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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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