[0:02] s

[0:02] pretty funny how we as

[0:04] Michiganders like. Just a call

[0:08] to order for the Wyoming City

[0:09] Council meeting on Monday,

[0:13] September 21st, 2026. First

[0:15] item of business invocation by

[0:18] Rick Pulizzi from Grace

[0:19] Christian University. If you're

[0:21] wishing are able, please stand

[0:23] for the invocation. Pledge of

[0:25] allegiance will follow. Let us

[0:29] pray. Heavenly father, thank

[0:30] you on behalf of all who have

[0:32] gathered here tonight. We thank

[0:33] you for the gift of life and in

[0:35] our community, the opportunity

[0:37] to serve the people of our

[0:39] great city. Help us to act with

[0:41] character and conviction. Help

[0:42] us to listen with understanding

[0:44] and goodwill. Help us to speak

[0:46] with charity and restraint and

[0:49] to discern your will and work

[0:51] to create a strong and healthy

[0:53] community. Guide us to be the

[0:55] leaders your people need. I do

[0:57] pray for each person here, for

[0:59] personal peace in their lives

[1:00] and joy in their task. Give

[1:02] each person clarity of mind,

[1:05] creativity, compassion, due

[1:07] diligence, and integrity in

[1:09] what they are called to do. I

[1:11] pray for our chief. I pray for

[1:13] our mayor, for our city manager,

[1:16] and the various levels of city

[1:18] officials, and in particular

[1:19] for this assembled council

[1:21] tonight. I'm asking that you

[1:22] would graciously grant them

[1:24] wisdom to govern the

[1:26] conflicting interests and

[1:27] issues of our times. Give them

[1:29] a sense of true welfare and

[1:31] true needs of our people, and

[1:32] for the confidence in what is

[1:34] good and fitting a you pray for

[1:37] the agenda set before them

[1:38] tonight. Please give an

[1:40] assurance of what would please

[1:41] you and what would benefit

[1:42] those who live and work in or

[1:44] around and. Beloved city of

[1:46] Wyoming. We ask this in Jesus

[1:48] name. Amen. Amen. I pledge

[1:53] allegiance to the flag of the

[1:54] United States of America and to

[1:57] the Republic for which it

[1:59] stands. One nation under God,

[2:02] indivisible, with liberty and

[2:04] justice for all. All right,

[2:14] let's take the roll call.

[2:18] Council member. Arnold. Here.

[2:20] Brethauer here. DeKryge here.

[2:22] Hill here. Postema here.

[2:25] Postler here. Mayor. Here. Oh!

[2:32] All right. Okay. Approval of

[2:34] minutes. You were sent the

[2:37] September 8th, 2026 regular

[2:39] meeting minutes. And you are

[2:40] also given the closed session

[2:44] minutes tonight when you

[2:45] arrived. And also the minutes

[2:48] from the September 14th, 2026

[2:50] work session were mailed out to

[2:52] you, emailed out to you. So

[2:53] unless there's reason to change

[2:55] any of those, those will stand

[2:58] as written tonight. Is there

[2:59] any objection? Okay, those

[3:02] minutes are approved as written.

[3:04] Approval of agenda. Motion,

[3:06] please. Motion by Hill. Support

[3:09] by DeKryger. Anything to add,

[3:11] Mr. Shea? No. No additions.

[3:14] Let's call the roll. Council

[3:15] member. Hill. Yes. DeKryger.

[3:17] Yes or no? Yes. Brethauer. Yes.

[3:20] Postema. Yes. Postler. Yes.

[3:22] Mayor. Yes. We have no public

[3:26] hearings tonight, so we're

[3:27] going to move to public comment

[3:29] on agenda items. This public

[3:31] comment period is reserved for

[3:33] comment on agenda items only.

[3:35] If you wish to speak about an

[3:36] item that is not on the agenda,

[3:38] please wait until the end of

[3:40] the meeting for acknowledgment

[3:41] of visitors. It is important to

[3:43] note this is not an opportunity

[3:44] for dialog or debate. This is

[3:47] an opportunity to provide

[3:48] comment to the City Council

[3:50] upon approaching the podium.

[3:51] Please begin by providing your

[3:52] name and address. There's a

[3:54] three minute limit per person.

[3:56] Anyone tonight on the agenda?

[4:00] The agendas are on the back

[4:01] table if you need one. Oh, I

[4:04] thought, I thought Chief Snyder

[4:06] was going to get up and come up

[4:08] and make a comment. He he kind

[4:10] of stood up from his chair

[4:11] there. I thoht, you can come

[4:13] anytime you want. Get your time.

[4:14] You don't need a special time

[4:16] on the agenda. Okay. Seeing

[4:17] none, we're going to move on.

[4:19] We have no presentations or

[4:21] proclamations. We have no

[4:22] petitions or communications. We

[4:25] have no reports from city

[4:27] officers. And we're not going

[4:29] to spend any money tonight. We

[4:30] have no budget amendments. So

[4:31] we'll go to consent agenda. And

[4:33] I need a motion. Motion by

[4:35] Postema. Support by Postler.

[4:37] Call the roll. Council member.

[4:39] Postema. Yes. Postler. Yes. Yes.

[4:42] Brethauer. Yes. DeKryger. Yes.

[4:45] Hill. Yes. Mayor. Yes.

[4:48] Resolution 14 B please.

[4:50] Resolution B is to accept and

[4:51] distribute grant funding

[4:53] received from the Office of

[4:54] Highway Safety Planning and

[4:55] this resolution includes Budget

[4:57] amendment number eight. Okay.

[4:58] There's a budget amendment tied

[5:00] to that one. Motion, please.

[5:01] Motion by Bruckbauer. Support

[5:03] by Postema. Mr. Shay, could you

[5:05] read us a little bit of. Sure.

[5:08] For the last several years,

[5:10] we've received grant funding

[5:11] from the Office of Highway

[5:13] Safety Planning, and it pays

[5:16] for over time that we an other

[5:19] law enforcement agencies incur

[5:21] to do stepped up enforcement of

[5:23] distracted driving, speeding,

[5:25] seatbelt usage, that type of

[5:28] thing. The state sends all of

[5:30] the grant money to us, and we

[5:33] distribute some of that to

[5:34] Grand Rapids, the sheriff's

[5:35] office, Kentwood and Walker,

[5:38] our share of that $106,000

[5:40] grant is about $21,500, and

[5:44] that would pay about 270 hours

[5:50] of overtime for our officers to

[5:51] do that. Stepped up traffic

[5:53] enforcement that would begin

[5:54] this December. And then the

[5:56] remaining 80,000 or so would be

[6:00] distributed to those other law

[6:02] enforcement agencies. Great. So

[6:04] we we're going to use it for

[6:05] overtime hours. That's our

[6:07] portion. And the question I

[6:09] have I forgot to ask you the

[6:11] other day, how were we selected

[6:13] to be the receiver of those

[6:16] funds and the distributor? Why

[6:18] do we get it and distributed? I

[6:20] again, and to be honest with

[6:21] you, I don't know. I don't I

[6:23] know it's been this way for

[6:24] several years, and I don't know

[6:26] if there was just an agreement

[6:27] back then that it was easy for

[6:29] us to just collect the money on

[6:31] behalf of everyone and

[6:32] distribute it. But I don't know

[6:35] what was the original

[6:37] originator of that, to behonesto

[6:39] think it's cause the the

[6:41] powers that be at the state

[6:42] level know that we do such a

[6:45] great job and we have such high

[6:47] integrity here that we're going

[6:48] to make sure those funds get

[6:49] distributed appropriately and

[6:50] with no foul play. I'd like to

[6:52] believe that's the reason,

[6:53] because that's true. But let's

[6:57] call the roll on that Council

[6:58] member. Brethauer. Yes. Postema.

[7:00] Yes. Yes. DeKryger. Yes. Yes.

[7:04] Postler. Yes. Mayor. Yes. Let's

[7:06] go to 15 Award of Bids,

[7:09] contracts, purchases and

[7:10] renewal of bids and contracts.

[7:13] C resolution C is to accept a

[7:15] proposal for elevator

[7:16] preventative maintenance.

[7:18] Motion please. Motion by Hill,

[7:20] supported by noise. Anything we

[7:22] need to know? Is this a routine

[7:24] yearly thing or. Well, we're

[7:26] just finishing up actually a

[7:28] five year agreement with Kone

[7:30] Elevator. We haven't been

[7:31] exactly satisfied with their

[7:33] service in terms of maintaining

[7:34] our elevators. They've had slow

[7:37] response time. It's some

[7:40] billing issues. It's been

[7:42] actually a real struggle,

[7:43] frankly, with elevator

[7:45] maintenance. So were looking

[7:48] to enter into a. And there are

[7:49] only so many elevator companies

[7:52] in this world. And so we're

[7:54] looking to enter into a

[7:56] ntract with Schindler

[7:57] Elevator Company or corporation

[7:59] for a three year term. It's

[8:01] about 31,500 a year. And this

[8:05] is for routine maintenance of

[8:06] elevators throughout the city.

[8:09] So any of our buildings that

[8:10] have an elevator will come

[8:11] under this. And they would they

[8:14] have certain standards for

[8:16] response time and then certain

[8:19] repairs where the parts are

[8:20] under, I think it's $1,000 of

[8:22] parts is covered under the

[8:23] maintenance agreement. Great.

[8:25] And so we're hoping that we'll

[8:27] have a much more effective

[8:31] response and quicker response

[8:32] from this company than we have

[8:33] with our last company. Any

[8:36] comments? Questions? I forgot

[8:41] where are they located? Where's

[8:43] what located the new company.

[8:47] Are they here in Wyoming? I

[8:49] know they're in either Wyoming

[8:50] or Grand Rapids because I saw

[8:52] them. I think I saw it on the

[8:54] way to the airport. So I think

[8:56] it's Grand Rapids, actually.

[8:58] Okay. Grand Rapids, Grand

[8:59] Rapids. Okay. Thank you. I like

[9:02] the idea of switching when

[9:04] we're not happy. And I love the

[9:06] idea of a three year rather

[9:08] than another five year, because

[9:09] I thk the three year probably

[9:10] gave us a better price than

[9:12] just doing one year. But it

[9:13] also gives us chance to check

[9:15] this company out before we

[9:16] maybe lock in long term. Let's

[9:18] call the Roll Council member.

[9:19] Hill. Yes. Yes. Brethauer. Yes.

[9:23] DeKryger. Yes. Postema. Yes.

[9:25] Postler. Yes. Mayor. Yes. Let's

[9:29] do 15 d please. Resolution D is

[9:31] to adopt the Cy of Wyoming

[9:33] 2026 through 2028

[9:36] Transportation Asset Management

[9:37] Plan okay motion by DeKryger.

[9:41] Support by analyst. Thank you

[9:43] gentlemen. Council has seen

[9:46] this before. This is our three

[9:48] year transportation asset

[9:49] management plan. It contains a

[9:51] listing of all of our

[9:53] transportation related assets

[9:54] such as roads, bridges,

[9:57] culverts and traffic signals.

[9:59] So it has an inventory of those

[10:01] what condition they're in. And

[10:04] you know, our plan to maintain

[10:06] those. This is we we are

[10:09] required to renew this every

[10:10] three years to make sure that

[10:12] we're still eligible to receive

[10:14] state and federal grant funding

[10:16] for various road and bridge

[10:19] projects. Okay. Any questions

[10:21] for John or for Aaron? Are

[10:24] there any unusual or unforeseen

[10:28] findings as we went through

[10:29] this from prior years or any

[10:31] major changes from the prior

[10:32] plan? I know, I mean, we had a,

[10:35] you know, listing of all the

[10:37] roads and we kind of know the

[10:38] roads and they use a Paser

[10:40] rating to determine, you know,

[10:41] one through ten, ten being

[10:43] brand new, one being awful. We

[10:46] have our bridges inspected

[10:48] every two years. So we know

[10:50] what the conditions of those

[10:52] are. And Aaron can correct me

[10:56] if I'm wrong. I don't think our

[10:57] traffic signals need too much

[10:59] in terms of maintenance. So I

[11:01] don't believe there were really

[11:02] any surprises in there. But it

[11:04] does just list out, again our

[11:06] assets and our plan to fix them.

[11:09] And we use a variety of funds.

[11:12] Major street. Local street.

[11:18] Yeah, primarily major and local

[11:19] streets for street funding and

[11:21] bridge fundi. So thank you. I

[11:25] found the completeness of the

[11:28] explanations very interting.

[11:30] So and I learned some things.

[11:32] So if you want to dig in, it's

[11:37] big. Yeah. But it really helps.

[11:40] Took a lot of work to get that

[11:42] ready. Thank you for that.

[11:43] Let's call the Roll Council

[11:45] member. DeKryger. Yes. Yes. Yes.

[11:47] Hill. Yes. Postema. Yes.

[11:50] Postler. Yes. Mayor. Yes. Let's

[11:53] take 15, please. Resolution is

[11:56] to award a bid for cul de sac

[11:58] Snowplowing 2026 through 2029.

[12:02] Another multi year proposal or

[12:04] contract we're looking at here.

[12:05] Motion please. Motion by

[12:08] Postler. Support by Brethauer.

[12:13] 6786. So we we have almost 500

[12:16] cul de sacs. Some of the cul de

[12:18] sacs. The city does the snow

[12:21] removal and many of them. We

[12:22] ntract it out because there's

[12:25] just too many for us to do. And

[12:27] some of the cul de sacs are,

[12:29] are small enough that our big

[12:30] plows can't turn around in them.

[12:33] So we went out to bids, and

[12:35] we're looking to go with two

[12:36] different contractors,

[12:37] depending on which zone of the

[12:39] city, the cost for the upcoming

[12:43] winter would be about $137,000,

[12:47] and that covers nine plowing

[12:50] events. And then if we have a

[12:52] lot of snow where we have to

[12:53] plow the cul de sacs more than

[12:55] nine times, there's a per event

[12:57] or per plow cost for that. And

[12:59] this would be a three year

[13:01] contract. So given that it's a

[13:03] three year contract, we're only

[13:06] locked into the amount for the

[13:08] first year, the 137, it'll

[13:10] change. It goes up by. I

[13:15] thought it said three. Okay. It

[13:18] was Yeah. It's well it's a

[13:21] 3% increase from last year.

[13:22] Okay. Okay. Good. Any questions

[13:27] for Johnr Aaron? And this is

[13:30] this contract is for the next

[13:32] three years. So it's not going

[13:33] to go up in the next three

[13:36] winters. Is it going to go up

[13:38] 3% every winter? It was 3%

[13:40] increase from last year. Is it

[13:42] going up a little bit? But is.

[13:51] Yeah, you'll see like with

[13:53] Jack's lawn service for zone

[13:56] one, it's 34,500. And the next

[13:59] year it's 35,500. So it's going

[14:03] up $1,000 for that one zone. It

[14:04] will increase. That's 3%. Is

[14:08] there any loophole in there?

[14:11] Not a loophole, but that where

[14:13] they can tack on a fuel

[14:15] surcharge of things progressed

[14:17] like they happen? No there's

[14:19] nothing. So this is locked in

[14:21] no matter what the cost of fuel

[14:23] is. Okay. Yeah, you probably

[14:24] should come up there so the mic

[14:26] can pick you up for the TV. No,

[14:28] there's no no fuel loophole in

[14:29] this. It's structured with the

[14:31] nine called the nine push

[14:32] minimum. Because, you know,

[14:34] when we look at our winters, we

[14:35] plow cul de sacs. Whenever we

[14:37] plow our local streets and we

[14:38] average 7 or 8. So we add one

[14:40] in there per year. So there's

[14:41] enough of an incentive for a

[14:43] company to buy their equipme

[14:45] and have their staff all ready

[14:46] to go and allow them

[14:48] flexibility for fuel. All right.

[14:49] Thank you. Any other questions

[14:52] for Aaron while he's up there?

[14:56] You. February. You'll have to

[14:59] wait. Just I'm sorry. Just you

[15:02] can ask Aaron after the meeting

[15:04] or you can get up at public

[15:05] comment and ask that question

[15:06] and we'll answer it. Okay.

[15:08] Let's call the roll then.

[15:10] Council member Poser. Yes,

[15:12] brother. Yes. Yes. DeKryger.

[15:15] Yes. Yes. Postema. Yes. Mayor.

[15:18] Yes. F please. Resolution F is

[15:20] for award of bid of t

[15:22] rquette Park redevelopment.

[15:24] Okay. Motion, please. Motion by

[15:26] post or by DeKryger. What you

[15:32] got for us, Mark? Yeah. So this

[15:34] has been a project long time in

[15:36] coming. I was in our parks

[15:38] master plan and we went out for

[15:43] bids, received four complete

[15:45] bids, and we're recommending

[15:47] the low bid from Mraw

[15:49] construction. So with the

[15:51] contingencies, we're looking at

[15:52] about a $2.2 million project at

[15:55] Marquette Park. And they're

[15:57] going to remove the existing

[15:59] ball field They'll expand the

[16:01] dog park. They'll put in new

[16:03] shade shelters, a new restroom

[16:05] building, additional parking

[16:07] and lighting. They're also

[16:10] going to put in some

[16:13] non-motorized crushed stone

[16:15] pathways and then do some

[16:19] shoreline cleanup along Plaster

[16:21] Creek as well. So this project

[16:25] is within what we budgeted for

[16:26] this project. This is phase one.

[16:28] We're looking at future phases

[16:30] in future years. And there is a

[16:33] conceptual plan that's in the

[16:35] agenda packet. So phase one

[16:37] ere is on the east side of

[16:39] that plan. Again when they're

[16:42] talking about the sled hill,

[16:44] the dog park, the nature trail,

[16:45] the restroom buildings and the

[16:47] and the parking. Any questions

[16:51] for John or Aaron or Lens here

[16:54] tonight to she can answer. I'll

[16:57] just say this park was special

[16:59] to me. My boys played soccer at

[17:02] Marquette Park and my oldest

[17:04] son, Matt, played baseball on

[17:05] that baseball field there at

[17:08] Marquette Park. So I know it

[17:09] got a lot of use in the past

[17:11] from local schools, both public

[17:12] and private. Sorry to hear the

[17:16] baseball fields being shut down,

[17:19] but it was a beautiful map of

[17:20] this in theacket. You should

[17:22] have been able to review that

[17:23] and see that. So unless there's

[17:25] further questions, we'll call

[17:26] the roll. Now we used we rented

[17:33] out the soccer field for

[17:36] Tri-unity. Are we going to

[17:37] still do that? Not anymore. I

[17:40] don't believe Glenn. Is anybody

[17:41] are there much come up? Are

[17:43] there any local schools using

[17:45] the soccer field or thebaseballs

[17:48] current school year, baseball

[17:50] fields are out of commission

[17:52] for that. I know of seven years.

[17:53] Yes. It's not been used for at

[17:55] least that long. The soccer

[17:56] fields are used constantly by a

[17:57] numb of organizations. We do

[18:01] Potter's House, Trinity

[18:02] Vanguard Charter, used by a lot

[18:05] of different organizations, all

[18:06] of our soccer fields, but also

[18:08] Marquette. Yeah. Awesome.

[18:11] Awesome. Great. That's awesome.

[18:13] Thank you. Yeah, that's a

[18:15] rental. It's a great deal for

[18:17] the schools that can't afford

[18:19] to build their own fields. We

[18:21] treat them very well on that

[18:23] and they treat us well. Returns.

[18:25] So let's call the Roll Council

[18:27] member. Postema. Yes. DeKryger.

[18:29] Yes. Yes. Brethauer. Yes. Hill.

[18:32] Yes. Postler. Yes. Mayor. Yes.

[18:35] We have no ordinances. Any

[18:37] informational material to

[18:38] distribute tonight? Okay.

[18:40] Acknowledgment of visitors. If

[18:42] you'd like to comment on

[18:43] anything that was not on the

[18:45] agenda tonight, please come

[18:46] forward. Give us your name and

[18:48] address. We're approaching the

[18:49] podium. There's three minutes.

[18:51] Come on up. Okay, okay. So I'm

[18:56] I'm. I live here in Wyoming,

[18:59] and my question was about the

[19:01] plowing, about the plowing. If

[19:04] you got the 1st of February,

[19:07] you used up all your plow trips.

[19:08] You said you could you could do

[19:10] them accordingly. Let's say you

[19:11] had to use it five more times.

[19:13] So I mean, that'd be a

[19:15] substantial that'd be a third

[19:16] more than what we're paying,

[19:17] right? Because you only you're

[19:18] only given how many how many

[19:20] trips. Nine. Nine. Five. Nine

[19:21] plows, nine events for the. I

[19:26] live on a dead end street. My

[19:28] my street doesn't get plowed

[19:29] very well, I tell you that.

[19:31] What street is it? What street?

[19:33] I live on, Goodman. Okay, well,

[19:36] we'll let you we'll let you. We

[19:39] can't answer that question from

[19:40] here, but that's fine. He's

[19:41] going to answer that question I

[19:42] just wanted good question. I

[19:44] just want to pick your brain on.

[19:46] Yeah. And I have one other

[19:47] question. And that is about

[19:50] hunting deer with a bow and

[19:51] arrow and Kaufman Park. That's

[19:54] that's my other question.

[19:55] That's what I really came for

[19:56] because there's a lot of deer

[19:58] in that market. And of course,

[20:00] all the way around, they're

[20:01] getting hit by cars just

[20:02] constantly the. So that'my

[20:04] other qution. Okay, an answer

[20:06] on it, but I, I want, I want a

[20:08] discussion. Well, we'll answer

[20:10] that question when we go around

[20:12] the council. Okay. Okay. Thanks,

[20:13] Ed. It might be good to. John.

[20:21] Why don't you just give an

[20:22] update for him and any others

[20:25] who have a question about what,

[20:26] like Metro six is doing and the

[20:29] discussions that are going on

[20:29] about the deer population thing.

[20:31] It might be a good time to

[20:32] update coming into fall. Well,

[20:34] yeah. I mean, we'll have a

[20:36] actually a nice update in two

[20:38] days on that at the Metro six.

[20:40] But having said that, there's a

[20:41] deer management coalition

[20:44] that's being organized by Kent

[20:46] County. And so they do have a

[20:48] website that contains a lot of

[20:50] informion on a regional

[20:53] effort within the county, not

[20:54] just Wyoming, to manage the

[20:57] deer population. And they're

[21:00] trying to they're putting a

[21:02] pilot program together to bring

[21:07] together private landowners and

[21:09] hunters that could hunt deer on

[21:11] private property. With respectte

[21:16] county, not the city. And if,

[21:19] if if we were to. Allow hunting

[21:24] in the city, we would have to

[21:26] amend our current ordinance to

[21:28] allow to allow that. So

[21:30] currently, the ordinance does

[21:32] not allow hunting within the

[21:33] city limits. And if we get to

[21:36] whether it's any of the

[21:38] individual communities, whether

[21:39] it's Wyoming or Grand Rapids or

[21:41] Sparta or Kentwood, would have

[21:44] to look at their individual

[21:46] ordinances as to whether they

[21:46] would want to amend those to

[21:48] allow hunting within the city

[21:51] and, and discuss the pros and

[21:53] cons of that. Granville Walker

[21:55] we've all been talking about it

[21:56] for two years. So it's it's

[21:59] being addressed. And I know

[22:00] progress seems a little slow to

[22:02] residents sometimes and think

[22:04] it'd be a quicker decision, but

[22:05] we're dealing with some pretty

[22:06] big issues there and things of

[22:09] that nature. So anybody else

[22:10] under announcement of visitors?

[22:12] Again, this is a public cment

[22:14] period if you'd like to address

[22:16] the council. Yeah. Right now at

[22:22] the end. Yeah that's that's why

[22:24] I repeated that. Yes. It's this

[22:26] is public knowledge and

[22:29] visitors public comment. I got

[22:33] the sun glaring in myyes

[22:35] right behind me. So I'm going

[22:36] to move this move ahead this

[22:38] way. So you block the sun for

[22:39] me. Hey guys. I apologize for

[22:41] my tardiness. I did not know

[22:42] that the location shifted

[22:44] around, so I should have

[22:46] checked the location there. But

[22:48] you guys know me. I'm Coco from

[22:50] here in Wyoming, third Ward,

[22:53] and I'm here to speak about the

[22:55] illegal citizen surveillance

[22:57] cameras. I did get my articles

[23:00] in a little bit too late, but I

[23:03] did send it to Miss Postler as

[23:05] well as the attorney here last

[23:08] night. Your portal doesn't

[23:10] allow for URLs to my archive,

[23:13] so I could not send them

[23:15] directly. I did try to send it

[23:18] directly, just finding it on

[23:19] Google to the city clerk. So

[23:22] hopefully he got at least the

[23:24] URL to my archive of. And

[23:27] there's a folder specifically

[23:29] dedicated to the police abuse

[23:31] of these illegal flock systems.

[23:34] So again, I'll go over, you

[23:35] know, how they are legal under

[23:37] the Fourth Amendment, ratified

[23:39] in 1791. I don't believe I

[23:41] mentioned though about the

[23:44] Shaqiri versus US case from

[23:48] July 26th of 2026 that prevents

[23:51] geofencing. And these cameras

[23:54] around town do create a

[23:56] geofence. They watch where you

[23:58] go. They can tell where you've

[24:01] been on top of you know the

[24:03] other things. And I got the I

[24:07] got the flock contract, and

[24:08] I've shared it with a bunch of

[24:10] folks. And I only saw two kinds

[24:14] of flock cameras listed that

[24:15] had been ordered. The Falcon

[24:17] and the Falcon Flex. There was

[24:21] no mention of the mobile

[24:22] trailers in that contract.

[24:24] There was no mention of the

[24:26] cameras that were installed

[24:28] into the police squad car

[24:30] vehicles. So I don't know if I

[24:32] don't think those would be

[24:34] called Falcons. Even looking at

[24:35] flock site, it's hard to get a

[24:38] list of what's, you know,

[24:39] actually on there and what it's

[24:41] called. So I don't know if some

[24:43] information was omitted from my

[24:45] contract, the contracts I

[24:47] received, but that would be

[24:48] something of note. I would like

[24:50] to know, you know, what those

[24:51] models are called or iany

[24:53] information had been hidden

[24:54] there. So yeah, it's not a

[24:59] conspiracy theory, Mr. Mayor. I

[25:01] mean, we have the documentation

[25:03] and I will forward it when I

[25:05] get some responses back from

[25:06] Miss Postler and the attorney.

[25:08] And hopefully the city clerk

[25:10] already has that archive of

[25:12] information. I mean, it is

[25:15] creating a surveillance ste.

[25:17] It is illegal under the Fourth

[25:19] Amendment. And again, there's

[25:21] Supreme Supreme Court

[25:24] precedents from July 26th of

[25:26] this year. So, I mean, there's

[25:30] a lot there showing how illegal

[25:31] these are. Just because

[25:33] everyone else is doing it

[25:35] doesn't mean that we have to do

[25:36] it. Thank you. Thank you for

[25:37] your time. Yeah. I wonder where

[25:42] the. Anybody else tonight under

[25:48] acknowledgment of visitors

[25:50] public comment. Okay. Seeing

[25:56] none we're going to go around

[25:58] the council and then we'll

[25:59] adjourn if there's no other

[26:00] business. So let's start at

[26:02] this side with Mr. Postman.

[26:03] Yeah, I ironically, there's one

[26:05] less deer in Wyoming tonight.

[26:07] One got hit in front of my

[26:11] office today, so. Oh, well, it

[26:13] does continue to be a problem.

[26:15] I'll be interested to see what

[26:17] John comes next week, what the

[26:20] progress is there. I think all

[26:22] the squad car cameras are on

[26:26] not Fox. So that's all I. Okay,

[26:30] I was going to mention the

[26:31] Exxon. Also, I did speak with

[26:34] the city manager before the

[26:36] meeting tonight. I know there's

[26:38] a lotf people that have been

[26:39] asking about the AT&T boxes, so

[26:41] we should get some more

[26:42] information on that after the

[26:43] Metro six, and then we'll pass

[26:45] that along. Thank you for

[26:47] sending those links that I,

[26:49] like I said, did not get those

[26:51] until I guess I did not know

[26:53] that they were waiting for me

[26:54] from last night. Last time I

[26:56] checked my email I had not seen

[26:57] anything, so I was actually

[26:59] going to ask for aupdate if

[27:00] we had seen anything. So I will

[27:02] be excited to look at that. And

[27:04] things like that. But I can

[27:05] reply to your email and then

[27:07] you'll be able to send me

[27:08] whatever. Perfect. Thanks.

[27:10] We'll discuss it after. Mr. I

[27:14] just want to thank Wktv for

[27:17] doing another great job tonight.

[27:19] There's a lot of work. Connor,

[27:20] thank you for all of your

[27:21] effort. And also thank you to

[27:23] the Parks and Rec staff for

[27:26] hosting us today. Thank you

[27:28] very much. You just stole

[27:31] everything I was going to say.

[27:33] So yeah, thanks. But these do

[27:36] take a lot of work and it's,

[27:38] it's, it's great to be on the

[27:40] road. But we do understand that

[27:41] there's a lot of people that

[27:43] put a lot of effort into this.

[27:44] So thank you for that.

[27:46] Councilmember Hill. Yes, there

[27:47] was, as you all know, there was

[27:49] a shooting in the trailer park

[27:52] Park at 2 a.m. last week. And

[27:58] we can probably use the flock

[28:00] cameras to get that vehicle,

[28:05] which is very nice because

[28:08] there was a serious injury from

[28:11] that shooting. I went to a deer

[28:15] connection meeting last week

[28:17] with with the county. Very

[28:20] interesting. We have 2000

[28:25] hunters interested in hunting

[28:29] in Kent County. We're just

[28:31] having problems with the

[28:33] landowners accepting these

[28:35] nters. And it's a it's a

[28:36] great program. It's a

[28:38] collaborative between the

[28:40] landowners and the hunters. The

[28:42] landowners can kind of set the

[28:47] stipulations for the hunters,

[28:49] and it's going to be be very

[28:51] good. But landowners are just

[28:53] having a difficult time with.

[29:01] Cooperating with the hunters.

[29:02] We are no longer number one in

[29:05] Cartier accidents. We pawn that

[29:07] over to Oakland County. Last

[29:10] year. We as Kent County. Kent

[29:12] County, yes. So they get the

[29:14] number one trophy for that now.

[29:20] There has to be a minimum of

[29:22] five acres in order to hunt in

[29:24] Wyoming or in Kent County. So

[29:26] that's kind of interesting to

[29:28] know. They can donate the extra

[29:30] venison they get to local

[29:33] entities. Hunters in the land,

[29:37] owners signed an agreement

[29:39] between each other, which is

[29:42] super good. So they're working

[29:45] on they're working on, on these

[29:49] issues. Kent County is the only

[29:54] state in the onlyouy in the

[29:56] state involved with this. It's

[29:57] kind of a pilot program, and

[30:00] relationship is the key. Crop

[30:03] damage permits, of course,

[30:05] significant increase in this

[30:07] year. Meridian Township does an

[30:16] urban program, which I think we

[30:19] could learn a lot from what the

[30:21] Meridian is doing to make this

[30:23] a success. What was discussed

[30:28] to is if these deer really

[30:32] continue to be a problem,

[30:33] there's a lot of problems with.

[30:36] There was three deaths of

[30:38] people in the Kent County this

[30:39] past year. The disease of the

[30:41] of the deer. Lyme disease in a

[30:45] deer in East Lansing. It's

[30:48] management versus hunting. And

[30:50] we need to manage this now, or

[30:53] it can cost a quarter of $1

[30:57] million to every city to bring

[31:01] sharpshooters into the into the

[31:03] every city to manage these deer.

[31:09] There's not enough food in the

[31:12] county for all of these deers,

[31:15] for the deer. And I would like

[31:18] to ask Grand Valley for a

[31:21] browse survey from their

[31:23] biologists. I think they'd be

[31:24] super interesting. That's

[31:25] probably the reason why they

[31:27] are eating all of our gardens,

[31:29] because there's not enough.

[31:32] There's not enough food in the

[31:33] parks for them, and they want.

[31:36] The Grand Valley State

[31:38] biologists will provide these

[31:39] studies. Farm Bureau of Kent

[31:41] County is for this, and I have

[31:44] emailed the entitiest be. In

[31:47] order to have more of a

[31:49] discussion of what we actually

[31:51] have to do, there's a process

[31:54] to to get this done. Kent

[31:59] County picked up 4500 deer, but

[32:02] these were the only deer in the

[32:04] side of the road and in the

[32:06] ditches. Who knows how many

[32:08] more wer hit in and went off

[32:10] into the fields that Kent

[32:12] County will not get for those.

[32:16] So I thought it was a super

[32:18] interesting meeting, a lot of

[32:20] good information, and I've been

[32:22] a proponent of this for the

[32:24] last four years. I've been o

[32:27] the county or on the City

[32:30] commission and council member

[32:31] at large, and I would like to

[32:34] see this to continue. So thank

[32:38] you. Editor. I'm at editor at

[32:39] the meeting, and I'm so

[32:42] thankful he came to to help

[32:44] address this issue. So that's a

[32:46] lot. Who sponsored ts meeting?

[32:50] The Kent County Deer Management

[32:54] Coalition. So I thought, oh, I

[32:59] know, I toolots of notes. It

[33:00] was a great meeting and I've

[33:03] got the DNR. I've got folks

[33:07] resident deer expert. Right. I

[33:08] think so too, because I'm sick

[33:10] of it. All my plants, I walked

[33:12] in, I was in the park. It was

[33:14] funny. It was the morning after

[33:16] the shooting. I saw ten huge

[33:19] bucks in the park when I

[33:22] when I walk every morning, I'm

[33:24] like, I just kept seeing them

[33:26] one after another after another.

[33:28] Plus, there's triplets in

[33:30] Palmer Park, which is county

[33:31] owned. Yep. Which is county

[33:33] owned. So there's definitely a

[33:36] room for improvement. So yeah,

[33:39] well, this is our last couil

[33:40] meeting on the road for 2026.

[33:43] We have met in July, August and

[33:45] now September. So in October I

[33:48] think it's the fifth. We're

[33:49] back at City Hall and we'll

[33:51] look forward to seeing you

[33:53] there. I have two things

[33:54] tonight. Fire and Safety night

[33:56] is on October 6th from 5 to 730.

[34:00] And that is. When there's free

[34:04] giveaways, live demos from the

[34:06] Wyoming police and fire

[34:07] departments, visit with

[34:09] firefighters and officers, see

[34:10] equipment and more. And there's

[34:12] food trucks will be available

[34:14] that night as well. And then

[34:16] the drive u window

[34:17] construction at City Hall. Just

[34:19] a reminder that that is

[34:21] happening and the drive up will

[34:24] be closed through October.

[34:25] Until that's completed,

[34:26] payments can still be made to

[34:28] the Treasurer's office inside,

[34:31] placed in the drop box behindCid

[34:34] electronically online. So

[34:37] things are going to really

[34:37] start getting interesting here

[34:39] in the fall. We have a lot of

[34:40] stuff that's going to be

[34:42] happening in Oober, probably

[34:43] including some events right

[34:44] here that you'll be excited to

[34:46] hear about. I want to be

[34:47] partaking. So with that, ladies

[34:50] Adjournme. I forgot to

Wyoming City Council On The Road September 21, 2026

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