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Mayor Beydoun honors late employees, announces new directors and grant push

Dearborn Heights City Council · January 14, 2026
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Mayor Mo Beydoun opened the Jan. 13 meeting with tributes to recently deceased residents, thanked emergency responders for a search for a missing resident, and introduced multiple mayoral appointees including directors for water billing, ordinance/animal control, communications, emergency management and grants; he said a new grants director will pursue sizeable federal/state funding.

Mayor Mo Beydoun opened the council’s first meeting of 2026 with a moment of silence for Vince Tripakowski and remarks about the community search for missing resident Yousef Naim, acknowledging the police, fire and county partners who took part in the effort.

During his remarks the mayor introduced several new appointees: Rachel Lapointe (water…

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