Live reporting by
Meghan Rutigliano
City Council approved big ticket GLWA and ARPA projects amid calls for better engagement and for monies to be awarded to local, minority-owned and women-owned companies. Food ordinance passed for color-coded signage; Street naming ordinance was amended.
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Hi Detroit! I’ll be live-tweeting the Detroit City Council formal session today at 10am on behalf of #DETdocumenters.
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09:02 AM Jun 11, 2024 CDT
The public is invited to join in person, by Zoom, or over the phone. The public may also view the meeting by watching the live broadcast on Channel 10:
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I'm on Zoom waiting for the broadcast to begin. :) I might see how Channel 10 is working directly.
Meeting started 10:06am. Roll call: Waters, Tate, Coleman Young II are not there. Quorum reached.
Invocation.
Invocation.
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COUNCIL PRESIDENT MARY SHEFFIELD is PRESENTING A TESTIMONIAL RESOLUTION TO KENYETTA BRIDGES. She's the Chief Operating Officer of the Detroit Economic Growth Corp. 👏, a Detroit native, and has spent 2 decades of uplifting young people in Detroit through volunteer work.
Kenyetta Bridges is leaving her longtime role and will become the new president and CEO of the Tampa Downtown Partnership in Florida. Official announcement:
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COUNCIL MEMBER FRED DURHAL, III is presenting A SPIRIT OF DETROIT AWARD TO DENISE BARNES, a counselor at the Detroit Board of Education.