Accomplishments

The residents of Eastpointe approved a proposed Charter Amendment in August 2016 that would save money for future special assessments, by contacting voters via regular first-class mail instead of a newspaper publication or registered mail. This change will easily save tens of thousands of dollars per Special Assessment in the future, that is for all residents of the community. The Eastisider covered this ballot proposal. The City Council originally voted to add this to the ballot on October 20, 2015.

Ballot language: "Currently Section 11 of Chapter XVI gives City Council the option of providing notices regarding the filing and review of special assessment rolls by either newspaper publication or registered mail. It is proposed such notices regarding special assessments be permitted to be sent by regular first-class mail rather than registered mail."

The Humane Pet Acquisition Ordinance, passsed by City Council September 1, 2015, aims to increase the amount of animals adopted by humane means. Some companies across the country run what are referred to as "puppy mills" or similar operations for different animals. Petco, a great business partner in the City, already only offered dogs and animals via adoption, and not from places like "puppy mills". The Ordinance covers the acquisition of dogs, cats, rabbits, and ferrets.

As I am always thinking of the environment, I was excited to vote "yes" on this motion. The City Council awarded the planting of approximately 40 trees along Gratiot. The tree canopy of Metro Detroit needs increasing, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, ReLeaf Michigan, and other organizations, and this is one project that can help achieve this goal.

The City Council approves the purchase of an in-house sign cutting system. Being able to create our own signs, ensures that we will always have readable and modern side street signs. Also, the signs will continue to have shamrocks affixed to them, by my urging.