• September 8, 2021 – City Council Meeting

    General Meeting Senator Dayna Polehanki provided a legislative update on the Budget and DTE outages. She will be hosting a listening tour in Livonia with the Attorney General next month for residents to voice their concerns. The consent agenda was approved. There was the first reading for the ordinance proposal to increase meter deposit fees for…

  • August 23, 2021 – City Council Meeting

    General Meeting The consent agenda was approved. $2,000 raised by the Chamber of Commerce from the LoveLivonia Concert event was donated to the Department and Parks and Recreation to support the youth scholarship program. The Parks and Recreation Commission requested authority to set fees and charges for activities autonomously but with regular updates to City…

  • August 9, 2021 – City Council Meeting

    General Meeting The consent agenda was approved. The Livonia Community Foundation granted $10,000 to Livonia’s first responders to help cover the cost of sanitizing equipment. [The Community Foundation was founded as a permanent endowment in 1993 and has assets of $2.5 million. Local non-profit organizations can apply for funding annually]. Council was provided an update…

  • July 26, 2021 – City Council Meeting

    General Meeting The consent agenda was approved. There will be a public hearing on Monday, August 2nd at 7pm for a rezoning request of the Speedway at Merriman and Schoolcraft: https://www.livonia.gov/Calendar.aspx?EID=1550&month=8… Public comments included several residents from the Willow Wood subdivision who have experienced flooding for decades and are seeking city intervention. Their request will be…

  • July 12, 2021 – City Council Meeting

    General Meeting An edit was made to the minutes and the consent agenda was approved. Public comments are a very important part of City Council meetings. When residents take time to attend meetings, they tend to speak on personal matters. For that reason, I generally keep them out of these summary posts. I do think…

  • June 28, 2021 – City Council Meeting

    General Meeting Consent agenda was approved.  The petitioner for the Space Shop Self Storage development at 31100 Plymouth Road by Merriman was present to advocate for the project but it was not approved by Council.  Councilwoman Toy City Council provided an overview of the Public Safety, Health & Environment Committee Meeting on the subject matter…

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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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