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 👇…
07:51 AM Apr 29, 2025 CDT
… @bridgedet313.bsky.social
@chalkbeat.org
@freep.com
@metrotimes.com
@michiganpublic.bsky.social
@outliermedia.org
@planetdetroit.org
@wdet.bsky.social
@wxyzdetroit.bsky.social
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