Schwarz said uh about uh
you know what a great year that it's
[20:25] been and uh we're looking forward to uh
an even better year next year.
[20:32] I have fantastic uh department heads and
employees in this city. They work very
[20:37] hard for the residents and they really
uh take their duties to heart and try to
[20:42] do a good job all the time. And so I
want to take this opportunity to to
[20:47] thank them. I want to wish everyone
uh a very merry Christmas, a happy new
[20:54] year, happy Hanukkah uh many holidays
that I've missed and been unable to
[20:59] think of at this time. Happy holidays
and uh wish everybody a safe and
[21:05] prosperous new year. I did miss
something under uh new business. I'm
[21:11] going to request you guys uh confirm my
appointment of uh interim recreation
[21:17] director Amanda Taylor to become
recreation director for the city of
[21:21] Hazel Park.
>> So moved.
[21:24] » Second.
>> Any discussion discussion? She's already
[21:28] doing a job.
>> Right.
[21:28] » That's right.
>> She's doing a great job.
[21:30] » I know. It's uh
>> So we never seen our record run this
[21:33] good in years.
>> Yeah. It's uh it really uh
[21:37] » toddlers are doing a lot over there. It
may be uh the most recreation
[21:42] programming we've had ever.
>> So, uh a big thank you to uh Amanda and
[21:50] uh
>> great program.
[21:50] » We'll make that appointment permanent,
probably the first of the year, but I
[21:54] wanted your approval because that's
required under the ordinance. And uh I'm
[21:58] glad that uh you uh all see this the
same way that I do, and I'm so proud of
[22:03] what she's been able to accomplish over
there. Uh Michigan system of municipal
[22:08] finance remains funly fundamentally
broken, but uh we had discussions with a
[22:13] couple legislators uh yesterday and we
have some other discussions with some
[22:18] other legislators next week and uh there
are a lot of things happening in Lancing
[22:23] and there are some things in in Lancing
that were threatening to us which I
[22:26] think we are going to be able to uh
avert and then there are other uh pieces
[22:32] of legislation that will be favorable to
us to help us redevelop up things and
[22:37] maybe begin the process of fixing that
completely broken system of municipal
[22:42] finance and property tax taxation. It's
funny when we we had this great article
[22:47] that the free press came out and talked
about Hazel Park on and and people were
[22:51] posting about the tax situation and
we're going to have to I think I'm going
[22:54] to have to teach tax law again like I
used to when we had town meetings and
[22:59] things like that so that everybody
understands how this all works and how
[23:03] properties uncap when you buy them and
the interaction between Headley and Prop
[23:08] A. And someone posted on the thread and
they said, "Yeah, the city will love it
[23:13] when I sell my house because my tax is
going to go way up." Well, I have to
[23:17] explain this to you. There comes the
interaction with the Headley amendment
[23:21] » and while your taxes double, the city's
net increase in revenue from that
[23:26] doubling is zero because then the
Headley amendment kicks in and we have
[23:30] to put that into our Headley roll back
calculation. So, it's a very broken
[23:36] system of municipal finance. Doesn't
mean anything to my bottom line whether
[23:40] you sell your house or not, but it means
a great deal to the next purchaser who's
[23:44] paying double and we're not as a city
seeing any of their increase. So
[23:49] hopefully
>> the county and state get a big chunk of
[23:51] that.
>> No, they will they get but they don't
[23:53] get anything of the increase either
because they've got you know the only
[23:56] one that gets the increase is uh
education. So the other ones they're
[24:00] capped by the same thing we are. So
they're all capped actually because
[24:06] you know it goes in the roll back but it
doesn't go in the roll back for the 18
[24:09] mills for education that always stays
the same.
[24:12] » So but the other ones they all it it it
works across the board. So hopefully the
[24:17] legislature there are things they can do
with the enabling language that do not
[24:20] require a constitutional amendment that
could fix a lot of that. So I'm hopeful
[24:24] that those things will happen and uh I
want to explain that a lot of this is
[24:29] state law. That's not policy that this
city council here, your elected local
[24:34] leaders have made. These are
constitutional amendments that were
[24:36] voted on by the voters across the state
of Michigan and then enabling language
[24:40] passed by the legislature. So with that
said, again, happy holidays and thank
[24:46] you mayor and council for uh your
support for me and for my team. I
[24:51] appreciate you all.
>> Thank you.
[24:54] » You londo.
Uh, I'd like to thank my colleagues on
[24:58] the deis for another wonderful year as
well as my award-winning city manager
[25:02] and deputy city manager. Uh, as well as
all of the phenomenal dedicated staff.
[25:07] Uh, my job is super easy because of the
staff that we have in place. So, just
[25:10] want to say thank you for making all of
us up here once again look good. Uh,
[25:14] merry Christmas, happy Quanza, happy
Hanukkah, happy Saturnelia, happy winter
[25:19] solstice, and happy New Year's. Uh,
pretty sure I didn't miss any.
[25:22] » You didn't miss any. Thank you. Uh the
holidays are a wonderful time to uh
[25:27] spend time in fellowship uh with your
friends as well as your family. But the
[25:30] holidays can also be a very lonely time
for a lot of people. So please uh check
[25:34] in on your neighbors, check in on your
friends, and if you or anybody you know
[25:38] uh is enduring a mental health crisis,
uh please dial 988. Uh there are
[25:43] Christmas tree tags uh on the tree
downstairs. Uh there are still some
[25:48] families in need around the holidays. Uh
I was a Christmas tree tag kid. Uh so
[25:53] you know it really is a program that can
really uh change uh what Christmas means
[25:58] to a lot of the families in the
community. So uh please go take a tag uh
[26:03] that there will be a list of items that
you can purchase for uh for the
[26:06] individuals on it. Uh please return it
unwrapped. Very important unwrapped uh
[26:11] by December 18th. But uh we've had a
great reception so far. So uh very
[26:15] excited that we've been able to add some
names as well as extend the program a
[26:19] little bit. Uh and finally uh to my
friend Court who turns 70 uh next
[26:26] Monday. May your birthday be full of
bliss.
[26:29] » Mr. Mayor,
>> thank you.
[26:30] » That is an amazing suit. Councilman, I
just have to uh compliment you on your
[26:35] Christmas spirit.
>> Appreciate it.
[26:37] » He's always festive.
>> I know.
[26:40] May
>> um hello uh fresh from Dallas Fort Worth
[26:46] airport.
I thank you council and the city manager
[26:51] here for waiting for me even though I
got here on time. Um but I just want to
[26:56] say that and share that in my travels
this weekend I ran into a couple people
[27:00] that were familiar with Hazel Park and
they had nothing but good things to say
[27:04] and they recognized that the city is
going through some changes that are very
[27:09] positive. Um that was what they've said.
Um, I think that it's always been a good
[27:13] city as long as I've lived here, but I'm
glad that other people are starting to
[27:17] recognize the beauty of Hazel Park. So,
um, there's that. Very festive, Luke.
[27:23] Yes, I got my reindeer earrings to match
you. So,
[27:28] » um, also,
um, yes, happy holidays. Happy belated
[27:33] birthday to my mother. Um, she turned 72
last Tuesday, so I just wanted to shout
[27:40] her out really quick. Um, can't wait to
go home and see her because I came here
[27:43] before I even made it back to my house.
Um, and yeah, happy new year to
[27:49] everyone. I look forward to what the new
year will bring us. Um, I think that we
[27:56] are in for some good things next year.
All right, Mayor Mike.
[28:04] » Well, I'd like to thank Santa for
showing up. Anybody else? So, but it was
[28:09] nice. It's nice every year to see have
Santa come out and share the uh festive
[28:13] festivities with the uh people. We also
had a great treeing ceremony.
[28:17] » We had probably the biggest turnout ever
at our tree lighting back just before
[28:21] Thanksgiving. And I want to say thank
you to the staff for putting that on and
[28:26] doing a wonderful job and everybody
that's involved with keeping our
[28:30] day-to-day services moving.
We have a lot going on every day here
[28:36] and we are short staffed a little bit
and they the staff seems to pick up the
[28:42] little edges of shortness here and there
and make a difference when they can. Um
[28:48] I kind of I think we all kind of put a
little bit of demand on our
[28:52] administration and staff sometimes but
uh they do a good job and I want to
[28:56] thank them for stepping up and keeping
the ball rolling. fire department,
[29:01] police department, DPW, clerks,
everybody. Water department, the whole
[29:06] bit. I mean, we've all we all got say
all everybody's got separate jobs. And I
[29:11] think this makes a difference how we go
forward and make our city better. And I
[29:17] get like she just said, everybody thinks
the city's doing better. It is doing
[29:20] better. We've been we changed the way we
look at things and how we approach
[29:24] things the last seven, eight years. And
it's nice to see that we've made those
[29:29] differences. And I'm hoping that we can
continue this drive and move forward. We
[29:34] got some road repairs and sidewalk
repairs we're hoping to do. Uh make it a
[29:38] little better, a little nicer within the
neighborhoods so we don't have to hit
[29:42] the bump so hard. So we got a few things
we're looking at doing right now. And uh
[29:47] there's a lot of different different
ways we can make things work and having
[29:50] the rec center that extra room over
there is going to make a big difference.
[29:54] That was all grant money just to let
everybody know. So, but I want to say
[29:58] thank you again.
Have happy holidays, merry Christmas,
[30:02] New Year's everybody.
And uh motion to adjurnn.
[30:10] » Motion to adjurnn. I move to adjourn the
meeting.
[30:12] » Only two of you.
>> All right. Thanks.
[30:15] » You can't escape. You either must move
or support.