Detroit City Council Formal Session
Detroit City Council
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
10:00 a.m. — 2:00 p.m. EDT
2 Woodward Ave Detroit, MI 48226 (Directions)
ERMA L. HENDERSON AUDITORIUM, Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
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Reporting
Edited and summarized by the Detroit - MI Documenters Team
Without a quorum and with audio problems on Zoom, the meeting was held for in-person public comment only. Residents outlined negative impacts of the city’s solar initiative on property owners. A previously requested solar update was postponed until next week.
Hey, Detroit! Today, 4/29 at 10 AM I live cover Detroit City Council for #DETdocumenters @detdocumenters.bsky.social and their media partners 👇…
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You know–all the usual suspects.
Today’s meeting is at room 1340 in the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center (CAYMC)…teleconference/remote options are available, as is the agenda for today’s meeting, here👇🔗
detroihttps://detroitmi.gov/government/city-council
n link above, you will need to scroll to the bottom and hit the link in the calendar to access the agenda…please note that the online agenda has nifty links to supporting documents. The link to agenda will look like this 👇
If you are looking for background info on City Council, there is no better resource than Malachi Barrett @polarbarrett.bsky.social … be sure to check out his writing in Malachi’s City Council Notebook https://www.bridgedetroit.com/malachis-city-council-notebook/
And of course check out coverage of previous meetings by @detdocumenters.bsky.social … latest is 4/22 meeting by Nadia Ziyad https://detroit.documenters.org/documents/none-189509/thread/
For those unfamiliar, here are the current City Councilmembers with corresponding districts…
Hey, #DETdocumenters @detdocumenters.bsky.social they are calling to order at 10:20…but they do NOT have a quorum…Chair Sheffield notes that those not present have communicated and so are ‘excused’.
Because they don’t have quorum, don’t really have a meeting/cant’ conduct business … but will still hear from the public
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Agency Information
Detroit City Council
The Detroit City Council is the legislative body of Detroit, Michigan, United States. The Council is responsible for the creation of local laws—called ordinances. Additionally they pass resolutions, motions, and the proposed city budget. The full-time council is required to meet every business day for at least 10 months of the year, with at least eight of these meetings occurring at a location besides city hall. The council may convene for special meetings at the call of the mayor or at least four members of council. Areas of responsibility for the Budget, Finance and Audit Committee include, Budget, Finance and the Auditor General.
City Council members are elected on the same cycle as the Mayor and will be elected in 2021. Seven members represent the seven council districts, while two members are elected at-large.