City Council February 10 Regular Meeting Agenda

February 7, 2025

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City of Southfield
Regular Meeting Agenda of the City Council
February 10, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.
Council Chambers
Donald F. Fracassi Municipal Campus
26000 Evergreen Road
Southfield, Michigan 48076
Telephone: 248-796-5150

ROLL CALL

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

APPOINTMENTS

  • Appointment of Deputy Director of Business and Economic Development
  • Appointment of Deputy Director of Public Works
  • Appointment of Department of Public Works City Constable – Mark Ragsdale
  • Appointment to City Centre Advisory Board – Genelle Speed-Hale
  • Reappointment to Southfield Library Board – Bruce Collins
  • Reappointment to Southfield Library Board – Thalia Maxwell
  • Reappointment to Downtown Development Authority – Dr. Steven Craig
  • Reappointment to Downtown Development Authority – Greg Easterly

PRESENTATIONS  

  • Presentation of Food Waste Elimination Study
  • Presentation from the Wildlife Commission

COMMUNICATIONS

The Southfield City Council has established the following Rules of Procedure for all speakers:  

  • No speaker may make personal or impertinent attacks upon any officer, employee, or City Council member or other Elected Official, that is unrelated to the manner in which the officer, employee, or City Council member or other Elected Official, performs his or her duties.  
  • No person shall use abusive or threatening language toward any individual when addressing the City Council. 

Any person who violates this section shall be directed by the presiding officer to be orderly and silent.  If a person addressing the Council refuses to become silent when so directed, such person may be deemed by the presiding officer to have committed a “breach of the peace” by disrupting and impeding the orderly conduct of the public meeting of the City Council and may be ordered by the presiding officer to leave the meeting.  If the person refuses to leave as directed, the presiding officer may direct any law enforcement officer who is present to escort the violator from the meeting. 
The Council may not provide responses to public comments during the meeting.  If you have provided your contact information when you signed up for public communications, the City will provide a more formal response to you in the near future.

MINUTES

A.    Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting Minutes of January 6, 2025
B.    Regular Meeting Minutes of January 13, 2025
C.    Special Meeting Minutes of January 17, 2025
D.    Regular Meeting Minutes of January 21, 2025

CONSENT AGENDA (these items are considered routine / non-controversial or have previously been discussed)

A.    Receipt of Proposals for Tax and Water Bill Lockbox Services

B.    Brownfield Plan Amendment #2 Southfield Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative Project 2018, as SNRI Plan #3, Brownfield Plan Multiple Addresses, Southfield, Michigan, 48076

C.    Approval to Purchase Four (4) Mobile OCP25 Compatible Radios for New Ambulances and Fire Prevention Vehicles

D.    Receipt of Bids for Six (6) New Bullard Thermal Imaging Cameras for Fire

E.    Authorization to Purchase a Farber Specialty Mobile Command Center Vehicle for the Police Department

F.    Authorization to Adopt Food Waste Elimination Study

G.    Authorization to Participate in a Implement Food Waste Elimination Study Pilot Program funded through a NextCycle Grant Received and Managed by the Make Food Not Waste Non-Profit

H.    Authorization to Restore and Improve Damaged Deck at Carpenter Lake

I.    Approval of a Renewal of Contract with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan for Claims Administration Services and Stop Loss Insurance

J.    Proposed Vacation of Consent Judgment - 27600 Northwestern Service Drive

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED AND/OR ACTION

A.    Amendment to Animal Ordinance

Introduce Ordinance No. _______

B.    Proposed Ordinance Amendment: Chapter 101 Permit, Review, Inspection and Appeal Fees,

Introduce Ordinance No. _______

PUBLIC HEARINGS AND SITE PLANS 

ORDINANCES

COUNCIL

A.    Travel Expense Report: Charles Hicks, 2025 MML Committee Kickoff, Lansing, Michigan, January 21, 2025

MAYOR

ADMINISTRATION

ATTORNEY

CLERK, TREASURER, PLANNER, ASSESSOR, ENGINEER

SCHEDULE

CLOSED SESSION

A.    Discussion of Attorney’s Written Opinion-Open Meetings Act Sec.8(h), Material exempt from discussion or disclosure by state or federal statute,

Individuals with special need for this meeting should contact the City Clerk’s Office at 248-796-5150 (voice) or 711 (TDD). If auxiliary aids or services are needed, reasonable advance notice is required.