City of Southfield 

Regular (Hybrid) Meeting Agenda of the City Council 

June 20, 2023 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

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.

PRESENTATIONS 

• Wildlife Commission Annual Report

MINUTES

CONSENT AGENDA

PUBLIC HEARINGS AND SITE PLANS

ORDINANCES

1. Enact Ordinance No. 1772, Amendment to Title IX, Police Regulations, Chapter 9, Public Peace and Welfare, Section 9.141 Resisting or obstructing officer in discharge of his duty of the City Code

2. Enact Ordinance No. 1773, Proposed Ordinance Amendment – Vacant Property Registration

AGENDA ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND / OR ACTION

1. Approve Joint Resolution in Honor of Barbara Talley

2. Approval of Interagency Agreement with the Southeastern Michigan Council of Governments for a United States Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Grant: “Southeastern Michigan Green Infrastructure Partnerships”

3. Approval to Renew Lobbyist Contract with Governmental Consultant Services, Inc.

COUNCIL

MAYOR

ADMINISTRATION

ATTORNEY

1. Michigan Open Carry v. City of Southfield v City of Southfield, et al.

(Oakland County Circuit  Court Case No. 2023-198945-CZ)

2. Noah Fairchild v City of  Southfield, et  al.

(Oakland County Circuit Court Case No. 2023-20362-ON)

CLERK, TREASURER, PLANNER, ASSESSOR, ENGINEER

SCHEDULE

ADDITIONAL ITEMS DEEMED NECESSARY FOR DISCUSSION

1. Recess to Reconvene in Council Conference Room

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.