Stewart, that's where I met Mario. I'm a
UAW member as well. Uh, August 5th,
2006, Mario received a doctorate of
divinity from the Detroit International
School of Ministry. August 2007, Mario
was ordained a minister and appointed as
presiding elder of the house of God. He
also was assistant to the to the
leadership under the late Dr. Bishop
Lavell
Wooden Senior. April 6, 2008, Mario
succeeded the late Dr. Bishop Lavell
Wooden Senior to become the Bishop and
Overseer of the Beverly House of God
Church, now known as the New Vision
Outreach Ministries, HGO.
After serving over 30 years, Mario
retired from the Ford Motor Company
Dearborn Truck Plant in Dearbornne.
He now he now devotes his full attention
to his family, his ministry and his
community which he serves so very very
well in uh my hometown of Romulus which
is where I reside. Uh his church is
right down the street and uh he does an
absolutely incredible job of uplifting
the community and ensuring that those
are those people who are less fortunate
are served uh to the fullest extent. So
with that being said, it's my honor, my
pleasure, and my privilege to bring up
Dr. Mario A. Clark, Senior. Mario,
want to say good afternoon or good
morning to everyone.
Kind of tall, so you'll have to excuse
me.
We just want to as we prepare to beseech
the Lord. We want to say it's an honor
to stand before you all. It's a
privilege. Um I praise God for all of
you that are here that work so
diligently in your prospective
positions.
And I want to give accolades and honor
to my good friend and brother Alan
Wilson, the commissioner of district 11.
Um, as we were talking in the office
before I got here, I was just
reminiscing over the years that we had
time to fellowship.
And you have a good man on the team. I
just want to say that he has never
forgotten his roots. He has never
forgotten where he's come from.
Being a pastor, a lot of people think
that, oh, God just blesses the pastor
and they don't need help because they
can go straight to God. But last year, I
ran into some difficulties with some uh
things after my mother passed. And I
didn't know what to do and who to turn
to.
And I got up at 3:00 in the morning and
I I went down in my office and I began
to pray.
And
not even realizing that I had the Wayne
County Commissioner in my rolodex on my
phone,
it dawned on them. It just like a light
came on. You know, you've done all you
can do.
And I I just didn't know where else to
turn. And I thought about it. I said,
"God has given me all the tools that I
need to get this situation taken care
of." And I got on the phone and I called
him and he worked diligently
to see us through our situation until it
was rectified.
And even when I gave up, I would get
calls from him letting me know he had
not forgot about us. So I just want to
give praise to him for the diligent work
he does in the community and all of you
as well.
» Thank you.
» And at this time if we bow our heads
please of a word of prayer.
Dear heavenly and gracious father we
want to say thank you.
We want to give you praise, honor and
glory for even allowing us to see
another day.
You let us know that each day brings new
mercies.
And we understand that you're the father
that is in heaven and whom created the
world out of nothing.
We know that you're the God who spoke
everything into existence.
And all of us here are the result of
your creativity.
Lord, your word tells us that where two
or three are gathered together in your
name, you, God, would be in the midst.
Therefore, we ask that you would bless
each person present here today with your
grace,
your protection,
your wisdom,
and favor.
We pray for clear minds,
anointed communication
that the desired result may exceed all
expectations.
And finally, we say thank you for being
a God who is always understanding and
loving. And God, we thank you for
blessing us in ways that are beyond our
understanding.
In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we
pray and give thanks. Amen.
» Amen.
Thank you.
» Thank you. Thank you, pastor, for those
inspiring words. Thank you, Commissioner
Wilson, for your introduction, for all
the work that you've done in the
community. It has only been a year,
Commissioner Wilson, but it seems like
forever.
But thank you sir for your service sir.
» See I said something. That's okay.
That's okay. [laughter]
» Thank you. It was good. Thank you for
your service sir.
» Next item please. Election of officers.
At this time we will have the election
of the vice chair of the Wayne County
Commission. I'd like to call on
Commissioner Bun.
Is there support?
Sup supported by Commissioner Garza.
Any discussion hearing? None. Please
vote.
Motion carries. Thank you so much.
Next item.
» Item number two is election of the vice
chair proemporary of the Wayne County
Commission. Like to call on Commissioner
Joy Palro.
» Thank you so much. Is there support?
Supported by Commissioner Baker
McCormack. Any
» No. Supported by MKI.
» I'm sorry. I was just looking at my
little screen here. [laughter]
Supported by Commissioner Morki.
All right, Commissioner Beacon
McCormack.
» Thank you, Madam Chair. Um, just for
clarification, I know because of uh our
new terms, things have changed. So, we
no longer have to
um elect a chair,
but just the vice chair and proim. Yes.
Is is that part of the new rules or
» That's part of the MCL? Don't uh 30 the
law.
» Okay.
» Yeah. Michigan State law.
» Okay. I just um wanted to clarify that
uh I didn't receive
the new
» Yeah.
» Terms of how we would do that. So for
the chair,
» Your election would take place every
» We don't know yet. We're still working
with the state legislature.
» Okay. Okay.
» So once we get clarification from the
state legislature, then we'll relay
that.
» Okay. Great. Thank you.
» Thank you. Uh please vote.
Motion carries. Okay. Thank you so much.
Congratulations, gentlemen. At this
time, we need to do a swearing in and
Miss Lane will do the swearing in of
both of those positions.
Oh, help me God.
» Congratulations.
» Congratulations again, gentlemen. Look
forward to working with you again.
Next item please.
Vice chair pro Timont move for approval.
Port
» Been moved and supported. Any discussion
on the journal
hearing? None. Please vote.
» Motion carries.
» All right. Thank you so much. Next item,
report from the chair.
» Just want to wish everyone a happy new
year. We had a successful 2025. Look
forward to another successful year in
2026 working together with the
administration and each of you to move c
the county forward and all the things
that we do for the residents of Wayne
County. So, thank you for doing all the
work and especially thank you to our
staff that does so much work to support
us as well. And again, we look forward
to a prosperous and productive 2026.
Thank you. Next item, unfinished
business. There is none listed. We are
moving to offering of all petitions,
ordinances, resolutions, and
presentations. There's one item listed,
a resolution by all commissioners
honoring the Northville High School boys
cross country team for its successful
2025 season, which it capped by winning
the Michigan High School Athletic
Association Lower Peninsula Division 1
State Championship for the fourth
consecutive year. Okay, Commissioner
Mki, come on up.
like to call on Commissioner Murki and
the team to come up for remarks, please.
Good morning everyone and happy new year
to everyone. Um,
look at this great group. I thought I'd
bring them up because it's a smaller
group and they fit right here in front.
Uh, thank you chair Bell and colleagues
for giving me a few moments during this
meeting to recognize the Northville High
School boys cross country team for yet
another outstanding season. You may
recognize some familiar names as this
marks their fourth consecutive Division
1 state championship. It's a real honor
for me to recognize a team that has
brought an incredible amount of pride to
Northville and to Wayne County.
I get to talk about many accompl
accomplishments in this role, but I can
honestly say this one is very special.
Winning a state championship is hard.
Winning four in a row in division one is
something very few teams will ever
experience. What they've done is truly
historic. This season, Northville
dominated all year. The team went
undefeated in division in its division
for the fifth year in a row, claimed a
fourth straight Kensington Lakes
Athletic Association Conference title,
and brought home a fifth straight
regional championship. That kind of
consistency doesn't happen by accident.
It comes from showing up every day,
holding each other accountable, and
believing in the process even when the
work gets tough.
This championship group includes and
boys put your hand up when I raise your
when I uh call your name. Seniors
Benjamin Hardigan, Ryan Stojo, Ethan
Herza, Colton Blackburn, juniors Brandon
Cloud and Jack Lewis, and sophomores
Manny Coats and Lucas Mullen. Each of
you have played a role in this
remarkable run and together you've built
something that will rem be remembered in
Northville for a very long time. I also
want to recognize the coaching staff,
head coach Tim Dalton, who will say a
couple words along with Jack Dalton,
Chris Inch, Lauren Peek, and Adam Gabra.
Yeah. You built more than a winning
program and you built a culture that
instills discipline, teamwork, and
resilience. and it shows up every time
these athletes step onto the course. On
behalf of the Wayne um behalf of Wayne
County, congratulations on an
extraordinary accomplishment. It is my
privilege to present this resolution
honoring your fourth consecutive
division one state championships.
Congratulations and thank you for all
being here.
First, thank you to all of you as
commissioners and especially
Commissioner Mori for uh taking a couple
minutes. I know you have a ton of
important information to discuss, but to
honor our kids. Um she did a great job
of summarizing it. Four years in a row
um no matter what sport or activity in
life, to win it all like that is truly
incredible for these kids. Um, I will
give you a couple stats on the sport.
Cross country, you get each school gets
seven kids. They run 3.1 miles or a 5K.
You add up their finishing places in the
low score win. So, like golf and low
score. We had three finish in the top 10
in the state of Michigan. Brandon Cloud
Jr. ran 14 minutes and 52 seconds. I'm
not a math major, but if you divide that
by three, figure out his mile pace. Um,
super impressive. Ben Hardigan, a
senior, finished eighth in the state of
Michigan. and Ryan Stojove was 10th. Um,
our fourth runner was senior Ethan
Herza. Fifth runner was Manny Coats. Uh,
sixth runner was senior Colton
Blackburn. Seventh was Lucas Mullen. And
our junior, we had an alternate um, Jack
Lewis. So, it's really about them. Super
uh, proud of them, the way they
represented not only our high school,
but our community and really Wayne
County on a state level. And then the
last thing I will say, can't do it. We
had 91 boys on our team total. Couldn't
do it without assistant coaches. So
truly appreciative for the two that are
here today, Coach Lauren Peek and Coach
Chris Hinch. Thank you so much.
Thank you.
» Thank you, Commissioner Mori. And
congratulations coaches and to all of
our young people. We have such dynamic
student athletes in Wayne County and
it's important that we recognize their
successes. So, thank you again,
Commissioner Mki, and thank you young
people for coming down this morning.
Congratulations on your success and we
miss wish you more and maybe you'll be
here next year for a fifth consecutive
win. So, congratulations and thank you
again for coming down.
All right. Available. Okay. So, motion
by Commissioner Murki, supported by
Commissioner Peterson Mayberry form the
resolution. Any discussion,
please vote.
Motion carries. All right. Thank you so
much. Next item, please.
» Reports from committees. There are none
listed. We're moving to upcoming
meetings.
» Okay. Please note the upcoming meetings
for next week. If there are any changes,
please let the clerk know. Commissioner
Garza.
» Thank you, Madam Chair. I'd just like to
uh note that the committee on public
safety, judiciary, home and security
will be postponed.
» Hey, public safety postponed.
» Madam Chair,
» Commissioner Kimlock
» Also like to um inform you that the
committee on ways and means will also be
postponed.
» Ways and means postponed as well.
Okay, Commissioner Garza.
» Thank you, Madam Chair. I missed one.
Uh, the Community Corrections Advisory
Board will also be postponed until
January 22nd.
» January 22nd. Community Corrections
Advisory Board members, January 22nd for
that meeting.
Right. Thank you so much.
Next item, we're moving to new business
immediate consideration. There are 10
items listed. Item number one is
requesting commission approval of
» One second please for me. I just want to
explain what we're doing here. So we
have immediate considerations on the
agenda for today because obviously this
being the first meeting of the year we
did not have committees prior to these
items coming before us. So we will go
through these items as if we're in a
committee format. The representatives
from departments will come and speak to
the items and then the floor will be
open for questions from the
commissioners before we uh vote on the
items. So, with that being said, madam
clerk,
» Item number one is requesting commission
approval of a three-year professional
services contract with two one-year
options to renew between the Charter
County of Wayne and RMS Energy Company
LLC not to exceed $689,137.50
for electrical troubleshooting, repairs,
testing, and maintenance for the
combined sewer overall retention
treatment basins and the Rouge Valley
sewer disposal system lift station.
Okay. All right. Who's here to speak to
this item?
» You're on.
» Hi, my name is Elizabeth Pereira. I'm
the assistant division director for DPS
environmental services division. This
contract um is for as needed and testing
and analysis for the um electrical
systems at four of our pump stations,
the CSO basins along with the pump
stations that are located at the Rouge
Valley sewage disposal system. Um this
contract was needed because um the
systems are very old and outdated and
there's been a lot of electrical issues
there and so we needed to get a contract
in place so that we can have these um we
don't have emergency situations that
arise. We have a contract in place with
a company that can handle this. Went out
for bid and this this company was the
one that won the bid.
» For these particular sewage lines, are
there others that are in need of this
type of support or this will complete
all of them?
» This will complete all of them.
» Any discussion on item number one?
Discussion. Commissioner Peterson
Mayberry.
» Thank you, Madam Chair. Um, so you did
ask my one question. Um, but I did have
one additional question. So I noticed
that so the headquarters for this is is
in Minnesota.
» I'm sorry.
» The headquarters for RMS, I'm sorry.
» Yes, they have local office.
» Yes.
» Okay. And then the other question was,
have we had these repairs before? And is
this the company that we've used in the
past?
» We have used them in the past for an
emergency situation. Um, but we've had
situations before where we've had to ask
for either emergency um assistance or um
we've had companies that we've had
appeal with before. Um, this company um
it went out as an RFQ so they were the
most qualified.
» Okay. I saw the rubrics and so the last
question I'll ask is in the rubrics that
was used I know there was one other
vendor and so do we typically is it best
practice to just go by the highest
score? Are there other mechanisms in
place to decide when you're deciding
like who the final who the final company
is that receives the bid?
» So, usually when when it's an IFB, it's
usually the lowest bidder, but this one
was an RFQ, so it was um request for
qualification um and they were the most
qualified.
» Thank you. Thank you, Madam Chair.
» Thank you. Any additional questions on
this item?
and let's do items one through six
together and then we'll do seven through
10. Thank you.
» Thank you.
» Next item.
» Item number two is requesting commission
approval of an addendum to a cooperative
agreement between the charter county of
Wayne and Mallister Inc. doing business
as Michigan CAT not to exceed
$198,571.35
through source well contract number
011723
for the purchase of one Caterpillar
923RQ
wheel loader
chair commissioners Erica Smith Wayne
County parks director uh this item is
for purchase of uh equipment a front
loader um to replace uh equipment that's
aged out.
Do you know how long the equipment that
we had previously we'd had that for? How
many years?
» I believe at 25 years what I was
pretty aged out. [laughter]
Okay.
» Yeah, we have some old equipment. We're
very excited about this.
Okay. Any additional questions on this
item?
Commissioner Baker McCormack
» Point about the age out. Um, is that the
usual life of the uh expectancy of this
uh type of
» That's a great question. Seems like
things that were constructed years ago
last a little longer. Um, you know,
often what happens to equipment, we use
it for as long as we can and replace it
uh usually when we need it. Um it's good
to have a plan in place for replacing
but I think parks is a little behind
just uh you know with re limited
resources and rising costs for equipment
like this. Uh but this had been planned
for uh and budgeted in the parks
millillage.
» What's the warranty on on this?
» That's a great question. Um I will have
to follow up on that.
» Mr. Colleen,
» Thank you Madam Chair. Morning. What is
a wheel loader and what do we do with
it?
» Um, from what I know, the front loader
is used for a variety of things. It can
uh lift
» Wheel loader. Is that the same thing as
a front loader?
» Yeah, I think we call it in-house a
front loader. So, it's equipment with a
big kind of um bucket on the front. So,
it can be used for lifting things,
moving them. Um
sometimes there's attachments you can
move on can put on them for a few
different um activities. Um it's
» But it's a front loader.
» Yeah.
» Never heard of a wheel loader. Thank
you.
» Yeah,
Mr. Mki.
» Thank you, Madam Chair. I just
» Turn your mic back on.
» Thank you. It includes a 60-month,
30,000 hour extended warranty on
powertrain, hydraulics, and tech.
» Thank you.
» Thank you, Commissioner.
Any additional questions on this item?
» Okay. Thank you. Next item. Number three
is requesting commission approval of
amendment number one to a three-year
contract with a one-year option to renew
between the Charter County of Wayne and
Great Lakes Engineering Group LLC not to
exceed $25,733
26 exercising the option to renew and
extending the term to expand the scope
of services related to the investigation
of the historical significance of the
Ferry Street Bridge to obtain State
Historic Preservation Office and US Army
Corpse of Engineers permits for
professional engineering design services
for the bridge reconstruction over the
thoroughfare canal between Meridian Road
and East River Road in Grossill
Township.
» Thank you for that runon sentence. Um
[laughter]
sir,
» Good morning everybody and happy new
year to everybody. This is Sammy Ki,
director of engineering county highway
engineer. This project is related to a
bridge design for one of our
consultants. Uh we had to uh do a little
bit of extra work that was required. So
that's why we're uh seeking additional
funding to cover the design of this
bridge.
» Name for the record, please.
» Your name for the record.
» Tammy Caldi.
» Thank you. Uh discussion. Commissioner
Colleen.
» Thank you, Madam Chair. Good morning,
Mr. Caldi. Um
so we are looking at uh obtaining state
historic preservation.
» Yes sir. uh that's like a category that
that bridge would be an historic
» During the uh design of this bridge we
and searching the information we uh
determine this bridge is a historical
bridge and then we have to seek the
permit from US coro engineers as well as
from the state too.
» So what's the I didn't quite hear all of
that. What's the uh what's the
consequences? What
is good for Wayne County? If this does
have historic preservation, how does
that change the management of it?
» Speak closer to the mic, please.
» Yeah, I mean, if it is determined to be
a historical bridge, there are a lot of
extra steps that required from us to do
uh you know, we have to document the
whole history of the bridge. We have to
do uh take photos and make sure
everything is being preserved. So, it's
a little bit of a lengthy process to uh
get this bridge approved by the state
and US corp of engineers before we do
any uh any uh reconstruction of this
bridge.
» Still having trouble hearing you, Mr.
Cali. Maybe it's me. Um
there's a different regulatory
environment if you're on the historic
preservation list or historic list.
» Yes. Typically when it is a historical
bridge you have to go through the
process of getting a permit from MD for
we call it the ship and uh like I said
it's a it's a lengthy process to
document everything the state needs for
that particular bridge or even uh any
entity we run it through it if we are
doing a road job too. So it's it's
required but if it is it's not
historical or it doesn't have any
history then we don't have to uh get a
permit from MD that
there any help from the state of
Michigan in terms of uh maintaining it
once it's historic. Does the state kick
in anything for maintenance?
» No sir. uh you know the the state want
to make sure everything is being
recorded and preserved for that
particular structure.
» Thank you Madam Chair.
» Thank you Commissioner Murki.
» Thank you Madam Chair. So just a couple
questions. Who initiated
this process to find out if this is a
historic bridge?
Typically this is in any design process.
It's in any design process. In any
design project they do.
» Yeah. We have to make sure we are in
compliance with all these requirements.
» Okay. So if it's deemed historic too
it's going to be more money a lot more
money probably to
» It's the cost will be to go through the
process of the approval which is it
costs sometimes from 20 to $30,000 just
to do this part of the shu. Okay. But
you don't think there'd be added costs
as time moves on because it's historic.
It would just be this.
» Yeah. So far, this is what uh we have
received from the design engineer.
» Okay. So, we do this
with every bridge that Okay. I didn't
know that. All right. I guess that's it.
Thank you.
» Additional discussion. Commissioner
Baker McCormack.
So for clarification, do is is there
some type of placard or something that
goes on the bridge that says it's
historical after it's deemed that
» There are there are rules and guidelines
by the state to determine which
structure in general is historical or
nonhistorical. So it's it goes by years
and the way it's it's constructed too.
So yeah, there are a lot of guidelines.
That's why it takes a little bit of time
and extra money effort to make sure like
we preserving everything for this bridge
before we demo the bridge.
» Right. But is there a certification or a
placard that goes on the bridge that
that states this this is a historical
designation?
Is do you know if there's no
» I don't think there is a plaque. I think
there is a black usually with with uh
every bridge that was when it was
constructed. We preserve that too.
» It's just part of the process of
» Yes. Thank you.
» Yeah. You're welcome.
» Additional remarks questions.
Commissioner Clemente.
» Thank you, Madam Chair. So, as we're
waiting for this, I'm wondering about
the safety of the bridge. Is it fine to
be used while we're waiting to do the
reconstruction for the state to say if
it's historic or not?
» Yeah, I mean if if we determine that the
bridge is not safe, we will close it.
But the bridge is open to traffic, this
mean it is safe to keep it open.
» Okay, very good. Thank you,
» Commissioner Palam.
» Thank you, Madam Chair. uh to some of my
colleagues questions. Yes, I believe at
some point there will be a placard
that's put up on the side of the bridge
that designates that as a historic
structure to Commissioner Clemente. Yes,
I believe it's safe. I drove over it
yesterday and
uh also request to be the maker of this
motion, item three. Thank you.
» Noted. Thank you, Commissioner. Any
additional questions
on this item? Okay. Thank you so much.
Thank you.
» For the next one.
» Oh, next one, too. Okay, [laughter]
Madam Clerk.
» Item number four is requesting
commission approval of retroactive
amendment number one to a one-year
construction contract with a one-year
option to renew between the Charter
County of Wayne and Dan's Escavating not
to exceed $64,88.91.
exercising the option to renew to
continue improvements to the Joy Road at
McClumpa Road intersection in Canton and
Plymouth Townships.
Sir,
» Yes. Uh this is a project nearby Canton
Plymouth School. Uh we had to do some
safety improvement at the intersection.
There was no uh traffic signal. So we
also determined that the traffic signal
is warranted and we also had to make uh
crosswalks safe to students to cross and
this project uh started uh um on time
and we determined uh that because of the
signal there was like 6 months lead time
on these ones. So, and uh the contractor
continued to work to make sure
everything is in place before the school
opens up again. And uh we uh we're most
the majority of the work was completed
in May 2025. We just had to do some
restorations to complete the job before
the school students come back to school.
So, the project has been completed. uh
in order to close the job. Usually it
takes about 180 days to close the job.
We we have to have an active contract.
» Thank you. Any questions on this item?
Commissioner Do.
» Thank Thank you, Madam Chair. This is my
district. Um so I know that the uh the
light has been operating for some time.
Um what else needs to be done? I've I've
read the analysis, but in
non-engineering
speak, what else needs to be completed
on this project? And what's the
timeline? And is the intersection going
to be um closed at any point to traffic?
No,
» Everything is is right now operating the
way it should be. There is no additional
work needs to be done. All the bunch
list has been taken care of during that
last summer season. So everything is
fine right now.
We don't need to do any additional work.
Everything is completed.
» So what are what are we approving? What
» We're approving more we there needs to
be
» We're asking for the work that has been
completed
and to close up the job.
» Okay. All right. So everything has been
completed. Okay. Great. Thank you. Thank
you, Madam Chair. Any
» Additional questions on this item?
All right. Thank you.
» Thank you.
» Next item. Item number five is
requesting commission approval of
amendment number seven to a three-year
agreement between the charter county of
Wayne and the senior alliance with no
change in the dollar amount extending
the term of the agreement for fiscal
years 23 through 26 to continue to
provide congregate home delivered liquid
and halal meals to eligible senior
citizens in the 34 communities of the
western Wayne County and down river
areas. Sir,
» Uh good morning. Uh William Chuck
Jackson, Department Director for Senior
Services. Uh this is simply we have a
the Wayne County has a three-year
contract with uh the senior alliance
that's that's uh the area agency in
which the Meals and Wheels program is
administered through. And instead of
having a bid out in the current year
fiscal year, they agreed to extend the
contract for one year. And we will be
bidding for the on the contract in
February of this year for a new
three-year contract that will start uh
October 1 of 2026.
» Seven.
» Seven. No. Well, no. It would start.
Yeah. What?
» This is
» No, 2026.
» Oh, start this year.
» Yes. because this extension ends
September 30th of 2026.
» Gotcha. Thank you. Any discussion on
this item?
» This is a again a an extension for the
current contract to the end of this
fiscal year.
» Correct.
» Okay. All right. Any discussion or
questions on this item?
» Okay. All right.
» Thank you.
And the last one in this group, item
number six, is requesting commission
approval of retroactive amendment number
one to a revenue generating towing
services contract with one two-year
option to renew between the Charter
County of Wayne and Martins's Towing in
the estimated amount of $150,000.
exercising the option to renew to
provide the sheriff's office with
towing, storage, and auction services
initiated for assistance abandonment and
or nuisance abatement seizures.
» Good morning.
» Good morning, commissioners, and happy
new year. Bonita Terry with Wayne County
Sheriff's Office, Chief of
Administration. So, we come before you
today uh asking for your approval on
this revenue contract with Martin's
Touring. is from October 1st of 2025
through September 30th of 2027 and the
revenue amount of 150,000
» And this is retroactive.
» It is retroactive. Yes.
» Know what happened to make it
retroactive?
» Just the timing but there has not been
any towing services provided at this
time.
» Questions Commissioner Kina? Well, we
haven't received any revenue rather.
» Where's Ghen?
» Thank you, Madam Chair.
Towing contracts make me nervous.
There's a long history in Southeast
Michigan with towing contracts.
Sometimes it involves the Kosanostra and
other. How do we assess
whether this is the proper company
uh to provide these services?
» This uh towing company was selected
through a RFP. There was an official bid
and an evaluation committee. So this
Martins as well as J&T were both
selected.
» What do we look for in that RFP? You
know, I'm I'm concerned about citizens
showing up to get their cars back and
how that process goes and how the
company handles it. Uh,
in the RFP, what are the things that
we're looking for out of a towing
company other than just getting a car
off the road? Well, our operations team
provides the information that they um
really need to the procurement
department and they go out and they do
the selection. They have a entire list
that the criteria has to be met and it's
a scoring evaluation that's done.
And I can't give you details as to each
and every piece of it, but um the time
that they've been in business, uh as far
as the employees that are employed, uh
their ethics that's involved. So there's
a lengthy process.
» All right. They just make me nervous.
Thank you. Thank you, Madam.
» You're welcome.
» Mayberry.
» Thank you, Madam Chair. Uh, Miss Terry,
so I know you've mentioned in previous
meetings that you've come and changed
some of processes that were or were not
in place. So, thank you for that. And
so, when I look back at the history with
this company from 2012, it seems as if
we started a new contract right button
up until the end of one contract. So, I
know you said timing on this one. So, it
ended in October and so now it's January
and we're seeing it. So there was
nothing done. But do we have something
going forward so that there's not a
overlap in contracts like this? I mean
when we're talking about towing, not
like interrupting an existing project.
Yes. And we continue to try to move
forward with getting our contracts with
doing like a fourmonth lead time. But
between your staffing, not just for our
department, but staffing and procurement
and new systems, it's been a timing
issue.
» You're welcome. Thank you, Commissioner
Mori.
» Madam Chair, um our legal
um committee
has said there there have been services
provided since the end of September.
» Yes. And I um did speak with uh he's
more like a director now. And uh he did
assure me again that there has not been
any revenue that we received. So if a
vehicle was towed, I know that's listed
on there and I seen yes that services
were provided but I wanted to clarify
that piece.
» We did not actually have a vehicle towed
during since
» They haven't had a vehicle no for 4
months.
» Not with Martin's towing.
» Not with Martin [clears throat] towing.
» Yes.
» So with another towing company
» G& I'm not even sure because there is
outside of this there's a lawsuit right
now with forfeite laws. So we are really
cautious on towing vehicles right now.
Okay. So, we're just kind of paying.
» No, we're not paying. This is a revenue
contract. We get paid when these
vehicles are auctioned and we have not
received any revenue.
» Our legal counsel want to weigh in
through the chair by any chance
» Through the chair to this honorable
body. Um, we don't have any specifics.
So, we have to rely on the department
with regards to the um actions that have
or haven't been taken and services
provided by the vendor. Um so, I I would
have to refer back to Miss Terry.
» All right. Thank you,
» Commissioner Kenlock.
» Yes, Madam Chair. Um yes, she just
mentioned a lawsuit. Um, I'd like to um
ask um uh both our ask our council um to
um coordinate with the department uh to
get um an update as relates to the
circumstances surrounding that um as
well as your office as well. Yeah.
» Yes. I'll coordinate with corporation
council with regards to that. We also
received recently a foyer related to
towing um which so you may hear
something about that in the future too.
» Okay. I just wanted to make sure that we
were on this side made aware of what's
going on there. That's what I'm saying.
» Thank you, commissioners.
» Good morning through the chair Suumo,
Deputy Corporation Council. Um, the
lawsuit that's was referenced by
Director Terry is a lawsuit that's been
pending for several years in the United
States District Court. um not just
specific to it's a a a group that's
throughout the country that's going
challenging forfeerture laws and Wayne
County
the lawsuit obviously against Wayne
County is part of a a national effort to
uh bring about change in forfeite laws.
» Okay. So, so just [clears throat] want
you all to communicate with um our
council and the chair uh so that we can
know be brought up to speed as it
relates to the impact of this lawsuit.
Yep.
» Okay.
» And just for clarification, we use
Martins's Towing, which is this contract
here, and then JT towing. Are those the
only two that we use?
» Yes. Yes.
» And for further clarification, this is a
revenue contract where we receive
proceeds after auctions.
» Yes. Yes.
» And you're stating that there's been no
auctions in the last three to three
months.
» Yes, that's correct.
» For us to get proceeds from.
» Okay.
Any additional discussion or questions?
Okay. Thank you.
» Thank you.
» All right. Uh for items one through six
is a motion for those. I have a motion
by Commissioner
Peterson Mayberry, support by
Commissioner Wilson. Any further
discussion on items 1 through six?
Hearing none, please vote.
Madam Chair, I wanted to be the maker of
the motion of uh item one and I
originally made the motion, but if you
can just Thank you.
» Welcome.
» Motion carries. I have Commissioner
Becker McCormick as the maker of the
motion on item number one and
Commissioner Palamera, maker of the
motion item number three.
» Thank you.
All right. Next items are the Oracle
contracts for
7, 8, 9, and 10.
So, who's here to speak to those?
» Happy New Year. And through the chair,
Mike Jameson, Connect 43 project
director.
» Hello.
» Hello. [laughter]
» Coming in loud and clear. Okay. All
right. Um, hold on one second. We'll
have the clerk read number seven. Item
number seven is requesting commission
approval of a retroactive 7-month
cooperative agreement between the
charter county of Wayne and Oracle
America not to exceed $67,895
through the state of Michigan Department
of Technology Management and Budget My
Deal contract to provide ongoing
maintenance and optimization of Oracle
Cloud to directly build for the
enterprise performance management
environment through the connect 43
module. Hey, Mr. Jameson
» And through the chair if it's okay I
I'll speak to all four contracts because
they all they all relate to the same uh
the same service being provided if
that's okay
» That's fine
» So the these four contracts relate to
our four major pillars for connect 43
EPM which is the uh budgetary planning
system uh the u enterprise resource
planning or ERP system financials and
» [clears throat]
» Um the um uh the human capital
management HR payroll system HCM. Uh
essentially uh the the the the goal of
this contract is two or these contracts
are twofold. Uh the first is to serve as
a bridge to allow us to uh enter into
new contracts long-term that allow us to
align the start and stop dates between
the Wayne County uh the Wayne County uh
systems and the Oracle systems uh which
we'll you'll see uh four contracts
coming up uh for for a for a May uh May
amendment. The second is uh the the
private the prior contract which expired
on 9:30 bundled uh HCM, ERP and EPM into
one contract and because we had
different start uh start dates for you
know related to the uh to the replans of
the the implementations for
ERP, HCM and EPM. uh all of the
contracts were essentially bundled under
one contract with the same start and
stop date uh in in in our system in
Oracle system because we're starting the
services on different times. So uh just
to level set for everyone uh we went
live with HCM July 1st of 2024. Uh the
ERP system went live October 6 of 2025
and the uh EPM system went live October
27th of 2025. Then they had a one-year
uh or or one month uh hyperare session
under the implementation contract which
was the contract that you know we've
been uh dealing with primarily since
we've been having these discussions the
actual implementation of the systems.
And so this managed services contract
was primarily applying to HCM. And so
these contracts were intended to
essentially
ensure we had funding for the services
through the end of April which is when
the the the the services expire in
Oracle system. And so ultimately it
would allow you know it would allow us
to
fund the services which we weren't
intending for them to be retroactive
when we initially submitted but uh we
had we had some some delays in in
getting some changes made in the Oracle
system which uh you know we put it on
the uh uh uh on the agenda to the uh to
the internal team with a little tight
timing. And so the the game plan really
is uh to
approve have these contracts approved
and then present new contract amendments
for longer terms that will tie up ERP,
HCM and EPM uh you know for for you know
a two to threeyear period. We're still
kind of working through that with
Oracle. Uh and so in the interim, these
contracts would be the bridge between
the end of the prior combined uh managed
services contract and then the uh the
start of those new contracts that that
will be forthcoming for uh for a May
approval.
» Thank you. Uh remain remain on the line
for questions, please.
» Absolutely.
» Okay, Commissioner Kenlock.
» Thank you, Madam Chair. My question is
um one uh so you intend on bringing to
us an extension uh up to like three
additional years. Um when does the
sunset on this project when is it
expected to end? Um as well
[clears throat] as um definitely want to
have a meeting to discuss this um this
um ongoing uh contractual relationship
uh and the costs associated with all the
various aspects associ with these um
with these contracts. Um ju just wanting
to know do you have a sunset? Is it
going to go beyond the three years? Uh
what what's going on here? This is
» So Yeah. Yep. Yep. Good good question.
So uh just just for everyone's
edification the connect 43 project
involved four major pillars ERP HCM EPM
and then the uh data warehouse or we we
call it you'll see it as ADW. Uh three
of three of the four have been fully
implemented. So we again we went live
with HCM July 2024
October we went live with ERP and EPM we
are live with the ADW for HCM so ADW the
warehouse has two components there's a
HCM component uh which is in production
and then there's a ERP component which
we haven't started implementation yet uh
the the game plan to answer the question
of when think we will be done with the
implementation. So essentially kind of
the the last step of the pro of the
connect 43 project and then it
essentially uh reverts to a ongoing
maintenance of the county's Oracle
platform. We're anticipating uh June or
July. Uh we what what what we are doing
is we are preparing a data warehouse
ERPon
ordering document that we would plan to
present uh sometime in the early late
March early April time frame just
depending on how how fast things go in
the process and then we would start the
ADW ERP implementation when that
contract is approved and we're
anticipating 3 months or so but you know
there you there's things that can
happen. So, you know, potentially
longer. So, we would bogey in some time
for the unexpected. But under a
three-month time frame, we would be
anticipating uh the implementation of
Connect 43 being complete in the uh June
July time frame of 2025.
» Okay. Okay. So, when I'm talking about
those extensions that you're talking
about the three years, okay, as you all
are um in your um uh I guess in in your
uh huddle discussing um the timeline
associated with this, I want you all to
understand that uh to think around
shortening and getting this thing done
on the on the as soon as possible, not
looking extending outward. Of course, we
want it to work. Um but it it's just I
I'm just very u concerned about um
issues that I will meet with you all to
discuss along with the chair and the
chair of um of gov ops as it relates to
this issue because this this this has to
stop. Thank you.
» Thank you commissioner. Any other
questions or discussions on these items?
Commissioner Becker McCormack.
» Thank you madam chair. I too am very
concerned about this project. I believe
I think 3 years ago we were saying that
it would be done and complete up and
running. Um I don't even know where what
at this point what we've spent on the
project. this kind of hard to keep up
because we keep extending and I know
that there's been um a lot of issues
with this and um with the whole project
um and I know what we're trying to get
to, but it's it is concerning that we
keep
spending more and more money towards
this project and it seems like we're not
getting anywhere. I don't know if it's
just me, but I don't know. Um, is there
any penalties? Maybe we could ask our
council um
what we can
» Madam chair
» Do or is there any uh ramifications for
each extension going beyond the point as
you know
is there any
penalties that's that's what I'm asking
» Through the chair to this honorable body
um commissioner it it all depends on the
way the contract is written. If there is
no breach or no delay this on the part
of Oracle and it's within the county
then there wouldn't be a penalty. So I
think that's a complicated question. Um
nothing has been brought to our
attention as we reviewed these that
would give us the impression that a
penalty should be imposed. But I will
rely obviously on the department and
those who are intricately involved and
know all the details of this. But
nothing came to our awareness that would
even give us the impression that was um
an issue at this point. Um but again, it
all depends on the delay. And if there
is a delay or it's just a slow process,
I I can't speak to that. I would again
have to rely back on the to the
department.
» Okay. So you're saying that each
extension that we've had over the last I
don't know five years I think. I I can't
even remember how long the project has
been going on, but I know it's been a
long time. So, um you're saying that
each delay there's
you don't think that there's a problem
with
» We can't determine that,
» Right? I'm saying that we have to rely
on the department because we're not
involved in the day-to-day. I can't
speak to why there has been a delay or
why there is a need for an extension. I
think that would have to be a
conversation with those involved in the
department to really get to those nuts
and bolts. I can't speak to that.
» And based on that, I will be calling a
committee of the whole just to talk
about Oracle because it has been a while
since we've talked about it, had any
information, to know what the cost is,
to know what the delays have been, to
know what the problems have been, what
have been the corrections to the
problems. So, anticipate a committee of
the whole early February to go over all
things Oracle. And madam chair to that
point what
» It seems like we set up a
» Um committee to no
» To a board to review it or no to kind of
stay on top of it. No, the commit that's
gov ops is dealing with it. Ways and
means from a general piece and the chair
has been calling committee a whole.
» Um do you recall?
» I don't think we had a because it's been
a long time.
» It has been. That's why I thought we had
um but anyway, maybe that's Yeah,
» That is something we can do just so we
can keep on top of it and figure out
when this project will end. Um thank
you. That's all I had to say. Yeah,
there's been discussions in the gov ops
committee over the years, but I think
all of us need to a little get briefed
on what has happened over the last uh
few years and just see where we are with
this contract?
Uh Michael, anything additional?
» Yeah. No, I'll just say through the
chair and ju just and and that that
that's a great question and great
discussion. I I I do want to clarify it.
Um when we go live, that is really the
end of the implementation slash the
project. So of the you know again of the
three major systems uh or the four major
systems that we procured as part of this
project we're we're done with the
implementation of the financial
management system the budgetary planning
system and the human capital uh HR
payroll system. So the contracts that
we're talking about now are for the
ongoing maintenance. These would be the
contracts that we would have annually
perpetually as long as we maintain
Oracle. These are managed services
contracts which is a a different area of
the industry than implementation. So the
only project item that is still
outstanding as of right now is uh
implementing the data warehouse for ERP
which uh went live in October.
And just for clarification, these four
contracts total roughly 140 was about
400,000
» Uh 301,000 round.
» So every so every year will have a
300,000
maintenance bill.
» Well, we you know the plan would be to
lock it in long term, but yes. Yeah. the
man that that the managed services is
for
Oracle providing assistance to the
county in troubleshooting issues or
implementing enhancements and and so we
we kind of uh at a high level separate
any any item related to Oracle into an
issue or an enhancement. These contracts
assist for those particular uh
environments with the county resolving
those issues or enhancements and that
would be in perpetuity particularly as
we're getting new functionality uh every
quarter.
» So at least 300,000 a year for the
maintenance at least.
» Correct. Correct.
» Okay. Thank you, Commissioner Clemente.
» Thank you, Madam Chair. I think it'll be
very beneficial uh when we do have our
committee of the whole that we give a
cheat sheet that explains all these
letters that Michael has been spewing
out because not everybody understands
exactly what those all mean. Uh we as a
I won't talk for everybody on that
committee but we have been um discussing
this a lot. We get reports every month
about it and it is a um indepth read to
understand everything. So I appreciate
you bringing us all together to discuss
this. Thank you
» Commissioner. Thank you. Any additional
questions on items 7, 8, 9, and 10?
Any additional questions? Commissioner
Wilson. Thank you, Madam Chair. Uh, not
to pile on, but
every time I see Oracle, I'm like,
Commissioner Colleen, I guess I get a
little nervous. I think you mentioned
get a little nervous about the towing
companies. I get a little nervous about
Oracle. Uh, and just in a nutshell, I
can say that uh several individuals,
whether you're on uh county staff or
whether you're uh member of the
commission, still waiting on checks.
So, I'm not sure what the issue is here
because this has been ongoing. So, I do
uh appreciate you, Madam Chair, for uh
calling together committee of a whole so
we can hopefully get this resolved once
and for all because it's getting to the
point right now where it's becoming
absolutely ridiculous. So, thank you for
that. That was just my commentary.
Appreciate you.
» Thank you, Commissioner.
Any additional discussion before we
vote?
Pardon?
Need a motion. Moved by Commissioner
Clemente, supported by Commissioner Dob.
Any further discussion?
Hearing none, please vote.
and carries.
All right. Thank you.
» Next item, please.
» We're moving to page eight of the
agenda. Testimonial resolutions and
certificates of appreciation. There are
five items listed. Okay. Is there a
motion for the testimonial resolutions
and certificates of appreciation?
Is there a motion?
Anybody?
Uh, Commissioner Bun raised his hand. Is
there support?
» Okay. Commissioner Palmer support. All
right. Any discussion on these
resolutions and certificates of
appreciation?
Hearing none, please vote.
Motion carries.
» Thank you so much. Next item, please.
» We're on Memorials. There are four names
listed. Okay. Anyone wish to speak to
the names listed in memorials?
Commissioner Clemente?
Oh, sorry. Okay.
I'll just mention my aunt, Miss
Marjgerie Bell, passed away uh in
December. We had her services the top of
the January. like to thank uh
Commissioner Scott for coming out. Uh
Marjorie was a lifelong resident of
Coney Gardens. So, thank you for your
support and coming out to support our
family. Also want to thank Commissioner
Wilson for coming out and supporting our
family as well and all of the kind uh
wishes and condolences from all
commissioners and staff. uh she was only
64 years old but uh she's a retiree from
Michigan Bell as was uh Commissioner
Scott and again lived in Coney Gardens
went to Corville. Um we're just going to
miss her dearly but thank you for all of
your words of condolences during this
difficult time for my family. Thank you
[snorts]
Meris.
Thank you, madam. Thank you, Madam
Chair. Uh would like to uh sadly add the
name of my grandmother, uh Kathy
Kinesis, who passed away on Saturday. Uh
we had just celebrated uh her 80th
birthday on December 14th, and u while
we're obviously all saddened by the
loss, we take uh great comfort in the
memories that we shared with her. Uh I
feel truly spoiled to have had 39 years
with a grandparent. I think that's an
incredible blessing. Uh and and we take
peace in the fact that uh she's no
longer in pain and and she's reunited
with my grandfather. So thank you, Madam
Chair.
» Sincere condolences to you and your
family. It's a blessing to have your
grandma for as long as you did, though.
Thank you for sharing that, Commissioner
Mariki.
» Thank you, Madam Chair. I'd like to add
two names. Jerry Valentine and William
Frerieded.
Thank you.
» Thank you. Duly noted, Commissioner
Clemente.
» Thank you, Madam Chair. I want to add
one name. Uh, Patricia Patty McNeel. She
was a very active um part of the parks
and wreck in the city of Lincoln Park
and um she'll be really missed. So,
thank you. Thank you, Commissioner Baker
McCormack.
» I would like to add Peggy Noble. She's a
very instrumental um community leader.
Um she recently passed away, lives in my
district, College Park area.
» Do they have the services yet for
» No.
» Okay. Please let us know when they have
the service.
» Okay. And I'll You want me to
» Resolution with Yes, please.
» Great. Thank you so much,
» Commissioner Garza.
» Thank you, Madam Chair. just like to add
the name of Bill Kesler. He's uh was a
longtime volunteer of Taylor North
Little League in Taylor. It was the past
president of Taylor North Central Little
League. He passed away over the
holidays.
» That as well any additional
commissioner.
» Thank you, Madam Chair. I would like to
add two names. first of Paul Westerdale,
a Ford Motor Company engineer retiree
and also my daughter's father-in-law who
passed away in December as he was about
to turn 80. And also, I learned this
morning that longtime down river
journalist Mavis McKenna Farand passed
away recently, and there will be
services this Saturday at Michigan
Memorial between 3 and 8:00. Thank you.
» Thank you, Commissioner.
Any additional names?
Okay. As we stand for a moment of
silence, let us also
remember all of those persons who have
passed away through gun violence as
well.
Moment of silence.
Thank you so much. And again,
condolences to all the families that
were listed and lifted up on today.
We're keeping all of the families in our
prayers during this difficult time. Next
item, public comments. Anyone on Zoom
for public comments?
No. Hands up. phone calls.
» No phone calls or hands for public
comments on Zoom. Anyone in the chambers
for public comments?
Any emails received for public comments?
No emails were received.
Once again, any public comments on Zoom,
emails, chambers,
telephone.
Okay. Hearing none. Next item,
» Reconsiderations.
» There are none.
» Remarks by members.
» Any remarks by members?
Remarks. Commissioner Dob.
» Thank you, Madam Chair. Um, just want to
make [clears throat] a remark about uh
flu cases. Um, flu cases are surging in
Michigan right now. Our state is been
hit hard harder than most states in the
country. And it's not too late to get
your flu vaccine if you haven't got it
already this season. Um it's not been
too long since we have come out of a
global pandemic. So we all know what to
do with these sorts of um uh situations.
You know, stay home when you're sick,
wear a mask, wash your hands, don't
cough with your mouth open. Um and so
hopefully everyone can stay well this
flu season. Thank you.
» Thank you, Commissioner Commissioner
Peterson Mayberry.
» Thank you, Madam Chair. I just wanted to
um lift up and thank um our new mayor
for the city of Detroit um Mayor Madam
um Sheffield um with the RX Kids
announcement that was done last week. I
think I know we have passed that as a as
a body here a couple of weeks ago and we
know that that is an extremely important
program and when it passed the
commissioners who actually have Detroit
we received lots of calls, text messages
and emails about why Detroit was not a
part of that program. And at that time,
several of the leaders in Detroit
mentioned that it was something that was
on their radar. And I know um Madame
Sheffield um mayor, she actually talked
about that during her campaign. So, I'm
just excited that the city of Detroit is
now um also one that's supporting RX
kids. So, I just wanted to lift that up.
» Thank you. Thank you for that very
important um
program that will be beneficial to so
many in the city of Detroit and
throughout Wayne County. Thank you,
Commissioner Baker McCormack.
» And speaking of leadership, I wanted to
acknowledge and congratulate
uh my council member who is now the
president of the Detroit City Council,
James Tate. So, just wanted to send um
my congratulations to him and um
definitely willing to work with him to
keep moving us forward. So, thank you.
» Thank you. And the two of you must have
read my notes cuz I had it for something
to say. [laughter]
So, thank you, Commissioner Wilson.
» Yeah. Just uh quickly uh
just uh in addition to what uh
Commissioner Peterson Mayberry alluded
to, um I want to know where are we at
with the RX kids for the for the county
for the the uh the indiv cities that we
approved a few months ago. I know we had
a discussion last time we were here
about uh the Michigan state legislature
had uh
they had dis discontinued the work
projects and I think uh since then uh
attorney general Nestle uh get opine
opined that uh that was wrong what they
had did and they were going to uh
reinstitute I guess the funding. So and
I think I heard prior to that that we
were not going to be impacted by that
yet we had to vote on it. So I was
somewhat perplexed and or confounded uh
in terms of where we are at as of as of
this date.
» Do you mind if I ask the director to
give a written report on that?
» Sure. Sure. That'd be great. Thank you,
» Director John. No, I can't see far away.
If she's here, if we could get a a
written report to answer those
questions, that would be helpful. Thank
you.
» Okay. Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you,
Madam Chair.
» Thank you. Any additional Commissioner
Scott?
» Yes, I want to expound on that. also the
RX Kids for Detroit. I want to thank you
for um putting it on uh guess it was on
Facebook and you sent it to us and and
um it was rather lengthy, but it was
really good to to see that and to know
that uh we are expanding it in Detroit
and hopefully we can get ours going.
And I do believe we have what was the
the number before break was 800 people
had um registered in Wayne County in the
six cities and 500 were approved. Don't
quote me on those numbers, but we had a
great response to what we're doing in
the six cities in Wayne County, but
we'll get a written report to everyone
um so you can know exactly where we
stand today.
» Thanks again and happy new year's to
everyone.
» Happy New Year, Commissioner.
» Good to see everybody back.
» Yes. Amen. Healthy and back. Yes. Amen.
Commissioner Wilson.
» Yes. Just as a final comment, uh I
suppose this is the elephant in the
room, but I think we all are aware of
what happened the other day over in
Minnesota uh with the ICE uh
circumstances. Uh and we also uh most of
us are probably uh cognizant of uh the
the rumors that there's ice facility in
Highland Park or or potential ice
facility in Highland Park. So I say all
that to say this.
There's been obviously a lot of
discussion uh a lot of chatter about ICE
and uh the role that they are playing uh
in uh destroying neighborhoods. Uh so to
that point uh is is there do we know if
there's anything going on in Highland
Park? I'm looking at my my my
commissioner over here, uh, Martha
Scott, cuz I know that's part of your
domain because there's been a lot of
inquiries about these individuals and
how they're setting up shop, uh, for the
sole purpose of sort of uh, separating
families and violating violating the
Constitution of the United States of
America.
Commissioner Scott. Well,
I have spoken to my mayor regarding this
and I guess just like on all of these
states uh nobody knows you know that man
up there that's supposed to be heading
this country
uh is um just sends people in and uh I
would like to know more about what's
going on in my city also you know and
where would it be you know so I do know
that we're all getting letters together
to send up uh the state rep, state
senator, and my mayor and myself.
» Let us know if we can be helpful for
those individuals who would like to be.
Okay. Thank you.
» Thank you, Madam Chair.
» Thank you.
» Thank you, Commissioner.
» Thank you, Commissioner Scott.
» Thank you, Madam Chair. First, I would
like to thank all of my colleagues for
renewing your trust in me to serve as
the vice chair prom uh on the Wayne
County Commission. I appreciate all of
your support. Madame Chair, this morning
I'm making comments not about tragedies
in the Middle East. It seems to be a
daily occurrence in the Middle East, but
I'm making comments about what happened
yesterday in in Minnesota. As my uh
colleague, Commissioner Wilson alluded
to, you know, the killing of Renee Good
by ICE agents in Minneapolis is a tragic
and unjustifiable act of violence.
I mean, we must all condemn the use of
excessive force and brutality by law
enforcement agents against innocent
citizens. Renee Good was a beloved
mother of her community and her life was
cut short in a senseless and unnecessary
manner.
This incident highlights the need for
accountability and reform with ICE and
law enforcement agencies to prevent such
tragedies from happening again. What
happened yesterday was not self-defense
as the administration came out and and
and portrayed. This was a murder in cold
blood. Our thoughts and prayers are with
this family and the loved ones of Renee
Good during this difficult time. Can you
imagine this mother dropped off her
six-year-old daughter in school?
Now the six-year-old has no mother. She
lost her mother in cold blood. It's very
tragic and we must all
condemn this act of violence and speak
out. Thank you, Madam Chair.
» Thank you, Commissioner. Thank you for
those words. Any additional remarks by
members?
Uh let me just say again congratulations
to Mayor well Mayor uh Sheffield Mary
Sheffield who will be sworn in tomorrow
publicly at the opera house and to
president of the city council James Tate
um and all the new city council members.
I'll be in in attendance at that
ceremony on tomorrow to congratulate
them and wish them well. look forward to
uh working with each of them as we
continue to move Detroit and more
importantly Wayne County forward working
together with all of our municipal
leaders. So again, congratulations to
the two of them and to all of our city
new city council members as well. Any
additional remarks by members?
All right, hearing none. Is there a
motion to adjurnn? Move
» To adjurnn.
» All right, meeting and adjourn. Thank
you all so much.