DEI office recommendation

A former councilmember and MSU graduate urged the committee to stay within its enabling resolution and not 'cherry pick' the DEI position, citing the 2020 racism-as-public-health-crisis resolution and the city's $1.2 million attorney bill.

A resident and early DEI supporter warned that ending the department amid national anti-DEI policy and voting-rights rollbacks would amount to backsliding, and said six years is a short time for such work.