[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.

Livonia City Council Regular Meeting - February 9, 2026

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