Transparency, accountability and community engagement are essential in a democracy. Local government is important and City Council meetings provide insight into what’s happening in your community. Here is a summary of the August 9th, 2023 Regular + Study Meeting of Livonia City Council.

General Meeting: https://livoniami.portal.civicclerk.com/event/349/overview

Mayor Brosnan and a representative from DTE Energy presented a recap of their meeting this week.

• Unreliable residential areas will be given specific attention
• Critical infrastructure areas need to be prioritized, specifically the️ Kirksey Recreation Center as it’s the city’s emergency center
• Livonia will be part of pilot programs designed to address outages, including burying lines
• 70% of the trees have been trimmed
• 30% – 40% of the grid is expected to be rebuilt in coming years due to electrification
• Automation is also expected to limit outage impact, 10k circuits will be added in Livonia

Approved:

• Consent agenda
• Block party
• Award of bid for a water main repair at 96 that will be done in partnership with MDOT

Item 11 removed from consideration by petitioner request

First read for item 12 without objection

Study Meeting Agenda: https://livoniami.portal.civicclerk.com/event/365/overview

The following were approved for the consent agenda:

• Block parties
• Purchase requests by LFD + DPW
• Award of bid for architectural services for Civic Center Library permanent chillers
• Award of bid for architectural services for generators at 3 Fire Stations and DPW maintenance facility
• Request to increase tree trimming contract by $100k because the budgeted $350k is nearly spent due to number of storms this year
• Request to enter partnership with GM to underwrite costs of installing charging stations by Charge EV. 4 ports would be installed at the Kirksey Recreation Center, Fox Creek/Bicentennial Park, and Civic Center Library, the City will receive a portion of the revenue.

Proposed Tree Ordinance presented to promote and protect an urban forest in Livonia will be put forward in the next general meeting.

As always, the meeting agendas can be viewed on the city website here: https://livonia.gov/129/Agendas-Minutes

The meetings can be watched unedited on the city’s Youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@LivoniaTV