Ypsilanti City Council

Members of the McKinley Tenants Association spoke out this week at the Ypsilanti City Council meeting. They are trying to bring attention to what they call mismanagement by McKinley Inc., which owns more than half of the county’s workforce housing. WEMU’s Josh Hakala reports.

The second reading of an ordinance will receive a vote at tonight’s Ypsilanti City Council meeting. It would put additional smoking restrictions in the city. WEMU’s Josh Hakala reports.

Ypsilanti City Council voted to put additional smoking restrictions in the city. WEMU’s Josh Hakala reports.

This week, Ypsilanti City Council approved a separation agreement as the city manager is choosing to step down. WEMU’s Josh Hakala reports.

Ypsilanti City Council voted to approve a reimbursement agreement for Water Street. It was approved unanimously at last night’s meeting. WEMU’s Josh Hakala explains.

Ypsilanti City Council voted to repeal an ordinance that requires landlords to distribute voting information to their tenants. The second reading passed on a unanimous vote. By repealing it, the city avoids fighting a lawsuit brought forth by five landlords. WEMU’s Josh Hakala reports.

The Ypsilanti City Council’s effort to regulate marijuana businesses will take a step forward at tonight’s meeting. WEMU’s Josh Hakala reports.

An Ypsilanti ordinance that requires landlords to distribute voting information to tenants is on its way to being repealed. The first reading of the repeal was approved on a 5-1 vote at last night’s city council meeting. WEMU’s Josh Hakala reports.

For years, a 38-acre parcel of land in Ypsilanti along the Huron River has sat unused because of contamination. The Water Street property needs a developer that will take on the task of cleaning up the contamination and putting the land to beneficial use for the community. Ypsilanti City Council member Steve Wilcoxen joined WEMU's David Fair with an update on where that process stands and what comes next.

After months of extending a moratorium on new cannabis shops in Ypsilanti, city council will finally be sitting down to discuss how to move forward with future permits. WEMU’s Cathy Shafran explains.