Dearborn Heights council accepts mayor's resignation and appoints Muhammad (Moe) Beydoun as interim mayor

Council members on Tuesday voted to accept Mayor Bill Beze’s resignation and then appointed council chair Muhammad (referred to in the record as Moe) Beydoun as interim mayor through Dec. 31, 2025.

The resignation was moved and seconded at the start of the meeting and carried by voice vote. Council then took the procedural steps needed to permit the council chair to assume the mayoral role, including a motion to accept the chair’s resignation from his council seat before he took the oath of office. The appointment motion to name Beydoun interim mayor passed by voice vote after several members spoke in support.

Several members praised Beze’s four years of service and offered condolences for the recent loss of former Mayor Ruth Canfield, which the council observed with a moment of silence. During the reorganization, members also appointed council pro tem and established a short oversight list for transition duties.

The council recorded the vote to accept the resignation and the subsequent appointment on the public record and completed the necessary administrative steps to update signatures and city bank signers later in the agenda.

Mayor Beydoun has been identified in public comments and on the record by his full given name, Muhammad Ali Beydoun, though he is referred to throughout the meeting as Moe Beydoun. Council members said they expect to work with the new mayor to address immediate operational and fiscal challenges facing the city.

The council adjourned the reorganization items and moved on to the rest of the regular agenda, including presentations on a new fire station site and routine claims and bids.