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Resident urges deer removal and later requests correction to council minutes after disputed attribution
Summary
Cece Montoye urged the Council to partner with DNR or another agency to remove and relocate deer damaging private property. Separately, resident Gaye Morgenthaler’s public comment about a hypothetical drone vulnerability prompted debate and a subsequent written request to correct the March 23 draft minutes alleging misattribution.
During the March 23 public comment period, Cece Montoye, a Chelsea resident, asked the City to partner with a group such as the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to remove and relocate deer that have extensively damaged her property.
Later in public comment, resident Gaye Morgenthaler raised several concerns, including traffic and bond questions, her opposition to Ordinance 188, and what she described as a hypothetical security vulnerability "a small drone armed with explosives could wreak havoc on our town." Morgenthaler said she would file a lawsuit if Ordinance 188 is not repealed.
After the meeting, Morgenthaler submitted a formal request to the City Clerk to correct the draft minutes, arguing the minutes omitted her public comment and that Councilman Tony Iannelli wrongly attributed the phrase "Palantir murder drones" to her during a follow-up discussion and asked that the minutes be amended to show the exchange. In the letter she says the video shows she never used the words "Palantir" or "murder" and asked for the minutes to be corrected to include a full description of the roughly six-minute follow-up discussion and the request by Messrs. Iannelli and Stump to have her investigated.
Council reaction in the meeting was not uniform, according to Morgenthaler's letter: she says Chief Kazyak, Mayor Henson and Councilwoman Bullerman disagreed with Messrs. Iannelli and Stump and characterized her remarks as outlining a hypothetical security issue rather than a direct threat.
What’s next: Morgenthaler formally requested corrected minutes and indicated she will pursue materials related to any investigation. The Clerk's office is the contact for public records and any change to minutes requires Council consideration and approval.
