City of Oak Park Michigan - Administrative Hearings Bureau

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Administrative Hearings Bureau

The City of Oak Park’s Administrative Hearings Bureau (AHB) helps define, prevent, reduce and eliminate blight and the causes of blight.

It adjudicates violations of the Oak Park blight ordinance and the 2021 International Property Maintenance Code. The AHB also adjudicates rental ordinances, zoning and business licenses.
Payments for Administrative Hearings Bureau citations, judgments and motions to set aside are accepted Mondays through Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and every other Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at City Hall or the Municipal Services Department.

Hearing notices

At the top of every notice is information about the Administrative Hearings Bureau, location and contact information for the City of Oak Park.

You will need to provide the citation number in the top right corner of your notice, for city staff to assist you with your case.

If you receive notice of an informal hearing, you can pay the fee for your violation. Your appearance is not required for a hearing.

If you receive notice of a formal hearing, you do not have the opportunity to pay the fine before your hearing date. Your attendance will be required.

Contact city staff to determine if the matter can be resolved without a hearing.

Hearing schedule

Formal hearings are held at City Hall, 14000 Oak Park Blvd. Hearings begin at 9 a.m. on the first four Thursdays of every month.

Meet our administrative hearings officers

Angela Diggs-Jackson

Angela Diggs Jackson is an attorney, former Oak Park Mayor Pro Tem, and longtime resident of the City of Oak Park.

Ms. Jackson brings more than 30 years of legal experience spanning multiple areas of law, with particular experience in government and real estate development. Her public-sector career includes service as assistant corporation counsel for the City of Highland Park and as deputy general counsel and director of real estate development for the Detroit Housing Commission.

She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Western Michigan University and her Juris Doctor from the Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University.

She has contributed hundreds of volunteer hours to nonprofit, civic, legal, faith-based, and community organizations throughout Metro Detroit. Her service has included Metro Detroit Meals on Wheels, Oakland County Literacy Council, Read to a Child, Tri-Community Coalition, Oak Park’s Beautification Advisory and Recycling and Environmental Conservation Commissions, the Social Justice Ministry of Empowerment Church, the Association for Retarded Citizens, the Black Women Lawyers Association of Michigan, and the Delray Non-Profit Housing Corporate Board. She also provides practical guidance and advocacy to parents of public-school students with learning disabilities.

Mandy Wilkerson

Mandy Wilkerson is the owner and solo practitioner of Wilkerson Law PLLC, a law firm she founded in 2018.

She earned her Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from the University of Detroit in 2010 and went on to earn her Juris Doctor degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 2016.

In her private practice, she currently serves as a Michigan Indigent Defense Commission (MIDC) attorney for the 36th District Court, providing criminal defense representation to individuals who are unable to afford private counsel. She also provides criminal expungement services through Detroit Project Clean Slate, assisting low-income individuals in obtaining relief from eligible criminal convictions and pursuing greater opportunities for employment, housing, and other aspects of their lives.

Ms. Wilkerson further serves as an assistant city attorney for the City of Highland Park, where she prosecutes misdemeanor offenses and municipal ordinance violations.