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Committee of the Whole: motions and referrals on task forces, settlements, grants and other items
Summary
The Committee of the Whole moved multiple line items to formal session, received several reports, and scheduled other items for later consideration. No final adoptions were recorded for ordinance or code language changes at this meeting.
At the Detroit City Council Committee of the Whole meeting on Feb. 5, 2025, members handled a series of administrative and policy referrals, moving several items to formal session with a recommendation to approve, receiving reports, and postponing a small number of items for further review.
Highlights (motions and immediate outcomes):
- Line item 5.1 (request for legal representation and indemnification for Police Officer Samir Kazali in Cheyenne Bayard et al. v. Sam Kazali et al., case no. 23‑012101‑NI): Motion made to bring the item back for a date to be determined to allow scheduling of a closed session; motion carried by unanimous consent.
- Line item 5.2 (Memorandums requesting draft resolutions to reestablish the Youth and Civic Engagement Task Force and the Human and [human] Trafficking Task Force): Motion to send to formal with recommendation to approve; motion carried.
- Line item 5.3 (Memorandum re: legal opinion on prohibition of rental‑pricing software): Motion to receive and file; carried.
- Line item 5.4 (Proposal to replace “handicapped” in various sections of Detroit City Code): Law department requested a two‑week return; motion to bring back in two weeks carried.
- Line item 5.5 (Memorandum to amend the City of Detroit military leave policy): Motion to bring back in two weeks; carried.
- Line item 6.1 (Settlement request: Michigan Institute for Musculoskeletal Medicine, PLLC, case no. 24‑153671‑GC, $3,000; Department of Transportation): Motion to send to formal with recommendation to approve; carried.
- Line item 6.2 (Settlement request: Northland Radiology Inc. v. City of Detroit, case no. 23‑016437‑NF, $12,000; Department of Transportation): Motion to send to formal with recommendation to approve; carried.
- Line item 6.3 (Report relative to mural and digital advertising regulations): Motion to receive and file; carried.
- Line item 6.4 (Request to accept Redevelopment Ready Communities Fellow Grant, $109,975 with $10,000 cash match; Jobs and Economy team): Motion to send to formal with recommendation to approve; carried.
- Line item 6.5 (Report re: candidates for the Historic Designation Advisory Board): Motion to receive and file; future interviews to be scheduled.
- Line item 6.6 (Amend 02/2025 official compensation schedule for BOPC investigator titles): Motion to bring back for a date to be determined pending information about backlog and staffing; carried (see separate coverage).
- Line item 6.7 (Resolution continuing the Skilled Trades Task Force for 2025): Motion to send to formal with recommendation to approve; carried.
- Line item 6.8 (Memorandum re: feasibility of a Public Oversight Committee): Law/LPD requested one week; motion to bring back in one week; carried.
- Line item 6.9 (Resolution to establish a Literacy Task Force): Motion to send to formal with recommendation to approve; carried.
- Line item (Mary Waters) to reestablish the Veterans Task Force for 02/2025: Motion to send to formal with recommendation to approve; carried.
No roll‑call votes were recorded in the committee transcript for these motions; most actions were taken by unanimous consent after motions were made and no objections were raised. Where the law department requested additional time for review, the committee granted the request and scheduled returns.
Ending: The meeting concluded after member reports that included upcoming district budget meetings, community coffee hours, and other constituent events.
