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Charter Township of Canton Board Proceedings – January 16, 2018
A regular study session meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Charter Township of Canton was held Tuesday, January 16, 2018
at 1150 Canton Center S., Canton, Michigan. Supervisor Williams called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. and led the Pledge of
Allegiance to the Flag.
Roll Call
Members Present: Anthony, Foster, Graham-Hudak, Siegrist, Williams Members Absent:
Slavens, Sneideman, Staff Present: Director Faas, Kristen Thomas Staff Absent: Director Hohenberger, Director Meier, Director
Trumbull
Adoption of Agenda
Motion by Anthony, supported by Foster to approve the agenda as presented. Motion carried by
all members present.
STUDY SESSION: TOPIC 1: Technology Committee Findings Report, Presented by: Tim Faas,
Municipal Services Director and Kristen Thomas, Economic Development Manager
Board was provided a presentation out-
lining the feedback received at the Technology Committee Meeting held in September 6, 2017. Director Faas and Kristen Thomas
presented the PowerPoint to the board covering the topics on each slide. The staff also outlined the items for follow-up in 2018
and beyond.
ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT:
Gregg Greene, 46890 Creeks Bend Drive, commented on his opinion of autonomous
vehicles and Canton’s role interacting with these types of companies proactively. Director Faas replied Canton has worked with
legislators to improve the conditions along Ford Road. Faas stressed the fact that the township does not have jurisdiction over
the roads. Bob Parker, 6806 Weathersfield Way, commented on various modes of alternative transportation, including the pre-
dictions of the percentages of electric powered vehicles in the United States by various automotive industry leaders. Matt Grisius,
41880 Coventry Way, complimented the township on the Technology Committee Meeting in September. He also questioned the
budget for connectivity and how it will be handled. Director Faas gave a generalization of how budgeting for this would be han-
dled. Basically starting by working with MDOT and Wayne County. Mr. Grisius inquired how citizens can get involved. Ms.
Thomas explained as more information and opportunities become available in the future, the township will post information on
the Canton website.
OTHER:
None
ADJOURN:
Motion by Anthony, supported by Siegrist to adjourn at 7:20 p.m. Motion car-
ried by all members present.
_____Michael A. Siegrist, Clerk _____Pat Williams, Supervisor
Copies of the complete text of the Board Minutes are available at the Clerk’s office of the Charter Township of Canton, 1150 S.
Canton Center Rd, Canton, MI 48188, 734-394-5120, during regular business hours or be accessed through our web site
after Board Approval.
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CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Charter Township of Canton, 1150 Canton Center S, Canton, Michigan will accept sealed
proposals at the Office of the Clerk up to 3:00 p.m. Thursday, February 22, 2018 for the following:
VOIP PHONE SYSTEM
Proposals may be picked up at the Finance and Budget Department, on our website at
, or you may contact
Mike Sheppard at: 734/394-5225. All proposals must be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked with the proposal name,
company name, address and telephone number and date and time of proposal opening. The Township reserves the right to accept
or reject any or all proposals. The Township does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age
or disability in employment or the provision of services.
MICHAEL SIEGRIST, CLERK
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CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
ACCESS TO PUBLIC MEETINGS
The Charter Township of Canton will provide necessary, reasonable auxiliary aids and services to individuals with disabilities at
the meeting/hearing upon notice to the Charter Township of Canton.
In accordance with the requirements of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA"), the Charter Township
of Canton will not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs,
or activities.
Employment:
The Charter Township of Canton does not discriminate on the basis of disability in its hiring or employment prac-
tices and complies with all regulations promulgated by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under Title II of
the ADA.
Effective Communication:
The Charter Township of Canton will generally, upon request, provide appropriate aids and services
leading to effective communication for qualified persons with disabilities so they can participate equally in the Charter Township
of Canton's programs, services, and activities, including qualified sign language interpreters, documents in Braille, and other
ways of making information and communications accessible to people who have speech, hearing, or vision impairments.
Modifications to Policies and Procedures:
The Charter Township of Canton will make all reasonable modifications to policies
and programs to ensure that people with disabilities have an equal opportunity to enjoy all of its programs, services, and activi-
ties. For example, individuals with service animals are welcomed in the Charter Township of Canton's offices, even where pets
are generally prohibited.
Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to par-
ticipate in a program, service, or activity of the Charter Township of Canton should contact the office of Barb Brouillette, Human
Resources Coordinator, Charter Township of Canton, 1150 S. Canton Center Road, Canton, MI 48188, (734) 394-5260 as soon
as possible but no later than 48 hours before the scheduled event.
The ADA does not require the Charter Township of Canton to take any action that would fundamentally alter the nature of its
programs or services, or impose an undue financial or administrative burden.
Complaints that a program, service, or activity of the Charter Township of Canton is not accessible to persons with disabilities
should be directed to Barb Brouillette, Human Resources Coordinator, Charter Township of Canton, 1150 S. Canton Center Road,
Canton, MI 48188, (734) 394-5260.
The Charter Township of Canton will not place a surcharge on a particular individual with a disability or any group of individu-
als with disabilities to cover the cost of providing auxiliary aids/services or reasonable modifications of policy, such as retriev-
ing items from locations that are open to the public but are not accessible to persons who use wheelchairs.
Publish: 01/25/2018
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CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Charter Township of Canton, 1150 Canton Center S., Canton, Michigan will accept sealed
proposals at the Office of the Clerk up to 3:00 p.m. Thursday, February 15, 2018 for the following:
PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING CONSULTING SERVICES
Proposals may be picked up at the Finance and Budget Department, on our website at
, or you may contact
Mike Sheppard at: 734/394-5225. All proposals must be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked with the proposal name,
company name, address and telephone number and date and time of opening. The Township reserves the right to accept or reject
any or all proposals. The Township does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or dis-
ability in employment or the provision of services.
MICHAEL SIEGRIST, CLERK
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A copy of the PowerPoint presentation is available through the Clerk’s office of the Charter Township of Canton, 1150 S.
Canton Center Rd, Canton, MI 48188, during regular business hours, or by contacting the Secretary to the Clerk at 734-394-
5120.
The sixth suspect in a car theft
ring that plagued the area is
scheduled for a preliminary
hearing in 35th District Court in
Plymouth following her arrest
earlier thismonth.
Destiny Capri Moore, 19, of
Wayne, had eluded arrest since
last October when four other sus-
pectswere arrested.
The five are accused breaking
into garages and stealing cars,
credit cards and guns near the
area of Sheldon Road and
Cherry Hill in Canton Township
inOctober.
Three of the suspects have
accepted plea deals with the
Wayne County Prosecutor while
another is facing trial on charges.
Moore is charged with unlawful
driving away of a stolen car,
receiving and concealing amotor
vehicle, three counts of identity
theft, receiving and concealing
stolen property worth less than
$20,000. She was arrested in
Washtenaw County and remand-
ed to Canton Township where
charges were filed in the inci-
dents took place during a two-
week period inOctober.
Canton Township Police exe-
cuted search warrants in the
cases in both Ypsilanti and
Detroit. Officers seized five guns,
17 stolen credit cards and coun-
terfeit money and a printing
press during the searches of the
homes. Also recovered were a
stolen Cadillac Escalade and a
JeepLiberty.
Also facing charges in the
series of crimes is Saviontray
Antonio Scott, 19 of Ypsilanti. He
will face trial Feb. 15 in Wayne
County Circuit Court on charges
of counterfeiting, receiving and
concealing stolen weapons, lar-
ceny of weapons, car theft,
receiving and concealing stolen
property and felony firearm,
according to court records.
Kobie Tyree Richardson of
Ypsilanti entered a guilty plea to
charges of receiving and conceal-
ing a stolen vehicle, stealing a
financial transaction device and
breaking and entering a vehicle
causing damage, court records
state.
Also charges was Elliott
Deshawn Montgomery, also of
Ypsilanti. He entered a guilty
plea with the court on charges of
receiving and concealing a stolen
vehicle, stealing credit cards and
larceny fromamotor vehicle.
A fourth defendant, Carolyn
Danielle Hoskins, also of
Ypsilanti, has pleaded guilty to
the
same
charges
as
Montgomery, including fraudu-
lent use of a credit card.
The Village Theater at CherryHill will
exhibit a quilt created by the Plymouth-
Canton Interfaith Community Outreach
group at theGallery@VT through Jan. 31.
More than 50 men and women, mem-
bers of the Plymouth-Canton Interfaith
Community Outreach group (ICO), spent
the last year creating the interfaith quilt,
which represents the tapestry of faiths
celebrated throughout the Plymouth and
Canton communities. These volunteers
worked together every weekend on the
project to demonstrate their unity, friend-
ship and commitment to the community.
Faiths represented in the quilt
include: B'Hai, Buddhism, Christianity,
Hinduism, Islam, Jain, Judaism, Native
American, Sikhism and Zoroastrianism.
Also included in the quilt are cultural
symbols from Africa, India, North
America, and theMiddleEast.
Members of the Plymouth Canton
Interfaith Community Outreach group
include: Dawn Christenson, Keith
Christenson, Jobyna Sarvey, Sarah
Wiggins, Sandy Stoecklein, Grace
Morgan, Zahra Sabri, Sufia Fateh,
MariamFateh, RakshanHussain, Hasina
Abdu, Lisa DeGroot, Iram Ahmad, Anne
Marie Graham-Hudak, Elise Hudak,
Mahira Elder,Judy Westra, Ting Westra,
Smita Acharya, Chandru Acharya,
Anuradha Hadagali, Vijaya Sastry, Sana
Madhavan, Tiya Madhavan, Tanuja Rao,
Vandana Kulkarni, Narayan Vyas, Syeda
Mallick, Mina Khan, Sufia Fateh, Mariam
Fateh, Noora Huraibi, Mira Almahayni,
Fatima Mallick,Dalia Huraibi, Marwa
Huraibi, Shwetha Lokesh, Maha
Peracha, Khadija Peracha, Nada
Peracha, Charn Kulagatti, Neil Kulagatti,
Haritha DevuLapalli, Haaniya Mallick,
Aleeza Mallick, Aamina Ahmed, Asiyah
Ahmed, Patricia Pondell, Hallie
Amatullah, SadiaNazir, ZebaAhmed, Ola
Al-Nakhala, Sana Soubani, and Kate
Hunt. For additional information about
the Plymouth-Canton Interfaith
Community Outreach group, email ico-
or visit
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book.com/Interfaith-Community-
O u t r e a c h - P l y mo u t h - C a n t o n -
162142080495925/
The current display is available for
viewing in the Gallery@VT: 10 a.m. until
2 p.m. Monday - Friday, one hour prior to
and during public performances at the
theater, as well as by appointment. The
Gallery@VT, located in The Village
Theater at Cherry Hill, 50400 Cherry Hill
Road, is closed onholidays.
For more information about this latest
exhibition, call (734) 394-5300 or visit
.
Annual Mayors’ Ball
benefit set for March
Belleville Mayor Kerreen Conley and
Romulus Mayor LeRoy Burcroff are
once again teaming up to host the 5th
Annual Mayors' Ball beginning at 6 p.m.
March 3, to support the Belleville and
RomulusBoys andGirls Clubs
During the past four years the event
has raised thousands of dollars to sup-
port the organization which provides a
safe place for hundreds of children to go
after school when theremay be no other
alternative.
The evening at the Belleville Yacht
Club (BYC) includes dinner, dancing and
a live and silent auction with all pro-
ceeds supporting the Boys and Girls
Clubs. Usual attendance at the event is
about 300 community and industry lead-
ers, including Southeastern Michigan
mayors, supervisors, council members,
trustees, school board members, county
commissioners, state representatives
and U.S. congress representatives,
according to a prepared release.
The Boys and Girls Club provides an
environment centered on values,
respect, education, and creativity allow-
ing children to grow. Funds are needed
to support programming for life skills,
leadership, goal setting, tutoring, and
recreational activities that expand the
minds and imagination of the students,
positioning them to succeed in a world
that sometimes is stacked against them,
according to a statement.
Sponsorships for the Mayor's Ball are
now available at several funding levels,
a spokesperson said. Donations are also
being sought for the silent and live auc-
tions. All donations are tax deductible
and the organization is a 501(c)3.
For more information, contact
Conley's office at (313) 969-5183 or email
.
described in the application as “safer
and more efficient” and it is “a common
and safe technique.”
State Rep. Kristy Pagan (D-Canton) is
among the local officials and residents
opposed to the expansion of the permit
to treat the hazardouswaste.
“This issue of storing hazardous
waste in our community impacts our
personal, environmental and economic
health. It is incredibly important that
members of the public weigh in and
express their concerns. In response to
US Ecology accepting out-of-state frack-
ing waste that two other states rejected,
I have introduced House Bill 4804 to
limit the amount of radioactive waste
that can be stored inMichigan landfills,”
Kristy said in a prepared statement.
“In light of the recent request from
US Ecology to expand its storage and
treatment facility, I am reviewing if fur-
ther legislative action is needed to pro-
tect our communities from hazardous
waste,” Pagan said.
The Michigan Department of
Environmental Quality (DEQ), Waste
Management and Radiological
Protection Division, will accept public
comments regarding the request from
USEcology until Feb. 18.
Public comments should be directed
to Kimberly Tyson of the DEQ by email
at
, or by mail to
Kimberly M. Tyson, Hazardous Waste
Section, WMRPD, MDEQ, P.O. Box
30241, Lansing, 48909-7741.
Permit
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Three of the suspects have
accepted plea deals with the
Wayne County Prosecutor while
another is facing trial on charges.
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Fifth suspect in car theft ring arrested
Members of the Plymouth Canton Interfaith Community Outreach proudly display the
handmade interfailth quilt on display at the Gallery@VT in Canton Township.
