Residents urge action on drug activity, housing safety and commission appointments

During public comment at the Mount Clemens City Commission meeting, multiple residents urged the city to take action on neighborhood safety and housing governance.

Nicole Seavoy, who identified herself as living at 101 Bohim in Mount Clemens, said she has repeatedly reported drug activity in a 12-unit apartment complex and described threats to her safety by tenants. "We as residents there should be able to speak out and be protected and feel safe," Seavoy said, and added that she had contacted police and property management without seeing effective follow-up. City staff suggested contacting the City Manager's office and noted that the Housing Commission was meeting upstairs and was an available forum to raise concerns.

Josh Aler, introduced himself as a former Housing Commission chairman and said he had sought an explanation for why he was not reappointed after five to six years of service. Aler said the Housing Commission remained short one member and that vacancies make it difficult for the commission to meet obligations tied to HUD programs. He formally requested a written response explaining his non-reappointment.

City staff did not, in the recorded discussion, offer specific new enforcement steps or a timeline for addressing the apartment safety complaints; the transcript records staff offers to follow up by phone and to refer Seavoy to Community Development and the City Manager's office.

The comments highlight two distinct municipal concerns: immediate public-safety and property-management issues alleged by a resident, and governance/appointment questions about the Housing Commission raised by a former chair. Both speakers asked for concrete follow-up: Seavoy sought law-enforcement or management action to protect residents, and Aler requested a formal written explanation of the reappointment decision.

Next steps were not recorded in detail in the provided transcript excerpt; the City Manager's office and Community Development were named by staff as follow-up contacts.