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MINUTES OF REGULAR ROMULUS CITY COUNCIL MEETING
July 11, 2016
Romulus City Hall Council Chambers, 11111 Wayne Rd. Romulus, MI 48174
The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Mayor Pro-Tem Barden.
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Present:
Kathleen Abdo, John Barden, Linda Choate, Harry Crout, Celeste Roscoe, Sylvia Makowski,
William Wadsworth.
Administrative Officials in Attendance:
LeRoy D. Burcroff, Mayor
Ellen L. Craig-Bragg, City Clerk
Stacy Paige, Treasurer
1.
Moved
by Crout,
seconded by
Makowski,
to accept the agenda as presented.
Motion Carried Unanimously.
16-305 2A.
Moved by
Wadsworth,
seconded by
Choate,
to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of the
Romulus City Council held on July 5, 2016.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
– Barden, Choate, Crout, Roscoe, Wadsworth.
Nays
– None.
Abstain
– Abdo, Makowski.
Motion Carried.
3A. Petitioner: None.
4. Chairperson’s Report:
Mayor Pro-Tem Barden announced the APA’s 75 th Anniversary Celebration (Jones Sub) to be held on July 22,
23, and 24 at the Coleman Center.
4.
Moved by
Choate,
seconded by
Wadsworth,
to accept the Chairperson’s Report.
Motion Carried
Unanimously
.
Cable Production Coordinator, Dennis Davidson, gave an overview of upcoming City events. Mayor Burcroff
announced that due to the recent storm, the DPW Department is providing emergency chipping service.
5A.
Moved by
Roscoe,
seconded by
Choate,
to authorize the mayor (to the extent funds are budgeted) to resolve
all claims against the City that the mayor deems valid up to an amount of $5,000 per claim and with notice to
council of the settlement of the claim.
After Council discussion, the maker of the motion withdrew the
motion.
16-306 5B.
Moved by
Makowski,
seconded by
Abdo,
to move unused funding from the 15/16 budget year to
complete the purchase of the police body cameras. (Introduction of Budget Amendment 16/17-4, general fund.)
FUND/DEPT.
CURRENT
AMENDED
ACCOUNT NO.
ACCOUNT NAME
BUDGET AMENDMENT
BUDGET
General Fund
Expense
101-301-970.000
Police Capital Outlay
$57,000
$77,000
$134,000
Fund Balance
101-000-390.000
General Fund-Fund Balance
$3,316,189
($77,000)
$3,239,189
To move unused funding from the 15/16 budget year to complete the purchase of the police body cameras.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
6A. Clerk’s Report:
Clerk Ellen Craig-Bragg announced that the deadline to file petitions to run for school board is July 26, 2016 at
4:00 p.m. and that due to changes in the Election Law, school board elections are now held in November of even-
numbered years.
6B. Treasurer’s Report:
Treasurer Stacy Paige announced that the treasurer’s office is currently accepting orders for Veterans Memorial
bricks.
7. Public Comment:
A resident spoke about being held responsible for lawn upkeep on property she does not own. The ordinance
director for the City of Romulus, Bonnie Freeman, is looking into the matter. A second resident spoke about the
previous resident’s problem and that the ordinance director is looking into it.
8. Unfinished Business
9. New Business
10. Communication:
16-307 10A.
Moved by
Wadsworth,
seconded by
Abdo,
to adopt a memorial resolution for the family of Robert
Youtsey.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
16-308 11.
Moved by
Choate,
seconded by
Crout
to pay Warrant 16-13 in the amount of $856,208.03.
Motion
Carried Unanimously
.
12.
Moved by
Wadsworth,
seconded by
Roscoe,
to adjourn the regular meeting of the Romulus City Council.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
I, Ellen L. Craig-Bragg, Clerk for the City of Romulus, Michigan do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true
copy of the minutes of the regular meeting of the Romulus City Council held on July 11, 2016.
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of Canton will not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs,
or activities.
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tices and complies with all regulations promulgated by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under Title II of
the ADA.
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Resources Manager, Charter Township of Canton, 1150 S. Canton Center Road, Canton, MI 48188, (734) 394-5260 as soon as
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Regular Meeting dates in 2016: August 9, September 13, September 27, October 11, October 25, November 15 and December
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Nancy Conzelman
Township Clerk
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Romulus Community Schools 5th and
6th grade students enrolled in the
Accelerated Curriculum & Enrichment
(ACE) Program participated for the first
time in the Wayne-Oakland County
ScienceOlympiad recently.
The Wayne-Oakland Science Olympiad
is dedicated to expanding the science cur-
riculum beyond the classroom, creating a
technologically-literate workforce and
providing recognition for outstanding
achievement by students.
Science Olympiad is a team competi-
tion that requires knowledge of various
science topics and engineering skills.
Barth Elementary Teachers Tom Gibb-
Randall and Lewis Smith led the team
along with the assistance of parent volun-
teers who helped coach the students in
nine events. The team of students compet-
ed against dozens of schools and qualified
for the final competition at Schoolcraft
College.
“As a first year team we are pleased of
the success that our teamhad andwe look
forward to improving,” said Barth
Principal David Thompson. Two students
from the team, Alexis Pyles and Ofona
Likaka, earned second-place medals over-
all in the coding event.
The Barth Elementary ACE team participated in the Wayne Oakland County Science
Olympiad recently for the first time.
State police send drug arrest reports
to county prosecutor for review
Michigan State Police Special
Enforcement Section Troopers are await-
ing a review from the office of the Wayne
County Prosecutor regarding recent
arrests in Inkster.
Troopers stopped a vehicle at about
7:30 p.m. July 21 in Inkster when they
noticed the driver was not wearing a seat-
belt.
The driver appeared to be intoxicated,
troopers reported, and failed field sobri-
ety tests. He was arrested and charged
with operating while intoxicated and in a
search of his vehicle the troopers reported
finding pill bottles beneath the driver's
seat of the car. A further search of the car
resulted in the seizure of 1 gram of heroin
and about 130 pills of varying substances,
according to police reports.
When the driver refused a breath test,
troopers obtained a warrant to test a sam-
ple of his blood.
The suspect was lodged at the Inkster
Police Department pending further inves-
tigation and a prosecutor's review of the
incident.
About an hour later, at 8:30 p.m., troop-
ers responded to a pedestrianwho flagged
down their patrol car. The individual told
the troopers there was a man around the
corner, wearing a white t-shirt, who had a
gun.
Troopers went to the location the wit-
ness had designated and observed five
men, all wearing white t-shirts, but only
one of the subjects took off at a run.
According to police reports, the suspect
appeared to be hiding what appeared to
be a handgun in the waistband of his
pants.
Troopers took the man into custody
without incident and he admitted owner-
ship of the gun. Another handgun was
located by the troopers in the area where
the five men had originally been
observed. The serial number on that
firearm had been filed off, according to
reports.
The man was arrested and lodged at
the Inkster Police Department pending a
review by the prosecutor's office and fur-
ther investigation.
At about 10 p.m. July 22, troopers
assigned to the Special Enforcement
Section, Secure Cities Partnership in
Inkster, observed a subject walking in the
street where sidewalks are provided. As
they stopped to speak with him, he took
off running. As he was running, troopers
observed him begin placing something in
his mouth. Troopers were able to take
him into custody with the assistance of a
taser, according to reports of the incident.
The man was found with approximate-
ly 3 grams of crack on his person, reports
said. Troopers suspected that he was eat-
ing some of the narcotic while he was run-
ning and transported him to a nearby hos-
pital as a precaution.
When the man was cleared by physi-
cians, he was lodged at Inkster Police
Department pending prosecutors' review.
Oh, baby
The 19th Annual Romulus DDA Pumpkin Festival
is planned Sept. 16, 17 and 18 at Romulus
Historical Park, 11147 Hunt St. and applications
for the Cutest Baby Contest will be accepted until
Aug. 16. Official application forms are available at
016.pdf. Winners last year, included Gabby Lucas,
the first place girls winner and Harper Danielle
Taylor, the second place girls winner. Gabriel
Adams was the first-place boys winner and Kane
Woods was the second place winner. For more
information, call the Pumpkin Festival hotline at
(734) 955-4577.
