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Wayne voters to choose mayor, 4 councilmen
Public safety millage,
school tax on ballot
Library plans Halloween events
Art entry deadline is Oct. 31
Grant provides school supplies
Charter Township of Canton Special Board Proceedings – October 15, 2015
A Special Study Meeting for the 2016 & 2017 Budget by the Board of Trustees of the Charter Township of Canton was held
Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 1150 Canton Center S., Canton, Michigan. Supervisor LaJoy called the meeting to order at 6:02
p.m. and led the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
Roll Call
Members Present: Anthony, Bennett, LaJoy, McLaughlin,
Sneideman, Williams, Yack Members Absent: None Staff Present: Director Bilbrey-Honsowetz, Director Faas, Director
Mutchler, Director Trumbull, Fire Chief Meier, Deputy Fire Chief Stoecklein, Deputy Chief Hilden, Barb Caruso, Carolyn Cox,
Jeff Goulet, Greg Hohenberger, Jon LaFever, Brad Sharp, Peg Stephens Guest: General Manager-Fellows Creek Jeff LeBlanc
Adoption of Agenda
Motion by Bennett, supported by Anthony to amend the agenda to add one General Calendar Item G-1:
Ground Lessor’s Subordination Agreement on Arctic Edge Ice Arena. Motion carried unanimously
GENERAL CALENDAR:
Item G-1. Ground Lessor’s Subordination Agreement on Arctic Edge Ice Arena. (CLS)
Motion by Bennett, supported by
McLaughlin to approve the attached Ground Lessor’s Subordination Agreement for Arctic Edge Ice Arena and further authorize
the Clerk and Supervisor to execute the necessary documents. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Bennett, supported by
Williams to move to the Study Session. Motion carried unanimously.
STUDY SESSION:
Finance Director, Wendy Trumbull
explained to the board she would be going the 2016 budget and then cover the 2017 Proposed Budget. The 2016 Budget will be
before the board on November 10, 2016 for adoption. Trumbull presented the following power point presentation of 2016
Budget Changes as well as the 2017 Proposed Budget: 2016 Budget Adjustments: Budget Adjustments – General Fund by GL
Account Number Budget Adjustments – Fire Fund Budget Adjustments – Police Fund Budget Adjustments – Community Center
Fund Budget Adjustments – Cable Budget Adjustments – Golf Budget Adjustments – Water/Sewer Budget Adjustments –
Community Improvement and Service Fund Budget Adjustments – Capital Projects – Roads and Solid Waste Budget
Adjustments – Post Employment Benefits 2016 Budget Final Review: General Fund Fire Fund Police Fund Community Center
Fund Street Lighting and Cable TV Funds Public Improvement and Community Improvement Funds 911 Service and WWN
Forfeiture Funds CDBG, NSP, and Energy Project Debt Services Funds Capital Projects and Water & Sewer Capital Projects
Funds Capital Projects – Roads and Solid Waste Funds Golf Course Fund Water and Sewer Fund Fleet Maintenance Fund Post
Employment Benefits and Special Assessment Debt Service Funds and Grand Totals Information 2017 Preliminary Budget
Summary of Accounts 2017 Preliminary Budget – Detail by Account Classification Director Faas presented the following power
point presentation of the 2017 MSD Budget: Full-Time Staffing 2017 MSD Budget Summary 2017 Highlights: Building &
Inspection Services 2017 Highlights: Residential Rental Inspections 2017 Highlights: Planning Services 2017 Highlights:
Engineering Services 2017 Highlights: Community Improvement Fund Independence Park – 60% of the Parking Lot 2017
Highlights: Stormwater Drains 2017 Highlights: Water Distribution System 2017 Highlights: Sanitary Sewer Collection System
2017 Highlights: Fleet Services Accreditation Update MSD Strategic Plan – Five Year Plan Director Mutchler presented the fol-
lowing power point presentation of the 2017 PSD Budget: Director’s Introductions Public Safety Department – Budget Process
Fire Comparative Analysis as of January, 2015 Police Comparative Analysis as of January, 2015 Sworn Police Officers – Staffing
Levels per 1000 Residents Public Safety Department – Alternate Funding Sources Utilized Since 2011 Public Safety Department
– Alternate Funding Future Considerations Fire Department – Future Considerations Fire Department – Five-Year Strategic Plan
Focus Fire Department – Run Volume & Staffing Fire Department – Ems Cost Recovery Fire Department – 2015 Vehicle
Replacement Schedule – 5 Year Strategic Plan Fire Department – Prevention & Inspection Division Fire Department – fire
Maintenance Inspections Fire Department – Preparing for the Future Fire Department – Community Relations/Public Education
Fire Department – 2017 Expenditure Increases over $10,000.00 Fire Department – 2017 Capital Items Emergency Management
– 2017 Budget E911 Budget 2017 E/911 Budget - Budget and Capital Items Police Department - 2017 Police Budget Police
Department – Patrol Division – Strategic Plan Staffing Update Police Department – Patrol Division Crime Reduction Police
Department – Staff Operations Division – Digital Forensic Examiner & Lab Police Department – Staff Operations Division –
Crime Suppression Unit Police Department – 2017 Expenditure Increases over $10,000.00 Police Department – 2017 Capital
Items Public Safety Department – Future Challenges Public Safety Department – Closing Remarks Director Bilbrey-Honsowetz
presented the following power point presentation of the 2017 Canton Leisure Services Budget: Canton Leisure Services Budget
Overview – CLS Vision and CLS Goals Canton Leisure Services Budget Overview – General Canton Leisure Services Budget
Overview – Facilities Maintenance and Parks Canton Leisure Services Budget Overview – Cemetery and Social Services Canton
Leisure Services Budget Overview – Senior Services Canton Leisure Services Budget Overview – Recreation Canton Leisure
Services Budget Overview – Administration and Sports Center Canton Leisure Services Budget Overview – Performing Arts
Center and Historic District Commission Canton Leisure Services Budget Overview – Summit Community Center Canton
Leisure Services Budget Overview – Cable Canton Leisure Services Budget Overview – Fellows Creek Golf Club Canton
Leisure Services Budget Overview – Pheasant Run Golf Club Canton Leisure Services 2016 Capital Projects
OTHER:
None
ADJOURN:
Motion by Bennett, supported by Anthony to adjourn at 7:57 p.m. Motion carried by all members present.
_________ Terry G. Bennett, Clerk
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 and can also be accessed through our web
site
after Board Approval. Publish: october 29, 2015
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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, November 12, 2015 for the following:
Interior Renovation of Office Space - Public Safety C.S.U.
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 disabil-
ity in employment or the provision of services.
TERRY G. BENNETT, CLERK
Publish 10/29/2015
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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 a two week notice to the Charter Township of Canton. These services include signers for the hearing
impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary
aids or services should contact the Charter Township of Canton by writing or calling the following:
Gwyn Belcher, ADA Coordinator
Charter Township of Canton, 1150 S. Canton Center Road
Canton, MI 48188
(734) 394-5260
Published: October 29, 2015
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CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Charter Township of Canton will be holding a Public Hearing to adopt the 2016 Budget
on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at 7:00 pm at the Township Administration Building located at 1150 Canton Center Rd. S.,
Canton, MI. A copy of the 2016 Budget will be available for public inspection at the Township’s Clerk’s office.
TERRY G. BENNETT, CLERK
Publish: 10-29-2015
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CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF PLYMOUTH
PUBLIC NOTICE
To all residents and other interested parties: Agendas and Minutes for the Charter Township of Plymouth Board of Trustees
Meetings are available for review online at
under Agendas/Minutes and in the Clerk's Office at Plymouth
Township Hall, 9955 N. Haggerty Rd., Plymouth, MI.
Regular Meeting dates in 2015: November 17 and December 15.
Special meetings, if any, will occur on Tuesdays, unless otherwise posted. The public is invited and encouraged to attend the
Board of Trustees Meetings.
Nancy Conzelman
Township Clerk
Publish: October 29, 2015
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Wayne voters will choose a
new mayor and four members of
the city council when they go to
the pollsNov. 3.
Candidates for the two-year
mayoral term are Susan Rowe, a
current member of the city coun-
cil, Bob Boertje and Len Fisher,
who is awrite-in candidate.
In a recent forum sponsored
by the League of Women Voters
at the Wayne Library, candidates
responded to questions regard-
ing their experience and plans
for the city, if elected.
Boertje saidhis prioritywould
be the budget, which he said has
not been balanced in years. He
said he also wanted to examine
the reasons for the current water
rates in the community. Boertje
said he would hope to work with
the citymanager on that issue.
Fisher suggested that the city
tax base needed to be increased
and said there were many vacant
buildings in the city. He suggest-
ed that the city should be actively
recruiting businesses and resi-
dents.
Rowe said the city needs to
increase revenue and find more
efficient uses of the funds avail-
able. She suggested finding a
more cost beneficial means of
funding public safety, both police
and fire like those discussed at a
recent Michigan Municipal
League conference. Rowe also
addressed what she character-
ized as the lack of trust in city
government by citizens, a situa-
tion she said should be
addressed by making depart-
ment heads and officials more
available to speak with the pub-
lic about issues.
Candidates for the four coun-
cil seats, include Christopher
Sanders inWard 1, the only name
to appear on the ballot. He is
being challenged by two write-in
candidates, Alfred Brock and
Allen “Buddy” Shuh.
Brock, like Rowe, suggested
that more communication is
needed between city officials and
residents and suggested the use
of available electronic media to
help facilitate that change.
Sanders asked if the city was
better off now than it was 50
years ago and said that new lead-
ership and a fresh approach
were sorely needed in the city.
He said that he was a candidate
looking for change in the way the
city was managed and the atti-
tudes of those in office. Sanders
also cited his history of involve-
ment in the city and his volun-
teer efforts.
Shuh suggested that his expe-
rience as a retail operations
manager, teacher and minister
could help with the current
financial problems in the city. He
said his educational degrees in
math and economics would be
helpful if he were elected and
said he has more than 300 hours
of volunteer service in the com-
munity this year.
Incumbent Councilman John
Rhaesa is unopposed inWard 2.
Lorne “Skip” Monit is seeking
re-election inWard 3 and is being
challengedbyTomPorter.
Monit said he has been part of
council while some difficult
financial decisions have been
made in an effort to curtail
spending and balance the budget
following the economic down-
town.
Porter, like Sanders, stressed
the need for change in the way
the city is beingmanaged and the
operated. He said that business
as usual will not work and that
he would work with suggestions
fromthe community.
Anthony Miller is seeking an
at-large two-year term he was
appointed to complete. Lucietta
Miles is also seeking the term.
Miller said this election is a
turning point in the city and that
the citizens obviously want
change and wants the council to
bemore proactive.
Miles did not participate in
the League of Women Voters
forum.
Voters in Van Buren Township will be
asked to approve a tax specifically dedi-
cated to funding public safety throughout
the community and another for a sinking
fund for the school district.
Voters will be asked to approve a 6.5
millage for seven years to fund the pub-
lic safety department. The millage, if
approved, would generate $6,468,215 and
be used for the operation and equipment
inboth the police and fire departments.
The cost to taxpayers would be $6.50
for each $1,000 of taxable home value.
This millage replaces an expiring tax
that endsDec. 31, 2016.
The Van Buren Public Schools is also
proposing a millage question on the bal-
lot. The district is requesting voter
approval of a sinking fund for the pur-
pose of construction or repair of school
buildings and the improvement and
development of sites and for any other
purpose which may be authorized by
law.
The school district is asking voters for
.5 mill, or 50 cents on each $1,000 of tax-
able value of a home, for a period of
seven years. It is estimated that the rev-
enue the school district will collect if the
millage is approved and levied in the
2016 calendar year would be approxi-
mately $753,255 from the local taxes
authorized in this proposal.
In Belleville, incumbent Kerreen
Conley is being challenged by Phillip
Miller for the 4-yearmayoral term.
Candidates for the two city council
terms in Belleville include incumbent
Jack Loria, Jim Shrove and incumbent
TomSmith.
The Romulus Public Library will wel-
come costumed trick or treaters during
regular hours Oct. 30 and 31. Candy treats
will be provided.
The library will host a Halloween party
for those 12 years of age and older at 1 p.m.
Oct. 31.There will be food, candy and
Halloween-themed games, including a
candy ball. Prizes will be awarded for best
costumes.
The library is located at 11121 Wayne
Road inRomulus.
For more information, call (734) 942-
7589.
The Belleville Area Council for the
Arts (BACA) will continue to accept entry
forms for the 2015 Belleville Area
Community Art Show until Saturday, Oct.
31. Entry forms may be dropped off at the
front desk of the Belleville Area District
Library, 167 Fourth St., Belleville and
must be received by Oct. 31, no excep-
tions.
The show this year will take place Nov.
6, 7 and 8 at the Belleville Yacht Club
(BYC), 831 E. Huron River Dr. and is free
and open to the public to attend. An
evening reception is planned from 7-9
Nov. 6, with many of the artists and guest
judges in attendance. Awards will be
announced at approximately 7:30 p.m.
The show continues from 11 a.m. until 6
p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7 and from 11 a.m.
until 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8.
More information is available at (734)
347-0430 or
.
Barth Elementary teacher Rochelle
Lloyd is always looking for resources and
funding opportunities to improve her
classroom. Last month, her efforts were
rewarded with a grant from the Meemic
Foundation.
Lloyd teaches 15 students from grades
three through six who are challenged
with various disabilities.
“I applied for the Back-to-School grant
through the Meemic Foundation and was
awarded $100 which allowed me to raid
the dollar store for important items,” said
Lloyd.
With cuts to school budgets, the grant
provided Lloyd the opportunity to pur-
chasematerials students otherwisewould-
n't have, including hands-on manipulative
and sensory items that allow her students
to concentrate and cope during stressful
situations throughout their educational
day, she said.
Lloyd's sixth-grade student Brandon
Carroll had a professional-sounding
assessment of the class projects.
“We work as a team using geometric
shapes,” he said.
The Meemic Foundation awards
grants quarterly to schools in Michigan for
a variety of educational needs. Each grant
is evaluated based on the need of the
classroom and how it will have a lasting
impact on students.
“Next year I plan on submitting a grant
application for the $500 award” Lloyd
said.
Superintendent Marjie McAnally, left, Meemic representative Judy Brochue, teacher
Rochelle Lloyd, Special Services Director Molly Garcia, and Barth Elementary Principal
David Thompson were all pleased with the recent grant.
Polls will be open from
7 a.m. until 8 p.m.
Tuesday Nov. 3
