Due to the State of Emergency declared due to Covid-19, the council meeting will be conducted via teleconference. Residents can listen to the council meeting live online on City Cable 15 and through the City's website at http://southfield.cablecast.tv/CablecastPublicSite/watch/1?channel=2. Residents may also call in at (248) 796-5152 to make public comment at the June 1 City Council Meeting.

City of Southfield 

Regular Meeting Committee of the Whole 

Agenda of the City Council 

June 1, 2020 at 6:00 pm via teleconference 

26000 Evergreen Road 

Southfield, Michigan 48076 

Telephone: 248-796-5150

ROLL CALL 

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL BE DISCUSSED 

1. Presentation by Police Chief Elvin Barren 

2. Proposed City Charter Amendment 

CLOSED SESSION 

1. Discussion for strategy and negotiation sessions connected with the negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement in a closed session as requested by one of the negotiating parties. MCL 15.268(c) 

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.

For Communications, the phone number to call in is 248-796-5152. 

AND ANY OTHER ITEMS DEEMED NECESSARY 

Sherikia L. Hawkins, MMC 

City Clerk 

Individuals with special needs who plan to attend 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.