Dearborn City Council Meeting originally aired live on January 25, 2022.

The Dearborn City Council’s regular meeting on January 25, 2022, focused on adopting ordinances to reorganize city administration. The council passed a series of final-reading ordinances establishing or restructuring departments and offices, including Public Works and Facilities, Economic and Community Development, and a Health Department; the health ordinance passed 6–1 after debate over staffing costs and the department’s role. Council members discussed more than $500,000 in additional director salaries, but no related budget allocation was approved at this meeting. The council also passed Ordinance 22-1725, authorizing a fee-based optional online advertising service for licensed businesses. A separate business-license fee update projected to generate about $68,000 in FY2023 was tabled after its first reading. No contract awards or vendor selections were identified.

Procurement-related follow-up included the mayor’s statement that the city was seeking an RFP to renew its website. The mayor also said a flooding-investigation RFP needed revisions to include infrastructure options before it could proceed. Separately, Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit announced a $5 million capital campaign for the Dearborn Animal Shelter; this was a fundraising announcement, not a city spending approval. Public health funding discussions referenced $850,000 in grant money for health issues, but no grant award or expenditure was approved at the meeting.