Resolution would remove Ann Arbor City Council member from board and commission seats
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From left, Council Members Anne Bannister and Jeff Hayner, both 1st Ward Democrats, at the Ann Arbor City Council meeting on March 2, 2020.Ryan Stanton | The Ann Arbor News
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ANN ARBOR, MI - The Ann Arbor City Council will take up a resolution to remove Council Member Jeff Hayner from his board and commission seats until December for his use of a quote on social media that attacked journalists and contained a homophobic slur.
The City of Ann Arbor’s Council Administration Committee approved the resolution, which also requests that Hayner engage in sensitivity training, by a 4-1 vote Tuesday, April 13. Committee member Kathy Griswold dissented. The proposed resolution also includes that Hayner would be removed from the city’s audit committee for the same period of time by Mayor Christopher Taylor.
Ann Arbor council member draws criticism, defends use of quote with homophobic slur
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Council Member Jeff Hayner, D-1st Ward, speaks at the Ann Arbor City Council meeting on Oct. 21, 2019.Ryan Stanton | The Ann Arbor News
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ANN ARBOR, MI - A quote shared on social media by an Ann Arbor City Council member that attacked journalists and contained a homophobic slur have been condemned by several members of the council and city leadership.
Council Member Jeff Hayner, D-1st Ward, shared the now-deleted quote over the weekend in a public Facebook group, in response to an MLive article that was shared about harassment faced by the news media.
Ann Arbor council unanimously supports developing unarmed 911 response program
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Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor discusses establishing an unarmed 911 response program at the City Council meeting April 5, 2021.CTN
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ANN ARBOR, MI Ann Arbor is moving forward with developing an unarmed public safety response program to have non-police professionals respond to certain 911 calls.
City Council voted unanimously in favor of the idea Monday night, April 5, directing City Administrator Tom Crawford to work with the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office and others to try to establish a program by the end of 2021.
“I’m delighted that we’re going to be moving this forward,” Mayor Christopher Taylor said, adding he has heard time and again that police are asked to do too much and are called to handle matters on which they don’t have expertise. “It’s my belief the residents of Ann Arbor demand that we expand the set of public s
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22 new townhouses receive initial OK for development on Ann Arbor’s Main Street
Updated Mar 16, 2021;
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ANN ARBOR, MI A new townhouse-style condo development on Main Street could be cleared to move forward soon.
The Ann Arbor City Council voted unanimously Monday night, March 15, to give its initial OK to rezone the property at 700 N. Main St. to allow Auburn Hills-based Trowbridge Companies to build 22 market-rate condos.
The project, called Near North, is now due for final council approval April 19.
The site is across from the Ann Arbor Community Center, where an affordable housing project stalled several years ago and a row of eight houses was demolished.