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


**Body:** City of Dearborn
**Date:** January 24, 2022
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Information Technology, Construction & Infrastructure, Digital Infrastructure, Physical Infrastructure


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.

**Source:** City of Dearborn