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Dearborn Heights council moves into closed session on legal opinion and POAM negotiations

Dearborn Heights City Council · October 16, 2025
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Summary

At a special Dearborn Heights City Council meeting called at 5:30 p.m., the council voted to enter closed session to consider a legal opinion from special counsel Gary Miyake and to discuss POAM union negotiations; the council returned to open session at 6:21 p.m. and adjourned one minute later.

The Dearborn Heights City Council voted on a motion to go into closed session at a special meeting called to order at 5:30 p.m., the council chair announced.

Councilman Constance moved "that we, go into closed session to discuss the matters you just mentioned," referring to an opinion letter from special legal counsel Gary Miyake and ongoing negotiations with the POAM union; Councilwoman Breyer seconded the motion. The clerk then conducted a roll-call vote. Recorded affirmative responses came from Hassan Ahmad, Moe Beydoun, Nancy Bridal, Robert Constant, Denise Malinowski Maxwell, Hassan Saab and Tom Winslow; the motion carried and the council entered closed session shortly after 5:32 p.m.

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