• May 22, 2023 – City Council Meeting

    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 May 22, 2023 Regular Meeting of Livonia City Council. General Meeting: https://livoniami.portal.civicclerk.com/event/344 Councilwoman Kathleen McIntyre was not present but has an excused absence…

  • 5/22/23 LPS Board of Education Meeting

    Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiMVYYVec2k Recognition of National Merit Scholars: Stacy Jenkins (Administrator for District Communications) highlighted 4 LPS students (3- CHS and 1- FHS) that scored in the top 1% of ~1.6M students nationwide, on the PSAT National Merit Scholarship qualifying exam. Appointment of Student Services Coordinators: The Board approved the appointments of Nicole West and Caitlin…

  • Law & Education Committee Meeting – May 17, 2023

    On Wednesday, May 17th, City Council held a Law and Education Committee Meeting to discuss the subject matter of demolition of blighted residential and commercial properties. Committee meetings are not recorded and the VRS team attended in person to learn more about this topic. This matter was brought to committee in response to a 2021…

  • Planning Commission – May 9, 2023

    Vote.Run.Serve-Livonia does not usually cover Livonia’s Planning Commission meetings. Due to significant interest on the proposed agenda items, VRS will be summarizing the items before the commission. FGN Holdings is seeking to rezone the approximate acre currently located properties at 19380 and 19384 Newburgh Road for residential use. Petitioners are looking to build an unfinalized…

  • May 8, 2023 – City Council Meeting

    General Meeting: https://livoniami.portal.civicclerk.com/event/343/overview The consent agenda was approved. The matter of establishing a fee structure for fines to owners of vacant/abandoned structures was sent to the Committee of the Whole. A block party was approved. A signage request by Metro Detroit Signs for Haggerty Road between 7 Mile and Phillips Rd was approved. The Livonia…

  • Michigan Budget Update

    June is approaching and that means the start of a new fiscal year for the state of Michigan. Michigan’s Democratic party controls both bodies of the state’s bicameral legislature for the first time in 40 years, enabling different priorities to be funded. This past week, the Michigan Senate budget cleared the first legislative step by…

The VRS Team

Vote.Run.Serve-Livonia is a volunteer run platform launched by Carrie Budzinski and Brian Weiss in December 2021. Heather Fowler is the community engagement correspondent. Michael Testa is the correspondent for Livonia Public Schools. All are Livonia residents.

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