How They Voted: Ann Arbor City Council vote breakdown for April 2021

By Stone Andrews On Apr 25, 2021

ANN ARBOR, MI – From major real estate developments to the conviction of a council member for a homophobic incident, Ann Arbor City Council had a lot to discuss this month.

The local council also adopted new rules for housing units and short-term rentals.

Here’s a look at how Mayor Christopher Taylor and the council voted on various topics, with links to news and council resolutions for more background information.

Rejection of the owner’s sewage security claim against the city – 8-3

Yes: Erica Briggs, Lisa Disch, Jen Eyer, Julie Grand, Elizabeth Nelson, Travis Radina, Linh Song, Taylor.
No: Kathy Griswold, Jeff Hayner and Ali Ramlawi.

Free Hayner from assignments for social media attacks on journalists with a homophobic bow – 8-2

Yes: Briggs, Disch, Eyer, Grand, Nelson, Radina, Song, Taylor.
No: Griswold, Ramlawi.
Abstention: Hayner.

Ordinance changes that allow existing short-term rental properties in residential areas to remain in operation (first reading) – 7-4

Yes: Briggs, Disch, Eyer, Grand, Nelson, Radina, Song, Taylor.
No: Griswold, Hayner, Nelson, Ramlawi.

Reduction of the penalty for the first-time penalty for violations of snow removal on the sidewalk – 10-1

Yes: Disch, Eyer, Grand, Griswold, Hayner, Nelson, Radina, Ramlawi, Song, Taylor.
No: Briggs.

Withdrawing from city administrator’s assignment to budget for an unarmed 911 response program in the next fiscal year – 1-10

Yes, Ramlawi.
No: Briggs, Disch, Eyer, Grand, Griswold, Hayner, Nelson, Radina, Lied, Taylor.

$ 100,000 for more bike lane maintenance – 9-2

Yes: Briggs, Disch, Eyer, Grand, Griswold, Nelson, Radina, Song, Taylor.
No: Hayner, Ramlawi.

Increase in the rate of rainwater by 5% (first reading) – 10-1

Yes: Briggs, Disch, Eyer, Grand, Griswold, Nelson, Radina, Ramlawi, Song, Taylor.
No, Hayner.

Retention of the owner-occupation obligation for properties with additional residential units – 4-7

Yes: Griswold, Hayner, Nelson, Ramlawi.
No: Briggs, Disch, Eyer, Grand, Radina, Song, Taylor.

Postponement of first reading of reallocation for Valhalla Condominium on South Main Street – 4-7

Yes: Griswold, Hayner, Nelson, Ramlawi.
No: Briggs, Disch, Eyer, Grand, Radina, Song, Taylor.

Note: After the postponement failed, the council voted 8-3 to bring the Valhalla proposal into a second reading and public hearing, against which Griswold, Hayner and Nelson spoke out.

The council unanimously agreed:

The Council has postponed:

To see the votes on other different articles, visit a2gov.legistar.com. Nelson also maintains voting charts for each meeting on a2council.com.