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Votes at a glance: Livonia council approves ordinance amendment, schedules closed session and refers several items to committee
Summary
At its Sept. 22 meeting the Livonia City Council approved an amendment to council operating code, scheduled a closed committee meeting on pending litigation, and referred several matters (blight review, parking-lot report, and a fee-waiver proposal) to staff or committee for further work. Most roll-call votes recorded were unanimous.
Here is a concise list of formal actions recorded during the Livonia City Council meeting.
Minutes and consent - Approval of minutes (regular meeting of Sept. 8, 2025): motion carried on roll call; all members voted aye (recorded as unanimous). The minutes were approved. - Consent agenda (items 1–5): approved on roll call; all members voted aye (unanimous).
Unfinished / new business and recorded votes - Item 8 (proposed amendment to Livonia Code of Ordinances, administration sections: amend sections 075, 080, and 115 of Title 2, Chapter 4): Second reading and approval. Vote: 7–0, aye. The council approved the ordinance amendment to streamline council operations as presented.
- Item 9 (request to schedule a closed Committee of the Whole to discuss pending litigation: Belmond Properties LLC v. City of Livonia, USDC case no. [redacted in meeting]): Motion to schedule closed committee meeting approved by roll call: 7–0, aye.
- Item 10 (request to amend council resolution 315-24 to clarify that council-member hosted community outreach events that are not campaign events are not subject to rental fees): Council voted to substitute and send the matter to the Law & Education Committee for further consideration; substitute motion to send to committee passed on roll call: 7–0, aye.
Other formal directions - Report and recommendation from the law department on updating blight ordinances: motion to request this report passed (voice/roll call recorded as unanimous). See article on blight and parking enforcement for details. - Report and recommendation on commercial parking-lot ordinances: council requested a report from administration; motion passed unanimously on roll call. - Motion to send a recycling-related item (a proposed “recycling coach” adaptation) to Committee of the Whole: passed on roll call (vote recorded as unanimous).
Notes and next steps: Several of these items were referrals, requests for staff reports, or committee referrals rather than final policy or spending approvals. The Rotary Park pavilion project discussion resulted in a committee recommendation to rescope and rebid; no contract award or appropriation was approved at the meeting.
Full roll-call details: the clerk recorded aye votes from Council members Morgan, Toye, Donovan, Vice President Tashnik, Budzinski, Scheel, and President McCullough on the items noted above; where a specific tally was read in the transcript, the vote was unanimous 7–0.
