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[0:51] Lord you out of order I just felt like saying that it is

[0:57] 5:30 probably I

[1:09] we'll refresh we'll refresh when it's time

[1:12] to yeah that way if any here you know okay good evening everybody it is

[1:21] 5:30 it is uh December 10th uh 2024 and at this time I will call our city

[1:28] council meeting to order uh and then we will do pledge allegiance and invocation

[1:33] will be given by our second war council member and vice mayor Mr Freddy

[1:39] Dancy Mr E sign

[1:45] himself i al to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic

[1:52] for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice

[2:01] can you hear me out there thank you thank you so uh as this year come to an

[2:05] end I just like uh everyone to you know think about this past year uh 2024 it's

[2:11] a lot of things went on throughout this country throughout this uh United States

[2:14] of America look look at those who uh had difficulties um with we had a lot of

[2:20] tornadoes a lot of weather hurricane so those who lost a lot and uh keep those

[2:25] in your prayer keep those people in your prayer for the loss they had some lost

[2:30] family members during that time so I just want you to keep those in your

[2:33] prayer and think about all those who who who had difficulties let's pray dear

[2:39] dear heavenly father the holiday season can be quite a trial and even a deep

[2:44] sadness to many people especially those that are alone at this time perhaps

[2:49] having a lost having lost a loved one through death or divorce or for some

[2:54] other reason draw very close we pray to those that are long and lonely over with

[3:00] this holiday time may they discover closeness in their relationship with uh

[3:05] you that perhaps they did not enjoy enjoy before thank you that you can that

[3:12] you are a God who is able to sympathize with all others weaknesses

[3:16] disappointments and difficulties knowing that you have walked this Earth before

[3:22] before us and have been tested in similar ways so that you understand what

[3:27] it it means to be alone and isolated Comfort the lonely console The Grieving

[3:34] support the weak give Grace To The Afflicted and reassure those who have

[3:39] allowed fear to invade this their peace with the certainty that you are their

[3:46] every present help in time of trouble this we ask in Jesus name amen amen

[4:00] and uh Madam clerk think we have some other business

[4:03] to take care

[4:07] of chrisy May Davis will you come

[4:14] down please raise your right hand do you solemnly swear to support the

[4:18] Constitution of the United States the Constitution of this state and

[4:22] Faithfully perform the duties of fifth W council person in and for the city of

[4:26] Jackson the county of Jackson and the state of Michigan to the best of your

[4:30] ability so help you guide yes I do congratulations thank you you're

[4:35] [Applause] welcome welcome to the other side of the

[4:46] podium at this time we will move to item number four uh Madam clerk if you'll

[4:50] proceed with a roll call please mayor Daniel Mahone present council member

[4:56] Arlene Robinson present vice mayor Freddy Dancy

[5:02] present council member anal tun present council member Conor wood present

[5:09] council member chrisy May Davis present council member will

[5:17] forgrave thank you madam clerk uh next I'll be looking for a motion in support

[5:23] for an adoption of the agenda move

[5:28] second it's been moved and supported any discussion seeing or hearing none all in

[5:35] favor say I I all oppose the

[5:43] same and sounds like the motion passes that will bring us down to item

[5:51] number six presentation presentations and

[5:56] proclamations and we have none um and then that brings us down to item

[6:03] number seven uh we have no public hearings tonight brings us down to item

[6:08] number eight which is citizen comments and I will start as we always

[6:14] do which is with uh reading the rules for speaking before the city council uh

[6:19] number one each speaker will state their name and address prior to addressing

[6:22] Council number two each speaker is limited to up to three minutes before

[6:26] addressing the council excuse me before the citizen comment portion of the

[6:31] meeting council members will not debate or answer questions at this time number

[6:36] three each speaker should be polite and courteous to the council and members of

[6:40] the public in attendance while any member is while any speaker is free to

[6:45] express his or her opinion on any subject no speaker may direct personal

[6:51] attacks at any member of the staff or Council unrelated to the manner in which

[6:55] they perform their duties use obscene language while addressing the city

[7:00] council or engage in disruptive or disorderly behavior during a council

[7:04] meeting number four should any speaker cause a breach of the piece through

[7:08] their conduct the mayor May declare the speaker out of order number five if a

[7:13] speaker is declared out of order by the mayor and refuses to cease and assist

[7:17] from disruptive or disorderly conduct the mayor May order the person removed

[7:22] from the meeting number six each speaker may speak once under public comment and

[7:27] may not yield their time two others Joel

[7:40] Smith sorry sorry goad okay my name is Joel Smith 1038 South grenell Street and

[7:46] I'm a Jackson Community member here to speak on the results of the past

[7:49] election with the election of President like Donald Trump I'm scared for the

[7:53] rights of both myself and those I care for that they will be taken away I'm

[7:57] scared for my trans and queer friends who may be

[8:00] May face increased discrimination as a result of the doctrine I suppose ideal

[8:05] uh project 2025 which will permit discrimination on the basis of gender

[8:08] identity and sexual orientation I'm scared for my friends who are in unions

[8:11] and who work on minimum wage as the proposed exemptions to labor laws like

[8:16] those that cover minimum wage and the right to form a union could be suspended

[8:20] under certain state and local wide exemptions I am scared for really the

[8:25] city of Jackson there is proposed cuts to both the EPA and funding for you know

[8:31] projects that help keep us safe like replacing the lead service lines which

[8:34] are still in place which carry our water today like for instance reclassifying

[8:37] the pasas forever chemicals which have horrifying effects on like people should

[8:43] they be even in proximity reclassified as non-hazardous substances which would

[8:48] also delay the clean up of them and I'm simply scared for the rights and dignity

[8:53] of everyone in town that will be violated and ripped away should any of

[8:57] these policies go into place so the question I ask to you council is what

[9:02] are you going to do to protect us what is your goal in keeping Jackson safe

[9:07] that's

[9:13] all Mr John C

[9:20] King thank you Mr Mayor John King 233 Street here in the city um as far as

[9:26] that comment um what happened in the first uh Trump

[9:32] Administration compared to the Biden Administration was Hillary

[9:37] Clinton prosecuted with a bunch of fake charges and stuff like President Trump

[9:44] was no um I mean there's just so much stuff uh the January 6 stuff was you

[9:51] know there's still going to be Fallout from there so um you know I've heard

[9:56] that comment multiple times uh the last couple of meetings that people oh I'm so

[10:02] scared for the people that I love and stuff and uh uh there are a lot of

[10:08] people that uh on the um January 6 uh commission that a lot of them probably

[10:14] should be looked into now the the they're saying oh maybe they'll all get

[10:19] pardons from Biden and um I I was wondering why the time change uh why it

[10:26] wasn't put on Facebook or in more uh on the website more Vi uh displayed where

[10:33] everyone could see it um it it's finally nice that there's an elected official in

[10:39] the Fifth Ward um I had talked about that uh the Third Ward uh couple

[10:46] meetings ago mentioned oh I started December 1st well she started a new term

[10:51] so you know there's why this stuff the City attorney polls is nonsense you know

[10:58] uh oh doesn't make sense if this and that um I had done a

[11:04] foer uh about shelanda Hunt's like uh um her all the uh signings that she had

[11:13] pretty much all the information was uh Whited out now if you remember when

[11:20] Derek does did his thing be careful what you sign um then eventually a bunch of

[11:25] people uh got set nasty things so that was an illegal thing done there um I

[11:31] mean I I even talked with Deb no she said oh I'll email you she never did so

[11:37] I think the city attorneys off must have taken the um summer off and so now but

[11:45] now the current uh council member was glad to start in

[11:49] December uh you know I was told she's got John King uh A derangement

[11:55] syndrome um you know even on uh ke Hamilton had posted

[12:01] something uh where I made the comment that a lot of the athletic facilities at

[12:06] the school were donated and kha said not entirely my

[12:10] council member now liked it just and there was no truth to what

[12:16] Kesha said so you I think maybe my uh council member is a stupid white woman

[12:22] at times I it's just really bad thank you thank you

[12:29] uh Laura

[12:34] schuy in case you don't know me I'm Laura Schley 759 West Michigan Avenue

[12:40] welcome to the other side of the podium I know thank you it's kind of nice over

[12:44] here Freddy did a really nice meeting on last night it was very informative thank

[12:51] you Freddy there was a nice program that the

[12:56] city has that I as a landlord am hoping to take advantage

[13:00] of uh but my main reason is to congratulate Christie you did a nice job

[13:05] on your campaign I think I've seen a lot of follow through and I hope it

[13:10] continues I like the detail and uh your presence and your attention to the

[13:17] people within your ward so thank you for running and congratulations on your win

[13:22] that's all thanks

[13:29] I think that concludes our citizen comments uh brings us down to item

[13:34] number nine our consent calendar looking for a motion and

[13:40] support got fast out here it's been moved and seconded uh any

[13:49] discussion seeing or hear none the clerk will call Ro mayor Mahoney yes council

[13:57] member Robinson yes yes vice mayor Dancy yes council member gun yes council

[14:04] member wood yes council member Davis yes council member for grave

[14:11] yes consent calendar pass brings us down to other business of which we have none

[14:19] brings us down to item number 11 new business item a looking for a motion in

[14:25] support to approve a resolution to exercise the city's right of refusal

[14:31] under excuse me under PA 123 of 1999 by

[14:36] declining 809 South Blackstone

[14:44] Street it's beenin moved and supported any

[14:54] discussion seeing or hearing none clerk will call the role councilman member

[14:59] Robinson yes vice mayor Dancy yes council member gun yes council member

[15:05] wood yes council member Davis yes council member forgrave yes mayor

[15:11] Mahoney

[15:14] yes okay uh that brings us down to uh council member comments uh we will start

[15:21] with the uh vice

[15:27] mayor thank you Mr Mayor just uh com holiday seasons be safe enjoy family

[15:37] friends loved ones um thank each and everyone for coming out 24 was a I

[15:43] believe was a good year was a great year I think 25 is going to be even better uh

[15:47] so I look forward hopefully to see everybody

[15:52] January I don't know the date M January 14th happy New Year Merry Christmas

[16:01] you're not supposed to say Merry Christmas Merry Christmas to all and to

[16:04] all a good

[16:08] night council member

[16:13] Robinson bouncing around on us okay um I don't have much but I do want to wish um

[16:22] all Jackson residents uh happy holidays um be safe enjoy your

[16:31] family um and thank you to the staff and um all of

[16:39] my peers here uh I think we had a pretty good year 2024 as far as conducting our

[16:49] business but many thanks and happy holidays to everyone thank

[16:54] you council member G thank you Mr Mayor so welcome christe

[17:00] it's nice to have you here and I look forward to working with you and um I

[17:05] really appreciate your comments tonight about your invocation actually and I

[17:10] have thought that's been heavy on my mind too all the people who are lonely

[17:14] have experienced lost have um don't have people to celebrate with and um you know

[17:21] that if we just keep those folks in your thoughts reach out to somebody that you

[17:25] haven't talked to in a while um and happy holidays to everybody from council

[17:30] member

[17:33] gun council member wood thank you Mr Mayor um Christie welcome it's good to

[17:38] see you up here um happy Hanukkah merry Christmas happy New Year that's all

[17:47] thank you Mr mayor council member for grave thank you Mr Mayor uh first I'm

[17:52] sorry I was late today actually if I wouldn't have sped on the way here I

[17:56] might have missed the whole thing at this rate but um

[18:00] sorry Mr invocation but I'm excited to work with you um Christy so welcome and

[18:05] Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to everybody council member

[18:11] Davis thank you very much I am super excited to be here um Merry Christmas

[18:18] Happy New Year to everybody I do have some family and friends if I can say

[18:22] something real quick about that that came to support me tonight um got my of

[18:26] course my beautiful daughter my parents my sister

[18:29] got a couple from my church um and my old pastor and his wife um lots of other

[18:37] people I've grown up with several people that have supported me and I super want

[18:41] to appreciate um officer Brendan trip that is here in the back row um he

[18:46] suffered through a very long 12-hour shift one night this summer uh having me

[18:51] tag along in the car and I just I really appreciate it and I really appreciate

[18:56] all my friends and family and community coming to support me tonight so thank

[19:00] you very

[19:03] much all right um so uh vice mayor very very good Ward

[19:13] meeting um I agree the information was great uh the questions were great um it

[19:19] is always good to hear our uh citizens perspective and ideas on uh the

[19:27] decisions that we make or should be making and uh some ideas are are good

[19:32] some ideas are not uh but it's always good to hear them um thank everybody out

[19:38] there for coming uh tonight thank you for being here uh Christy uh welcome

[19:44] council member Davis um and look forward to serving with you and I just want to

[19:50] reiterate again how how much of a pleasure it is to be able to uh serve

[19:54] with all of you guys uh I hope that each and every one of your families has as a

[20:00] uh phenomenal holiday season uh whatever holiday you choose to celebrate uh our

[20:06] household celebrates Christmas so I will too say Merry Christmas um but I'll also

[20:11] say happy K Quanza um celebrate all of the holidays I look forward to the New

[20:16] Year look forward to serving with each and every one of you in this upcoming

[20:21] year um and hope that everybody has a safe uh and wonderful uh holiday and

[20:29] see y'all next year Mr city manager yeah councilwoman Davis it's going to be an

[20:35] honor to work with you work for you serve you as you um uh serve the

[20:41] residents of the Fifth Ward it's nice to go from strength to strength of the

[20:45] citizens of the Fifth Ward um will be will be greatly served by that and as

[20:50] you learn your role and get information please do not hesitate to ask questions

[20:55] ask followup questions ask questions you've asked before but already forgot

[20:58] gotten we are here to serve you hey it it happens you're as a as a as a council

[21:03] person you have a lot coming at you all the time um but we are here we have your

[21:07] back we're here to support you and we want to make sure you have a successful

[21:11] term as fifth W council member thank you is this your parents right here in the

[21:17] front row yes so uh myself mom and uh John Willis all got the memo that

[21:24] tonight was burgundy night um nobody else is able to be included in

[21:31] tonight's picture except for us three um at this time uh looking for a motion to

[21:39] adjourn see y'all next

[21:44] year oh wait don't don't go home yet there are there are light refreshments

[21:49] and as Jonathan said earlier you are more than welcome to refresh with us for

[21:54] as long as you want to

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