Mayor· 2026-01-01–2029-12-31
Kevin Coleman
Westland
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 10
- Total speaking time
- 1:11:05
- Avg per meeting
- 7:07
- Segments
- 961
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Top issues during term (17)(Development)
HOME-funds housing agreement at 34136 Caspian
$35,019 in 2026-2027 federal HOME program funds.
Mall and shopping center redevelopment interest
Proposed Car Wash at 37300 Warren Road
About $4-5 million of the $9 million total goes to the car wash; the vacant restaurant currently costs the owner $7,000-8,000 a month to maintain.
Westland Mall redevelopment interest
Rotary Park improvements funded through Wayne County agreement
$148,470 in park millage funding would go toward the project.
Gas Station Expansion at Warren and Newburgh
The owner says the combined project is a roughly $9 million investment that should boost the city's tax base.
Affordable senior housing at former Westland House (36000 Campus St.)
City collects PILOT payments at 4% of shelter rents instead of full property taxes for the debt service period.
Proposed Gasoline Service Station at 7975 Middlebelt
Puts a long-vacant, tax-exempt church property back on the tax rolls.
Palmer Road church site redevelopment
Applicants pledged about $2.5 million in renovations and the property would go on the tax rolls for the first time.
1448 Elias student-built home partnership
$260,000 in federal HOME funds for the 2026-2027 fiscal year.
Marshall Middle School brownfield redevelopment
About a $25 million private investment adding an estimated $700,000 a year in new tax revenue, offset by $1.868 million in captured brownfield funds.
Downtown property acquisition reimbursement
Reimbursement amount not stated in the minutes.
New 12-home subdivision on Joy Road
The new public street will be dedicated to the city, adding a maintenance responsibility, while 12 new homes add to the tax base.
Assisted living and retail plaza on Inkster Road
Aurora Trailer Nuisance on Florence Street
32-unit apartment development proposed on Newburgh Road
Apartments would rent for roughly $1,500-$1,800 per month, adding to the city's tax base.
Pet crematorium special land use
Decisions during term (2)
Recorded while Coleman was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.