Livonia Council unanimously approves minutes, consent items and referrals; asks law to draft ordinance on 911 misuse

Livonia — The Livonia City Council met in a voting session and approved routine business and several referrals on a series of unanimous votes.

The council opened by approving the minutes of the Jan. 26, 2026, regular meeting after a motion by Council member Budzinski and support from Vice President Brockway; the minutes passed on a 7-0 roll-call vote. The council also approved the consent agenda (items 1–14), which were described as noncontroversial and had been discussed at the Jan. 26 study meeting; that package passed 7-0.

During council comments, Council member Brandon McCullough asked the law department to draft an ordinance intended to address nonemergency or abusive 911 calls that are burdening fire and EMS resources. "To create an ordinance, to… police 911 abuse, for our firefighters," McCullough said when introducing the item and asked for colleagues' support. Council members discussed that other localities charge fees for nonemergency uses and that the law team would draft language to return for council review. The motion to send the matter to the law department passed on a unanimous vote.

The council also referred exterior business lighting standards to the Law & Education Committee after residents raised concerns about bright LED fixtures and noncompliant street lights along Plymouth Road. Citizens cited safety and neighborhood character concerns; the matter was referred to committee for further study.

Under new business, the council adopted a Wayne County 2026 annual right-of-way permit resolution enabling the Department of Public Works to perform maintenance within county rights of way. The resolution was offered by the engineering division and approved on a 7-0 roll-call vote.

The council scheduled a closed Committee of the Whole meeting to discuss pending litigation — identified in the meeting as Means v. City of Livonia, Wayne County Circuit Court case no. 205-517576-NI — citing the Open Meetings Act as authority for a closed discussion of strategy and attorney–client communications. That scheduling was approved unanimously.

The meeting ended after a second audience-communication period produced no additional speakers and a motion to adjourn was approved.

What happens next: The law department will draft proposed ordinance language on abusive 911 calls and return it to the council for review; the Law & Education Committee will set a meeting to study exterior lighting standards. Formal implementation steps and timelines were not specified at the meeting.