[0:16] Welcome to the 2034th regular
[0:18] meeting of Livonia City Council.
[0:20] Please rise for the Pledge of
[0:21] allegiance led by the Honorable
[0:23] Eileen McDonnell.
[0:28] of the United States of America
[0:32] and hot like for one nation
[0:36] under God, invisible with
[0:38] liberty and justice for all.
[0:45] This is a voting meeting.
[0:47] Minutes of this meeting will be
[0:48] approved at the next regular
[0:50] meeting scheduled to be held on
[0:52] Monday, February 23, 2026. Will
[0:55] the clerk please take the role.
[0:57] Council member McDonnell. Here,
[0:59] Council member Bazinski,
[1:02] Council member Persicone.
[1:03] Council member Tasnick here.
[1:06] Vice President Brockway,
[1:08] Council member McCullough,
[1:09] President Reid here.
[1:11] and we have 7 members present.
[1:14] Um, real quick before we get
[1:15] started, I just want to point
[1:16] out we have printed off a QR
[1:18] code and it's back at the
[1:19] sign-in table and also in the
[1:21] hallway if you want a direct
[1:23] link to our agenda packet items.
[1:26] There's stuff that's not, we
[1:27] don't print out for you, that's
[1:29] available online, and that's
[1:30] obviously just for the people
[1:31] in the audience. All right, at
[1:32] this time, I will entertain a
[1:33] motion for the minutes from the
[1:34] regular meeting of the city
[1:36] council held on January 26,
[1:38] 2026.
[1:41] support
[1:42] motion by Bazinski, Support by
[1:44] Brockway. Any comments from
[1:45] council?
[1:47] Anything from the audience
[1:50] Madam Clerk, please take the
[1:50] role.
[1:52] Oh, was someone getting up? I
[1:53] saw a hand back there.
[1:56] And did someone from the
[1:57] audience have a comment? No, OK,
[1:59] Meoncourt, please take the vote.
[2:01] Council member McDonnell. Yes,
[2:03] Council member Buddzinski.
[2:05] Council member Persicone.
[2:07] Council member Tasnick, Vice
[2:10] President Brockway. Council
[2:12] member McCullough, President
[2:13] Reid, and the minutes are
[2:15] approved 70. All right, we'll
[2:17] move on to audience
[2:18] communication. The council has
[2:20] set aside 30 minutes for
[2:21] audience communication for
[2:22] items not on the agenda. You
[2:24] will have 3 minutes, Ms.
[2:25] Tashnick will be taking the
[2:26] time
[2:26] on a clock. We do not respond
[2:28] to each comment. We may respond
[2:30] during council comments after
[2:31] the 30 minutes is up. We'll
[2:33] have additional audience
[2:34] communication at the end of the
[2:35] regular agenda. You're allowed
[2:37] to speak at either the first
[2:38] audience communication or the
[2:40] second, not both. Please state
[2:41] your name and address before
[2:42] you get begin speaking.
[2:47] 3
[2:52] I
[2:58] My name is Susan C Chewy, and I
[3:01] declined to give my address.
[3:02] I come here as a concerned
[3:05] citizen. After listening to
[3:07] people who came to the last
[3:09] meeting, I feel compelled to
[3:11] respond to them
[3:14] regarding deporting illegals.
[3:16] Where was your outrage when
[3:18] Obama followed federal law.
[3:21] and ICE and used ICE agents to
[3:23] deport 3 million illegals, more
[3:25] than any other president
[3:27] You're outrage is clearly based
[3:29] on hatred of Trump, not law or
[3:31] logic or compassion.
[3:33] Do not fall prey to the
[3:35] anarchistic, divisive,
[3:38] insurrectionist rhetoric of
[3:40] politicians like Talib, examine
[3:42] your hearts and motivation.
[3:44] Yes, to Lee, my father was an
[3:46] immigrant too. He was a legal
[3:48] immigrant, took no government
[3:51] handouts, worked hard, never
[3:53] broke the law, learned English,
[3:56] assimilated, and died loving
[3:58] this country.
[4:00] I am grateful to DHS for
[4:03] rescuing 150,000 children from
[4:05] sex trafficking in the hands of
[4:07] the cartels. My compassion is
[4:10] for them, not the illegal
[4:12] cartels trafficking them. I am
[4:14] grateful for the removal of
[4:16] violent illegal criminals that
[4:17] can no longer had hurt us
[4:19] United States citizens do not
[4:21] let our city erupt into chaos
[4:23] caused by violent protesters,
[4:26] impeding ICE and law
[4:27] enforcement like in Minneapolis.
[4:29] I asked our ma
[4:30] and mayor and city council to
[4:32] support federal law by
[4:34] supporting our police and
[4:36] handling illegal aliens over to
[4:38] ice. Assist them in protecting
[4:40] ICE agents. I'm sure I'm not
[4:42] the only one in Livonia that
[4:44] feels this way. God bless ICE,
[4:47] DHS and our police department,
[4:49] and Lord, opened the eyes of
[4:50] the blind in our community and
[4:52] make them cognizant of what
[4:54] their true motivations are.
[4:56] Thank you very much. Thank you.
[4:58] Please hold your applause
[5:01] Name and address for the record,
[5:02] please.
[5:03] My name is Paul Pearson, uh,
[5:07] 33506, Nancy Livonia, Michigan.
[5:10] longtime resident, um.
[5:13] my, I have more of a question
[5:15] and it's very similar to the
[5:17] person that was up here before
[5:18] me
[5:19] Um
[5:20] I saw just bits and pieces of
[5:22] Rashida to leave when she was
[5:23] in here.
[5:24] and I didn't get the whole
[5:26] story, but from what I
[5:28] understand, she was concerned
[5:30] about the way the Livonia
[5:31] Police Department might have
[5:33] been handling certain things
[5:35] and pertaining to reporting to
[5:37] ICE. Now whether that's true or
[5:38] not, I don't know. That's why
[5:40] I'm here, but
[5:42] I'm, I'm concerned what
[5:44] concerned me is I heard that
[5:48] uh, Mayor Brosnan was head was
[5:50] gonna make some
[5:51] was going to look into it and, I'm just curious, has there
[5:55] been any further investigation
[5:57] into that? Is there, is it an
[5:58] open, uh
[6:00] is it open for
[6:03] her to make changes or, or has
[6:05] there been changes. That's just
[6:07] my, that's basically a question.
[6:09] We will respond during council
[6:11] communication if we choose to.
[6:13] OK, thank you very much. Thank
[6:14] you.
[6:18] Good evening. Name and address
[6:19] for the record, please.
[6:22] Theo Gomoa, uh, this is the
[6:24] city. I live here.
[6:25] I don't carry a badge
[6:27] I saw a few of these meetings
[6:30] full of coffee, so I'll talk
[6:31] fast.
[6:32] I saw the mayor's man here, saw
[6:34] a few of you, uh,
[6:37] seemed pretty slick, but it's,
[6:38] I think it's pretty clear where
[6:40] you're coming from. Um, I
[6:43] remember the '67 riots, LA
[6:45] riots in 1992.
[6:47] We'll get to the 2020 riots.
[6:50] When I was 1618, I was running
[6:54] the streets nearby here with a
[6:56] lot of other poorly educated
[6:57] delinquents, groupthink,
[6:58] bashing America was easy and it
[7:00] was popular. Yeah, we bashed
[7:02] cops too, and they weren't fond
[7:04] of us, and it was for good
[7:05] reason because we were up to no
[7:07] good.
[7:08] Ask Us, it was because we
[7:10] dressed like bombs, had too
[7:12] much hair. profiled, right? But
[7:15] we never once got rousted
[7:17] without a good reason.
[7:18] The junkie put a Saturday night
[7:20] special up in my grill one
[7:22] night. Got my saxophone very
[7:25] special instrument, woke me up.
[7:27] I forgive the dude
[7:29] because he also took my naivete.
[7:32] Now I know a shakedown when I
[7:34] see it, and I see a big one
[7:37] being set upon by your
[7:38] worldview can change your view
[7:39] of the police.
[7:41] After I got hit with that stick
[7:43] up, God sent me a godly woman.
[7:46] made her my wife, but she put
[7:48] the final torque on my head
[7:50] bolts.
[7:51] Moved out here 35 years ago,
[7:53] needed police from the get-go.
[7:55] Several occasions prowlers, car
[7:57] theft, fleeing felons running
[7:59] in our yard. Law enforcement's
[8:00] a blessing. Read Romans chapter
[8:03] 13.
[8:04] They all pledged allegiance to
[8:05] the US flag up here, and I hope
[8:07] we can take them at their word,
[8:09] but I wonder if I could,
[8:11] because a couple other things
[8:11] happen out here.
[8:13] The people behind that dais and
[8:16] old Mayor Bennett, right after
[8:17] I moved here, they raised the
[8:18] flag of the godless United
[8:21] Nations above this building. My
[8:23] wife was here protesting. I
[8:25] would remember I was working
[8:27] 2020 riots. They put up that
[8:29] billboard, Livonia cop's gonna
[8:30] beat you up.
[8:32] Mayor, some of her people, some
[8:35] of you maybe, we're out here
[8:37] saying, well, we need some
[8:39] dialogue with these people.
[8:40] This, uh, you know, let's have
[8:41] a reasonable dialogue. I don't
[8:42] buy it.
[8:44] Our daughter's car got totaled
[8:45] by an illegal.
[8:47] First word's out the driver's
[8:49] mouth. No policia midisiace
[8:53] daughter's OK, a little beat up,
[8:55] no car, but we all been hurt by
[8:56] the left's refusal to support
[8:58] law enforcement. Being T-boned
[9:00] by your worldview can change
[9:01] your view of law enforcement.
[9:03] It marksists out there, go back
[9:05] to Germany, your Marxist
[9:07] homeland. Good luck. Try
[9:09] immigrating to any country.
[9:10] Mass migration is a shakedown,
[9:12] not just America, but the
[9:13] Christian West by godless
[9:15] communists. What happened in
[9:16] Russia will come to America.
[9:19] Russian priests told me that same Gula archipelago,
[9:23] read it. That's time, sir.
[9:24] Thank you. Yeah, thank you.
[9:27] Good evening. Name and address
[9:28] for the record, please. Hi, I'm
[9:31] Mike Martin from 34,190
[9:34] trillium. Uh, first, I want to
[9:34] thank the Livonia community in
[9:36] general. I'm out with an
[9:37] American flag and a no king
[9:39] sign every Saturday from 10 to
[9:41] 3. Uh, and I intend to be until
[9:43] the major March 28th, uh, No
[9:45] King's rally. Unlike the time I
[9:47] spend on social media, uh,
[9:49] where I'm surrounded by bots
[9:50] and algorithms that make me
[9:51] feel like I'm marinating in
[9:53] anger. Uh, the experiences when
[9:54] I'm out in 5 and Farmington are
[9:56] cathartic and reinforc
[9:58] ed what I'm biased to believe,
[9:59] which people, even when they
[10:00] don't agree with me on
[10:01] everything, are generally good.
[10:02] I feel that with the thousands
[10:04] of thumbs ups and waves that I
[10:06] get. I don't even mind the
[10:07] dozen times it's a different
[10:09] finger. I'm glad I live in a
[10:10] country where we still have
[10:12] freedom of speech, even when we
[10:14] disagree. Before I go out at 10
[10:16] p.m. to 5 in Farmington on
[10:17] Saturday. I planned to be at a
[10:19] table outside of the Livonia
[10:20] Library from 12 to 12:30. If
[10:22] anyone wants to talk. Having
[10:24] done data analysis as an
[10:26] engineer for over 30 years.
[10:27] I see modifying my views when
[10:29] new data appears to be a
[10:30] strength, not a weakness, and I
[10:32] hope I'm just being paranoid
[10:33] about the trends I perceive. I
[10:35] believe that we are all better
[10:37] off by talking to each other in
[10:38] person, not at each other in
[10:40] bots online. I'm certain the
[10:43] vast majority of people find it
[10:46] self-evident that all people
[10:48] have inalienable rights of life,
[10:50] liberty, and pursuit of
[10:51] happiness. We know we don't
[10:53] want unlimited executive power
[10:55] or authoritarianism, and we
[10:57] want to secure the blessings of
[10:58] liberty
[10:58] for ourselves and our posterity.
[11:00] I'm worried that people won't
[11:01] get the great formative
[11:02] experience I was able to get
[11:03] with a Bicentennial in 19 uh
[11:05] 1976. We should be psyched for
[11:09] 250 years of America, rejecting
[11:11] kings and dictators, a bulwark
[11:14] against authoritarianism and a
[11:15] symbol of freedom in the world.
[11:17] We've taken a misstep, but the
[11:19] most important step we ever
[11:21] take is the next one, because
[11:22] he's the only one that we
[11:24] immediately control. For me,
[11:25] that means I'm out there with a
[11:26] sign and a flag and another
[11:28] Costco shipment of 1000 flags.
[11:30] I will never take a penny from
[11:31] anyone. I'll never be in
[11:33] politics, and I have no belief
[11:34] I will create major change from
[11:35] what I'm doing. What I'm doing
[11:36] is using my two strengths. I'm
[11:38] loud and I'm friendly. And
[11:39] while I will fall incredibly
[11:41] short of the school, I want to
[11:43] channel the tiniest part of
[11:44] what Mr. Rogers or John McCain
[11:45] would do if they're still here.
[11:47] For this group, I would love
[11:48] Livonia to have signs and
[11:49] slogans up for the 250th.
[11:52] Livonia celebrates the USA
[11:54] rejecting kings and dictators
[11:56] for 250 years or something
[11:58] along those lines. Right now,
[11:59] we're having a very specific
[12:01] problem with ICE violating the
[12:02] rights of immigrants, though
[12:04] taking actions that make this
[12:05] look like America I don't
[12:06] recognize, but I can, I hope we
[12:08] can take actions on both, and I
[12:10] want to thank everyone for
[12:11] their time, and I want everyone
[12:13] to understand the biggest lie
[12:14] that's out there is that we're
[12:15] each other's enemies. Half the
[12:16] people are
[12:17] not half the other people's
[12:18] enemies. The people that are
[12:19] here that disagree with my
[12:20] points of view are not my
[12:22] enemies. I love to talk to them
[12:24] in a peaceful way at Livonney
[12:26] Library at 12 o'clock, uh, uh,
[12:28] on any Saturday they want to.
[12:29] Thank you everyone. Thank you.
[12:34] Good evening. Name and address
[12:36] for the record, please. Hi,
[12:39] Carla Truxel, 29583 Jacklin
[12:41] Drive, Livonia.
[12:43] As always, I come here with
[12:46] positivity, um, it's that time
[12:48] of year where, uh, SPN
[12:50] survivors, a nonprofit, my
[12:51] husband and I started. Uh, we
[12:52] focus on mental health
[12:54] education and healthy coping
[12:55] skills and movement is one of
[12:57] them. So we have our annual
[12:58] move in with moose, uh, which
[13:00] starts March 1st and goes to
[13:02] the 31st. We have, uh, our
[13:04] kickoff event happening again
[13:05] at Laurel Park Mall.
[13:07] uh, at the food court and so we
[13:10] encourage those who
[13:10] participated before and those
[13:12] who haven't to join us, uh, and
[13:15] walk some laps inside the mall
[13:16] with us and, uh, practice
[13:18] healthy coping skills, and I
[13:20] also have Wayne County Resource
[13:21] cards that, uh, I forgot to
[13:23] look when I came in, but I will
[13:24] be replenishing those. Uh,
[13:27] these are other organizations
[13:28] that do work to support those
[13:30] with our mental and emotional
[13:31] health, and our goal is for
[13:33] everybody to know these
[13:33] resources exist, so I'll make
[13:36] those available as well.
[13:37] So thank you, thank you
[13:42] Good evening. Name and address
[13:43] for the record, please.
[13:45] Uh, good evening, uh,
[13:47] Christopher Martin, Grace
[13:49] theater Michigan. Talk about a
[13:50] little
[13:51] something here that, uh
[13:53] you might be interested in some
[13:55] of you.
[13:57] Currently, there's 8 cones.
[14:02] possibly leaving the particular
[14:04] building the night you can
[14:04] drive by the front of that
[14:06] library over there. Some of you
[14:08] know where it's at.
[14:09] and um 8 cones over there. The
[14:12] reason for that is because that
[14:14] slab that was put down out
[14:16] there has raised up 2 inches.
[14:19] Now, when this thing was first
[14:21] poured
[14:22] has to be about
[14:23] a year and a half ago. Within
[14:26] the first couple of months,
[14:27] there was uh
[14:29] 4, if not 5 major cracks in the
[14:33] thing and that was, um, there
[14:35] were at least 2 ft long.
[14:39] There's no name stamped in it.
[14:41] I know Joe Rotundo stamps his
[14:43] name and I know Silvey does
[14:45] also, OK? I don't know if it's
[14:47] Leo or Mike who does it, but
[14:49] there's no name stamped in,
[14:50] otherwise I would, I would know
[14:52] who it was.
[14:53] But whoever that is and
[14:56] possibly Marker Todd know who
[14:59] it is, um, I don't want that
[15:01] contractor anymore.
[15:03] wasting my tax dollar
[15:06] and others on a really poor job
[15:09] There was no expansion joints.
[15:11] The control joints were cut in.
[15:14] and uh it's such was such a
[15:16] trip hazard when it first
[15:17] occurred over here.
[15:18] that I told one of the guys,
[15:19] you gotta put some cones out
[15:20] here, so
[15:22] that's how the eight cones get
[15:24] out there, OK? Because we did
[15:25] have a, uh
[15:26] book sale
[15:30] over the weekend, but, um, that
[15:32] it was such a lousy job. It
[15:34] should have been, uh, pinned,
[15:37] OK, when it was poured into the
[15:39] existing surrounding.
[15:40] and there should have been an
[15:42] expansion joints that were put
[15:44] in. There were only 5 books.
[15:46] pieces about this long
[15:49] and uh that might have uh taken
[15:51] care of that. But what you have
[15:52] right now is a real mess.
[15:54] and that's all gonna have to be
[15:56] broken up surrounding that
[15:59] and uh the guy has done nothing,
[16:01] whoever did that, it should be
[16:03] mentioned, OK, so we don't get
[16:04] that guy again.
[16:05] But it, uh, whoever did that
[16:08] has made nothing over there but
[16:10] collected money.
[16:11] from taxpayers
[16:13] with uh the authorization
[16:15] probably of the council. I
[16:16] don't know how that.
[16:17] occurred, but, uh, it
[16:20] was just such a lousy job from
[16:22] the get-go.
[16:23] And uh so really don't need to
[16:26] have that individual back.
[16:27] wasting
[16:29] taxpayers' money
[16:31] creating a trip and fall hazard
[16:33] for.
[16:33] old people
[16:36] And um that's about it. I'd
[16:37] like to see that resolved at
[16:39] some point because it's gonna
[16:40] have to be torn up.
[16:41] all surrounding that
[16:44] Thank you. Thank you
[16:47] Any other audience
[16:47] communication? All right, we
[16:49] will move on to council
[16:51] comments.
[16:53] Councilor Mantashni, uh, thank
[16:54] you, Madam Chair. Um, I just
[16:56] wanted to, uh, give a shout out
[16:57] to Carla Truxel, who's here
[16:58] with Moving with Moose. Uh, the
[17:00] past two years, I've actually
[17:01] captained the, uh, council team.
[17:03] So, uh, to the new council
[17:04] members, I know Mr. McCullough
[17:05] and Mrs. Patzinski have been on
[17:07] the team with me the last 2
[17:08] years, but, uh, you're gonna be
[17:10] tapped to, uh, join us this
[17:11] year as well so I'll send that
[17:12] out, um, I'll connect with
[17:14] Carlo and we'll take care of
[17:15] that. But, uh, and we usually
[17:17] get other residents to join the
[17:18] council team as well. So feel
[17:19] free, um, I'll post that for
[17:21] everybody and it's a, it's a
[17:22] great organization
[17:23] to do a lot of really, really
[17:25] good work. Um, you can get your
[17:26] steps in during the month. Um,
[17:27] I think Mr. McCulloch got a
[17:28] waiver that he could get his in
[17:31] on states, uh, no, I got, they
[17:32] didn't allow me to do that
[17:34] because I mean that is a lot
[17:35] easier. I think I was doing it,
[17:37] but we did all right. We did
[17:39] all right. Yeah, no, the
[17:40] council team did pretty well.
[17:41] So anyway, uh, we'll have that
[17:43] out and I know I just wanted to
[17:44] give Carlo a shout out for
[17:45] coming again, and we appreciate
[17:46] everything you do for the
[17:47] community and, and do for this.
[17:49] Thank you. Thank you, Madam
[17:50] Chair.
[17:50] OK
[17:53] Councilman Brockway
[17:54] Thank you, Madam Chair. Uh,
[17:56] last meeting we had a resident
[17:58] that was asking about, uh, snow,
[18:00] uh, being pushed into the
[18:01] driveway. I think we've all
[18:02] experienced that at one point
[18:04] or another. There's a question
[18:05] that was just brought up
[18:05] because there's, there is
[18:06] equipment out there that, you
[18:07] know, that some plows can lift
[18:10] up and then drop so it doesn't,
[18:13] uh, block your, your driveway.
[18:14] Uh, I did ask in, uh, I did ask
[18:17] about that. So, uh, whomever
[18:18] had asked that question, um,
[18:19] our contracted services operate
[18:21] the big equipment like the
[18:22] front load, the front bucket
[18:23] loaders and road graders, uh,
[18:25] but that equipment does, uh, we
[18:27] would have to pay an additional
[18:29] amount somewhere north of like
[18:31] $6000 for an attachment. So
[18:32] it's not really feasible
[18:33] because those contracted
[18:34] services only usually plow our
[18:35] side trees about 3 times a year
[18:37] on average.
[18:38] Uh, the city's trucks, the
[18:40] large, uh, dump trucks that
[18:42] they have that use the
[18:43] underbelly plow. You can't do
[18:45] an attachment like, uh, to that.
[18:47] So just to answer your question,
[18:49] uh, yes, they do exist, but no,
[18:51] our, our city's really not
[18:52] going to be utilizing those at
[18:53] this time. Thank you.
[18:55] Anything else from council
[18:59] Mr. Bentie, go ahead. Thank you.
[19:02] Uh, couple things, uh, in terms
[19:04] of events, um, I have my
[19:06] monthly coffee hour this
[19:07] Saturday at the Civic Center
[19:08] Library at 11 o'clock. Um, come,
[19:11] ask questions. I provide a
[19:13] council update and there are
[19:15] loony Donuts. Uh, also this
[19:16] weekend, um, CAPA presents, uh,
[19:20] the SpongeBob SquarePants
[19:21] musical. So if you're looking
[19:23] to support community art, uh,
[19:25] CAA obviously is a, a premier
[19:28] program, um, here in our
[19:29] community and in, and
[19:30] the county. Um, so it, it'll be
[19:32] a good show. I, I think I might
[19:34] be taking the boys for a date
[19:35] night.
[19:36] Uh, to address some of the, um,
[19:39] resident concerns, uh, our
[19:41] government affairs director is
[19:42] in the audience, so regarding
[19:44] the sidewalk at the library, um,
[19:46] we'll, we'll get an update on
[19:48] that and then for the
[19:50] individual who had a question
[19:51] about the uh police statement,
[19:54] um, the Livonia Police
[19:55] Department did release a
[19:56] statement, uh, a few weeks ago.
[19:58] It's posted on Facebook, on
[20:00] their Facebook page, and, um
[20:03] on the city Facebook page, if
[20:04] you're on social media, you can
[20:06] link to it directly from the
[20:08] Lionia Police Department, um,
[20:09] website.
[20:10] Thank you.
[20:11] Anything else
[20:14] Councilman McCulloch, thank you,
[20:15] Madam President. Um, I do have,
[20:17] I'll start with the business
[20:18] side. I, I'm gonna be asking
[20:20] for support from my colleagues.
[20:21] Um, this would be to, this
[20:24] would be directed to law to
[20:26] create an ordinance. Uh
[20:29] to pull my wording is not gonna
[20:32] be great on this, but to police,
[20:34] uh, 911 abuse, um, for our
[20:37] firefighters. So long story
[20:39] short, oh
[20:40] if I may have support motion
[20:44] that's motion any which way,
[20:48] but by Persicone. So so I'm
[20:53] learning about our resources
[20:55] being spread out in a lot of
[20:56] different directions. This came
[20:57] from our fire department, um,
[20:59] meaning that if we, you know,
[21:00] we do want to support more of
[21:02] our nursing homes and assisted
[21:04] living, however, there's been
[21:06] times where there are just,
[21:08] they call the ambulance anytime
[21:10] for anything and we get called
[21:11] back. This is coming right from
[21:12] the fire department. And uh
[21:14] there are some resources out
[21:15] there and it's actually led to
[21:18] ambulance not being ready for
[21:20] calls with, uh, residents and
[21:22] anything else. So this is
[21:23] fairly common around the area,
[21:25] uh, in metro Detroit, and this
[21:27] is coming, uh, from our first
[21:29] responders. So I think it's
[21:30] something good to let. That's
[21:32] why I'm, I'm limited to you
[21:34] because you are the law guy and
[21:35] I figured you could make
[21:36] something very nice out of this.
[21:37] So, colleagues, that's what I'm
[21:39] looking for.
[21:39] Um, hopefully I can get your
[21:42] support on that. Uh, Mr.
[21:43] McAulay, I just, were you
[21:44] referring it to committee or
[21:45] referring it to the actual lot
[21:46] of lot of create an ordinance
[21:47] to make sure we have it right.
[21:49] And if I may, just so, uh, the, public can know is when we
[21:53] do this, if it does go through,
[21:55] then Carter and our law team
[21:57] will draft something and then
[21:58] it will come back to us for
[21:59] review and then we can beat it
[22:00] up. So there's some checks and
[22:03] balances. Councilwoman
[22:04] Budzynski. Yeah, just a, a
[22:06] question for curiosity's sake,
[22:07] um, through the chair to Mr.
[22:09] McCall, are
[22:09] were you saying that other
[22:11] communities have ordinances to
[22:13] address this? Yeah, yeah, and I
[22:14] think it's just more as things
[22:16] are going with this, it's just,
[22:18] there's, there's some bad
[22:19] actors out there that just call
[22:21] non-stop, nonstop, nonstop, and
[22:23] it's hampering them. So if we
[22:24] could do something and, you
[22:25] know, I know maybe even there's
[22:26] fees that are involved with it,
[22:29] but Carter's nodding, so I
[22:30] think he knows
[22:32] Yes, we've had um some
[22:34] preliminary discussions with
[22:35] the fire department already on
[22:36] this topic. Uh, other
[22:37] localities do charge a fee for
[22:40] some non-emergency, um, uses
[22:41] and calls and, um, the fire
[22:43] department has seen an uptick
[22:44] in those where, where other
[22:46] places are trying to use sort
[22:48] of citywide resources for their
[22:49] own personal gain so that they
[22:51] don't have to increase staffing.
[22:53] Anything else
[22:56] Madam Clerk, please take the
[22:57] vote.
[22:59] Council member McDonnell, yes.
[23:01] Council member Badzinski.
[23:03] Council member Pera Coney.
[23:05] Council member Tashnick, Vice
[23:08] President Brockway. Council
[23:10] member McCullough, President
[23:11] Reid, I, and that passes
[23:12] through 7 to 0. I have 72 more
[23:15] items if I may. No, I'm kidding.
[23:16] No, that's it for the boat. I
[23:18] appreciate that, colleagues, um,
[23:19] I think that's gonna be good to
[23:21] help our fire department out
[23:22] and Carter's in his court now.
[23:24] Um, Mr. Martin, I will tell you
[23:27] this as someone that hates f
[23:29] ro s t right now, hugely. So
[23:31] when you start seeing all of
[23:33] these flags of concrete,
[23:35] they're, they're lifting, the
[23:36] roads are separating, and it's
[23:38] tough because you have trip
[23:39] hazards, right? Now, what you
[23:40] could do is grind it, which is
[23:42] fine, but what happens when the
[23:44] frost goes away? Now you have,
[23:46] uh, you know, cold patch that
[23:48] gets tossed on it. Um, so what
[23:50] we've been doing, and we've had
[23:51] multiple locations, even a new
[23:53] building, basically a lot of
[23:55] the pieces, your first flag of
[23:56] concrete, don't want to call
[23:58] flag your sidewalk section.
[23:59] is attached to the foundation.
[24:00] So every building you see a lot
[24:02] of these things, you got one
[24:03] that's lower, everything else
[24:04] is up. Like, what's this?
[24:05] because that's tied into the
[24:07] foundation. So with this,
[24:09] tomorrow, believe it or not, is
[24:10] going to be 44 degrees, all
[24:12] right? So let's hope that this
[24:14] is something to come, but it's
[24:16] one of those games that if you, go out, you, you grind
[24:19] everything down. Now you've
[24:21] created a problem when the
[24:22] frost is gone. So the cones and
[24:24] everything, I, I hope that this
[24:27] would, it's been, it's been a
[24:28] crazy winter.
[24:29] I mean, we've been under, I
[24:30] think, freezing for the last 30
[24:32] days. So
[24:33] um, hopefully it takes care of
[24:35] itself. Now, I will finish with
[24:37] May 2nd. You know, everybody in
[24:39] this room already knows that
[24:40] the Livonia All-Stars are
[24:41] coming for the Detroit Red
[24:43] Wings alumni for the 5th year
[24:44] in a row. Contractually, we
[24:46] have to lose. So I'm trying to
[24:47] build up the, you know, get you
[24:49] all pumped up to buy some
[24:50] tickets, but, um, in any
[24:52] situation, it's a great time as
[24:53] always. We moved it to May
[24:55] because it wouldn't be -20
[24:57] degrees out. So maybe we'll do
[24:58] some fun things with food
[24:59] trucks and some other stuff
[25:00] like that, but get your tickets.
[25:02] It's on, uh, Break
[25:03] ing Barriers website, the city
[25:04] I know will always have the
[25:05] ability to share that QR code,
[25:07] but it's a great time to meet
[25:08] some neighbors and watch us get
[25:10] beat up really bad. It's a lot
[25:11] of fun, so.
[25:12] thank you
[25:14] Anything else from council?
[25:16] All right, we will move on to
[25:19] reports from the mayor and
[25:20] other city officials. We have
[25:21] received communication from the
[25:22] Department of Finance dated
[25:24] January 16, 2026, and this was
[25:27] forwarding the quarterly
[25:28] investment report for the City
[25:29] of Livonia for the quarter
[25:30] ending November 30th, 2025, and
[25:33] we have received and filed. All
[25:35] right, we'll move on to the
[25:37] consent agenda agenda items 1
[25:39] through 14 on the consent
[25:40] agenda will be voted on as one
[25:42] item. These items were
[25:43] previously discussed at the
[25:44] study meeting that took place
[25:45] on January 26, 20
[25:47] 26 and determined to be
[25:48] non-controversial. Do I have a
[25:49] motion? Motion to approve.
[25:51] Support motion by Bazinski,
[25:53] Support by McCullough. Anything
[25:54] from council?
[25:57] Anything from the audience
[25:59] Name and address, you have 2
[26:01] minutes, Christopher Martin,
[26:03] great state of Michigan. Uh,
[26:04] this is, uh, referencing number
[26:07] 3.
[26:08] This is the Lavonia Board of
[26:10] Ethics. These are the ones that
[26:11] you go to first before going to
[26:13] the tax tribunal.
[26:15] Just a little bit of
[26:16] information to add to this. I
[26:18] spoke on this, uh, last council
[26:21] meeting in 2018.
[26:23] um
[26:25] in Lansing
[26:27] Every member of the house and
[26:29] every member of the Senate,
[26:30] which is very unusual, agreed
[26:32] that
[26:33] they needed education.
[26:35] members, the 3 members of the
[26:37] board of review.
[26:40] and um that was my own personal
[26:43] experience and looking at that
[26:44] not only in the city, but other
[26:46] cities.
[26:47] and townships that, uh, that
[26:49] was definitely needed.
[26:51] You have to think also for an
[26:53] attorney for a, I was gonna say
[26:54] attorney, for a um
[26:58] uh elected official to say
[27:00] you're doing a lousy job.
[27:02] OK. And, and that's within the
[27:04] House and the Senate every
[27:05] single one of them voted in
[27:07] favor of education.
[27:10] for members of the board of
[27:11] review. It was that bad.
[27:13] Also, in, in going to the tax
[27:16] tribunal, which is the next
[27:17] step on the train.
[27:19] There were many people that
[27:20] came in and just handed the
[27:21] paperwork to the Board of
[27:23] Review wouldn't even waste
[27:24] their time sitting and talking
[27:25] with him to explain to them.
[27:28] why they felt their taxes were
[27:30] not correct on the assessed
[27:32] value of their home.
[27:33] whether they had owned it for a
[27:34] long period of time or had
[27:36] recently purchased it.
[27:38] So they, they knew that it was
[27:40] that bad, so they just gave him
[27:41] the paperwork, which is all
[27:43] that's required, and then they
[27:44] moved on to the tax tribunal. I
[27:46] had moved on to the text
[27:47] tribunal at one particular time
[27:48] also.
[27:50] The thing that screwed me up
[27:51] was when I go in and talk with
[27:53] the referee, uh, Kathy Wade
[27:55] from our law department was
[27:57] already there speaking with the
[27:58] referee, so I had no idea what
[28:00] she was saying to that referee.
[28:02] All I knew is I had no equal
[28:04] time
[28:05] OK. Thank you, sir. That's time.
[28:06] OK.
[28:08] Anything else from the audience
[28:09] Madam Clerk, please take the
[28:10] vote
[28:12] Council member McDonnell,
[28:15] Council member Budzinski.
[28:17] Council member Pera Coney.
[28:19] Council member Tashnick, Vice
[28:22] President Brockway. Council
[28:24] member McCullough, President
[28:25] Reid, I in the consent agenda
[28:28] passes 70. All right, we'll
[28:30] move on to unfinished Business,
[28:32] item number 15. This is a
[28:33] request to refer the subject
[28:34] matter of exterior lighting to
[28:36] the law and Education Committee.
[28:37] This comes from council member
[28:39] Brandon McCullough, and it is
[28:41] to discuss exterior
[28:42] illumination of
[28:43] light ing from businesses
[28:45] Thank you. Um, so this, uh,
[28:48] item, well, I think. Can I have
[28:51] a motion from any of my
[28:53] supporters or motion to approve
[28:56] motion from Badzinski, support
[28:58] from Tashnik. Floor is yours.
[28:59] Listen, I still forget the
[29:01] thing, so you're doing good. Um,
[29:02] OK, so the gentleman I think is
[29:04] in the audience potentially
[29:05] that has been leading this
[29:07] charge for a few decades now.
[29:10] If we looked at, we looked at
[29:11] the, uh, the Livonia observer.
[29:13] Um, common thing, I appreciate
[29:14] him for
[29:15] bringing this forward, and I
[29:16] know we've been looking at
[29:17] things, but with LEDs as great
[29:18] as they are for saving energy
[29:21] and money. Uh, they can be
[29:22] super bright, and if they are
[29:24] not designed properly for the
[29:25] right application could be very
[29:26] blinding. I'm sure everybody in
[29:28] here has seen the wrong
[29:30] application. So this would be
[29:31] us sitting down, uh, in a
[29:33] committee meeting that is, uh,
[29:34] we'll get on the books pretty
[29:35] soon if this gets approved, uh,
[29:38] to discuss and hopefully add
[29:39] some luminosity, um, thresholds
[29:42] to different applications
[29:43] around the city.
[29:44] Anything else from council?
[29:45] Anything from the audience?
[29:49] Name and address for the record.
[29:51] You have 2 minutes.
[29:53] Uh, Jerry Kerzynski, 19488
[29:56] Bainbridge Avenue. Oh yeah, I
[29:57] want a second, uh
[29:59] council member McCullough's
[30:01] plea for that. Uh, there's a
[30:02] urgent care that opened up on 7
[30:04] Mile near my house. HMC Urgent
[30:09] Care at 307-377 mile that has,
[30:12] uh, very bright lights at night.
[30:14] I'm sure the ordinance
[30:15] department never sees it
[30:16] because they work 9 to 5, but
[30:17] when I come here for these
[30:19] meetings, I see it. So again,
[30:22] 307-377 mile. Thank you. Thank
[30:25] you. Name and address for the
[30:27] record, please. You have 2
[30:27] minutes. Eric Fitzpatrick,
[30:29] Rosedale Gardens.
[30:31] I just want to kick this off
[30:32] with, um, I want to start out
[30:34] with the, uh, the Plymouth Road
[30:36] street lights, um.
[30:38] they do not comply at all with
[30:40] uh Livonia's policies. There's
[30:42] many homes adjacent to the
[30:45] Plymouth Road, um, those lights,
[30:48] and they're lit up like day
[30:49] whether they, uh, whether they
[30:51] like it or not. Another reason
[30:53] I'm thinking this may be a good
[30:54] thing to look at it. Again,
[30:55] these are the only lights in
[30:57] Livonia, the street lights that
[30:58] do not comply.
[31:00] And um I think they've been
[31:02] there for 25 years. Everything
[31:04] else has been retrofitted, and
[31:06] those I feel should be looked
[31:08] at, especially if it's low
[31:09] lying fruit, you, you know, it
[31:10] has to be done anyhow. Retrofit
[31:13] those make them for cutoff and
[31:15] shielded. Stop having all those
[31:17] homes lit up like daylight, and
[31:20] um, yeah, and again, I would
[31:21] like to see the um
[31:24] uh the policy amended, as Mr.
[31:26] McAuliffe said, these LED
[31:27] lights, they are very bright.
[31:29] They use a lot of energy and it
[31:31] just seems like there's a lot
[31:32] of opportunity and many
[31:34] business owners' eyes to say,
[31:35] hey, wow, I can really do some
[31:37] serious advertising here. And
[31:39] again, I'm just asking
[31:41] everybody here, please review
[31:44] the policy, see what it says,
[31:46] and look around, especially at
[31:48] the gas stations, especially at
[31:50] the convenience stores. Notice
[31:52] the good ones versus the bad
[31:53] ones. They're not all bad.
[31:54] There's some players that are
[31:55] really good, some are just
[31:57] awful and horrendous. And again,
[31:59] you go, um, southeast of, you
[32:01] know, south of Livonia, east of
[32:03] Livonia. You look around there
[32:05] and you'll see exactly what I'm
[32:06] talking about, and I don't
[32:08] think anybody here, I think
[32:09] everybody wants to have Livonia,
[32:11] you know, kind of a classy
[32:13] upper scale community. and bad
[32:16] trashy lighting can really ruin
[32:19] it's um nighttime nighttime
[32:21] appearance. And um again, look
[32:23] at some of the surrounding
[32:24] communities and
[32:25] you'll see what I'm talking
[32:26] about. And again, please just
[32:27] be aware of the policy when
[32:29] you're out at night, look
[32:30] around, and I think you'll see
[32:32] exactly what I'm talking about.
[32:33] Thank you.
[32:34] Anything else from the audience
[32:36] Madam Clerk, please take the
[32:37] vote
[32:39] Council member McDonnell, I.
[32:42] Council member Bazinski.
[32:44] Council member Persicone.
[32:46] Councilmember Tashnick. Vice
[32:48] President Brockway. Council
[32:50] member McCullough, President
[32:52] Reid. that pass is 70
[32:54] All right, we'll move on to new
[32:55] business, item number 16. This
[32:58] is a request to adopt a
[32:59] resolution as requested by
[33:01] Wayne County for 2026 annual
[33:03] right of Way permit. This comes
[33:05] from the engineering division,
[33:06] and it's enabling the
[33:07] Department of Public Works to
[33:08] do all things necessary to
[33:09] maintain the city's
[33:11] infrastructure within the
[33:12] county's right of way.
[33:15] I'll offer an approving support
[33:19] Anything from council, Mr. Did
[33:21] you want to say anything? OK,
[33:23] anything from the audience?
[33:24] Madam Clerk, please take the
[33:26] vote. Council member McDonald.
[33:28] I, Council member Buddzinski.
[33:32] Council member Persicone.
[33:34] Council member Tasnick. Vice
[33:36] President Brockway, Council
[33:38] member McCullough, President
[33:40] Reid. I, that passes 70, item
[33:43] number 17, it's a request to
[33:45] schedule a closed committee of
[33:46] the whole meeting. This comes
[33:47] from the Department of Law.
[33:48] It's for the purpose of
[33:49] discussing pending litigation
[33:51] and attorney-client privileged
[33:53] communications with respect to
[33:54] Bernardo Wilson, Roderick Means
[33:56] and Kathy Wade as co-personal
[33:57] representatives of the estate
[33:59] of LV Mes deceased versus City
[34:01] of Livonia from Wayne County
[34:02] Circuit Court case number
[34:07] 25-017576-NI.
[34:11] Madam Chair
[34:12] so moved. Support.
[34:13] motion by Councilwoman
[34:15] Teschickport by Bozynski.
[34:16] Anything from council?
[34:18] Mr. Fisher, did you want to add
[34:19] anything?
[34:20] Um, no, I mean, as you know,
[34:22] per the Open Meetings Act,
[34:23] we're allowed to have, uh,
[34:25] closed meetings to discuss
[34:25] issues of strategy related to
[34:27] open cases. That's, that's what
[34:28] we'd like to do. OK, thank you.
[34:30] Anything from the audience. All
[34:31] right, Madam Clerk, please take
[34:33] the vote. Council member
[34:34] McDonnell. I, Councilmember
[34:37] Bazinski. Council member
[34:39] Persicone. Council member
[34:41] Tashnick, Vice President
[34:43] Brockway. Council member
[34:45] McCullough. President Reid, I
[34:47] and that passes 70. All right,
[34:49] we have our second
[34:50] set of audience communication.
[34:52] If there's anyone that did not
[34:53] speak in our first audience
[34:55] communication, the floor is
[34:56] yours
[34:58] Seeing no 1 may I get a motion?
[35:00] to adjourn
[35:03] Support. A motion by Tashni
[35:05] support by everyone. See you at
[35:07] 8 o'clock.